O2 Apollo Manchester

The building was designed by architects Peter Cummings, Alex Irvine, and R. Gillespie Williams, in an Art Deco style. The building's frontage consists of a glazed white terracotta façade. Its original purpose was as a multi-purpose cinema and variety hall and was opened on 29 August 1938 by actress Margaret Lockwood. It was taken over by Associated British Cinemas in 1943, but it began to host pop concerts in the 1960s. They performed here again on 7 December 1965. The Rolling Stones performed at the ABC Ardwick with Ike & Tina Turner, The Yardbirds, and Peter Jay & the New Jaywalkers on 28 September 1966. In the 1970s, it stopped presenting films and became solely a concert venue. It also…