Manchester Academy is a brand name used by the University of Manchester Students' Union for its four concert venues in Manchester, England, which are on Oxford Road both within and adjacent to the main Students' Union building. It has hosted acts such as Prince, The Damned, Adele, Kylie Minogue, Ian Brown, The Stranglers, Super Furry Animals, The Cure, Blur, Oasis, Kings of Leon, Mastodon, Ellie Goulding, George Clinton, Nirvana, Manic Street Preachers, The Libertines, Supergrass, Lady Gaga, Prodigy, Sum 41, New Found Glory, Queens Of The Stone Age, Muse, and Tyler Oakley among others.