Results tagged “The O2 Arena”

Pet Shop Boys
The O2 arena, Friday June 19
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Cerebral exponents of their art, the PSB's minimalist movement set against frantic dancers gives them a contrived cool, writes Allan Ledward

Elouise Stratford Circus

Pet Shop Boys The O2 arena

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Russell Brand: Scandalous
The O2 arena
3/5

"Russell Brand goes for the jugular and the undergarment with the same sense of glint-eyed, orgiastic devilment."

At a packed press conference on HMS Belfast, Spandau Ballet this afternoon announced they would be reforming and undertaking a five-date arena tour.

Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp and Steve Norman will be playing The O2 arena on October 20. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday via theo2.co.uk or by calling 0844 856 0202.

Michael Jackson will now be performing 50 shows at The O2 after more dates were added this afternoon.

The King of Pop's London shows, the last he said he would do in the capital, will now see him in residence at the arena between July 8 and February 24 next year - and there could be more to come.

Michael Jackson is set to make an appearance at The O2 tomorrow when he is expected to announce a string of shows at the venue this summer.

As reported in The Wharf last week the 50-year-old singer had been in negotiations to play up to 30 nights at the arena.

Blue Man Group. They’re blue, they’re men and… er… they’re a group. That’s more or less as much as I knew before I turned up at The O2 for their sell-out first night. Oh yes, I’d also seen them banging objects together in an advert once – then again, I saw creatures banging stuff together at the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey and look how weird that turned out.

Bermondsey boxer David Haye has threatened to knock Monte Barrett out in three rounds when they meet on Saturday night.

The duo came face to face in a heated press conference in which Barrett was scathing of his treatment by Haye's publicity team.

– Katie Melua @ The O2 arena

– Early Music Festival @ Greenwich