O2 academy Birmingham
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I've got unreserved balcony seating for Lana Del Rey tonight but I've never been to the venue before. Doors open at 7pm but what time should I aim to arrive?
I already see on Twitter that some people are already queuing outside the venue! Really?!
Tempted not to go if I have to get there 9 hours beforehand ... it's already hassle makig sure I get a train home.
I already see on Twitter that some people are already queuing outside the venue! Really?!
Tempted not to go if I have to get there 9 hours beforehand ... it's already hassle makig sure I get a train home.
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However, as the fans are going to be younger than for what I would normally see, the a above may be completely wrong!
In my opinion the academy has lost credibility lately as a credible music venue after having Mcfly and now Lana Del Ray perform!
But if they put on the bands/artists you like I guess they would be bust in a couple of months. It's a business like any other and luckily there aren't enough music snobs like yourselves to sustain a venue of that size.Plus the 02 Academy is far too small for an artist as popular as Ms Del Rey so I guess the people seeing her now should make the most of it.
There are actually 3 rooms, academys 1, 2 and 3.
As there is a balcony it will be in Academy 1.
Oh I only ever thought there was two, thanks for the correction. is that the bigger one then?
Yes 1 is the bigger one
Yes, because after god knows how many years of being in Birmingham, putting on gigs by bands, a lot of which I like, they are obviously close to going bust.
That must also explain why places like the Birmingham Institute must also be about to go bust................
Pendulum (another act who'd be considered "not credible" I assume) performed there too. I went to see them and MC Verse there and they were awesome.
I've been there clubbing quite a lot as well and they play loads of "non-credible" music on the club nights. We even did a massive Harlem Shake there once lol.
They do unfortunately have a stranglehold on the mid size venue scene in Birmingham
It's a music venue so surely they're going want to book as many acts as possible? I don't understand how they can lose credibility or how a venue can really be described as 'credible'?
Plus, Mcfy are great!
Not really, now the Institute has re-opened.
How can you compare pop music with Pendulum??????? And you seem to be assuming that I only consider Indie/Alternative music credible, And I have never heard of MC Verse so can't say what they are like.
Some people really like to get defensive for no reason don't they.....
MC Verse is the rapper for Pendulum, so he was performing their songs.
Pendulum are mainstream imo. Knife Party (which is a kind of side-project) almost got in the top 40 today, and you can hear them on the same radio stations that play Britney Spears, Drake, Macklemore and The Saturdays. They do mainly drum & bass which is a mainstream genre at the moment (even a former X Factor contestent released a drum & bass song a couple of weeks ago), and people that like pop music also like Pendulum, so yes, I think they're comparable to pop, and that's not a bad thing.
the venue is okay - its size means you can see from anywhere and it's a hell of a lot better than the last one where the academy 2 was arranged terribly and the academy three was basically a little window in the wall you stood no chance of seeing unless you were at the front as there wasn't even a stage.
this whole argument about artists is ridiculous - the venue is the largest music one outside of the arenas in the midlands and you expect them to not have McFly on? I don't understand the problem with McFly anyway - even an intolerable music snob like you could appreciate they wrote and play all their own songs and have done for the last ten years?
the venue is sponsored by carling, it exists to make money and brings some of the biggest bands and artists to the city - not all to your tastes I appreciate but it's a great venue.
You really do seem paranoid that people may laugh at the type of music you listen too and keep trying to come up with reasons for why drum and bass should be payed at venues like the Academy.
The fact you seem to be missing is that I NEVER MENTIONED DRUM & BASS or PENDULUM.
I have written it in capitals and highlighted it just so you may be able to understand what I am saying!
How does having a few mainstream artists performing really affect the venue??
I can only assume you've never been to Newcastle Arena.