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The Metro Radio Arena Newcastle is a 11,000 seat sports and entertainment venue based in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. SMG Europe have owned and operated the venue since 2000 along with other SMG venues in the area which include:
The Journal Tyne Theatre
Playhouse Whitley Bay
Former member of the 1960s band, The Animals, Chas Chandler and his business partner Nigel Stanger conceived and helped build the arena. It opened in November 1995 with a star-studded basketball game, and the first concert was performed by David Bowie on 7 December 1995.
It is currently sponsored by the local commercial radio station Metro Radio. It was formerly sponsored by Telewest, and named the Telewest Arena until January 2004. SMG Europe have owned and operated the venue since 2000. The Arena is currently home to the Newcastle Eagles basketball team and the Newcastle Vipers ice hockey team. The Arena is currently the largest venue in the BBL.
It has hosted WWE Insurrextion 2003, live on Sky Box Office and many other World Wrestling Entertainment events, most of the time selling out. The first house show to be held at the arena was a Smackdown event on the 18th of March 2004. Raw made its house show debut in Newcastle on April 23 2005. There was a Raw house show on 12 November, 2008, and WWE’s last event was another Raw house show on 23 April 2009. The WWE will be returning on the 6th of November with its DX Invasion Tour.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship brought their UFC 80 event to the arena on January 19 2008. In October 2009 it was annouced that briton Amir Khan will make his first defence of his WBA Junior Welterweight world title against Dmitriy Salita on 5th December 2009.
The arena is also host to many different solo artists and bands including Backstreet Boys, Lady GaGa, Alexandra Burke, Shontelle, Maxïmo Park, AC/DC, Metallica, Deep Purple, The Corrs, The Killers, Genesis, Kylie Minogue, Shayne Ward, McFly, Meat Loaf, Donny Osmond, Gwen Stefani, Destiny’s Child, Michael Buble, The Who, Girls Aloud, Diana Ross, Justin Timberlake, Cascada, Sugababes, Westlife, Rihanna, Ciara, Cliff Richard, Christina Aguilera, Muse, Pink, Tom Jones, Will Young, Guns N’ Roses, Kelly Clarkson, Rod Steward, Oasis, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Green Day, Busted, Elton John, Enrique Iglesias, Alesha Dixon, Sting, Beach Boys, Lionel Richie, Shania Twain, Gareth Gates, Atomic Kitten, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronan Keating, Foo Fighters, Barry Manilow, The Pussycat Dolls, Robbie Williams, Bob Dylan, Take That, Boyzone, Pavarotti, B*Witched, My Chemical Romance, Kanye West, Slipknot, Scissor Sisters, Kaiser Chiefs, Neyo, Nickelback and Beyonce.
The arena played host again to the Backstreet Boys recently on November 3rd 2009. Whitney Houston has announced that she will be playing at the arena on Thursday 22nd April 2010
Godskitchen, The UK’s leading Dance Organisation have also held a number of all night Dance Events at the Arena featuring many world class acts including Tiesto, Mauro Picotto and Judge Jules.
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