The O2

The UK and Irelands live music venues are the world’s biggest money-makers - with six of the planet's top ten earners in the UK and Ireland.

Top 3 in the world are:
1) London's O2 Arena
2) Manchester's MEN Arena
3) Dublin's O2.

New York’s Madison Square Garden could manage only fourth, while other British venues in the top ten include Birmingham's LG Arena, Wembley Arena and the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle.
The six venues raked in combined ticket sales of £2.9million for the first half of this year - in contrast to the turmoil in the US, where promoters have had to scrap hundreds of shows