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Arena Birmingham

Notable events
The arena has been used for several major events in the past, including counting no less than eight constituencies in the hall for the 1992 general election.


 * Gladiators was recorded at the arena from 1992 to 1999
 * 1993 IBF World Championships
 * 1995 Netball World Championships
 * 1998 Eurovision Song Contest
 * 1999 World Judo Championships
 * On Saturday 2 October 1999, it played host to WWF Rebellion 1999
 * Between Friday 14 March to Sunday 16 March 2003, it played host to the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
 * Great Britain Davis Cup tennis matches (vs. United States in 1999, vs. Sweden and Thailand in 2002, and vs. Japan in 2016)
 * BBL Cup and BBL Finals Weekend matches
 * The British games company Games Workshop used the arena to stage their Games Day and Golden Demon events until 2003, when they moved to the larger National Exhibition Centre.
 * 2003 IBF World Championships
 * 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
 * Tina Turner performed as part of her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour on 7 and 8 April 2009.
 * Michael Flatley's Stage Show, Celtic Tiger – DVD recording
 * 2010 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
 * 2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
 * It has played host to three BAMMA events. BAMMA 4 on Saturday 25 September 2010, BAMMA 7 on Saturday 10 September 2011 and BAMMA 9 on Saturday 24 March 2012.
 * Between Wednesday 7 and Saturday 17 July 2010, it played host to the 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.
 * 2011 Trampoline World Championships
 * Total Nonstop Action Joker's Wild II pay per view taping on 2 February 2014.
 * Mariah Carey has performed at the arena on 18 March 2016 part of European Leg Tour of Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour
 * Linkin Park performed here as part of the One More Light Tour on 6 July 2017. This was the band's last performance of the European leg, as the remaining show in Manchester were cancelled due to a bombing at the Manchester Arena, where the band was supposed to perform. It was also the final performance of lead singer Chester Bennington before his death on July 20, 2017.
 * Celine Dion performed as part of her Celine Dion Live 2017 tour on 27 July 2017 and 3 August 2017. Her first UK tour in nine years. She is the highest grossing performer for the venue so far during 2017.
 * Lady Gaga was supposed to bring her Joanne World Tour to the Barclaycard Arena on Sunday 15 October 2017. But due to her ongoing battle with fibromyalgia and chronic pain, she has had to reschedule the whole European leg of her tour to early 2018. The concert at Arena Birmingham has been rescheduled to 31 January 2018.
 * 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships