Wembley Stadium All Set For Record Summer Concert Season

– Wembley Stadium
While there’s no naming rights sponsor, mobile operator EE is the venue’s headline sponsor

Wembley Stadium connected by EE in London, England, is gearing up for a record-breaking line up of fourteen concerts this summer with over a million music lovers expected to visit.

 

The iconic venue will host five weeks of shows starting June 1.

Among them are two shows by K-Pop sensation BTS, the announcement of which led to Wembley Stadium’s most-popular Tweet ever, as well as three concerts celebrating one of the biggest comebacks in UK history by the Spice Girls.

A total of nine superstar headliners makes it Wembley’s biggest summer to date. The previous record was set at thirteen shows in 1992.

 

Wembley Stadium’s Senior Commercial Manager James Taylor said: “We are delighted to host what will be a record-breaking year for music at Wembley Stadium.

– Ed Sheeran
On one of his four sold-out nights at Wembley Stadium last summer

 

“Holding music events and attracting more people to our venue are an essential part of our business and we are looking forward to hosting some of the world’s biggest artists this summer. We are setting the bar high in 2019 and long may this continue.”

 

Korean superstars BTS will kick off the summer run of concerts, with the boy band adding a second date to their highly-anticipated Wembley debut after the first night sold out in less than an hour.

The Spice Girls will make history by bringing their reunion tour to Wembley Stadium for three nights in their first set of shows since the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony.

 

Other acts to perform under the arch include legends Fleetwood Mac, P!NK, Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Eagles, The Who & Eddie Vedder, as well as the party of the year known as Capital Summertime Ball.

Stay tuned for Pollstar’s interview with Wembley Stadium’s general manager Liam Boylan, which will go up online tomorrow, May 1.