Shows by One Direction, Beyoncé music to the ears of O2 box office

Sellout shows by One Direction and Beyoncé helped generate a 6% increase in box office receipts — to $43.7m (€32m) — at the O2 in Dublin last year.

Figures released by music industry trade journal Pollstar show that 673,577 music fans paid through the doors of the O2 last year, making it the ninth most popular arena venue in the world.

The numbers represent an 8.5%, or 53,022, increase on the 620,555 that attended concerts at the 14,500-capacity arena in 2012.