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27 unusual facts about Wembley Arena


2009 Premier League Darts

The tournament came to a conclusion with the play-offs on Monday 25 May at the Wembley Arena – coinciding with the Football League play-offs at the neighbouring Wembley Stadium over the same weekend.

A Quick One, While He's Away

A short tease of the final section, "You Are Forgiven", was used to end a concert at the Wembley Arena on 16 November 2000.

Absolute 80s

The marketing plan for Absolute 80s started with targeted sampling at 80s events such as Madness, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode at the O2 Arena, and Simple Minds at Wembley Arena.

Alastair Brennan

Brennan then stayed with the Bruins until he retired from ice hockey in 1984 following the playoffs at Wembley Arena.

Bobby Wright

Wright appeared with his parents at the International Festival of Country Music at Wembley in 1974, and returned to the United Kingdom with them for the Peterborough Country Music Festival in 1988.

Calshot Activities Centre

The former wooden track was a shortened version of the London six-day racing track used at Earls Court in 1967 (not to be confused with a similar track used at Wembley from 1968 to 1980).

D.E. 7th

When (Edmunds) went to see Springsteen perform at Wembley Arena (in 1981), he expected a good show but not necessarily a new song to record.

Dangerously in Love 2

Knowles also added the song to the track-listing of her first solo-tour Dangerously in Love Tour, notably at Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom.

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

On May 26, 2011, the Choliseo was ranked 8th on the "Top 50 Arena Venues" of the world and second of the West Hemisphere in worldwide ticket sales by Pollstar Magazine, surpassing Los Angeles' Staples Center, Miami's American Airlines Arena, London's Wembley Arena, etc.

Kings of the City

The band was established by rapper Ali Bla Bla after meeting lead singer Danny Wilder at a Busta Rhymes concert at London's Wembley Arena.

Mahek Chahal

She also went on a world tour with Himesh Reshammiya and has performed at various locations, most importantly, the Wembley Arena and the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam etc.

Memory Lane: The Best of McFly

The tour will end with the jaunt's biggest performance at Wembley Arena and were supported by The Vamps.

Mervyn Conn

He also directed the Melody Maker Pop Shows held at Wembley Arena in the 1960s, before launching the annual International Festivals of Country Music held at the same venue between 1969 and 1991.

Minhaj-ul-Quran

MQI started its education, welfare and human rights work in the United Kingdom in 1986 and held its first international conference at Wembley Arena, London.

In September 2011, Minhaj-ul-Quran organised a major "Peace for Humanity" conference at Wembley Arena in London at which, under the auspices of Tahir-ul-Qadri, its 12,000 attendees announced a global declaration denouncing racism, interfaith intolerance, extremism and terrorism.

Peterborough Pirates

Former coaches of note apart from Garry Unger, Cam Plante and Randy Smith was former NHL player for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins Rocky Saganiuk of Myrnam, Alberta, Canada who took the Pirates to the Heineken British Championships at the Wembley Arena in 1991, where they finished as runners-up to Durham Wasps in the final after beating Cardiff Devils in the semis.

Reemer

Their exciting live shows led to support slots with Scouting for Girls, The Feeling, Elliot Minor and Go:Audio as well as touring with hit Brit pop band McFly on their Radio:ACTIVE arena tour in 2009, playing such notable venues as Wembley Arena.

Scott Neil

In his seven seasons with the Racers, he helped the team to win the league championship in 1986–87 and 1987–88; the Norwich Union Trophy in 1985; and reaching the playoff finals weekend at Wembley Arena every year bar one and winning the playoffs in 1986.

She's a Mystery to Me

Later that day he sang the unfinished song to the band at their pre-concert soundcheck at Wembley Arena.

So Seductive

On March 19, 2010, Yayo and 50 Cent performed "So Seductive" together at the Wembley Arena in London, as part of a set which included several of 50 Cent's previous hits, including "In da Club", "21 Questions" and "P.I.M.P.".

Tearing Us Apart

Turner and Clapton performed the track as part of the 1986 Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert in London's Wembley Arena to celebrate the first 10 years of the Trust, then with a band including Phil Collins, Elton John, Mark Knopfler, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, and Paul McCartney to name but a few.

The 0001 Strat

Gilmour used the Guitar in the 2004 50th anniversary of the Stratocaster at Wembley Arena along with his Red Strat.

The Radio One Recordings

The album brings together the tracks from the July 1989 EP of Tubeway Army's 10 January 1979 and Numan's 29 May 1979 sessions for disc jockey John Peel's show and three tracks broadcast by BBC Radio 1 from the Year of the Child concert held at Wembley Arena on 30 November 1979.

Tony Windless

The following season, which saw another him elected to another All-Star game appearance, Tony helped Towers to another Trophy win and a victorious Playoff run, beating fierce rivals Greater London Leopards 89-88 in an intense Wembley final.

Torrey DeVitto

On the day of her birth, Joel was performing at the Wembley Arena and made a special note before beginning "The Longest Time" that DeVitto's wife was having a baby, causing a standing ovation for DeVitto, who was playing the drums at the concert.

Wasting Love

The B-side features three live tracks recorded at London's Wembley Arena on the "No Prayer On The Road" tour to support the No Prayer for the Dying album in 1990.

Xmal Deutschland

Xmal Deutschland also opened for The Stranglers at a concert in Wembley Arena, London.


Claytown Troupe

After Claytown Troupe played to sell-out audiences from London's famous Marquee Club and Astoria, they were invited to play as support band for The Cult's Sonic Temple tour, at venues such as Wembley Arena and Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.

Hurrah!

The band were invited to support U2 at Wembley Arena, and played as the opening act on the first dates of The Joshua Tree tour in June, 1987.

Jan Verhaas

On 21 January 2007, he was the referee of the final of the Masters between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ding Junhui, in which he ejected at least one fan from Wembley Arena for heckling the 19-year-old Chinese player.

Scouting in West Midlands

Over the past few years, the band has performed at venues in places such as France, Alton Towers, Wembley Stadium and Arena, the Black Country Living Museum, and at the Birmingham International Tattoo alongside the Grenadier Guards and The Royal Marines.