The Metro Theatre (commonly the Metro) is a music venue located on George Street, in the city centre of Sydney, Australia. The venue was redeveloped, from two former cinemas, by property developer Leon Fink.[1]
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 The Metro Theatre, September 2018 | |
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| Address | 624 George St Sydney NSW 2000 |
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| Location | city centre of Sydney, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°52′33″S 151°12′24″E / 33.875759°S 151.206776°E |
| Owner | Century Venues Group |
| Operator | Century Venues Group |
| Capacity | 1,350 (The Metro) 350 (Metro Social) |
| Opened | 1994 |
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The foyer of the Metro, designed by leading Australian stage designer Brian Thomson, features a lightweight plastic replica of the Art Deco crystal chandelier which once hung in Regent Theatre which formerly stood opposite the Metro in George Street.
Acts that perform at the Metro often include heavy metal music, indie-rock, and alternative bands, often of international fame. It was the venue for the now-legendary Sydney concerts in 1995 by Jeff Buckley and a record seven sold out shows in a row over six days in 1996 by You Am I,[2] among many others.
It has two separate performance spaces inside the building, the Forum (often simply called the Metro) and the Transit Lounge (which, in January 2007, was re-launched and re-branded as the Lair). Up until 2007 it was not uncommon for both spaces to be used on the same night for different acts, with the larger of the two, the Forum, generally hosting the more famous act. Since the launch of the Lair the space has seldom been used for a public performance, as its primary function was to house MTV Australia's the Lair live music programme.
For a brief period in the second half of 2006 the venue was known as the Century Theatre after it went into receivership and was acquired by Century Venues. It was changed back to the Metro Theatre by October 2006.
On 16 September 2009 the Metro was rebranded as the Virgin Mobile Metro, after a sponsorship deal had been made. Dappled Cities Fly and the Seabellies both played at the launch night on 29 September 2009.
Performing acts at the Metro, Sydney
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A list of some of the more famous musical acts that have performed at the Metro:
Australian acts that have played there include:
- Sia
- The Vines
- The Smith Street Band
- Short Stack
- Angela's Dish
- You Am I
- Eskimo Joe
- Pete Murray and the Stonemasons
- Alex Lloyd
- Spiderbait August 2014
- Something for Kate
- Gyroscope
- Sugar Army
- Young and Restless
- Angelspit
- Mortal Sin
- 5 Seconds of Summer
- 360
- Safia
- Jet
- Parkway Drive
- Thy Art Is Murder
- Polaris
- Psycroptic
- Sam Fischer[4]
- Justice for the Damned
References
edit- ^ Event industry musters at The Metro
- ^ Escape artists
- ^ Jack (7 September 2012). "The Script Australian visit confirmed with Metro Theatre show". AltSounds Ltd. AltSounds.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Sam Fischer is joining Mimi Webb on her tour of Australia". Beat. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.