The Academy (music venue)
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53.348028°N 6.262°W / 53.348028; -6.262
The Academy is a music venue located in Dublin, Ireland. It consists of four floors, each for differing music tastes. The Academy was the venue where The Killers performed an intimate show in August 2008,[1] one night before a performance in Marlay Park.[2][3][4] Others to have played the venue in 2008 include Black Kids,[5][6][7] Sam Sparro,[8] The Futureheads[9] and Stereophonics.[10] Staind,[11] Lily Allen,[12] Maxïmo Park,[13] Gomez,[14] The Cribs,[15] Buzzcocks[16] and Calvin Harris[17] played in 2009.
The venue screened the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final before a performance by The Maccabees on 27 May 2009.[18] The Coronas played the venue on 4 June, with support acts being Dirty Epics and The Chakras.[19] James played an Oxegen 2009 warm-up show in The Academy on 8 July.[20] Fight Like Apes performed inside a specially constructed wrestling ring at an end of year show in 2009.[21]