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Wembley Arena is an indoor arena in Wembley
Wembley

Wembley Central is an area located in HA postcode area, UK which forms the Western part of the London Borough of Brent. It is best known as the location of Wembley Stadium, which is the home of English football....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, UK. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007....
. It was built for the 1934 Empire Games
1934 British Empire Games

The 1934 British Empire Games were the second of what we now know of as the Commonwealth Games. They were held at the White City Stadium in London, England from August 4-11 1934, apart from the cycling at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, and the swimming, which took place at the Empire Pool in Wembley....
 by Sir Arthur Elvin
Arthur Elvin

Sir Arthur Elvin MBE left school at the age of fourteen. After a few different jobs joined the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Elvin was shot down over France and was a prisoner of war for two years....
, and originally housed a swimming pool, as reflected by its former name, the Empire Pool. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics
1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom....
. The building is used for music, comedy and family entertainment, and for sport. Music predominates, as the arena doesn't currently have a tenant sports team.

Wembley Arena was renovated along with Wembley Stadium as part of the regeneration of the Wembley area.






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Wembley Arena is an indoor arena in Wembley
Wembley

Wembley Central is an area located in HA postcode area, UK which forms the Western part of the London Borough of Brent. It is best known as the location of Wembley Stadium, which is the home of English football....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, UK. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007....
. It was built for the 1934 Empire Games
1934 British Empire Games

The 1934 British Empire Games were the second of what we now know of as the Commonwealth Games. They were held at the White City Stadium in London, England from August 4-11 1934, apart from the cycling at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, and the swimming, which took place at the Empire Pool in Wembley....
 by Sir Arthur Elvin
Arthur Elvin

Sir Arthur Elvin MBE left school at the age of fourteen. After a few different jobs joined the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Elvin was shot down over France and was a prisoner of war for two years....
, and originally housed a swimming pool, as reflected by its former name, the Empire Pool. The pool itself was last used for the 1948 Summer Olympics
1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom....
. The building is used for music, comedy and family entertainment, and for sport. Music predominates, as the arena doesn't currently have a tenant sports team.

Wembley Arena was renovated along with Wembley Stadium as part of the regeneration of the Wembley area. The Arena refurbishment cost £35m and the new arena opened to the public on 2 April 2006 with a concert by Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
.

Music

A notable attendance record was set in the early 1970s by the performer David Cassidy
David Cassidy

David Bruce Cassidy is an United States prolific character actor of stage, singer and guitarist. He is best known for his role as Shirley Jones's eldest son, Keith Partridge, in the 1970s Musical film/sitcom The Partridge Family from 1970 to 1974 He enjoyed a successful pop career in the 1970s, and still performs today....
, in his first tour of Great Britain in 1973 when he sold out six performances on one weekend. ABBA
ABBA

ABBA were a Sweden pop music group. The band consisted of Agnetha F?ltskog, Benny Andersson, Bj?rn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad . They topped the charts worldwide from the mid-1970s in music to the early 1980s in music....
 played five sold out concerts in one week in Wembley Arena in 1979 and one song from this concerts - The Way Old Friends Do (in live version) - is in their LP Super Trouper to hear. Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
 hold the attendance record for one show, with 12,470 fans at their 2007 gig. Pop band Busted
Busted

Busted were an England Pop Music Band consisting of James Bourne , Charlie Simpson , and Matt Willis . They sold over 1 million singles and 2 million albums in the UK, winning BRIT Awards, Record Of The Year and performing on several sellout arena tours....
 sold out shows at the arena a record 11 times in one year, in 2004.

Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
 holds the record for the most headline shows by one artist, and will play his sixtieth concert in the Arena in 2008. Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an United States singer, songwriter,actress, record producer, film producer, and former model . Houston rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find success in booty shaking & pop music and movies....
 is the female artist with the most shows at Wembley, with 29. Westlife
Westlife

Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on July 3, 1998.The group's original lineup comprised Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden....
 are the best selling pop band, having played 27 headline shows at the venue, and Status Quo
Status Quo

Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
 will play their 42nd Wembley Arena show in December 2008. Busted
Busted

Busted were an England Pop Music Band consisting of James Bourne , Charlie Simpson , and Matt Willis . They sold over 1 million singles and 2 million albums in the UK, winning BRIT Awards, Record Of The Year and performing on several sellout arena tours....
 hold the record for selling out the most consecutive nights at the arena with 11 in total.

Artists that have played the "new" venue include ABBA
ABBA

ABBA were a Sweden pop music group. The band consisted of Agnetha F?ltskog, Benny Andersson, Bj?rn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad . They topped the charts worldwide from the mid-1970s in music to the early 1980s in music....
, Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
, Cher
Cher

Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
,Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond

Neil Leslie Diamond is an United States of America singer-songwriter.Neil Diamond is one of pop music's most enduring and successful singer-songwriters....
, Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
, Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
, Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
, The Eagles, Diana Ross
Diana Ross

Diane Ernestine "Diana" Ross is a recording artist, actress, and entertainer. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown Sound as lead singer of The Supremes before leaving for a solo career in the beginning of 1970....
, Céline Dion
Celine Dion

C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
, Status Quo
Status Quo

Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
, Il Divo
Il Divo

Il Divo, Italian language for "star or celebrity", is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive and reality TV star, Simon Cowell....
, Placebo
Placebo (band)

Placebo are an alternative rock musical ensemble formed in London in 1994, consisting of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. To date, they have released five studio albums, six Extended plays and twenty-seven singles....
, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock music band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page , Robert Plant , John Paul Jones and John Bonham . With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regarded as one of the first heavy metal music bands....
, Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an United States rock music musician and actor of theatre and film. He is noted for the Bat out of Hell album trilogy that he created consisting of Bat out of Hell, Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, and several fa...
, Westlife
Westlife

Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on July 3, 1998.The group's original lineup comprised Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden....
, Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks

Elkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe , and later a solo artist. Known for her powerful husky voice....
, Page and Plant
Page and Plant

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both formerly of England rock band Led Zeppelin, recorded and toured in the mid-1990s under the title Page and Plant....
, Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
, Queen + Paul Rodgers
Queen + Paul Rodgers

The Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration began in late 2004 when Queen were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. Guitarist Brian May had previously performed with singer Paul Rodgers on several occasions, including at the Royal Albert Hall....
, McFly, Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
, Santana
Santana (band)

Santana is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. Just like Santana himself, the band is known for helping make Latin rock famous in the rest of the world....
, Busted
Busted

Busted were an England Pop Music Band consisting of James Bourne , Charlie Simpson , and Matt Willis . They sold over 1 million singles and 2 million albums in the UK, winning BRIT Awards, Record Of The Year and performing on several sellout arena tours....
, Hard-Fi
HARD-Fi

Hard-Fi are an England alternative rock musical band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's continual members have been Richard Archer , Kai Stephens , Ross Phillips and Steve Kemp ....
, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss", is an American songwriter, singer and musician. He has recorded and toured with the E Street Band....
, Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
, My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance

My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The band consists of five members that are Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar....
, Rush
Rush (band)

Rush is a Canadian Rock music band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale, Toronto neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently composed of bass guitar, keyboard instrument, and singer Geddy Lee; electric guitar Alex Lifeson; and drum kit and lyricist Neil Peart....
, Dream Theater
Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an United States progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band....
, The Offspring
The Offspring

The Offspring is an American rock music band. It was formed in 1984 in Huntington Beach, California. The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid , with reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s....
, Robert Plant
Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant Order of the British Empire , is an England Rock and Roll singer and songwriter, famous for his membership in the former rock band Led Zeppelin as the lead vocalist, as well as for his successful solo career....
, Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani

Gwen Ren?e Stefani is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock music band No Doubt. Formed with influences ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide....
, Muse
Muse

File:Muse reading Louvre CA2220.jpgThe Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature are the goddesses or spirits who inspire the creation of literature and the arts....
,Gurdas Mann, Dire Straits
Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a United Kingdom Rock music, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers , and managed by Ed Bicknell....
 and Oasis
Oasis (band)

Oasis are an English rock music band that formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as "The Rain", the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul Arthurs , Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher ....
.

Artists scheduled to play at the arena include Counting Crows
Counting Crows

Counting Crows is a rock band originating from Berkeley, California. The group gained popularity in 1994 following the release of its debut album August and Everything After, which featured the hit single "Mr._Jones_"....
, Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers are an American pop-rock boy band. The band gained their popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. Hailing from Wyckoff, New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas....
, Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs

Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band who formed in 1997. Hailing from Leeds, the group consists of vocalist Ricky Wilson , guitarist Andrew White , bassist Simon Rix, keyboardist Nick Baines, and drummer Nick Hodgson....
, The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady is a Brooklyn-based rock band consisting of Craig Finn , Tad Kubler , Franz Nicolay , Galen Polivka and Bobby Drake . Four of its five members have lived in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, and their Twin Cities roots are frequently reflected in the band's lyrics....
, X Factor
X Factor

X Factor may refer to:* X-Factor , a fictional Marvel Comics team**X-Factor Investigations, the current incarnation of the team* X-Factor , a wrestling tag team led by X-Pac, and X-Pac's signature move;...
, and more. For ticket buying/official website visit http://www.livenation.co.uk/venue/getVenue/venueId/16889 for more info.

Sport

Indoor sporting events such as boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 and ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 have long been popular at the Arena, notably the World Championship bout between then champion Alan Minter
Alan Minter

Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion Boxing....
 and challenger Marvin Hagler
Marvin Hagler

Marvelous Marvin Hagler , is a former United States boxing. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest middleweights of all time and finished his career with a record of 62-3-2 with 52 knockouts....
, which the latter won. The Wembley Lions
Wembley Lions

The Wembley Lions were an England ice hockey team.The team were founded in 1934 but showed a continuity with the London Lions team which had played at various venues since 1924....
 and Wembley Monarchs
Wembley Monarchs

The Wembley Monarchs were an ice hockey team in the United Kingdom. They were founded in 1929 as the Grosvenor House Canadians, transferred to Wembley Canadians for the 1934-35 season and became the Monarchs in 1936....
 were two ice hockey teams that used the venue during the 1940s, 50s and 60s, while the London Lions
London Lions

The London Lions based out of London, England was an independent professional ice hockey team that played 72 games during the 1973-74 season against the top European hockey teams....
 used the venue for a season in the 1970s. Wembley also hosted the British Hockey League
British Hockey League

The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1982 until 1996, when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League....
 play-off finals weekend at the end of each season up until the league's disbandment in 1996. More recently netball, darts, basketball, five-aside football, snooker and cage fighting have made regular appearances on the calendar. It is also hosting the final venue of the whyte and mackay premier league darts 2009 where phill taylor will be looking to succesfully trying to defend his 3 titles

In early October 2008 it was speculated that the arena could be used as a venue for the preliminary rounds of the 2012 Olympic basketball tournament
Basketball at the Summer Olympics

Basketball has been played consistently at the Summer Olympic Games since 1936, with demonstration events in 1904 and 1924. The United States men's national basketball team won all of the gold medals in the men's competition from 1936 to 1968....
 instead of one
Basketball Arena (2012 Olympics)

The Basketball Arena for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England will be located in the Olympic Park, London in Stratford, London, East London....
 of the projected new venues scheduled to be built, thus saving up to 90 million £

Other entertainments

The Arena also hosts comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 nights, with comedians such as Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard

Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an Emmy Award-winning British stand-up comedy and dramatic actor. He is also known for his transvestitism. His comedy style is expressed in rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime....
, Bill Bailey
Bill Bailey

Mark Bailey , Stage name as Bill Bailey, is an England stand-up comedian, musician and actor, known for his appearances on Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI and Black Books....
 and David Baddiel
David Baddiel

David Baddiel is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter....
 having appeared. Baddiel's appearance alongside Rob Newman in 1993 is widely regarded as being responsible for bringing alternative comedy
Alternative comedy

Alternative comedy is a style of comedy that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and 1980s which would eventually go on to become mainstream in the 1990s and up to the present day....
 into the mainstream. Lee Evans
Lee Evans (comedian)

Lee Evans is an England stand-up comedy, musician and actor....
 has played Wembley eight times, and returns to the Arena in November 2008.

In addition, Wembley Arena is also famous for its ice shows, including Holiday on Ice
Holiday on Ice

Holiday on Ice is an ice show currently produced by Joop van den Ende's Stage Entertainment Group with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
, Disney on Ice
Disney on Ice

Disney On Ice is a touring ice show produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily at children, the shows feature figure skating dressed as Disney cartoon characters in performances that derive music and plot from the various Disney films; the "stars" of the show are the Disney characters themse...
 and the ice pantomimes which ran every Christmas at the Empire Pool from the Fifties to 1978.

World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated arts and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales....
 taped their TV shows RAW
WWE RAW

WWE Raw is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment that currently airs on the USA Network in the United States....
 and SmackDown!, with RAW on 21 April and SmackDown! on 22 April 2006. Both shows were a huge success resulting in a sellout for each. WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is a publicly traded, privately controlled integrated arts and sports entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales....
 returned to the arena on October 16 2007 with the RAW Survivor Series 2007
Survivor Series (2007)

Survivor Series was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment , which took place on November 18, 2007 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida....
 Tour. It is also notable that the Insurrextion
WWE Insurrextion

Insurrextion was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by WWE exclusively for the United Kingdom on Sky Box Office . From 2002 on, it was a WWE Raw exclusive show....
 event in 2002 was the last Pay-per-view
Pay-per-view

Pay-per-view is the system by which a television audience can purchase events to view on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes....
 to be produced under the 'World Wrestling Federation' name.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is an United States professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002....
 held the final night of their , on Saturday 24 January 2009, inside the Wembley Arena. On this night, the company set an all-time TNA attendance record of 8,100 fans.

Square of Fame


With the reopening of Wembley Arena in 2006, a "Square of Fame" area has been created in front of the arena. Similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, that serves as an entertainment hall of fame....
, notable Wembley Arena performers are invited to have bronze
Bronze

Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive, but sometimes with other chemical element such as phosphorus, manganese, aluminium, or silicon....
 plaques imprinted with their names and handprints. The first star to have a plaque was Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
 on 1 August 2006.

On 9 November 2006 Sir Cliff Richard added his handprints to the Square. Rick Parfitt
Rick Parfitt

Rick Parfitt is best known for being a singer and the rhythm guitarist in the England rock band Status Quo....
 and Francis Rossi
Francis Rossi

Francis Rossi was born 29 May 1949 in Forest Hill, London and is co-founder of the English rock band Status Quo, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar....
 of Status Quo
Status Quo

Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
 unveiled a plaque with one of each of their handprints on 16 December 2006. On 9 January 2007 Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
 included her handprints on the final day of the London leg of her Showgirl Homecoming Tour
Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour

Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour is a concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Minogue was originally scheduled to perform in Australia and Asia during Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour in 2005, but she was forced to cancel the tour when she was diagnosed with breast cancer....
.

Seven times World Snooker Champion Stephen Hendry
Stephen Hendry

Stephen Gordon Hendry, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish people professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21....
 added his handprints on 21 January 2007. International country superstar Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
 unveiled her plaque on the final night of her UK tour on 25 March 2007.

Canadian music star Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
 unveiled his plaque on 10 May 2007, just before his 25th appearance at the venue. Just three days later, the former Commodores
Commodores

The Commodores are an United States funk/soul music band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on concert tour....
 frontman Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. is an Academy Award and Grammy award-winning United States singer, songwriter, record producer who has sold more than 100 million records....
 was presented with his plaque on 13 May 2007, after another sold out performance at the Arena.

Members of the Irish boyband Westlife
Westlife

Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on July 3, 1998.The group's original lineup comprised Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden....
 are the latest to unveil their plaque on 28 March 2008 in the Square of Fame after 27 sell out shows in the space of 10 years. They have sold 250,000 ticket in Wembley Arena. All four members Shane Filan
Shane Filan

Shane Steven Filan is the lead singer of Irish Pop music band Westlife. Filan is one of the four original Westlife members, along with other current members Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne....
, Nicky Byrne
Nicky Byrne

Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne is the oldest member of the popular Irish people pop music band , Westlife....
, Kian Egan
Kian Egan

Cian John Francis Egan, more commonly known as Kian Egan is one of four members of Irish boy band Westlife....
 and Mark Feehily
Mark Feehily

Mark Michael Patrick Feehily , better known as Mark Feehily, is a member of the popular Music of Ireland vocal pop group, Westlife.He has two younger brothers named Barry and Colin ....
 were presented with a cast of their hands which can also be seen in the Square of Fame.

External links

  • Events Calendar for Wembley Arena
  • Photos of Wembley Arena
  • Hospitality Work at Wembley Arena
  • Official Venue Website