Info from Wikipedia The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England, for pop and rock music and contemporary culture generally, which opened on 1 March 1999, and closed in June 2000. The building became a live music venue for a period from July 2001, then in 2003 Sheffield Hallam University bought it from Yorkshire Forward for £1.85 million. It is now the university's Students' Union. Then named The HUBS