AC/DC first concert for London's Olympic Stadium

AC/DC will be the first band to perform a major concert at the former Olympic Stadium in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The concert, scheduled for the 4th June, will be the first major event in the Stadium after the transformation works are finished. The Stadium has been undergoing work since 2013 to turn it into a year-round, multi-use venue. The work includes installing the largest roof of its kind in the world, a community track, innovative retractable seating, spectator and hospitality facilities and external landscaping.

http://www.accessaa.co.uk/acdc-to-perform-first-major-concert-at-former-olympic-stadium/

Venue news - NEC set for sale, Olympic stadium upgrades - and music gets racing lift

The Times reports that Birmingham City Council, the majority owner of the NEC Group, is panning to sell the National Exhibition Centre and its sister arenas, either through a flotation or trade sale. Te group comprises four main venues including Birmingham's Symphony Hall and the National Indoor Arena, a ticketing company and a catering business. The Council needs to raise money to replace funding cuts. Gross revenues last year topped £136 million.

Building group Balfour Beatty has won a contract worth £154 million to transform the Olympic Stadium in East London into a 'first class sporting and cultural facility for generations'.  The Stadium will become West Ham United's permanent home from 2016 and the improvemengts include a new roof. 

The Jockey Club, the owner of a number of UK race courses including Aintree, Epsom and Newmarket has teamed up with music industry veteran Andrew Wilkinson and sponsorship veteran Simon Haldern to launch a new 50-50 music venture - Jockey Club Live - to promote live concerts at race curses. The Jockey Club aready promotes 25+ race + music events each year.

London Olympic Stadium up for grabs?

Live entertainment giants Live Nation and AEG Live are both expected to bid to operate London's Olympic Stadium after this year's Games, according to Bloomberg. The Olympics venue will be third biggest stadium in the UK, behind Wembley and Twickenham. It has long been expected that West Ham football club would become the main tenants at the stadium after the Olympics, though various legal challenges by rival football clubs have hindered those plans.