Largest Concert of all time?
James Brett
What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
including festivals?
I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
thanks
ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
Persinthia Lawdro
In article <james-15089...@jbrett.demon.co.uk>, ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
says...
>
>What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
>including festivals?
>
>I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
There were 500,000 people who attended Simon and Garfunkel's Central Park
reunion show in the mid-80's. I'm not sure if that's the largest, but it was
close enough.
Disco Kid
According to Guiness Paul does hold the record with 270,000 for a paying
concert. The record for a non paying concert is 2 million by Jean-Michael
Jarre (never heard of him) in Paris. The most successful series of
concerts according to Guiness is by Michael Jackson with 7 concerts
totaling 504,000 people in 1988 at Wembly Stadium.
J. Patterson
On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, James Brett wrote:
> What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
> including festivals?
>
> I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>
> thanks
> ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
>
>
How many were at Roger Waters' "Wall" in Berlin? I'm thinking there were
more than 300,000 (it was supposed to be getting up towards the range of
people at Woodstock).
It was also the biggest concert...cost 8 million dollars. It's just
unbelievable how big it was, watching the video....
zwodahS
In <4v08v3$g...@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> cow...@ix.netcom.com
(Persinthia Lawdro) writes:
>
>In article <james-15089...@jbrett.demon.co.uk>,
ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
>says...
>>
>>including festivals?
>>
>>I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>
Park
>reunion show in the mid-80's. I'm not sure if that's the largest, but
it was
>close enough.
>
sounds pretty close to it to me ....
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In <james-15089...@jbrett.demon.co.uk> ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
(James Brett) writes:
>
>What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
>including festivals?
>
>I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>
>ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
I can't say for sure, but one of the largest has to have been Paul
Simon in Central Park, NYC. It was free, but it was also done as a live
radio broadcast and pay-per-view. I'm not sure of the year- possibly
1991. The Official NYC Police Department estimate was 750,000 people in
attendance.
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: (James Brett) writes:
: >What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
: >including festivals?
: >I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
: I can't say for sure, but one of the largest has to have been Paul
: Simon in Central Park, NYC. It was free, but it was also done as a live
: radio broadcast and pay-per-view. I'm not sure of the year- possibly
: 1991. The Official NYC Police Department estimate was 750,000 people in
: attendance.
I don't recall what year it was...'93 or '94...Rod Stewart played a New
Year's Eve gig in Rio for a live audience of 2 million in attendance...not
on tv, there were 2 million AT THE SHOW.
Jake
In article <james-15089...@jbrett.demon.co.uk> ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett) writes:
>From: ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett)
>Subject: Largest Concert of all time?
>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 21:30:24 GMT
>What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
>including festivals?
>I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>thanks
>ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
What about Woodstock '94 350,000 people.
dAcA iS cOmInG...
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funky stuff
James Brett wrote:
>
> What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
> including festivals?
>
> I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>
> thanks
> ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
from the guinness book of records:
Rod Stewart's free New Year's Eve concertin Rio de Janeiro attracted 3.5
million people. I think Michael Jackson had 3 million in Romania for
the Dangerous tour.
In terms of people producing, participants, and organization Roger
Water's production of The Wall is credited 4 the largest with 600
people, a 551 x 82 foot stage, 200,000 in attendance, and a wall of
2,500 styrofoam blocks.
Although it isn't listed, i believe The Who had the loudest concert ever
back in 1981.
may u live 2 see 1999,
funky stuff
JILL
Jeffrey Alan Mewbourn wrote:
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>
>
> : >What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
> : >including festivals?
Randy Amasia
Charles McGarry wrote:
>
> I think the concert at Watkins Glen, NY still holds the record at over
> 600,000 people. It was just a 3-band show (Grateful Dead, The Band, The
> Allman Bros) and so doesn't really constitute a festival.
>
> Chas
>
> >James Brett wrote:
> >>
> >> What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
> >> including festivals?
How 'bout The Rutles at Che Stadium :-D
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stea...@sover.net (Jake) wrote:
>In article <james-15089...@jbrett.demon.co.uk> ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett) writes:
>>From: ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett)
>>Subject: Largest Concert of all time?
>>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 21:30:24 GMT
>>What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
>>including festivals?
>>I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>>thanks
>>ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
>What about Woodstock '94 350,000 people.
How bout Paul Simon at Central Park 500,000 people
Charles McGarry
I think the concert at Watkins Glen, NY still holds the record at over
600,000 people. It was just a 3-band show (Grateful Dead, The Band, The
Allman Bros) and so doesn't really constitute a festival.
Chas
Fredrik Andersson
> Didn't 1,ooo,ooo or so people watch Jean Michel Jarre (or his images on
> buildings) in his Houston,Texas Concert in 1986. Does that count as a
> concert ?
The Paris La Defence concert on the 14 of july 1993 (or was it 1992 or
1994) was a public record for Jarre. I've heard numbers from 2 million
to about 4 million.
But then I guess Guinnies is the most reliable source in this case.
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Jake wrote:
>
> In article <james-15089...@jbrett.demon.co.uk> ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett) writes:
> >From: ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett)
> >Subject: Largest Concert of all time?
> >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 21:30:24 GMT
>
> >including festivals?
>
>
> >thanks
> >ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
>
> What about Woodstock '94 350,000 people.
>
> http://www.angelfire.com/pg9/toxic/index.htmlUmm...I think Woodstock '94 would count as a FESTIVAL (see above
message).
Michael Bahr
In article <321A1E...@datawatch.com>,
Joel Kincaid <Joel_K...@datawatch.com> wrote:
>Jake wrote:
>> >From: ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett)
>> >Subject: Largest Concert of all time?
>>
>> >including festivals?
>> >I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>>
None of these are correct. Here's the largest concerts ever,
according to the Guinness book '96 edition.
1. Rod Stewart, Copacabana Beachfront, Rio De Janeiro, 12/31/94
3.5 million in attendance.
2. New York Philharmonic, Central Park, New York City, NY, 7/5/86
(Statue of Liberty anniversary weekend)
800,000 in attendance.
3. Apple Computers US Pop Festival (headliner: Van Halen)
Sunset Beach, San Bernardino, CA, 1983
725,000 in attendance.
McCartney's Rio show was attended by 184,000.. not 270,000, but it still
stands as the highest PAID audience drawn by a SOLO performer.
The most people who have ever seen a band in concert...
1. Grateful Dead. 2,263 shows from 1965 to 1994. 25 million attended.
The largest rock concert from the production/performance side of
things was Roger Waters' "The Wall" (Floyd) at the Great Wall in 1990.
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zwodahS
In <4vepbn$2...@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> cow...@ix.netcom.com
(Persinthia Lawdro) writes:
>In article <321AC6...@team17.com>, bj...@team17.com says...
>>Fredrik Andersson wrote:
>>
>>> The Paris La Defence concert on the 14 of july 1993 (or was it 1992
>>>or 1994) was a public record for Jarre. I've heard numbers from 2
million to about 4 million.
i personally held a concert in my living room that boasted ticket sales
of over 500 million. the turn out was fifteen times that.
(i can hear the flames coming before i even send this off, ... oh well)
Bjorn Lynne
Fredrik Andersson wrote:
> The Paris La Defence concert on the 14 of july 1993 (or was it 1992 or
> 1994) was a public record for Jarre. I've heard numbers from 2 million
> to about 4 million.
We once played a gig for about 12 people... :-)
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Persinthia Lawdro
>
>> The Paris La Defence concert on the 14 of july 1993 (or was it 1992 or
>> 1994) was a public record for Jarre. I've heard numbers from 2 million
>> to about 4 million.
>
>We once played a gig for about 12 people... :-)
...welll That settles it! You win!
Marcelo A. Quintella
Charles McGarry wrote:
>
> I think the concert at Watkins Glen, NY still holds the record at over
> 600,000 people. It was just a 3-band show (Grateful Dead, The Band, The
> Allman Bros) and so doesn't really constitute a festival.
>
> Chas
>
> >James Brett wrote:
> >>
> >> including festivals?
> >
Paul Simon at the Central Park. 600,000 people for one artist!
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> i personally held a concert in my living room that boasted ticket sales
> of over 500 million. the turn out was fifteen times that.
> (i can hear the flames coming before i even send this off, ... oh well)
> --
> "there are two kinds of people in this world, ...
> those that put people into two groups, and those that don't"
Yeah, well there are *three* types of people in this world: those who can
count, and those who can't.
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si...@ocean.fit.qut.edu.au
1983 at Atlanta Georgian, live at the OMNI the Police played infront
of an audience of 500,000 people.
Touring ..doing the Synchronicity concert.
sha...@ix.netcom.com (zwodahS ) wrote:
>In <4v08v3$g...@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com> cow...@ix.netcom.com
>(Persinthia Lawdro) writes:
>>
>>In article <james-15089...@jbrett.demon.co.uk>,
>ja...@bandwidth.co.uk
>>says...
>>>
>>>What has been the largest concert of all time (people visited) not
>>>including festivals?
>>>
>>>I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
>>
>>There were 500,000 people who attended Simon and Garfunkel's Central
>Park
>>reunion show in the mid-80's. I'm not sure if that's the largest, but
>it was
>>close enough.
>>
> sounds pretty close to it to me ....
>--
>"there are two kinds of people in this world, ...
>those that put people into two groups, and those that don't"
J. Patterson
How big was Pink Floyd at Verseii (sp?) in '88?
John E. Bredehoft
In article <4vd62k$c...@globe.indirect.com>,
Michael Bahr <dur...@bud.indirect.com> wrote:
>
> None of these are correct. Here's the largest concerts ever,
>according to the Guinness book '96 edition.
>
>1. Rod Stewart, Copacabana Beachfront, Rio De Janeiro, 12/31/94
> 3.5 million in attendance.
>
>2. New York Philharmonic, Central Park, New York City, NY, 7/5/86
> (Statue of Liberty anniversary weekend)
> 800,000 in attendance.
>
>3. Apple Computers US Pop Festival (headliner: Van Halen)
> Sunset Beach, San Bernardino, CA, 1983
> 725,000 in attendance.
project. See http://www.woz.org.
>
>McCartney's Rio show was attended by 184,000.. not 270,000, but it still
>stands as the highest PAID audience drawn by a SOLO performer.
>
>The most people who have ever seen a band in concert...
>
>1. Grateful Dead. 2,263 shows from 1965 to 1994. 25 million attended.
>
> The largest rock concert from the production/performance side of
>things was Roger Waters' "The Wall" (Floyd) at the Great Wall in 1990.
>
>- spiritus vincit omnia - Mike Bahr - dur...@indirect.com -
>
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Michael Bahr wrote:
>
> In article <321A1E...@datawatch.com>,
> Joel Kincaid <Joel_K...@datawatch.com> wrote:
> >Jake wrote:
> >> >From: ja...@bandwidth.co.uk (James Brett)
> >> >Subject: Largest Concert of all time?
> >>
> >> >including festivals?
> >> >I know paul mccartney played to 270,000 people in rio.
> >>
> >> http://www.angelfire.com/pg9/toxic/index.htmlUmm...I think Woodstock '94 would count as a FESTIVAL (see above
>
> according to the Guinness book '96 edition.
>
> 1. Rod Stewart, Copacabana Beachfront, Rio De Janeiro, 12/31/94
> 3.5 million in attendance.
>
> 2. New York Philharmonic, Central Park, New York City, NY, 7/5/86
> (Statue of Liberty anniversary weekend)
> 800,000 in attendance.
>
> 3. Apple Computers US Pop Festival (headliner: Van Halen)
> Sunset Beach, San Bernardino, CA, 1983
> 725,000 in attendance.
>
> stands as the highest PAID audience drawn by a SOLO performer.
>
> The most people who have ever seen a band in concert...
>
> 1. Grateful Dead. 2,263 shows from 1965 to 1994. 25 million attended.
>
> The largest rock concert from the production/performance side of
> things was Roger Waters' "The Wall" (Floyd) at the Great Wall in 1990.
>
> - spiritus vincit omnia - Mike Bahr - dur...@indirect.com -
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si...@ocean.fit.qut.edu.au wrote:
: 1983 at Atlanta Georgian, live at the OMNI the Police played infront
: of an audience of 500,000 people.
:
: Touring ..doing the Synchronicity concert.
:
Uh, what? I live in Atlanta- the Omni seats 16,000 people,
tops.
You mean via satellite?
Pax,
Gene Hayes
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, GA
Ian Strung
The Guiness book of World Records confirms that it was Paul who played to
the largest audience, though I can't remember where.
Yet another world record for Paul
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>We once played a gig for about 12 people... :-)
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One of the biggies. Jean-Michel Jarre played to 1.3 million in
Houston in 1987. He had lasers and a light show above and projected on
the skyscrapper. His show shopped major superhighways...
David C. Jones
L G (gas...@eclipse.net) wrote:
: One of the biggies. Jean-Michel Jarre played to 1.3 million in
: Houston in 1987. He had lasers and a light show above and projected on
: the skyscrapper. His show shopped major superhighways...
^^^^^^^
Wow! He made THAT much money off the concert? :-)
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dur...@bud.indirect.com (Michael Bahr) writes:
> The largest rock concert from the production/performance side of
>things was Roger Waters' "The Wall" (Floyd) at the Great Wall in 1990.
No question about it. I still pull out the videotape from that show
and am amazed!
I had two friends who were there (one saved his then-meager leftovers
for an entire summer to afford the trip). One of 'em liked the show,
but didn't like the fact that non-ticketholders were able to "crash"
the party. The other's two-word review? "I cried." :)
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[Bjorn Lynne <bj...@team17.com>]:
>Fredrik Andersson wrote:
>
>> The Paris La Defence concert on the 14 of july 1993 (or was it 1992 or
>> 1994) was a public record for Jarre. I've heard numbers from 2 million
>> to about 4 million.
>
>We once played a gig for about 12 people... :-)
>
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How utterly unsurprising to find you here :)
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sv...@sn.no (Sven Anders Robbestad) wrote:
>[Bjorn Lynne <bj...@team17.com>]:
>
>>Fredrik Andersson wrote:
>>
>>> The Paris La Defence concert on the 14 of july 1993 (or was it 1992 or
>>> 1994) was a public record for Jarre. I've heard numbers from 2 million
>>> to about 4 million.
>>
>>We once played a gig for about 12 people... :-)
>>
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>> Composer/Performer/Producer - LYNNE - Team17 Software
>> New World - New Vibes! http://www.team17.com/~blynne
>>--------------------------------------------------------
>
>How utterly unsurprising to find you here :)
>
>Sven, still rememering that Genesis Amiga thingy.
You mean you don't remember me?? :-(
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Pau
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I don't know if it was 200,000 (it might have been more), but
Macca got the Guiness record for largest concert a few years back.
Pau.
Ruben Cantu, Jr.
Come on guys,....all you guys know that the largest concert of all time,
according to the Guiness book of World Records was back in 1990 when
Paul McCartney play Rio de Janerio. Paul play in front of all most
200,000 screaming fans.
The guy who said that Metallica played in front of 5 million,......
that is ****VERY**** hard to believe.
Again,...you're asking for the largest concert of all time,.....
not the largest music festival, don't get both of them confused.
Ruben
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>>copypartyene dere var fra 1989 og utover. (Jeg var bl.a. i
>>Spydeberg)
>>
>>Geir Hongrø
>>
>>http://www.uio.no/~hongro/
>I am terribly sorry. This message in Norwegian was not meant to be
>posted in all those newsgroups.
>Geir Hongro
>http://www.uio.no/~hongro/engelsk.htm
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