Music Events
Despite frequent complaints about the acoustics of the Arena, concerts are often held in the stadium.
Tina Turner was the first to perform at the arena during her Wildest Dreams Tour, with more than 157,000 people attending the three sold-out concerts on 6–8 September 1996.
The King of Pop Michael Jackson performed at the arena during his HIStory World Tour in five sold-out concerts, on 28, 30 September; 2 October 1996 and 8 & 10 June 1997, for a total audience of 250,000 fans (50,000 people per show).
The Rolling Stones performed five shows in the arena during their 1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour and returned to the arena on three more occasions; twice in 2003 during the Licks Tour and once in 2006 during the A Bigger Bang Tour.
Bon Jovi performed at four different dates in the arena; twice in 2001 during the One Wild Night Tour, once in 2003 during the Bounce Tour and once in 2008 during the Lost Highway Tour.
U2 used the arena for two of their tours; they gave three concert in 2005 during the Vertigo Tour and two in 2009 during the U2 360 Tour.
Madonna has performed at three different dates, with all tickets sold out. There were two presentations by the Confessions Tour in 2006 and one presentation by Sticky & Sweet Tour in 2008.
In October 2008, the stadium was home to Dutch children's group Kinderen voor Kinderen. The Arena was selected because of the seating requirement for the groups new format of concert called the "Mega Spektakel". The group had two concerts in the stadium on the same day due to high volume of people, mostly children that attended.
The stadium is also host to dance event Sensation.
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