page_title: O2 ABC Glasgow
hierarchical_section_title: O2 ABC Glasgow
caption_attribution_description: English: Glasgow: the O2 ABC A pop concert venue (with two unrelated shopfronts to the left of the main entrance) at 300 Sauchiehall Street, whose western façade shows off the steepness of Scott Street.
context_page_description: The O₂ ABC was a nightclub and music venue on Sauchiehall Street, in the centre of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The building was constructed in 1875, renovated many times in its lifetime and also largely rebuilt in the 1920s. The building has been used for numerous functions before being finally converted to its current purpose between 2002 and 2005. In 2009, the Academy Music Group took a majority stake in the venue, rebranding it the O₂ ABC. The venue is protected as a category C listed building. In March 2009; the Academy Music Group became the major stockholder of the O2 ABC.
  On 15 June 2018, the building was severely damaged by a fire outbreak causing the main roof of the venue to collapse. The fire had started in the Mackintosh Building of the nearby Glasgow School of Art which had recently been undergoing construction work due to a fire that occurred on 23 May 2014.
context_section_description: The O₂ ABC was a nightclub and music venue on Sauchiehall Street, in the centre of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The building was constructed in 1875, renovated many times in its lifetime and also largely rebuilt in the 1920s. The building has been used for numerous functions before being finally converted to its current purpose between 2002 and 2005. In 2009, the Academy Music Group took a majority stake in the venue, rebranding it the O₂ ABC. The venue is protected as a category C(S) listed building. In March 2009; the Academy Music Group became the major stockholder of the O2 ABC.
  On 15 June 2018, the building was severely damaged by a fire outbreak causing the main roof of the venue to collapse. The fire had started in the Mackintosh Building of the nearby Glasgow School of Art which had recently been undergoing construction work due to a fire that occurred on 23 May 2014.
caption: The O2 ABC from Sauchiehall Street, with the Glasgow School of Art to the rear.
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