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Battery Studios
Battery Studios is a recording studio complex in Willesden, London, formerly Morgan Studios, renamed by Zomba Group in 1980; Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, The Kinks, and Adele recorded there, and it now faces a demolition planning application.
Hammersmith Apollo
Hammersmith Apollo, now the Eventim Apollo, is a Grade II listed Art Deco venue in Hammersmith, London, opened in 1932 as the Gaumont Palace cinema, renamed Hammersmith Odeon in 1962, and owned since 2012 by AEG and CTS Eventim.
Ministry of Sound
Ministry of Sound is a London nightclub and record label at 103 Gaunt Street, Elephant & Castle, founded 1991 by Justin Berkmann after New York's Paradise Garage; its label, now part of Sony Music UK, sold over 50 million albums.
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall, opened by Queen Victoria in South Kensington on 29 March 1871, is a Grade I listed elliptical concert hall funded by Great Exhibition profits, with 999-year seat leases, a famous dome echo, and BBC Proms residency.
The O2
The O2 is a Greenwich Peninsula entertainment complex in London, housed under the former Millennium Dome (opened 1999, exhibition ran through 2000). Renamed in 2005 under a £6m/year O2 deal, the 20,000-capacity arena opened in 2007 and became a top-selling venue.
The O2 Arena
The O2 Arena (The O2) is a 20,000-capacity multi-purpose indoor arena on London's Greenwich Peninsula, opened in 2007 inside the former Millennium Dome and operated by AEG; it hosts over 200 events a year.
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena, now the OVO Arena Wembley, is a Grade II listed 12,500-capacity indoor London concert venue beside Wembley Stadium. Opened 1934 as the Empire Pool for the British Empire Games, designed by Sir E Owen Williams.