Lady Gaga held the first concerts at the arena with her two night sold-out concert for her Born This Way Ball tour on May 21 – 22 , 2012 . Regine Velasquez was the first Filipino artist to stage a solo major concert ; she is also the only Filipino artist to stage a two-night back-to-back sold out solo major concert at the arena and the artist who has performed the most number of times at the arena ( solo major concerts , back-to-back concerts , corporate events and concert guestings ) . Several other international artists have performed at the arena . At that time , Madonna 's Rebel Heart Tour concerts on February 24 – 25 , 2016 were the most expensive concerts in the Philippines with ticket costs ranging from 3,150 to 57,750 . Darren Espanto was the youngest artist to hold a solo show at the arena at age 14 . One Ok Rock was the first Japanese artist to headline a show in the arena , while EXO was the first Korean artist to stage a two-day sold out concert series in the arena , followed by other Kpop groups such as Big Bang , BTS , Seventeen , Wan na One , etc . Celine Dion also held her Celine Dion Live 2018 tour here . Boasting 2 back-to-back sold out shows , grossing nearly $ 4,000,000 between the two shows respectively . Which also makes her the biggest grossing female artist at the venue ( single show , estimated $ 2,199,182 for the July 19th show , shortly out-grossing Madonna whom raked in $ 2,172,092 at her second show at the venue ) Two of the Big Four international beauty pageants have been held in the arena : Miss Earth 2016 on October 29 , 2016 , Miss Universe 2016 on January 30 , 2017 , Miss Earth 2017 on November 4 , 2017 and Miss Earth 2018 on November 3 , 2018 . On January 26 , 2019 , Miss Intercontinental 2018 coronation event was held for the first in the arena where Karen Gallman of the Philippines was first filipina to win the said title
Miss Earth 2016
Miss Earth 2016
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