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unusual facts about The Venue



Public Pressure

Recorded = 16 October & 24 October 1979 at The Venue, London (tracks 1-4)
2 August - 4 August 1979 at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (track 5)
6 November 1979 at the Bottom Line, New York City (tracks 6-8)
19 December 1979 at the Nakano Sun Plaza, Nakano


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2011 British National Track Championships

The competition was staged at the National Track Cycling Centre at the Manchester Velodrome, the venue for the track cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre

Noel Gallagher returned to the venue on the 14 February 2012 as part of his High Flying Birds Tour.

Allan Williams

He named the venue the Jacaranda, after an exotic species of ornamental flowering tree, jacaranda mimosifolia.

Alphonso Lingis

The venue, staging and costumes were provided by the Kyoto-based neo-Dadaist group Phylloxera (Beatrix Fife, Mamoru Katagiri, Michael Lazarin).

Bardney

Funded by Lord Harlech and the actor Stanley Baker (amongst others) it attracted 30,000 people to the venue, held at the nearby Tupholme Abbey ruins.

Blackham Coliseum

In April 2009, the venue held its first heavy metal concert, the 2009 No Fear Music Tour featuring Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom, God Forbid and Municipal Waste.

Blenheim Horse Trials

The winner, Pippa Funnell, became the first rider to win three times at the venue.

Bridgwater Canalside Centre

More recently the venue was host to Our NHS Our Future — led by top surgeon Lord Ara Darzi from the Ministry of Health and the NHS Review, a week later.

Bruniquel

Since 1997 the castles have been the venue of an annual arts festival celebrating the works of Jacques Offenbach.

Cornwall Coliseum

Through the 1970s and 1980s, various major acts of the era would perform at the venue, including The Clash, The Jam, The Who, Black Sabbath, Cliff Richard, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Slade, Bon Jovi, Simple Minds, Deborah Harry, T'Pau and Glen Campbell who recorded a live album there in 1981, as well as many comedy and light entertainment acts.

Coruña del Conde

The village claims to be the venue for the first human flight by air pioneer Diego Marín Aguilera, who was born in the town (a plane was placed by the Spanish Air Force by the castle as a reminder of this claim).

Cwmaman

On 14 December 2007, in association with Jo Whiley and her BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Tour, the Stereophonics returned to Cwmaman to play an exclusive acoustic gig in the Cwmaman Working Men's Club, the venue where the band first performed.

Europahalle

The venue has featured a number of world record performances in athletics, including a jump of 2.07 m in the high jump by Heike Henkel in 1992, when the Europahalle hosted the German Indoor Championships.

Funds for Endangered Parrots

The venue in 2000 was the bird show at Achern, in 2001 the DEU-BE-LUX bird show at Bitburg, in 2002 the bird show at Bielefeld-Senne, in 2003 the bird show at Coburg, in 2004 the Walsrode Bird Park, in 2005 the Ornithea bird show in the Porz suburb of Cologne, in 2006 the NiederRheinPark Plantaria at Kevelaer and in 2007 Leipzig Zoo.

Gayville, South Dakota

The venue is also noted for its tributes to country music legends like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Waylon, Willie and the Boys.

Henry Maier

The Henry Maier Festival Park, the venue for Summerfest as well as numerous other events, is named in his honor.

Hinduism in Los Angeles

The temple was the venue for a small scene in the movie Beverly Hills Ninja, in 1997, starring Chris Farley.

InterACT Disability Arts Festival

The 2013 edition of the festival is scheduled for 23-25 October and the venue will be Corban's Estate Arts Centre, Henderson.

International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference

The location of the conference switched between North America and Europe until 2006 when the venue was located in Cairns, Australia.

Itchin Stoke Down

In the contemporary records, the venue's name is often shortened to "Stoke Down", which is incorrect, as is a popular notion that it is near Hambledon like the other two famous Hampshire venues of the time: Broadhalfpenny Down and Windmill Down.

Jezero Hall

The very first sporting event in the venue took place on October 20, 1978 with a basketball match between KK Radnički and KK Jugoplastika Split.

Juan Carlos Lectoure

The venue was also well known for its variety of music recitals, hosting musicians from Argentine tango bandoneonist Aníbal Troilo to the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

Knitting Factory

Some of the artists that have played the venue are Willie Nelson, Smashing Pumpkins, Rob Zombie, Skrillex, Modest Mouse, Alice in Chains, and Zedd.

Koka Booth Amphitheatre

The venue was formerly known as The Amphitheatre at Regency Park prior to the town's decision to name it after former Cary mayor Koka Booth.

Leeds City Varieties

Between 1953 and 1983, the theatre achieved national fame as the venue for the BBC television programme The Good Old Days, a recreation of old-time music hall featuring Leonard Sachs as the alliterative Chairman and many well-known and less-well-known performers.

Lisebergshallen

The venue has hosted concerts for rock bands like Metallica, Slayer, Alice Cooper, Europe (band), Joe Bonamassa, Manowar, Jethro Tull, In Flames, Hammerfall, Kent, Motörhead, Nightwish, Helloween, Hardcore Superstar and Bullet for My Valentine.

Lucius Hunt

Following the success of their 2006 album Fear and Desire: The Conflict Within, Lucius Hunt kicked off their UK tour by playing at Glasgow's famous King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, the venue where Oasis were discovered.

Malè

From 15th to 22 June 2008 Malè was the venue of the Mountain bike trials competitions of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships "Val di Sole 2008".

McCarthey Athletic Center

Not only has it hosted basketball games for the women's and men's teams, it has also served as the venue for concerts by Switchfoot, Yellowcard, Ben Folds, Jay Sean, Death Cab for Cutie and comedians Bill Cosby and Jeff Foxworthy.

Miami Marine Stadium

The venue, located just south of Downtown Miami, was revered for its scenic views of Downtown and Miami Beach, hosting motorboat events, and events featuring the likes of Mitch Miller, Sammy Davis, Jr., and U.S. President Richard Nixon (whose seasonal winter residence, dubbed "the Florida White House," was on nearby Key Biscayne).

Morning Parade

A planned performance at the Belgian Pukkelpop festival in August 2011 was canceled after the venue was hit by an unusually heavy storm, which collapsed trees, tents and stages, killing several people.

Mundell music

Successive artists at the Famous Bein Inn included Curtis Stigers, Long John Baldry, John Martyn, Gene Parsons, Fairport Convention, John Hammond, Andrew Gold, Tony Joe White, Micky Moody, B A Robertson, Albert Lee, Snowy White and the venue developed a reputation as a "living room feel" where you could be part of an intimate audience (max 60) and rub shoulders with legends from the past.

Mutare Sports Club

The venue is more famous for its off-field controversy, The Sourav Ganguly/Greg Chappell spat.

O2 Academy Glasgow

James Brown played his last ever UK gig at the venue on 25 October 2006.

Percival Molson Memorial Stadium

The Alouettes' decision to return to the venue was problematic because the team was being sponsored by the Labatt Brewing Company and the stadium shared the name of its major competitor, Molson, though not named for it.

Philippine International Convention Center

Philippine International Convention Center was the venue of Miss Universe 1994.

Rideau Canoe Club

The club also offers courses in more conventional recreational canoes, kayaks and stand up paddle boards, and is the venue for the Head of the Rideau rowing regatta, held annually in late September by the Ottawa Rowing Club.

Roland Ratzenberger

But he got onto the grid for the next round at the TI Circuit in Aida, Japan, as his experience of the track from his touring car days meant he was the only driver in the race who had driven at the venue before.

Royal Hobart Showground

The venue of the Royal Hobart Show has varied over the past 184 years and has included Salamanca Place, Bridgewater, New Town, Tattersalls Park and even the Hobart Town Hall.

Saint Peter's Singers of Leeds

Brittany was the venue for the choir's tour in May 2011 - with visits to Vannes, Quimper and Josselin.

Sheffield Bach Choir

The Cathedral was also the venue for Messiah on Monday 5 December 2011, a performance that was the subject of critical acclaim in the columns of the Telegraph.

Stadium Mackay

On Sunday 24 June 2012, Virgin Australia Stadium hosted its first NRL game when the 2nd placed Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs played a 'home' game at the venue against the ladder leading Melbourne Storm in Round 16 of the 2012 NRL season, the NRL's Women in League Round.

SWALEC Stadium

England winning the toss decided to bat first, with Andrew Strauss scoring the first test runs scored at the venue and Ben Hilfenhaus taking the first wicket.

The Io Passion

The man and the woman met at Lerna in Greece, the venue of one of the Mysteries of the ancient world, and the place where Zeus seduced the priestess Io and turned her into a heifer to hide her from his jealous wife, Hera.

UEFA stadium categories

Wembley Stadium, the venue of the 2011 and 2013 Champions League Finals, holds 90,000 spectators.

Westpac House

Being the tallest building in Adelaide, it was chosen as the venue for the stair race events at the 2007 World Police and Fire Games.

Yangtze Normal University

Fuling Normal University is the venue of Peter Hessler's memoir River Town, completed and published after he served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer from 1996 to 1998.

Zoellner Arts Center

The venue has had a wide array of performers, including: the New York Philharmonic and Itzhak Perlman, the Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and Laurie Anderson, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, the Aquila Theatre Company, Lily Tomlin, Bernadette Peters and Queen Latifah.