The Guardian

London’s O2 Arena announces funding for UK grassroots gig venues

The 20,000-capacity venue will feed revenue back into smaller venues to ‘nurture the next generation of breakthrough artists’ London’s O2 Arena, the UK’s second-largest indoor concert venue, has ...
Kerrang!

Alter Bridge unveil new single Playing Aces: “It’s a last-ditch effort to come out on top”

Alter Bridge have unveiled another huge new single and video, Playing Aces. “The term Playing Aces ties in with the gambling analogy of risking everything regardless of how many times you’ve failed in ...
Billboard

Radiohead Breaks Metallica’s Attendance Record at London’s O2 Arena

The iconic U.K. band played four sold-out shows at the venue in November. By Mitchell Peters Radiohead is making history at London’s O2 Arena. Following four sold-out shows earlier this month, the ...
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Radiohead Breaks Metallica Record at London's O2 Arena

Radiohead has set a new attendance record at London's The O2 arena. With 22,355 concertgoers, the British alternative rockers are now record holders at the venue. AEG Europe announced this, the ...
Music Week

Radiohead break O2 Arena attendance record with in-the-round performances

Radiohead have made history with the highest ever attendance within the O2 Arena. The band have returned for their first live dates in seven years, including four sold-out shows at The O2. Metallica ...
Rolling Stone

Radiohead Beat Metallica’s Attendance Record at London’s O2

Last week, Radiohead played four sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena — and the gigs ended up beating an attendance record set by Metallica at the same venue in 2017. The band played the O2 on Nov. 21, ...
Time Out

JLS at London’s O2 Arena: timings, set list, last-minute tickets and everything you need to know

JLS first reunited for a greatest hits tour back in 2021, eight years after they had last performed together. And since then, it seems as though they just can’t get enough. The X Factor band went on a ...
The Financial Times

Radiohead rework their songbook in inventive ways at London’s O2 Arena

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fomo is not among the old-school array of anxieties and neuroses in Radiohead’s songs. Thom Yorke specialises ...
Billboard

Radiohead Make Epic Return to the U.K. With Greatest Hits Set in London: Best Moments

The band played their first show in the U.K. since 2017 at The O2 Arena in London. By Thomas Smith British music has had such a banner year in 2025, that Radiohead’s return has flown a touch under the ...
London Evening Standard

Radiohead at the O2: 'Their most gleeful, hit-packed set in memory'

Where the long, long-awaited return of Oasis dominated the summer, filling the stadiums of the UK with sploshing pints, sneaky vapes and Adidas as far as the eye could see, it makes sense that ...
BBC

Radiohead deliver a spell-binding, hit-packed set in London

"Whenever you're ready," says Thom Yorke, adopting the tone of a schoolteacher waiting for an unruly class to settle down, as Radiohead get ready to play their encore at London's O2 Arena. It's a rare ...
BBC

Radiohead deliver a spell-binding, hit-packed set in London

"We are Radiohead. Pleased to meet you," said Thom Yorke in one of his few addresses to the audience "Whenever you're ready," says Thom Yorke, adopting the tone of a schoolteacher waiting for an ...