Academy Music Group's principal Glasgow venue, a converted 1930s cinema on Eglinton Street taking major touring acts.
O2 Academy Glasgow is a large live music venue on Eglinton Street in Laurieston, on the south side of the Clyde, converted from the 1930s New Bedford cinema and opened by Academy Music Group in March 2003. It takes major touring rock, indie, pop and hip hop acts, and also hosts comedy as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
The auditorium holds up to 2,550 for full-building standing use, with a smaller short-hall configuration of around 1,100 and a fully seated configuration of around 1,362 for comedy and spoken-word events. It has an Island Bar with a lowered, accessible-height hatch, a ramped wheelchair viewing area for up to eight users, and a hearing loop at the box office.
Main hall
The venue's single main room, reconfigurable from full-building standing use down to a short-hall or fully-seated layout for comedy and spoken word.
Short-hall configuration holds around 1,100 standing for smaller shows.
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