Rihanna puts O2 Dublin on top of the pop venue list

GEORGE MICHAEL and Rihanna helped Dublin’s O2 gross over $50 million (€39m) and beat the likes of New York’s Madison Square Garden to be the 5th best attended music arena venue in the world last year.

Rihanna puts O2 Dublin on top of the pop venue list
Wed, 18 Jan, 2012 - 00:00
Gordon Deegan

According to figures compiled by Pollstar, 670,846 music fans attended the Live Nation-operated venue in 2011.

This compares to the 616,874 who attended Madison Square Garden.

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