{"id":2337591,"date":"2026-03-19T21:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2337591"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:07:45","slug":"self-esteem-mcfly-zac-brown-band-and-khalid-to-launch-londons-new-british-airways-arc-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/self-esteem-mcfly-zac-brown-band-and-khalid-to-launch-londons-new-british-airways-arc-venue\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Esteem, McFly, Zac Brown Band and Khalid to launch London\u2019s new British Airways ARC venue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-head\">\n<p>        <!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-intro head-item\">&#13;<br \/>\n            Self Esteem, McFly, Zac Brown Band and Khalid will headline the opening run of shows at London\u2019s new 3,800\u2011capacity British Airways ARC, which opens June 16 above Olympia\u2019s historic West Hall.&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-share-mobile head-item\">\n<div class=\"article-date-mobile\">\n<p class=\"article-byline-mobile\">&#13;<br \/>\n                By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/author\/135\/lizzie-baker\">Lizzie Baker<\/a>&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>Thursday, March 19, 2026\u00a02:39 PM    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share-desktop head-item\">\n<div class=\"article-date\">\n<p class=\"article-byline\">&#13;<br \/>\n                By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/author\/135\/lizzie-baker\">Lizzie Baker<\/a>&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>Thursday, March 19, 2026\u00a02:39 PM    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"generic-hero-article-image story-body-image head-item\">\n<figure class=\"article-figure\">&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n                        Self Esteem is set to play the first concert at the all-new British Airways ARC venue in London&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <!-- Article End -->\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Self Esteem, McFly, Zac Brown Band and Khalid will lead the launch of London\u2019s newest live music venue, the British Airways ARC, as AEG Presents confirms the first artists set to open the 3,800\u2011capacity space above Olympia\u2019s historic West Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Self Esteem will officially open the venue with two shows beginning June 16, marking the ARC\u2019s first-ever headline performance. McFly follow with a summer date, while US country heavyweights Zac Brown Band and multi\u2011platinum R&#8217;n&#8217;B star Khalid are booked for autumn shows as part of the venue\u2019s early run.<\/p>\n<p>The ARC is a purpose\u2011built, state\u2011of\u2011the\u2011art addition to London\u2019s live music landscape, designed to sit between club venues and arenas while tapping into Olympia\u2019s long musical heritage. Its programming is already stretching beyond pop and rock: the venue has partnered with the <em>EFG London Jazz Festival<\/em>, opening with Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves performing a special celebration of John Coltrane.<\/p>\n<p>AEG Presents is positioning the ARC as a major new cultural hub for the redeveloped Olympia site, with a focus on mixing high\u2011profile touring acts with genre\u2011spanning one\u2011offs and festival collaborations.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for all announced shows go on sale March 27 at 10am via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/story\/467\/3497459\/britishairwaysarc.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">britishairwaysarc.co.uk<\/a>, with pre\u2011sales opening earlier:<\/p>\n<p>American Express\u00ae Cardmember pre\u2011sale: March 25 \u2013 10am<\/p>\n<p>Artist pre\u2011sales: March 25 and March 26<\/p>\n<p>British Airways ARC venue pre\u2011sale: March 26.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-articles\">&#13;<\/p>\n<header class=\"feed-section-title feed-section-title__embedded\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <span class=\"feed-section-title-text feed-section-title-text--small \">&#13;<br \/>\n                    Read more&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n                <span class=\"feed-section-title-bar\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/header>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n        <\/aside>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.contactmusic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; Self Esteem, McFly, Zac Brown Band and Khalid will headline the opening run of shows at London\u2019s new 3,800\u2011capacity British Airways ARC, which opens June 16 above Olympia\u2019s historic West Hall.&#13; &#13; By Lizzie Baker&#13; Thursday, March 19, 2026\u00a02:39 PM &#13; By Lizzie Baker&#13; Thursday, March 19, 2026\u00a02:39 PM &#13; &#13;&#13; Self Esteem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2337592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2337591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Self-Esteem-McFly-Zac-Brown-Band-and-Khalid-to-launch.webp.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2337593,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337591\/revisions\/2337593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}