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Considering the importance of popular music in British culture the opening of the British Music Experience was long-overdue.
The interactive museum at The O2 celebrated its first anniversary last week and over 150,000 visitors have passed through its doors.
He's the man responsible for guiding the world to an arena largely surrounded by water - and getting them home again.
Geoff Symonds helped write the planning application for The O2 as a consultant, and has been AEG Europe's head of transport strategy for more than two years.
The British Music Experience hosted the latest in its series of musician masterclasses with former Stranglers' frontman Hugh Cornwell
For budding songwriters it was an excellent opportunity to quiz a man who has been in the business for 40 years and reached the very top of the tree.
He's sold millions of records and sung in some of the world's most famous opera houses but for Andrea Bocelli there's plenty more to do.
The Italian tenor has established himself as one of the world's foremost operatic talents and returns to The O2 arena in November.
American rock legends Aerosmith have confirmed they will play a date at The O2 this summer.
The veteran band, led by singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, will play the arena on Tuesday, June 15, as part of their first European tour for three years.
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Depeche Mode, O2, Saturday February 20
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IN A NUTSHELL
Depeche Mode's stylish return to The O2 helps ease bus-based pain, writes Geoff Cowart.
The O2 arena will host the artistic gymnastics, trampoline, basketball and wheelchair basketball during the 2012 games.
Temporary structures will be built to manage vehicle and pedestrian access at the venue, which will be known as the North Greenwich Arena during the Olympics.
He once proudly proclaimed there were no more heroes but Hugh Cornwell could find himself something of a role model for a new generation of songwriters.
The former Stranglers frontman will be at the British Music Experience at The O2 next week presenting a songwriting masterclass.
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Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, The O2 arena
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IN A NUTSHELL
Veteran guitar gods join forces for an evening of virtuoso fretboard fun, even if most of the hits are missing.
The titans of the tungsten were out in force at The O2 last night as Premier League Darts rolled into town.
Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld headlined the show that brought the eight best players in the world to North Greenwich in what was a new departure for the arena.
The biggest names in darts - and over 10,00 spectators - are heading to The O2 this evening for the opening round of the Whyte & Mackay Premier League.
Doubt surrounded the participation of world champion Phil Taylor, who has been laid low with a virus this week.
The draft design for the new hotel AEG Europe hopes to build next to The O2 has been unveiled.
The entertainment company this week submitted its planning application for the four star 450-bedroom hotel to Greenwich Council. The proposed development also includes adjoining serviced apartments and a large event space.
Earlier this month, think tank Policy Exchange outlined a vision for increased river commuting.
As the debate continues, The Wharf talks to Thames Clippers managing director Sean Collins about his thoughts on funding, Oyster and riverside houseboats.
The most powerful player in darts has bad news for his rivals as he has no plans to ease back on his domination of the sport.
Phil "The Power" Taylor claimed his 15th world crown when he beat Australian Simon Whitlock on January 3 and will be the star attraction when Premier League Darts arrives at The O2.
England might have won the Ashes in last year's cricket series but the old rivalry wth Australia will be rekindled on the netball court next month.
The countries meet in the Co-operative international series, with the third and final match at The O2 arena on February 23.
Evolution has no foresight. It doesn't know where it's going. It plods along mutating here and there in the hope that serendipity will give it a shot. Such is the path followed by The Dome.
The dark days of 2001 act as a reminder of the general cluelessness and lack of direction that dogged much of the millennium experience.
While the original Dome was much maligned it did mark the beginning of major private investment in the region.
Previously, the tongue of land had held another vast container - a gas holder believed to be the largest in the world on a massive gas works.
Prime Minister Tony Blair claimed it would be a "beacon to the world" but for many years Greenwich's Millennium Dome was a national embarrassment.
A decade has passed since one of the most recognisable landmarks in London opened.
It must rank as one of the more remarkable comebacks.
The Millennium Dome was born amid political controversy, staggered through its first year and promptly fell dark as its future became, first, the subject of rancorous debate and later on a forlorn tale of folly.
It's been another exciting sporting year and plenty of big names have appeared in the pages of The Wharf, including West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, a quartet of England cricket captains and two heroes of the 1966 World Cup win.
We look back at what's been making the headlines locally and nationally over the last 12 months.
