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===Concert and event venues=== The [[Loreburn Hall]] (sometimes known colloquially as The Drill Hall)<ref name="culturalprofiles.org.uk">{{Cite web |title=Scotland: Loreburn Hall, Dumfries |url=http://www.culturalprofiles.org.uk/scotland/Units/298.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606152912/http://www.culturalprofiles.org.uk/scotland/Units/298.html |archive-date=6 June 2011 |access-date=2009-04-27}}</ref> has hosted concerts by performers such as [[Black Sabbath]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=1970 Tour |url=http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1970.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611151759/http://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/1970.html |archive-date=11 June 2011 |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Black-sabbath.com}}</ref> [[Big Country]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/2384/td-1990.html|title=Tour Dates 1990|date=22 October 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991022224215/http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/2384/td-1990.html|archive-date=22 October 1999}}</ref> [[The Proclaimers]] and [[Scottish Opera]].<ref name="culturalprofiles.org.uk" /> The hall has hosted sporting events such as [[wrestling]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=wZw Present The 'Destruction Tour' |url=http://www.wrestling101.com/101/newsitem/1154/ |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Wrestling101.com |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219085931/http://www.wrestling101.com/101/newsitem/1154/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The new DG One sport, fitness and entertainment centre became the principal indoor event venue in Dumfries in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title=MiniWeb |url=http://www.dgone.co.uk |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=DG One}}</ref> but in October 2014, it closed due to major defects being discovered in the building. However, the refurbished building reopened to the public in the summer of 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 June 2019 |title=Dumfries leisure centre with 'unique' failings ready to reopen |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-scotland-south-scotland-48761099 |access-date=7 January 2020}}</ref> The Theatre Royal has also reopened following renovation work.
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