Wembley hopeful for gig go-ahead

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' Wembley Stadium management have said they are optimistic their summer concerts will go ahead despite delays to the completion of the rebuilt venue.
Concerts by Bon Jovi, Robbie Williams, Take That and the Rolling Stones are scheduled between June and September.
But the arena's opening event - the FA Cup Final on 13 May - has been moved to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to allow extra time for Wembley to be finished.
"We're very hopeful the concerts will go ahead," said a Wembley spokeswoman.
Bon Jovi are due to play the first gig at the new Wembley on 10 June.
"It's still too early to say when the stadium will be open," said Wembley's chief executive Michael Cunnah.
WEMBLEY STADIUM SHOWS

Bon Jovi - 10/11 June
Take That - 24 June
Rolling Stones - 20/22 August
Robbie Williams -14-16, 18/19 September

'Still in discussions'

The spokeswoman for Wembley National Stadium Ltd, the Football Association-backed company that owns Wembley, said on Tuesday it was "still in discussions" with music promoters about the events.
"It is too early to say at the moment. We are talking with the music promoters but we have not made our decision," she said.
AEG Live, which is promoting the Bon Jovi shows, declined to comment.
The original completion date for the stadium had been autumn 2005, with the deadline first extended to the end of January and then the end of March.
Multiplex, the company building the new stadium, warned in January that there was only a 70% chance of the 90,000-seat stadium being ready to stage the FA Cup Final, the showpiece event of the English football season.
It said then that it could not afford any further delays if it was to meet the delayed 31 March deadline to hand the £757m project to the Football Association.

Reunion gig

The Rolling Stones' shows are scheduled for AugustBon Jovi are due to play at Wembley on 10 and 11 June, with 1990s pop idols Take That set to play a reunion gig there on 24 June.
But no plans have so far been made to move football's Community Shield, scheduled for 13 August - before the Rolling Stones' planned shows on 20 and 22 August.
And rugby league chiefs have said they remain confident their Challenge Cup final, set for 26 August, will take place at Wembley. A series of five Robbie Williams concerts is scheduled for mid-September.
Building work on Wembley has been dogged by difficulties.
Multiplex issued six profit warnings between February and December last year, largely due to cost increases at the project, causing its shares to drop 42% in 2005.
Even if the work was finished by the end of March, the management of the new stadium would have had to train up hundreds of staff and satisfy safety officials that they could stage major events. '