I Love Wembley Stadium!

They showed Mike sooo much love!

(He’s listed first for a reason!  Keep reading!)

Music

Wembley Stadium became a musical venue in August 1972 with an all-star rock 'n' roll concert called the London Rock and Roll Show. It since played host to a number of concerts and events, most notably the British leg of Live Aid, which featured such acts as David Bowie, Queen, Paul McCartney, The Who, Dire Straits and U2, was held at the stadium on 13 July 1985.

Other charity concerts which took place in the stadium were the 1988 Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness and the NetAid charity concert.

Acts who played at Wembley Stadium include:

• Michael Jackson (fifteen times, selling over 500,000 tickets in the process)
• The Rolling Stones (twelve times)
• Madonna (nine times)
• U2 (eight times)
• Genesis (they had four sold out shows in a row in early July 1987)
• Phil Collins (five times)
• Bon Jovi (five times) (they had three sold out shows in a row from 23 June to 25 June 1995)
• Tina Turner (four times, who had two sold out concerts recorded during her Twenty Four Seven Tour for the live tour DVD in the year 2000)
• The Animals (twice, once 1965 performing three songs at the NME Poll Winners Concert and the other on December 31, 1983, during their reunion tour, which was released as "Rip It To Shreds!" in 1984)
• Bryan Adams (Bryan Adams had two sold out shows, 1992 and 1996)
• Oasis (two times, and recorded their video and album Familiar To Millions at Wembley)
• The Cure (who recorded tracks for their "Pictures of You" single)
• Guns N' Roses (In 1991 Izzy Stradlin played his last show as an official member.)
• Fleetwood Mac (They had 10 sold out shows in 1988 on their "Shake The Cage" tour)
• Queen (Played two shows on the 1986 "Magic Tour", with the concert on 12 July recorded for a live album, VHS release and DVD release)
• George Michael (twice)
• The Corrs
• Gary Numan (Performing for three sold out nights in 1981)
• Grateful Dead (Halloween shows - October 30 and 31, 1990)
• Johnny Cash (Played in 1979, recorded for the BBC in 1981 and 1986)
• The Who (18 August 1979: "The Who And Friends Roar In". Following a series of smaller warm-ups this was the band's first major concert after the death of drummer Keith Moon the previous year. An 80,000 sell-out.)
• AC/DC
• Bob Dylan
• Billy Joel
• Aerosmith
• KISS
• Jethro Tull
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
• Prince
• Sting
• Celine Dion
• Rage Against the Machine
• Cliff Richard
• Cornelius Mendez
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• ABBA
• The Bee Gees
• Status Quo
• Elton John
• Jean Michel Jarre
• The Beach Boys
• The Eagles
• Van Halen
• INXS
• Blur
• Pink Floyd (2 nights in August 1988, World War II search lights were used outside the stadium for dramatic effect for approaching fans)
• Metallica
• Simple Minds
• Spice Girls (two times, one of which was recorded and released as a VHS/DVD)

During Michael Jackson's Bad Tour in 1988, seven sell-out concerts were staged at Wembley which included five in a row, and two at a later date. Each concert had an attendance of 72,000 people. According to the Guinness Book of World Records Jackson set a new world record with 504,000 people attending the seven total concerts. These seven concerts were highly anticipated and created huge media attention. A further six sell-out concerts followed in 1992 during his Dangerous Tour and his three shows in 1997 during his HIStory Tour brought total tickets sold to over 1.1 million. Until the demolition of the 1923 stadium, this record had not been beaten.