![]() ![]() The residency surely helped secure that lofty position with more than 187,000 fans ponying up £12.6 million ($18.3 million). ![]() This time, the 21,000-capacity O2 was not only the biggest-selling arena in the world but Bon Jovi was the biggest-selling band of the calendar year, ending with 1.9 million tickets sold. Three years later almost to the day, on June 10, 2010, Bon Jovi returned to launch a 12-night, sold-out residency with an outdoor concert from the rooftop of the O2’s now-iconic dome. ![]() GOODNIGHT NEW YORK: Bon Jovi, with lineup Phil X, Hugh McDonald, David Bryan, Jon Bon Jovi, Tico Torres, John Shanks and Everett Bradley, celebrates two sold-out performances at New York City’s Madison Square Garden April 14-15, 2017.Ī small boat, even a Thames Clipper, chugging up the River Thames in London isn’t unusual enough to draw large crowds to the docks on any given day but, on June 24, 2007, such a boat pulled up to a jetty adjacent to the barely-completed O2 arena and unloaded passengers from New Jersey who had the entire city’s attention.īon Jovi made a splashing entrance at The O2 that day, and provided the electricity for the sellout crowd as the new arena opened its doors for the first time, selling 17,200 tickets for a gross of £1.3 million ($2.4 million) with ticket prices ranging from £50-£100. ![]()
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