Biggest Concerts in History

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VladKinder

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Some figures are estimated as it would take someone a very long time to count all the people.

Top 10 Paid concerts:

Christina Aguilera - Rabat - 2016 - 250,000 in attendence.
Vassco Rossi - Modena - 2017 - 225,000
Bijelo Dugme - Belgrade - 2005 - 220,000
Glay - Chiba - 1999 - 200,000
A-Ha - Rio - 1991 - 198,000
Paul McCartney - Rio - 1990 - 184,000
Tina Turner - Rio - 1988 - 180,000
Frank Sinatra - Rio - 1980 175,000
Luciano Ligabue - Reggio - 2005 - 165,000
Bruce Springsteen - Berlin - 1988 - 160,000

No, I hadn't heard of some of them either.

Top 9 Free concerts:

Rod Stewart - Rio - 1994 - 3.5 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Moscow - 1997 - 3.5 Million
Jorge Ben Jor - Rio - 1993 - 3 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Paris - 1990 - 2.5 Million
Monsters of Rock (Metallica, AC/DC) - Moscow - 1991 - 1.6 Million
Live 8 (Various Artists) - Philadelphia - 2005 - 1.5 Million
The Rolling Stones - Rio - 2006 - 1.5 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Houston - 1986 - 1.3 Million
Paz Sin Fronteras II (Various Artists)- Havana - 1.1 Million

Then there are 5 more concerts with estimated crowds of 1 Million.
 
"Rod Stewart - Rio - 1994 - 3.5 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Moscow - 1997 - 3.5 Million"

What?
How?
How were 3.5 million people in one place to see on person on stage? How did anyone at the back even know where they were and what they were there for?
I cant even fathom how big a 3.5 million crowd looks and how they can all be near enough to a stage to hear.
 
VladKinder said:
Today's useless information is brought to you by Wiki.
Some figures are estimated as it would take someone a very long time to count all the people.

Top 10 Paid concerts:

Christina Aguilera - Rabat - 2016 - 250,000 in attendence.
Vassco Rossi - Modena - 2017 - 225,000
Bijelo Dugme - Belgrade - 2005 - 220,000
Glay - Chiba - 1999 - 200,000
A-Ha - Rio - 1991 - 198,000
Paul McCartney - Rio - 1990 - 184,000
Tina Turner - Rio - 1988 - 180,000
Frank Sinatra - Rio - 1980 175,000
Luciano Ligabue - Reggio - 2005 - 165,000
Bruce Springsteen - Berlin - 1988 - 160,000

No, I hadn't heard of some of them either.

Top 9 Free concerts:

Rod Stewart - Rio - 1994 - 3.5 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Moscow - 1997 - 3.5 Million
Jorge Ben Jor - Rio - 1993 - 3 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Paris - 1990 - 2.5 Million
Monsters of Rock (Metallica, AC/DC) - Moscow - 1991 - 1.6 Million
Live 8 (Various Artists) - Philadelphia - 2005 - 1.5 Million
The Rolling Stones - Rio - 2006 - 1.5 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Houston - 1986 - 1.3 Million
Paz Sin Fronteras II (Various Artists)- Havana - 1.1 Million

Then there are 5 more concerts with estimated crowds of 1 Million.
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Not sure I believe the crowds of 1m plus.
I mean we couldn't even get 20k into Teesside airport.
 
I googled a few of those, one from Rio is just a beach full its hard to gauge the crowd but im not having multi-millions of people are there or were at any of these, no chance.
 
SmogOnTheTees said:
"Rod Stewart - Rio - 1994 - 3.5 Million
Jean-Michel Jarre - Moscow - 1997 - 3.5 Million"

What?
How?
How were 3.5 million people in one place to see on person on stage? How did anyone at the back even know where they were and what they were there for?
I cant even fathom how big a 3.5 million crowd looks and how they can all be near enough to a stage to hear.
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Those are good points!

I think the figures are BS.

But I do know back in the day Jarre basically turned the centre of the city into a giant landscape.
As he did in Houston 1986. Pretty impressive for 35 years ago.

 
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