O2 London All Set For Another Record Year

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The O2, London has unveiled 24 events from its 2024 calendar, which suggest that the team running the iconic building isn’t resting on its laurels from a record-breaking 2023. From huge concerts spanning all genres to comedy to podcasts, the O2 continues the varied program it is famous for.

The O2 closed out 2023 having sold more than 2.5 million arena tickets, by its own admission. Rock, pop, and rap shows including Blink-182, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent, and Busta Rhymes contributed to over 865,000 tickets sold.

The O2’s 2023 country lineup, which included a sold-out Country-to-Country Festival in March, sold a total of 130,000 tickets. Another highlight was Morgan Wallen’s recent headline show at the venue, which saw the highest number of tickets sold by a Country artist at the venue.

The Dec. 3 concert sold a total of 18,046 tickets, grossing $1,870,421, according to the Pollstar Boxoffice.

Next year’s highlight include headline shows from Take That, Olivia Rodrigo, Liam Gallagher, Michael McIntyre, The Killers, Girls Aloud, as well as the return of Country-to-Country Festival, The BRIT Awards, and more. All of The O2’s 24 highlights for 2024 below.

Responsible for The O2’s impressive program each year is Emma Bownes, VP of venue programming at AEG Europe. Commenting on last year’s record, she said, “What has been particularly exciting to see is that our record-breaking ticket sales have been across such a broad range of genres, from country to comedy, RnB to Rock. We’re so grateful to the artists, promoters, agents, managers, and all the touring teams involved for bringing such incredible shows to The O2 arena this year. We look forward to an even bigger and better 2024 with some amazing artists already confirmed and lots more to come.”

Emma Bownes is a 2023 Pollstar and VenuesNow Impact International honoree. Speaking about one of next year’s highlights, she told VenuesNow, “one highlight that really stands out is announcing our first carbon removed arena events across four shows with The 1975 in February 2024. Alongside sustainable event specialists A Greener Future, these shows will use a range of carbon removal methods to physically extract the carbon generated by these shows from the atmosphere and durably store this out of harm’s way. Hopefully these shows will be the first step on the path to helping the live events industry to reach genuine net-zero.”

24 shows to look forward to at The O2 in 2024, as chosen by the venue’s programming team:

  1. Jay Chou – The King of Mandopop, Jay Chou will be headlining The O2 for two nights, Jan. 9-10.
  2. Bring Me The Horizon – The BRIT and Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum quintet are set to rock out to audiences at The O2 with two sold out shows, Jan. 20-21
  3. Depeche Mode will bring the “Memento Mori” Tour on Jan. 22 and 27
  4. Global afrobeat superstar Davido returns to The O2 Jan. 28 for a headline performance following the release of his album Timeless.
  5. Platinum-selling South London collective, D-Block Europe will return to The O2 for four nights, Feb. 4-7.
  6. Fan favourite “Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour” is set to return to The O2, Fe. 9-11.
  7. The 1975 are bringing their “Still… At Their Very Best” tour to The O2 for four shows, which are set to become the world’s first carbon-removed arena events, Feb. 12-20.
  8. The BRIT Awards, the biggest night in British music, returns Saturday, March 2.
  9. Kane Brown, Brad Paisley, and Old Dominion are down to headline C2C: Country 2 Country across the weekend of March 8-10. More acts to be announced.
  10. Three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning hitmaker Ne-Yo will be bringing his “Champagne and Roses” tour to The O2, along with special guest Mario, March 13-16.
  11. Following the tremendous success of his acoustic tour “Solo,” John Mayer will be headlining a show at The O2, March 18-19.
  12. Live Drum & Bass act Pendulum are set to headline The O2 over the Easter weekend, March 29.
  13. Michael McIntyre – Following his five-year tour hiatus, superstar comedian Michael McIntyre will be headlining five nights at The O2 as part of his brand-new show ‘Macnificent’ in April 2024.
  14. British icons Take That make their return to The O2 for a six-night residency with special guest, Olly Murs, April 25-May 1.
  15. Global Pop superstar, Olivia Rodrigo will be headlining The O2 for the first time as part of her “GUTS” world tour, May 14-18, performing four times in total.
  16. Hit comedy podcast duo ShxtsNGigs will be headlining The O2 May 26.
  17. The O2 welcomes back the legendary Liam Gallagher for a four-night residency, June 6-11, celebrating 30 years of the seminal album Definitely Maybe.
  18. Karol G is set to headline The O2 as part of the “MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO” tour, June 18-19.
  19. British-pop icons Girls Aloud bring the Sound of the Underground to North Greenwich after their decade long hiatus, with five headline shows, June 22-27.
  20. The Killers are bringing their “Rebel Diamonds” tour to The O2 for six nights, July 4-11.
  21. The USA Basketball Men’s national team will be playing at The O2, July 20-21, in preparation for the Olympic Summer Games.
  22. Bollywood superstar Arijit Singh is set to headline The O2 Aug. 17.
  23. Country superstar Chris Stapleton will be bringing his “All-American Road Show” to The O2, Oct. 23.
  24. League of Legends, one of the largest and most popular gaming and sporting events in the world, will hold the World Championship Finals at The O2, Nov. 2.

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