MUMBAI: Olympic Stadium will re-open in July to host a series of live concerts. The news came after Live Nation, biggest live music company inked a deal with London Legacy Development Corporation, who are responsible for the future of the Olympic Park in Stratford.

London multi-day events Wireless Festival and Hard Rock Calling will be held in the North Park of the Olympic Complex in July. The main stadium is set to re-open on 27 July for a two concerts to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the 2012 Games. Wireless Festival and Hard Rock Calling, previously held in London's Hyde Park.

Music promoter Live Nation has won exclusive rights to host major music concerts in the North Park and stadium.

Live Nation Europe president John Reid, said "In the coming weeks, we will unveil the headline acts for the first Wireless and Hard Rock festivals to be staged in London's new flagship venue, which promise to be the UK's blockbuster events of 2013."

London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) chairman and London mayor Boris Johnson said, "Our vision for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has always been as a destination for world-class sport, as well as for major cultural and leisure events and last summer the world saw what an amazing venue we have created with our iconic stadium, sports facilities and new parklands. The confidence now shown by one of the world's leading live entertainment promoters to relocate two of its biggest music festivals from the centre of the capital is a ringing endorsement of our legacy plans. Along with the other major international sports events we have already secured, this latest news proves that the park has a very bright future indeed."

The events will form part of a summer series on the park, to include RideLondon - a festival of cycling and road races along with a weekend of music, sport and culture to celebrate the park beginning to re-open.

Hyde Park has staged rock concerts for decades but there have been noise complaints from residents.It also staged Hard Rock Calling, Wireless and BT London Live during the 2012 Games.

The ?292 million transformation of the Olympic Park, which began when the London 2012 Games ended, is set to reopen to the public in stages between July this year and early 2014.

The 560-acre site stadium will compete for live events with London’s Royal Parks which have increased the number of live music performances they stage in a bid to increase revenue.