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The O2 in London has sold over 2.6 million tickets to live events this year—with a 70% increase in first-time performers. Here’s a peek at the breakdown.
AEG Europe celebrates a second consecutive year of record-breaking ticket sales for The O2, as the 2.6 million figure represents a 3.5% increase over the 2023 tickets sold. In addition to the growth in the UK, AEG Europe has also announced a record-breaking year in Germany with events growth of 11.5% year-over-year.
In 2024, Uber Arena in Berlin hosted 1.8 million fans across 176 events, with over one million people attending 150 events at Barclays Arena in Hamburg. Coupled with the success of Berlin’s Uber Eats Music Hall, which hosted 137 events, the demand for live entertainment shows strength in Germany.
Across the year in the UK, The O2 hosted over 200 arena performances spanning music, comedy, sports, and entertainment. Those include multi-night performances from global superstars like Liam Gallagher and Olivia Rodrigo, but The O2 also hosted The BRIT Awards and the C2C Festival. In February, The O2 made history by hosting the world’s first carbon removed arena events at The 1975’s four headline shows—resulting in the extraction and removal of 545.9 tonnes of carbon.
The O2 hosted more first-time headliners than ever before in 2024, with 41 artists taking to the stage for the first time including Raye, Charli XCX, Mirror, and IVE—a 70% increase on 2023. The O2 diversified its live entertainment with some interesting stats.
Karol G became the fastest selling Latin artist to perform at The O2 for her sold-out shows in June. Nearly 30,000 fans showed up for the first Latin artist to play two headline shows at the venue. Meanwhile, Diljit Dosanjh became the highest-selling South Asian artist following three sold-out shows in October. The O2 hosted more South Asian artists in 2024 than ever before including Anirudh, Karan Aujla, Arijit Singh, and Sid Sriram.
Europe’s largest country music festival, C2C returned to the O2 in March. Across ten official stages, C2C hosted over 70 artists and saw 164 performances, with record attendance figures of over 45,000 fans for the weekend. The arena also welcomed back Chris Stapleton for two sold-out shows in October with over 30,000 fans in attendance.
Take That cemented their record as the music artist to have performed the most times at The O2, with 39 shows selling over 600,000 tickets. Every night of their six-night residency in April was sold-out.
