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The '''O<sub>2</sub> Academy Liverpool''' (formerly the '''L2''' and '''Carling Academy Liverpool''')<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molyneux |first1=Jess |title=Lost Liverpool nightclub where Top Of The Pops filmed and Atomic Kitten formed |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/lost-liverpool-nightclub-top-pops-24599417 |website=[[Liverpool Echo]] |access-date=17 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220003140/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/lost-liverpool-nightclub-top-pops-24599417 |archive-date=20 February 2025 |date=29 July 2022}}</ref> is a music venue in Hotham Street, [[Liverpool]], England, that is run by the [[Academy Music Group]].<br />
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The main building consists of performance areas. O<sub>2</sub> Academy1 can hold 1,200 (900 floor/300 balcony) people while O<sub>2</sub> Academy2 can hold 500. There are also 5 bars in the building which cater for the visitors who come to see shows (two in O<sub>2</sub> Academy2 and three in O<sub>2</sub>Academy1.<br />
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On 6 November 2008, it was announced that [[Telefónica Europe]] (owners of the O<sub>2</sub> Network in the UK) had become the new sponsor of all Academy venues, in a deal with music promoter [[Live Nation Entertainment]]. The deal, which lasts for five years, sees all venues rebranded "The O<sub>2</sub> Academy", in line with Telefónica's purchase of naming rights to the Millennium Dome (now [[The O2 (London)|The O<sub>2</sub>]]).<ref name="Guardian Rebrand">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/nov/06/marketingandpr-mediabusiness |title=O2 to sponsor Academy music venues|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=6 December 2008 | location=London | first=Mark | last=Sweney | date=6 November 2008}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.o2academyliverpool.co.uk}}<br />
* [http://www.facebook.com/o2academyliverpool O<sub>2</sub> Academy Liverpool Official Fan Page]<br />
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