Stade Charles-Ehrmann is a multi-use

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. For sporting events it seats 8,000 spectators. It is sometimes used by the

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, for practice or friendly matches, and by their reserves team the Eaglets. For large concerts, it is used in conjunction with the indoor concert hall

Palais Nikaia Palais Nikaïa is an indoor concert hall and multi-purpose facility located in Nice, France. It opened on 4 April 2001, and is located five minutes' drive from Côte d'Azur International Airport. On its own, Palais Nikaïa has seats for between ...

, whose doors are opened and permit large crowds of up to 50,000 to view the stage inside the hall.

Notable Events

American pop singer Madonna has performed at the stadium four times: during her Who's That Girl Tour in 1987, her Blond Ambition Tour in 1990 (which was aired on HBO and released exclusively on LaserDisc titled " Blond Ambition World Tour Live"), her

Sticky & Sweet Tour The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the eighth concert tour by American singer Madonna, to promote her eleventh studio album, ''Hard Candy'' (2008). It was Madonna's first major venture under a new ten-year 360 deal with Live Nation. Following a seri ...

in 2008 and her

MDNA Tour The MDNA Tour was the ninth concert tour by American singer Madonna, launched in support of her twelfth studio album, '' MDNA'' (2012). Comprising 88 shows, the tour began on May 31, 2012, in Tel Aviv's Ramat Gan Stadium and concluded in Cór ...

in 2012. Rock band U2 performed at the stadium when the first one was on August 5, 2005, during their

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, in front of a sold-out crowd of 51,900 people. The second one was on July 15, 2009, during their

U2 360° Tour The U2 360° Tour was a worldwide concert tour by rock band U2. Staged in support of the group's 2009 album '' No Line on the Horizon'', the tour visited stadiums from 2009 through 2011. The concerts featured the band playing " in the roun ...

, in front of a sold-out crowd of 55,641 people. The performance of " City of Blinding Lights" from the 2009 show was recorded for the group's live album '' U22''. Australian rock band AC/DC played at the stadium during their Black Ice World Tour with 40,000 people on June 15 2010. Another rock band performed at the stadium was

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for their The 2nd Law World Tour on June 26 2013. Pop superstar

Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...

performed at the stadium twice : during his

Bad World Tour Bad was the first solo concert tour by American singer Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album ''Bad (album), Bad'' (1987). Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts for over 4.4 million ...

on August 14, 1988, in front of 35,000 people and during his

HIStory World Tour The ''HIS''tory World Tour was the third and final worldwide solo concert tour by American singer and recording artist Michael Jackson, covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. The tour included a total of 82 concerts spanning ...

on July 27, 1997, in front of 38,000 people.

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performed a sold-out concert at the stadium as part of their Mylo Xyloto Tour on May 22, 2012. The band came back to the stadium for their A Head Full of Dreams Tour on May 24, 2016 for a sold out crowd of 53,566.

References

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