[2] Virgin Money Unity Arena is the UK's first purpose built socially distanced outdoor entertainment venue constructed in the grounds of Gosforth Park.

[4] As the country came out of lockdown a number of efforts were made to re-start entertainment events including some drive-in venues.

[5] The temporary outdoor venue site is 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft) and consists of 500 viewing spaces.

[6] Each socially distanced viewing space can occupy up to 5 people bringing the maximum capacity of the venue to 2500.

[8] The event's title sponsor is the Virgin Money bank who have their headquarters in the nearby Regent Centre business park.