The Glasshouse International Centre For Music (formerly Sage) is a £70million, 1,640 capacity music and entertainment venue in Gateshead. Opening in 1994, it also offers a range of conference rooms and even as acts as place of musical education too. Recent performers include Goldfrapp, Robert Plant, Morrissey, Bob Geldof, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, who sold out the main hall in just a couple of hours!