Opened in 2000, Carling Academy Birmingham is a medium-sized concert venue that follows in the footsteps of the successful Carling Academy Brixton. The complex consists of three sites: the 250-capacity Bar Academy - a 600-capacity in Academy 2 as well as the main 2,700-capacity venue - and can therefore accommodate gigs of a variety of sizes. Since the relatively recent opening, the venue has already hosted the likes of Prodigy, Primal Scream, Blondie and Black Sabbath.