New life for Zodiac

The Academy Music Group is redeveloping live music venue The Zodiac in Oxford, with a £2 million investment.

The redevelopment will increase the capacity of the venue from 750 to 1,150 people and will establish The Zodiac as a multi-stage venue.

This announcement comes in the wake of the closure of several popular live music venues, most recently the Hammersmith Palais in West London.

The Zodiac is due to relaunch in September 2007.