Academy Group

[PaintYourTarget]

Yeah, what's up with the Carling Academy's being sponsored by O2 now? It's just not the same =[

[samsaBEAR]

i commented your facebook status :D
for those who don't know, i guess the academy group just wanted o2 sponsership more. that or they just paid a lot more.
and now like we do with the o2 arena, if you're on o2, you get priority tickets to all academy gigs :)

[PaintYourTarget]

I didn't even know this was happening. And my local academy is moving too =[
Ah well, I've got Orange Wednesdays and I never really liked Carling.

[samsaBEAR]

no i hate carling, im hoping a better choice of lager will be sold now.

[PaintYourTarget]

This is probably a good thing like, but Carling Academy has a ring to it =[

[samsaBEAR]

yeah thats what i thought when i first heard about it, but like you said, i reckon it'll turn out to be amazing!

[PaintYourTarget]

Dude, this is a landmark. We've finally agreed on something.

[beth]

Dude, this is a landmark. We've finally agreed on something.
****, i'm getting the flags out.

[joshuar]

o2 Academy just doesn't work. But I hope they do some work to the Birmingham one, it needs a good clean.

[PaintYourTarget]

o2 Academy just doesn't work. But I hope they do some work to the Birmingham one, it needs a good clean.
yeah, they're moving it!

[beth]

yeah, they're moving it!
oh they've been moving it for years. i'll believe that when it actually goes.

[PaintYourTarget]

late '09/early '10 is when I heard they were doing all the redevelopment work. Read it in your local newspaper xo

[beth]

late '09/early '10 is when I heard they were doing all the redevelopment work. Read it in your local newspaper xo
it was meant to be moved 2007, when teenculture moved to the barfly.
never did.

they're moving it to a stupid ******* place anyway.

[samsaBEAR]

o2 Academy just doesn't work. But I hope they do some work to the Birmingham one, it needs a good clean.
well at least it's coming back, they're killing the london astoria with just a rumour that there'll be a new one :'(

[untrustus]

i don't want a new astoria. new venues are disgusting and soulless.

[samsaBEAR]

i don't want a new astoria. new venues are disgusting and soulless.
samesamesame, i've only been to the astoria once, and it was such a ***** to get out of, the only doors open were at the back, so imagine a sold out crowd filtering through double doors, not good, we got started on by a woman that was large enough and loud enough to be a guy :(
but the actual venue is so nice :( i read somewhere they're pulling down the forum in kentish town to, that's also a really nice place for gigs. it sucks so bad :(

[joshuar]

Dam credit crunch killing all our venues (I just needed something to blame)

We recently got a really nice venue here called The Assembly, it's actually beautiful and has really good sound. But it has to be said I use Brum Academy for 90% of my gigs, it's such a easy to get to venue.

[samsaBEAR]

Dam credit crunch killing all our venues (I just needed something to blame)

We recently got a really nice venue here called The Assembly, it's actually beautiful and has really good sound. But it has to be said I use Brum Academy for 90% of my gigs, it's such a easy to get to venue.
the astoria is getting killed coz of a new transport system for london :( not because of the credit crunch, it's been open for like 80+ years so its definitely making money :D