Etihad Live

Etihad Live
	Interactive map of Etihad Live
Former names	Du Arena (2009–2021); Etihad Park (2021–2026)
Address	Yas Leisure Drive - Yas Island - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi; United Arab Emirates
Owner	Ethara
Seating type	Amphitheater
Capacity	40,000
Construction
Opened	2009

Etihad Live is an outdoor music venue and amphitheater in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The region's largest outdoor venue, it has a seating capacity of up 25,000 to 40,000 audience members at a time.¹ It is a part of the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi complex. The venue welcomes many artists each year for annual Abu Dhabi Grand Prix post-race concerts. Festivals including Creamfields Abu Dhabi, KCON, and Ultra Music Festival have also been hosted, and in 2023 the venue hosted the first Wireless Festival in the Middle East. Madonna, Lana Del Rey, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Usher and Blackpink are among the artists who have performed there.

Originally called the Du Arena until 2021, and then Etihad Park until 2026, it was renamed to Etihad Live,² as a stadium also sponsored by Etihad Airways, called the Etihad Park was being built in New York City.

Concerts

List of concerts held at the Etihad Park
Date	Artist	Tour
October 29, 2009^a	Beyoncé	I Am... World Tour
October 30, 2009^a	Jamiroquai	N/a
October 31, 2009^a	Kings of Leon	N/a
November 1, 2009^a	Aerosmith	2009 Tour
November 12, 2010^a	Kanye West	N/a
November 13, 2010^a	Linkin Park	A Thousand Suns World Tour
November 14, 2010^a	Prince	Prince 20Ten
November 24, 2010	Sarah McLachlan	N/a
November 26, 2010	Nelly Furtado	Mi Plan Tour
December 16, 2010	Guns N' Roses	Chinese Democracy Tour
February 11, 2011	Eric Clapton	N/a
March 11, 2011	Thirty Seconds to Mars	Into the Wild Tour
March 18, 2011	Stevie Wonder	N/a
April 29, 2011	Shakira	The Sun Comes Out World Tour
October 13, 2011	Janet Jackson	Number Ones, Up Close and Personal
October 25, 2011	Metallica Nervecell	2011 Vacation Tour
November 11, 2011^a	Britney Spears	Femme Fatale Tour
November 12, 2011^a	Incubus The Cult	If Not Now, When? Tour
November 13, 2011^a	Paul McCartney	On the Run Tour
December 16, 2011	Sade	Sade Live
March 2, 2012	David Guetta	N/a
March 29, 2012	Elton John	Greatest Hits Tour
June 3, 2012	Madonna	The MDNA Tour
June 4, 2012	Madonna	The MDNA Tour
November 2, 2012^a	Kylie Minogue	N/a
November 3, 2012^a	Nickelback	Here and Now Tour
November 4, 2012^a	Eminem	N/a
November 30, 2012	The Jacksons	Unity Tour
January 31, 2013	Kanye West	N/a
March 14, 2013	Sting	Back to Bass Tour
March 22, 2013	Andrea Bocelli	N/a
March 28, 2013	Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Democracy Tour
April 19, 2013	Metallica	2013 Summer Tour
October 19, 2013	Rihanna GTA	Diamonds World Tour
October 31, 2013	Amr Diab Elissa Hussain Al Jassmi	N/a
November 1, 2013^a	Jay-Z	Magna Carter World Tour
November 2, 2013^a	Muse	The 2nd Law World Tour
November 3, 2013^a	Depeche Mode	The Delta Machine Tour
February 21, 2014	The Rolling Stones	14 On Fire
April 25, 2014	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	N/a
May 23, 2014	Justin Timberlake	The 20/20 Experience World Tour
May 29, 2014	Black Sabbath	13 Tour
November 20, 2014	Tamer Hosny Carole Samaha Fayez Al Saeed Mohammed Assaf	N/a
November 21, 2014^a	Armin van Buuren
November 22, 2014^a	Pharrell Williams
November 23, 2014^a	The Who The Wanton Bishops	The Who Hits 50!
April 25, 2015	Robbie Williams	Let Me Entertain You Tour
October 1, 2015	Bon Jovi	Bon Jovi Live! Tour
October 8, 2015	Dave Matthews Band	Fall International 2015 Tour
November 20, 2015	Mötley Crüe	Mötley Crüe Final Tour
November 26, 2015	Cheb Khaled Fares Karam Aryam	N/a
November 27, 2015^a	Enrique Iglesias	Sex and Love Tour
November 28, 2015^a	Florence and the Machine	How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Tour
November 29, 2015^a	Blur Barns Courtney	The Magical Whip Tour
November 24, 2016^a	Pitbull	N/a
November 25, 2016^a	The Chemical Brothers
November 26, 2016^a	Lionel Richie
November 27, 2016^a	Rihanna	Anti World Tour
December 31, 2016	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams Tour
March 2, 2017	Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart: The Hits Tour
November 9, 2017	Tony Hadley	N/a
November 23, 2017^a	Calvin Harris	N/a
November 24, 2017^a	J. Cole	4 Your Eyez Only World Tour
November 25, 2017^a	Mumford & Sons	Wilder Mind Tour
November 26, 2017^a	P!nk	N/a
December 31, 2017	Katy Perry	Witness: The Tour
November 22, 2018^a	Post Malone	Beerbongs & Bentleys Tour
November 23, 2018^a	The Weeknd	The Weeknd Asia Tour
November 24, 2018^a	Sam Smith	The Thrill of It All Tour
November 25, 2018^a	Guns N' Roses	Not in This Lifetime... Tour
April 5, 2019	Migos	N/a
April 26, 2019	Andrea Bocelli
September 4, 2019	Red Hot Chili Peppers
October 25, 2019	Eminem	Rapture 2019 / Kamikaze Tour
November 28, 2019^a	Marshmello	N/a
November 29, 2019^a	Future Gucci Mane	N/a
November 30, 2019^a	Lana Del Rey	The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour
December 1, 2019^a	The Killers	N/a
December 31, 2019	Bruno Mars
December 9, 2021^a	Khalid
December 10, 2021^a	Stormzy
December 11, 2021^a	Lewis Capaldi
December 12, 2021^a	Martin Garrix DJ Snake
November 17, 2022^a	Dave Usher
November 18, 2022^a	Swedish House Mafia
November 19, 2022^a	Kendrick Lamar	The Big Steppers Tour³
November 20, 2022^a	Def Leppard	N/a
November 24, 2022	Andrea Bocelli
December 3, 2022	Post Malone
January 28, 2023	Blackpink	Born Pink World Tour
March 11, 2023^b	Travis Scott Lil Uzi Vert (cancelled) Central Cee Roddy Ricch M.I.A.	N/a
November 23, 2023^a	Ava Max Tiësto	N/a
November 24, 2023^a	Chris Brown	N/a
November 25, 2023^a	Shania Twain	Queen of Me Tour
November 26, 2023^a	Foo Fighters	N/a
November 23, 2024^b	Playboi Carti (cancelled) 21 Savage Ken Carson Destroy Lonely Homixide Gang Yeat A Boogie Wit da Hoodie Fridayy Saweetie Lancey Foux	N/a
April 26, 2025^c	Ed Sheeran	+–=÷× Tour
November 15, 2025	Travis Scott	Circus Maximus Tour
December 4, 2025^a	Benson Boone
December 5, 2025^a	Elyanna Post Malone
December 6, 2025^a	Metallica	M72 World Tour
December 7, 2025^a	Katy Perry	The Lifetimes Tour
November 21, 2026^c	Shakira	Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour
November 21, 2026^c	Jonas Brothers	Jonas20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour

Notes

Part of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Part of Wireless Festival Middle East.
This concert was part of the Offlimits Festival.

References

"Abu Dhabi's outdoor venue du Arena renamed to Etihad Park". Mashable. May 19, 2021.
Zaabi, Faisal Al. "Etihad Park renamed Etihad Live as Yas Island venue prepares for major revamp". The National. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
"Kendrick Lamar review: Abu Dhabi gets the hip-hop spectacle it deserves". The National. November 20, 2022.

[ADGP-3] Part of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

[WFME-5] Part of Wireless Festival Middle East.

[OFF-6] This concert was part of the Offlimits Festival.

[1] "Abu Dhabi's outdoor venue du Arena renamed to Etihad Park". Mashable. May 19, 2021.

[2] Zaabi, Faisal Al. "Etihad Park renamed Etihad Live as Yas Island venue prepares for major revamp". The National. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

[4] "Kendrick Lamar review: Abu Dhabi gets the hip-hop spectacle it deserves". The National. November 20, 2022.

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Construction

Interactive map of Etihad Live
Former names	Du Arena (2009–2021) Etihad Park (2021–2026)
Address	Yas Leisure Drive - Yas Island - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Owner	Ethara
Seating type	Amphitheater
Capacity	40,000
Opened	2009