Results tagged “O2”

Team GB's male gymnasts secured a place at this summer's Games by finishing top at the Olympic test event at The O2.

The men's artistic team failed to qualify last year after finishing 10th at the World championships in Tokyo but won by a good margin in last night's competition.

Plans for a tethered balloon ride overlooking Greenwich Peninsula have been submitted to Greenwich Council.

The 100 metre high flight has been proposed by Future Leisure Aviation who are also responsible for a similar attraction in Hong Kong.

Pop sensation Rihanna has released a video of her tube journey to The O2.

The singer who played ten dates at the North Greenwich venue last month shocked gig goers as she and her considerable entourage opted to take the Jubilee Line.

A sold-out Lee Evans show at The O2 has been rearranged for next Monday after a collapsed water pipe saw the event cancelled.

The comedian, who is in the middle of a six night run at the Greenwich Arena, was said to be disappointed after fans were turned away from Sunday night's gig just hours before the performance began.

A walkway across the top of the O2 has received the green light from Greenwich Council and is expected to be completed in time for next year's Olympic Games.

The 190 metre long temporary Skywalk will take up to 90 people at a time between two of the building's distinctive yellow pylons to an observation platform.

X Factor fans have been queuing in North Greenwich to get a glimpse of the best and worst in new musical talent.

The ITV show is holding three days of live auditions at The O2 from today (July 6).

Visitors to The O2 could soon be able to scale the outside of the building.

An application to Greenwich Council has requested the, "erection of a walkway across the arch of the O2 with two ancillary pavilions at its northern and southern ends."

Beliebers couldn't get to the O2 fast enough last night as Canada's teen pop sensation arrived in London to play his first date in the capital.

Armed with banners, roses and the obligatory Justin Bieber t-shirt, fans ran screaming from the station to the venue entrance where they joined forces to belt out the singer's hits.

A group of men who violently assaulted a passenger on the Jubilee line and gave homophobic abuse to another are being hunted by police.

The incident took place on a westbound line train on December 7 after a Suede gig at the North Greenwich arena.

By Andrew Williams

As 2011 dawns, it's a great opportunity to look into our green crystal ball and see what could be in store for Wharfers in the next 12 months.

One issue is sure to dominate life in the east end, and that's the approaching Olympics.

Sceptic see it as mumbo-jumbo and theatre but when clairvoyant Lisa Williams heads to The O2 she hopes to convince even the most ardent non-believer she can communicate with the dead.

Lisa is appearing at the Indigo2 on September 30 attempting to link people with their departed loved ones.

A fight which took place just outside North Greenwich Tube station in the early hours of Monday morning has put five young men in hospital.

Officers were called to the area at 2am following reports that a man in his late teens had been stabbed near The O2 arena.

If you didn't resolve to get out more in the New Year then maybe you should have.

Whatever your taste in entertainment, there is plenty to look forward to in the coming months. To make it that little bit easier, we have dug out a few of the highlights for you.

MUSIC
Pearl Jam at The O2
5/5

IN A NUTSHELL
The final European date for the Seattle rockers who give it their all with a momentous live set.

Music
Pearl Jam at The O2
5/5

IN A NUTSHELL
The final European date for the Seattle rockers who give it their all with a momentous live set.

Union Square, the newest arrival at The O2, is a bar and restaurant that aims to be cool America.

Its ambition is to offer a relaxed dining experience in contrast to the often chaotic scenes in and around the arena.

IT was the battle of the pop divas at The O2 this week when Britney Spears and Beyonce Knowles attempted to enrapture London audiences.

Both 27, American and adored by fans, it was a huge week at the arena.

American hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash's gig at Matter in North Greenwich has been cancelled.

The musician was due to perform in the O2 arena club on June 12, but the event has now been scrapped due to a "timing issue".

A man arrested following a stabbing at a music awards at the Indigo2 has been bailed.

Greenwich CID have ordered the 21-year-old to return to a south London police station in January. It follows an incident at the Urban Music Awards at 10.10pm on Saturday night.

A SELF-STYLED "Doctor Death" will bring a group of deceased bodies to Docklands tomorrow in a new exhibition.

In 1997, Doctor Gunther von Hagens invented plastination, a form of using fat and fluids to prevent dead bodies decaying.