Notable Events
The G-Mex Centre hosted rock concerts. Factory Records' Festival of the Tenth Summer took place in July 1986 celebrating the 10th anniversary of Punk and included appearances by The Smiths and New Order. James appeared in a 1990 performance; in June 1992 U2 performed at the Centre. G-Mex had a seating capacity of 9,500 people for end stage concerts but held 12,500 for standing events. The G-Mex centre stopped hosting concerts in 1997 (the last one being performed by Oasis in December 1997), due to competition the Manchester Arena, Europe's biggest indoor concert venue.
After a nine year break, it was used for two concerts by Snow Patrol in December 2006 and two by Morrissey and The Verve. Marilyn Manson, Franz Ferdinand, Manic Street Preachers, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party and Hard-Fi held concerts in December 2007. The venue holds occasional concerts, including one by Placebo in December 2009 and five by Arcade Fire, Biffy Clyro, 30 Seconds To Mars, The Taste of Chaos Tour 2010, deadmau5, Pendulum in December 2010 and The Eighth Plague Tour. In 2011 it was host to The Girls' Day Out Show where celebrities like Peter Andre made an appearance to thousands of women.
G-Mex was the venue for gymnastics, weightlifting, judo and wrestling during the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In September 2006 it was used by the Labour Party for its annual conference, moving away from traditional seaside venues. The venue hosted conferences for the CBI, Ecofin, the Liberal Democrat Party and, in April 2006, the Conservative Party. It hosted conferences for the Labour Party in 2008, 2010 and 2012 and the Conservatives in 2009 and 2011. It will host conferences in 2013 and 2015 for the Conservatives and in 2014 for the Labour Party. The venue will host the The X Factor (UK) final in December 2012.
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