Metallica and 28k people

[Guile]

Metallica just played in Porto Alegre (southern of Brazil) and according to Globo TV some 28 Thousand people showed up... After eleven years without playing in Brazil they opened the show with Creeping Death, what else can I say....

Not too shabby!

 

[Pellaz]

Nowhere near their largest audience, though. I think that Tushino Airfield show near Moscow still holds that prize for 'Tallica, at over a half-million musically starved metalheads.

 

[Saladbar]

They played Peru last week for the first time ever and 50,000 people showed up. The biggest concert of any kind in that country.

Last June they played 3 sold out shows in Mexico City after a 10 yr absence.
The venue holds 55,000, so in 4 days they played to 165,000 people in that city alone.
They released a dvd of those shows, clips are all over youtube.

Not too shabby indeed.

 

[Saladbar]

Nowhere near their largest audience, though. I think that Tushino Airfield show near Moscow still holds that prize for 'Tallica, at over a half-million musically starved metalheads.

I have a VHS of that show, ACDC were the headliners though but yeah the attendance for that was like 1.6 million people at its most crowded. Thats just insane.

 

[Pellaz]

Half a million....1.6 million.... Either way you slice it, that's a lot of Porta-Potties.


Or maybe it wasn't. :zombie:

 

[Saladbar]

Half a million....1.6 million.... Either way you slice it, that's a lot of Porta-Potties.

 

[Jasonic]

WOW, that's a lot of people screaming SELL OUT!!!

 

[sccaldwell]

+1

 

[Angrafan]

Metallica just played in Porto Alegre (southern of Brazil) and according to Globo TV some 28 Thousand people showed up... After eleven years without playing in Brazil they opened the show with Creeping Death, what else can I say....

Not too shabby!

That's nothing compared to what they are doing in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires... In Sao Paulo they are playing 2 nights at a soccer stadium... Over 50K a night... The first one was Sold out (over 70K), so they added a second date...

 

[Jasonic]

I am a VERY long time supporter of Metallica, even up through the St Anger travesty.
They always put on a good show.

I must say though that I found them to be VERY lackluster on the Death Magnetic tour.
Their live show is just WAY too stale, and they really seem to be going through the motions.

Maybe ticket sales have reflected this, as they have not done even close to as much N american touring as they usually do, and are favoring markets less frequented by them.

 

[Guile]

I do know and understand they have played and still play for far more people then last night concert. I saw them back in 1998 along with some other 49999 fans acording to the press at that time (BTW Sepultura was playing too).
Anyways, I just brought that up because I think 28k people in Porto Alegre is a huge number given economy issues, Metallica "new" music and other problems.
Yes they are still big and will keep playing for a very large amount of people, no matter where in this world.

Here is the set-list:
Creeping Death
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Ride The Lightning
The Memory Remains
Fade To Black
That Was Just Your Life
The End Of The Line
The Day That Never Comes
Sad But True
Cyanide
One
Master Of Puppets
Battery
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
- - - - - - - -
Die, Die My Darling
Phantom Lord
Seek and Destroy

 

[Pellaz]

Guile, wasn't trying in any way to belittle your post. 28K is bigger than any show 'Tallica have played in Atlanta (unless they've played the Dome or Turner Field...I don't think they have)...although they might have come close to 28K with two back-to-back shows at the Omni back in the day.

To this day, they still speak in awed tones about the Tushino Airfield show. 1.5 million! The mind boggles.

WOW, that's a lot of people screaming SELL OUT!!!

No, actually it wasn't, back then. Please try to buy a clue.

The Tushino Airfield show was the first performance of any Western hard-rock or metal bands in the former USSR. Kids travelled (somehow) thousands of miles across Europe and Asia to see it.

 

[Guile]

Guile, wasn't trying in any way to belittle your post. 28K is bigger than any show 'Tallica have played in Atlanta (unless they've played the Dome or Turner Field...I don't think they have)...although they might have come close to 28K with two back-to-back shows at the Omni back in the day.

well understood

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