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Newcastle City Hall

Coordinates : 54°58′39″N 1°36′37″W  /  54.9774°N 1.6102°W  / 54.9774; -1.6102
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This article is about the city hall in the United Kingdom. For the city hall in Australia, see Newcastle City Hall (Australia) .
Not to be confused with Newcastle Civic Centre .

O 2 City Hall Newcastle
Exterior of venue (c.2018)
Former names Newcastle City Hall (1927-2019)
Address Northumberland Road
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8SF England
Coordinates 54°58′39″N 1°36′37″W  /  54.9774°N 1.6102°W  / 54.9774; -1.6102
Operator Academy Music Group
Type Concert hall
Capacity 2,135
Opened 1927  ( 1927 )
Website
Venue Website
Listed Building ? Grade II
Official name Northumberland Baths / City Hall
Designated 8 May 1992
Reference no. 1242013

The Newcastle City Hall (currently known as O 2 City Hall Newcastle for sponsorship reasons) is a concert hall located in Newcastle upon Tyne , England . It has hosted many popular music and classical artists throughout the years, as well as standup and comedy acts. The venue is operated by Academy Music Group and named under a group sponsorship agreement with telecoms company O 2 . It is a Grade II listed building. [1]

History [ edit ]

The building was designed by Nicholas & Dixon-Spain [2] and opened in 1927 as a part of a development which also included the adjacent Newcastle City Baths . [3] It has since become a venue for orchestras, rock and pop bands, and comedy acts, as well as for celebrity recitals, talks and civic functions. [3] The city hall formed the east side of the complex and, like the city baths, the design involved a tall portico with central Doric order columns between flanking antae with five square windows above. [1]

In November 2012, Newcastle City Council announced that, as part of a wider cost-cutting process, the future of the City Hall and the adjacent City Pool was under review, with a number of options being considered including closure or handing over the venue to an external operator. [4] Council leader Nick Forbes pre-empted the outcome of the consultations process by stating that the City Hall has "No long-term future" . [5] In response, a 13,000 name petition against closure was presented to Newcastle City Council by members of the Facebook "North East Music History Group" on 31 January 2013. [6]

In April 2016 it was announced that the Theatre Royal Trust had taken over management of the venue [7] and, in May 2019, the Theatre Royal Trust transferred the City Hall operations to Academy Music Group , and the venue was renamed as O 2 City Hall Newcastle. [8]

Organ [ edit ]

An organ, design and built by Harrison and Harrison was installed in 1928, to enable the building to operate as the city's first dedicated concert venue. [3] A concert instrument, as opposed to a cathedral specification, it has been used for choral and orchestral concerts as well as organ recitals. It has 4,274 pipes, with a number of unique stops and has been described as "A Rolls-Royce" of organs. [9]

The organ is currently in a poor state of repair, although as a result of its neglect, the instrument is probably the last and largest example of a Harrison tubular-pneumatic action (most other large organs were converted to electro-pneumatic action after World War II). The organ is also unusual in that it is unaltered, as most comparable organs have been modified, added-to or revoiced. [10]

The British Institute of Organ Studies awarded it a Grade 1 Historic Organ Certificate in 2003, and the significance of the organ was taken into account as part of the assessment of the hall's Grade II listed building status. [11]

Notable musical acts [ edit ]

The building was used as a public venue from an early stage and concert performers included the contralto singer, Kathleen Ferrier , who made an appearance on 22 April 1953. [12]

English rock band The Rolling Stones performed at the City Hall with American R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner and English rock band The Yardbirds on 1 October 1966. [13]

The rock band, The Who , appeared at the City Hall in October 1967, [14] and the local R&B band, The Animals , reunited and performed for a one-off performance at the City Hall in 1968. [15]

On 7 May 1971, American country rock band The Byrds performed there as part of their 1971 UK Tour [16] and, in December 1976, as a one-off gig, local folk rock band, Lindisfarne , played three sell-out concerts in the City Hall. [17]

The rock group, Emerson, Lake & Palmer , recorded their live album, Pictures at an Exhibition , there on 26 March 1971: Keith Emerson played the whole first Promenade on the City Hall organ. [18]

The singer-songwriter, David Bowie , performed in the City Hall in January 1973 during his Ziggy Stardust Tour [19] and the rock band, Wishbone Ash , recorded tracks at the City Hall for the live album Live Dates in June 1973. [20] Meanwhile, the rock band, Roxy Music , recorded tracks for Viva Roxy Music at the City Hall in October 1974. [21]

In 1981, rock band, Motorhead , recorded the majority of the tracks for their live album, No Sleep 'til Hammersmith , at the City Hall. [22] Later that year, rock band, Slade , performed and recorded their show, which was later released as a live album, entitled Slade on Stage . [23]

The German rock band, Rammstein , played at the city hall in October 1997 [24] and Ray Jackson performed with a new lineup of Lindisfarne in December 2013. [25]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b Historic England . "Northumberland Baths / City Hall (1242013)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  2. ^ "Newcastle City Hall" . Co-curate . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  3. ^ a b c "City Hall" . Newcastle City Council . Archived from the original on 6 March 2010 . Retrieved 10 December 2009 .
  4. ^ Wood, Kerry (30 November 2012). "Fears over cultural landmark Newcastle City Hall" . nechronicle .
  5. ^ "City hall no 'long-term future' " . BBC. 27 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Petition to save Newcastle City Hall music venue" . Chronicle Live. 1 February 2013.
  7. ^ Meechan, Simon (1 April 2016). "New operators take over Newcastle City Hall, Pool and Turkish Baths" . nechronicle .
  8. ^ Ford, Coreena (2 May 2019). "Newcastle City Hall to be taken over by operators of O2 Academy" . nechronicle .
  9. ^ Liz Walker, " Campaign aims to restore historic Newcastle organ ", The Journal , 18 January 2010
  10. ^ City Hall Organ campaign Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , NDSO
  11. ^ City Hall website
  12. ^ Fifield, Christopher (2011). Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier: Revised and Enlarged Edition . Boydell Press. p. 303. ISBN   978-1843830917 .
  13. ^ "City Hall, Newcastle, Sat., Oct. 1st - The Rolling Stones / Ike & Tina Turner / The Yardbirds (Advertisement)" . Evening Chronicle . 9 September 1966. p. 2 . Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
  14. ^ Neill, Andrew; Kent, Matthew (2009). Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of the WHO 1958?1978 . Sterling Publishing Company. p. 304. ISBN   978-1402766916 .
  15. ^ "The Animals" . Setlist . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  16. ^ "December 2011" . 27 October 2011.
  17. ^ "40 years of Lindisfarne Christmas concerts at Newcastle City Hall" . Chronicle Live. 19 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Discography" . carlpalmer.com .
  19. ^ "The Ziggy Stardust Tour" . David Bowie World . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  20. ^ Eder, Bruce. Newcastle City Hall at AllMusic
  21. ^ "Roxy Music, October 1974" . You Tube. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021 . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  22. ^ Smith, Sid. "BBC ? Music ? Review of Motorhead ? No Sleep 'til Hammermith" . BBC.
  23. ^ "Slade on Stage" . Slade Discography . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  24. ^ "Rammstein playing Heirate mich" . Guest Spectacular . Retrieved 23 August 2020 .
  25. ^ "Ray Jackson's Lindisfarne return to the band's Newcastle City Hall stamping ground" . Chronicle Live. 19 December 2014.

External links [ edit ]

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