It was perhaps the most outrageous queue I've ever seen at a Birmingham gig in my 20-odd years of seeing shows at the NIA. That's the Utilita Arena, on paper, the city's biggest gig venue outside ...

Thousands of music fans lined the streets and canals of Birmingham city centre last night, Sunday, April 21, because of one Utilita Arena rule. Swedish rock band Ghost visited the city on Easter ...

Utilita Arena Birmingham It opened in 1991 as the National Indoor Arena (NIA). The 15,800 capacity venue was renamed the Barclaycard Arena in December 2014 following a £26m redevelopment.

A musician whose band attracted 'never seen before' queues at the Utilita Arena on Easter Sunday is to return to Birmingham ...

Central Cee, Birmingham Utilita Arena: UK’s biggest breakthrough rapper dwarfed by a too-big venue The Londoner’s popularity has soared since his last tour, but his moments of on-stage ...

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But Birmingham’s Utilita Arena – utilitarian by nature, too – threatened to swallow whole Cee’s slender presence on Friday night. His rap is a tempered version of UK drill, which operates on dark ...