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Belfast Live

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Sophie McLaughlin

The 1975 Belfast: Stage times, parking, support act and more

Belfast SSE Arena Arena

The 1975 are returning to Belfast tonight in support of their fifth studio album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’.

The band made their long-awaited live comeback last year, headlining Japan’s biggest rock festival Summer Sonic 2022 in Tokyo and fans are keen to see them back in Belfast after performing in 2019.

Here is what you need to know ahead of Monday's gig at the SSE Arena Belfast for those lucky enough to secure tickets.

Getting to the SSE Arena for The 1975

Getting there by car

Accessible from all directions, the Arena is only 100 metres from the M3 motorway.

From the M2 - follow the signs for the M3. Exit the M3 onto Queen's Island. Turn left at the lights onto the Sydenham Road. The SSE Arena, Belfast is on your right and the car park on the left.
From the Outer Ring - head for the city bound Sydenham by-pass. Turn right onto Dee Street and then left onto Sydenham Road. The SSE Arena, Belfast is on the right and the car park is on the left.
From the A1/M1 - join the A12 Westlink. At the end of the Westlink follow the signs onto the M3 ( Bangor ). Exit M3 onto Queen's Island. Turn left at the lights onto Sydenham Road. The Arena is on the right and the car park is on the left.
From the City Centre (Front of City Hall) - follow Chichester Street and turn left onto Victoria Street. Pick up signs for A2 Bangor and Queen Elizabeth Bridge. Once on the bridge move into the left lane and immediately on crossing the bridge turn left onto Queen's Island. Follow the road for ¼ mile. The Arena is on the left and the car park is on the right.

SSE Arena in Belfast. (Justin Kernoghan)

Getting there by foot

From City Hall (Front of City Hall) - proceed along Chichester Street until it intersects with Victoria Street. Turn left onto Victoria Street and proceed until Ann Street. Turn right onto Ann Street. Cross at the end of Ann Street to Queen's Bridge. Turn left and walk along the city side of the river until you come to the Queen Elizabeth Bridge. Cross the river over this bridge. Once over the bridge turn left onto Queen's Quay and walk for ¼ mile the entrance to the Arena is on the left.
From Lanyon Place Station - on exiting from the front entrance, turn left and proceed along East Bridge Street. Turn right onto Oxford Street past the Waterfront Hall until you come to Queen Elizabeth Bridge. Cross this bridge and having crossed it, turn left onto Queen's Quay and proceed along this road until you reach the Arena entrance on the left.
From Titanic railway halt - On exiting halt, walk across the road to bypass, at end of walkway turn left unto Sydenham Road and Arena will be just to the left.

Getting there by train

Lanyon Place and Gt Victoria Street Stations are just one mile from the Arena with Dublin only two hours away by train.

Regular services also operate to Derry Bangor, Larne, Coleraine, Portrush and the suburbs of the city.

You can find a full list of timetables on the Translink website.

Is there parking at the SSE Arena?

To guarantee getting parked within the car park, please arrive early as the car park fills rapidly. The SSE Arena Car Park runs on a first come first served basis including disabled parking spaces.

Odyssey car park has 1500 spaces and is a shared facility for the whole complex. Traffic congestion can be expected on all approaches to the venue during events and the car park fills rapidly. Visitors are advised to allow plenty of time, both to get to the Arena and to get parked.

For more information and pricing, see here.

Alternative Public Parking is also available in the area including the Titanic Quarter at the rear of the complex.

The surface car parks in TQL are open 24/7 and pay and display adjacent to the Titanic drawing offices. All DOE surface car parks are 24/7 and free from 6.30pm, the nearest ones to Odyssey Arena are Middlepath Street and Station Street, a short 5/10 minute walk.

There are numerous city-centre car parks that are within a walking distance of the SSE Arena which include, Donegal Quay, Hilton, Victoria Square and Cathedral Quarter.

For full list of city centre car parks, see here .

Are there tickets for sale for The 1975 Belfast?

There are a limited number of tickets available for The 1975 in the SSE Arena.

For more information about the Belfast date, see here.

Tickets are available to purchase from the SSE Arena website or from Ticketmaster.ie.

Stage times for The 1975 'At Their Very Best' tour

Doors: 6:30pm

Bonnie Kemplay: 7:30pm-8pm

The 1975: 8:30pm - 10:30pm

Who is supporting The 1975 in Belfast?

Bonnie Kemplay performs at Chalk during The Great Escape Festival on May 13 (Photo by Lorne Thomson/Redferns)

Bonnie Kemplay is supporting The 1975 on their Belfast tour date.

She is a Scottish singer-songwriter's feature on the tour marks a full-circle moment for the musician from Edinburgh, who covered The 1975’s hit ‘The City’ in BBC Radio 1’s Introducing Live Lounge in April 2021.

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