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First Direct Arena

First Direct Arena

Arena Way, Leeds LS2 8BY

Sign up to Dork+firstdirectarena.com Open in Google MapsCapacity 13,500

On stage

Artists who've played First Direct Arena

Top 6 of 72 acts on record.

Tom Walker

Tom Walker

2 appearances

The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses

2 appearances

ELIZA

ELIZA

2 appearances

Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud

2 appearances

Toploader

Toploader

1 appearance

Sorry

Sorry

1 appearance

Nearby

Other venues in Leeds

Brudenell Social Club

142 shows

Belgrave Music Hall

96 shows

O2 Academy Leeds

87 shows

Headrow House

47 shows

Hyde Park Book Club

36 shows

The Wardrobe

34 shows

Stylus

31 shows

Project House

30 shows

See the full Leeds scene.

Walking distance

Other venues nearby

Within 1 km of First Direct Arena.

Leeds First Direct Bank Arena

0 m · Leeds

The Key Club

300 m · Leeds

Jumbo Records

300 m · Leeds

Leeds Beckett University

350 m · Leeds

City Museum

350 m · Leeds

Leeds Beckett University Student Union 2

400 m · Leeds

Soundtrack

The sound of First Direct Arena

43 tracks from 22 acts who've played here or are coming through soon. Click any track to play it in the player.

Now playing:Zombie·YUNGBLUD

01
Zombie
YUNGBLUD
02
To Be Loved Again (Bonus Track)
Richard Ashcroft
03
Everytime We Touch - Radio Edit
Cascada
04
Let's Get Christmas Going
Bryan Adams
05
3 Kilos (Remastered)
The Prodigy
06
Shallow Tragedy
The Royston Club
07
Claustrophobic Sting (Remastered)
The Prodigy
08
Bring On The Lucie (Freda Peeple) [Special Bonus Track]
Richard Ashcroft
09
Remind Me
Tom Grennan
10
Blisters
The Royston Club
11
Free Falling
The Warning
12
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Brian May Version)
Diana Ross
13
Sunshine
Sunflower Bean
14
The Mountain
Gorillaz
15
Last Night on Earth
Rick Astley
16
Champagne Taste
Sunflower Bean
17
She Makes Me
Rick Astley
18
Right Place Right Time (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Radio Edit)
Olly Murs
19
Daydreaming
The Molotovs
20
You Are So Beautiful
Diana Ross
21
Escape the Mind Piano Only Bonus
The Warning
22
Zombie (Recorded at Hansa Studios)
YUNGBLUD
23
Take Me as I Am
Example
24
Kiss You Off
Scissor Sisters
25
Friday 13th (feat. Octavian)
Gorillaz
26
Newsflash
The Molotovs
27
Black Coffee In Bed
Squeeze
28
Renegade
Doves
29
Teach Me How to Dance
JLS
30
Our Time Will Come
Carl Cox
31
Evacuate the Dancefloor
Cascada
32
Labelled With Love
Squeeze
33
Play It (Shine Like A Nova Star)
Alison Goldfrapp
34
Christmas Time (Classic Version)
Bryan Adams
35
Toys Out of the Pram
Carl Cox
36
Perfect Lies
Alison Goldfrapp
37
Right Place Right Time (Live from the O2 Arena)
Olly Murs
38
Last Year's Man
Doves
39
Kickstarts
Example
40
Little Bit of Love
Tom Grennan
41
Paul McCartney
Scissor Sisters
42
Never Gonna Stop
JLS
43
Leave a Light On
Tom Walker

Recent Shows at First Direct Arena

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