O2 Academy Newcastle

Reviews about O2 Academy Newcastle

• 3 / 5

  By Lyns
  The positives about this place is the sound and acoustics are excellent and I did love the gig, staff were really good too and ladies toilets were huge and clean... Negatives are this place is seriously old and could do with a lick of paint, could smell the gents toilet as you walked to the balcony floor.. seats are tiny and very close together.. I was over £11 for 2 drinks.. But maybe that was just my choice of drinks. Wouldn't put me off going again for the right gig but would be good if they spent some money on modernising the place.
  
  February 23, 2017
• 4 / 5

  By Jamie Young
  Your best chance of seeing a big name in Newcastle without having to go to the awful Metro Radio Arena, the Academy is a great venue for live music, with decent acoustics and a cracking atmosphere when full. Unfortunately the bars are tiny, only stock awful beers and are horrendously overpriced to take advantage of their captive market. Do yourself a favor and check the stage times before you go, and spend the build up in a decent pub instead, minimising the amout of time you'll be tempted to waste £10 on a pint of Tuborg + a pint of coke!
  July 29, 2016
• 1 / 5

  By Craig Atkinson
  Ripp off bar, lack of choice. But main reason is the room isn't built for live music. It's a booming echo chamber awful acoustics. They need to sort it out with. Thick heavy curtains around the walls for a start. Sound proof recording studio style foam on the ceiling.
  July 27, 2016