Paranoid Android wrote on May 12
th, 2017 at 8:08pm:
Some Guy wrote on May 12
th, 2017 at 1:59pm:
SG is correct...Wembly Stadium...OPEN...Arena (though Small) OPEN...O2...OPEN...The Intimate Royal Albert Hall is busy...but is open to a point.
Maybe I dont know the venues well enuff in/around London...but there it is...
There are several large sports stadiums in London - all of which have staged major concerts in recent years - Wembley and Twickenham (rugby stadium) are the biggest and hold over 90,000 and 80,000 respectively. There's also the London Stadium (the venue for the 2012 Olympics) which has been reduced in capacity but still holds about 65,000 and is now used for home games for West Ham United. And the Emirates Stadium (Arsenal FC) which holds over 60,000. And there's also parks such as Hyde Park which get used for several gigs every year.
Football stadiums that are used by club sides pretty much rule those venues out from August onwards. The weather also makes it a non starter once you get into the autumn. However, Wembley has a roof and could be used anytime (likewise with the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff)
There is a stumbling block with Wembley at the minute though. Tottenham Hotspur are getting a new stadium constructed so will be playing their home games for the 2017-2018 season at Wembley. So, between August 2017 and May 2018 instead of being used for maybe 8-10 sporting events, the stadium will probably host about 40 games instead. Cant see the FA and Tottenham being too enthusiastic about letting the pitch be used for concerts in the middle of all that.
They could easily have staged a couple of shows at the 02.
Or even remembered that the UK
does exist outside of London and played there.
The story going around is that they got a tax break by deferring the UK dates until the next financial year.