The £390m stadium opened in North London in August 2006 and, despite not initially conceived as a setting for major concerts, its suitability for hosting gigs was trialled this year with Bruce Springsteen holding back-to-back gigs at the state-of-the-art venue in May.

There were concerns the Springsteen shows would impact adversely on local residents and, as a result, the stadium's 60,000-capacity was cut to under 46,000 for each gig and the volume was limited to 75 decibels.

However, with ticket ...