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The Metro Theatre

Coordinates: 33°52′33″S 151°12′24″E / 33.875759°S 151.206776°E / -33.875759; 151.206776
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Metro Theatre
The Metro Theatre, September 2018
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Address624 George St
Sydney NSW 2000
Locationcity centre of Sydney, Australia
Coordinates33°52′33″S 151°12′24″E / 33.875759°S 151.206776°E / -33.875759; 151.206776
OwnerCentury Venues Group
OperatorCentury Venues Group
Capacity1,350 (The Metro)
350 (Metro Social)
Opened1994 (1994)
Website
Venue Website

The Metro Theatre (commonly the Metro) is a music venue located on George Street, in the city centre of Sydney, Australia. The venue was redeveloped, from two former cinemas, by property developer Leon Fink.[1]

The foyer of the Metro, designed by leading Australian stage designer Brian Thomson, features a lightweight plastic replica of the Art Deco crystal chandelier which once hung in Regent Theatre which formerly stood opposite the Metro in George Street.

Acts that perform at the Metro often include heavy metal music, indie-rock, and alternative bands, often of international fame. It was the venue for the now-legendary Sydney concerts in 1995 by Jeff Buckley and a record seven sold out shows in a row over six days in 1996 by You Am I,[2] among many others.

It has two separate performance spaces inside the building, the Forum (often simply called the Metro) and the Transit Lounge (which, in January 2007, was re-launched and re-branded as the Lair). Up until 2007 it was not uncommon for both spaces to be used on the same night for different acts, with the larger of the two, the Forum, generally hosting the more famous act. Since the launch of the Lair the space has seldom been used for a public performance, as its primary function was to house MTV Australia's the Lair live music programme.

For a brief period in the second half of 2006 the venue was known as the Century Theatre after it went into receivership and was acquired by Century Venues. It was changed back to the Metro Theatre by October 2006.

On 16 September 2009 the Metro was rebranded as the Virgin Mobile Metro, after a sponsorship deal had been made. Dappled Cities Fly and the Seabellies both played at the launch night on 29 September 2009.

Performing acts at the Metro, Sydney

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British singer Mimi Webb performing at the venue on 9 September 2022.

A list of some of the more famous musical acts that have performed at the Metro:

Band Name Genre Country Year/s Played
Machine Head Groove Metal / Thrash Metal  United States 2015
Emperor Black Metal  Norway 2019, 2023
Fear Factory Industrial Metal  United States 2015
Lamb Of God Groove Metal  United States 2015
Exodus Thrash Metal  United States 2015
Morbid Angel Death Metal  United States 1996, 2011, 2014
Hypocrisy Death Metal  Sweden 2019
Kataklysm Death Metal  Canada 2019
Obituary Death Metal  United States 2020
Hour of Penance Technical Death Metal  Italy 2014
Fit For an Autopsy Deathcore  United States 2018
Emmure Deathcore  United States 2018
Wormrot Grindcore  Singapore 2020
Devildriver Groove metal, Melodic death metal  United States 2019
All That Remains Metalcore, heavy metal  United States 2019
Static-X Industrial metal, Nu metal  United States 2009, 2019, 2023
Dope Nu metal  United States 2019
Wednesday 13 Gothic Metal  United States 2019
Dimmu Borgir Symphonic Black metal  Norway 2018
Cradle of Filth Extreme metal  United Kingdom 2009, 2018, 2019
Arch Enemy Melodic death metal  Sweden 2023
At The Gates Melodic death metal  Sweden 2012
Sevendust Alternative Metal  United States 2016
Killswitch Engage Metalcore  United States 2018
Seether Post-grunge / Hard rock  South Africa 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018
From The Jam New wave  United Kingdom 2016
Flosstradamus Trap  United States 2015
Anthrax Thrash Metal / Rock  United States 2004
John Mayer Rock / Acoustic Rock  United States 2009
Lorde Pop / Electropop  New Zealand 2013
Nightwish Symphonic Metal  Finland 2005
Blink 182! Punk rock / Punk Pop  United States 2009
Foo Fighters Alternative rock  United States 2005
Coldplay Alternative rock  United Kingdom 2001
Muse Alternative rock  United Kingdom 2004
Doves Indie rock  United Kingdom 2000
Alestorm Folk Metal  Scotland 2019,2022
Kaiser Chiefs Indie rock  United Kingdom 2012
The Dandy Warhols Indie rock  United States 1998
Flyleaf Hard rock  United States 2013
Neil Finn Rock / Pop  New Zealand 2001
The Eels Indie rock  United States 2006
Thrice Post Hardcore  United States 2008
Ladytron Synthpop  United Kingdom 2008
Anathema Doom Metal / Progressive rock  United Kingdom 2014
DragonForce Power Metal  United Kingdom 2008
Covenant EBM  Sweden 2008
KMFDM Industrial  Germany 2004
Behemoth Blackened Death Metal  Poland 2010
The Hives Garage rock  Sweden 2008
Propagandhi Punk rock  Canada 2009
2019
Billy Talent Punk rock  Canada 2009
Salt-N-Pepa Hip-hop  United States 2010
Calexico Indie rock  United States 2010
Sven Väth Techno  Germany 2010
HIM Gothic rock  Finland 2014
ZZ Top Blues rock  United States 2014
Cannibal Corpse Death Metal  United States 2014
Dinosaur Jr Alternative rock  United States 1995
The Prodigy Techno  United Kingdom 1996
Aphex Twin IDM / Electronic  United Kingdom 2004
Queensrÿche Heavy metal  United States 2006
Hard-Fi Indie rock/Alternative rock  United Kingdom 2007
Aneurysm Industrial Metal  Italy 2011
Booker T. Jones R&B  United States 2017
McBusted Pop-Punk  United Kingdom 2015
The Script[3] Pop rock  Ireland 2012
2014
Bastille Pop rock  United Kingdom 2013
You Me at Six Pop-Punk  United Kingdom 2010
2015
Calum Scott Pop  United Kingdom 2018
Freya Ridings Pop/Soul  United Kingdom 2020
Rebecca Black Pop  United States 2022
Mimi Webb[4] Pop  United Kingdom 2022
Maisie Peters Pop  United Kingdom 2023

Australian acts that have played there include:

References

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  1. ^ Event industry musters at The Metro
  2. ^ Escape artists
  3. ^ Jack (7 September 2012). "The Script Australian visit confirmed with Metro Theatre show". AltSounds Ltd. AltSounds.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Sam Fischer is joining Mimi Webb on her tour of Australia". Beat. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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