National Centre for Popular Music
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National Centre for Popular Music
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Description
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The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England, designed by Nigel Coates for pop and rock music and contemporary culture generally. It was largely funded by the National Lottery and cost £15 million. It opened on 1 March 1999, but due to lack of ticket sales, went into administration soome eight months later and and closed in June 2000.
The building consists of four giant stainless steel drums, surrounding an atrium area, the upper floor of which has a glazed roof. Each of the drums has a rotating turret with a nozzle which is meant to turn with the wind and vent air.
After its closure it briefly became a live music venue from July 2001, before being purchased by Sheffield Hallam University in 2003 and used as their Student Union building until 2024.
Lovebytes events were staged there as part of Lovebytes 2000, prior to its closure, for Pitchbend (a Lovebytes project celebrating sport and art) in 2000 and in again at Lovebytes 2001, as it stood unused. Video was also projected on to the building unofficially.
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NCPM.ven.003