Millennium Dome the dome's new owners, the Anschutz Entertainment Group, to a design by HOK SVE and Buro Happold. It cost £600 million, and the resulting venue opened to the public on 24 June 2007, with a concert by rock band Bon Jovi. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, the artistic gymnastics events, along with the medal rounds of basketball, were held at The O2. It also held wheelchair basketball events during the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For sponsorship reasons, during those times the arena was temporarily renamed the North Greenwich Arena. Issues related to the Dome damaged Peter Mandelson's and John Prescott's political
Flight of the Conchords ABC TV HBO gave the group a special on their Friday night half-hour stand-up comedy series "One Night Stand". They then headlined at the opening weekend at Comix comedy club, where they recorded two tracks included on 2007's "The Distant Future". They also performed at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. While in Texas, they recorded a documentary titled "Flight of the Conchords: A Texan Odyssey", which aired on New Zealand's TV3 in late 2006. In June 2007, the band performed on the "Late Show with David Letterman" and were interviewed by Terry Gross on the NPR