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Fleetwood Mac

Classic rock

  • Critics' choice

Despite denials and solo projects, the Mac are to return to these shores – still lacking Christine McVie, but otherwise with the classic line-up miraculously intact – for their first UK shows since they sold out Wembley in 2009. It'll be a greatest-hits...

Fleetwood Mac
  1. Tue Sep 24
    – Fri Sep 27
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £50-£125
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So Solid Crew + Wretch 32 + Ms Dynamite + Lethal Bizzle + more

Grime

  • Critics' choice

Remember when the charts were hit by ‘21 Seconds’? Back in 2001 the breakneck grime vocals, staccato garage beats and pedantic timekeeping of So Solid’s Number One single were shockingly new. The Crew were a rambunctious 20-strong unit from the council...

So Solid Crew + Wretch 32 + Ms Dynamite + Lethal Bizzle + more
  1. Sat Oct 5
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
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Bruno Mars

Pop

  • Critics' choice

The US singer is back for his first major UK shows since 2011, promoting his new, lush, number-one album 'Unorthodox Jukebox'. He'll hit London with his tight live band The Hooligans, a huge range of classy pop tunes, and (most importantly) enough charisma...

Bruno Mars
  1. Tue Oct 8
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. Sold Out
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Bruno Mars

Pop

  • Critics' choice

The US singer is back for his first major UK shows since 2011, promoting his new, lush, number-one album 'Unorthodox Jukebox'. He'll hit London with his tight live band The Hooligans, a huge range of classy pop tunes, and (most importantly) enough charisma...

Bruno Mars
  1. Wed Oct 9
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. Sold Out
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Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Following gigs the Hammersmith Apollo, cockney charmer Micky Flanagan (as seen of 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' and star of his own Radio 4 series) is joining the Evans's, McIntyre's and Izzard's of this world and plays both the O2 and Wembley...

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game
  1. Wed Oct 16
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £25
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Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Following gigs the Hammersmith Apollo, cockney charmer Micky Flanagan (as seen of 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' and star of his own Radio 4 series) is joining the Evans's, McIntyre's and Izzard's of this world and plays both the O2 and Wembley...

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game
  1. Thu Oct 17
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £25-£27.50
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Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Following gigs the Hammersmith Apollo, cockney charmer Micky Flanagan (as seen of 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' and star of his own Radio 4 series) is joining the Evans's, McIntyre's and Izzard's of this world and plays both the O2 and Wembley...

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game
  1. Fri Oct 18
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £25-£27.50
More info

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Following gigs the Hammersmith Apollo, cockney charmer Micky Flanagan (as seen of 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' and star of his own Radio 4 series) is joining the Evans's, McIntyre's and Izzard's of this world and plays both the O2 and Wembley...

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game
  1. Sat Oct 19
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £25-£27.50
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Peter Gabriel

Categories, Pop and rock

  • Critics' choice

He just wants to be your sledgehammer, so why not let him? 'So' is arguably Peter Gabriel's greatest album after all. Kate Bush is on it ferchrissakes! Don't miss the former Genesis leader performing his chart-topping fifth LP – which celebrates its twenty-fifth...

  1. Mon Oct 21
    – Tue Oct 22
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £50, £40
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Nights on Broadway: The Best of the Musicals

Musicals

Backed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, classical crossover singer Hayley Westenra, 'Britain's Got Talent''s Paul Potts, Olivier-winning West Ender Ruthie Henshall and G4 tenor Jonathan Ansell, oh and David Essex, perform numbers from 'Les Miserables',...

  1. Wed Oct 23
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £47.70
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Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Following gigs the Hammersmith Apollo, cockney charmer Micky Flanagan (as seen of 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' and star of his own Radio 4 series) is joining the Evans's, McIntyre's and Izzard's of this world and plays both the O2 and Wembley...

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game
  1. Thu Oct 24
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £25-£27.50
More info

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game

Stand-up, Solo shows, Big-name talent

Following gigs the Hammersmith Apollo, cockney charmer Micky Flanagan (as seen of 'Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow' and star of his own Radio 4 series) is joining the Evans's, McIntyre's and Izzard's of this world and plays both the O2 and Wembley...

Micky Flanagan – Back in the Game
  1. Fri Oct 25
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £25-£27.50
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Jessie J

Categories, Pop and rock

  • Critics' choice

Motormouth 23-year-old electro/'urban' Essex popstrel JJ offers plenty of lascivious, Rihanna-styled US R&B/soul-pop with attitude. NB: this show has been rescheduled from Mar 10; original tickets remain valid.

Jessie J
  1. Tue Oct 29
    – Wed Oct 30
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £33.50, £25
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Mott The Hoople

Classic rock

After selling out four nights at Hammersmith Apollo in 2009, Ian Hunter's glam-rock crew tackle the capital's biggest venue – a timely revival for a band whose biggest hit was written by David Bowie. Almost all the old dudes from the original line-up...

Mott The Hoople
  1. Mon Nov 18
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
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Depeche Mode

Categories, Pop and rock

  • Critics' choice

Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher draw on their immense back catalogue and plug their new album, 'Delta Machine' (which is surprisingly brilliant – read our review here). Expect a night of darkly melodramatic and sleazy, stadium-scaled electro...

  1. Tue Nov 19
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £40-£50
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Bruno Mars

Pop

  • Critics' choice

The US singer is back for his first major UK shows since 2011, promoting his new, lush, number-one album 'Unorthodox Jukebox'. He'll hit London with his tight live band The Hooligans, a huge range of classy pop tunes, and (most importantly) enough charisma...

Bruno Mars
  1. Thu Nov 21
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £39.50
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Nickelback

Categories, Pop and rock

The distressingly popular grunge latecomers from Vancouver keep on ploughing that furrow, 12 years on from 'How You Remind Me'. Musically, they're as overwrought and muscular as ever – the only real change is that Chad Kroeger (perhaps at the request...

  1. Sun Nov 24
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
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The Weeknd

Pop and rock, Urban music, R&B

  • Critics' choice

Canadian R&B singer cum rapper Abel Tesfaye follows heady critical acclaim for his debut album proper, 'Trilogy', with some rare live dates.

The Weeknd
  1. Tue Nov 26
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
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Stereophonics

Categories, Pop and rock

The wildly successful Welsh rockers, led by raspy-voiced Kelly Jones, play a greatest-hits set of blues-ish indie. They may be bang in the middle of the road, but at least they're travelling fast.

  1. Thu Nov 28
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
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Simple Minds

Categories, Pop and rock

Jim Kerr and co return to play bombastic, thunderous, synth-heavy classics like '(Don't You) Forget About Me' and 'Alive and Kicking'. The highlight, though, is always be their gleaming, sophisticated early material, which brilliantly trod the line between...

  1. Sat Nov 30
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £39.50
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Black Sabbath

Categories, Music

  • Critics' choice

The mighty masters of morbid rock have returned (again). Sabbath bear the responsibility for some of the most monstrous riffs ever created, and there aren't many contemporary rock bands who are totally free of their influence, so a huge tour and a new...

  1. Tue Dec 10
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
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Wet Wet Wet

Categories, Pop and rock

The aptly-named Scots, who reformed in 2004, headline with their wide-screen soul-pop. They've fully recovered from lead singer Marti Pellow's assorted smack dramas, and are back filling arenas in the wake of their eighth album 'Hope'.

Wet Wet Wet
  1. Wed Dec 11
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
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THE BIG REUNION CHRISTMAS PARTY: Five + Atomic Kitten + Liberty X + more

Categories, Pop and rock

Everybody get up for the late-'90s/early-'00s reunion of the year, engineered by the ITV2 programme 'The Big Reunion'. Keeping alight the eternal flame of the era that gave us Smash Hits Top Trumps and many other cultural treasures, each of these six...

THE BIG REUNION CHRISTMAS PARTY: Five + Atomic Kitten + Liberty X + more
  1. Sat Dec 14
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £35-£47.50
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THE BIG REUNION CHRISTMAS PARTY: Atomic Kitten + Liberty X + B*Witched + more

Categories, Pop and rock

Everybody get up for the late-'90s/early-'00s reunion of the year, engineered by the ITV2 programme 'The Big Reunion'. Keeping alight the eternal flame of the era that gave us Smash Hits Top Trumps and many other cultural treasures, each of these six...

THE BIG REUNION CHRISTMAS PARTY: Atomic Kitten + Liberty X + B*Witched + more
  1. Sat Dec 14
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £35-£47.50
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Status Quo

Categories, Pop and rock

Rick Parfitt and the no-longer pony-tailed (!) Francis Rossi continue to chug their way through their familiar, pub-boogie shuffle for a loyal fanbase.

  1. Sun Dec 15
  2. The O2 Peninsula Square, SE10 0DX
  3. £39.50-£50
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Comments & ratings

Rated as: 4/5 (6 ratings)
  • No complains for anything..its a great place to hang out with friends but the security sucks big time...they don't know what they are doing!! Friendly??!! Are u kidding me...they are not even F of friendly....they are just rude and lazy ...

    rebika Fri Mar 9 2012
    Rated as: 1/5
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  • A transport to a human friendly future

    Daniela Mon May 16 2011
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  • This site is amazingly well put together and I enjoy navagating my way through it. Very informative and up to date. One area of inprovement would be a calender in bold and bright colours to attract ons attention and that makes it easier to find out whats happening tonight or tomorrow in such a way that makes the user more inclined to find and pland thier outing with just a click.

    Stanton Tue May 3 2011
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • The O2 is a gr8 place to go but I think the cost of parking is the general issue that prevents people visiting!

    Activities Thu Feb 17 2011
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  • It makes life very awkward if, after a show you have been ushered (albeit very politely) downstairs to join the throng only to find there is only ONE public toilet in the WHOLE building with a massive queue. Surely, it's not that difficult to allow access to other areas where public toilets ARE available. There are plenty at various locations if you are coming for a show,upstairs, So why is it not a similar situation downstairs? Much as I love this venue, more thought ought to to be given to those visiting for reasons other than attending major attractions/shows.

    Kaz Thu Jan 13 2011
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  • I went on Friday and lives this production. The ads clearly stated that the performance woul be in the round, so I wasn't shocked when I found that I got quite a lot of the casts backs instead of their faces. As you cansee from the previous comments, the sound was below par buy I shallnt dwell on that at the moment. What I willsay is that Nassif (Carmen) completely embodied the role, the don Jose was amazing and that liz and susan atherton were fab! Special mention has to go to ladner for her portrayal of frasquita: "what's best, he dies!" she sings with flair when finding out her future lover.... A merry widow indeed!!! Act three opened with en mass chorus with their entrance portraying a cold and distant night. They were always on the money and made the produtiob for me. Google any of their names and you'll see that they are mostly Covent Garden chorus, ROH and glyndeborne choruses: the standard was amazing. Act four: great spectacle, envolvement in the little stories right round the stage, and then a blank canvas for the death of Carmen.... I'm going again tonight: I wonder what Darius will do with the part which Greenwood coughed and spluttered on during his torreador son on Friday......

    Stephen James Sun May 23 2010
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  • why is there only one public loo in the 02, not everyone wants to go into the restaurants.

    loos in 02 Thu May 6 2010
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  • At the prices you charge for the so-called spectacular shows and for parking, the place will soon be closed and boarded up and will rot away. Try GIVING something to the community for a change - yes, we know, you are in business - but you can kill 'the golden goose' through greed!

    Execelsior Fri Apr 23 2010
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