What's the biggest PJ crowd ever?

elevation622

edibervan wrote:

From what I understand reading your posts we're still not even close to know the answer to the thread question, right?

Fair enough, I should know it wasn't easy!

I've followed the link to that previus thread too (thanks eeriepadave) but haven't reach a conclusion.

Apart from festivals (or when opening for U2), we may have Soldier Field with estimates from 50k to 80k, with 3 bets on the 70k mark (even though someone hit the number 47k for this show, which we must admit is such an specific numer not to pay some attention, right? ). But ok, let's assume it was something close to 70k then.

I've researched the numbers for the 2005 South American tour (the only tour around here so far) and I've got 60k for São Paulo (first of two nights - another 45k on the second night, same venue) 35k for Rio and only 30k for Buenos Aires (first night gig - 25k on second night). My hometown Curitiba "scored" a merely 28k, but I definetly felt like the planet was shaking... lol!

So... for sure, FOR SURE, might we consider the 60k in São Paulo so far? Or anyone has a sureshot in the Soldier Field at this point?

I am still very curious about this, so if anyone please have some more info about it, I'd like to know!


On a sider note, I am pretty confident a new tour in these lands long forgotten will break these records. PJ was a regular-to-medium band around the continent five years ago (in comparison, for instance, with Metallica, U2, Stones, Iron or Ac/Dc), but they've gained a lot more respect and admiration over the last two albums.
Only relatively small venues were chosen back then (Ferrocarril in Buenos Aires is far from "comparable" to the Monumental de Nuñez, Pacaembu is only the third largest venue in SP and the Apoteose is not the Maracana and every person in the planet can imagine what the Maracana feels like since 1950...), but now I am sure they'd do Morumbi in São Paulo, Maracana in Rio and Monumental in Buenos Aires.

That could, in my dreams, make a 80k event in any of the three...
Can these dreams ever come true? :roll:
I'll definetly take the chances and fly to check it!!

dude, I wanted to read your post, but your freaking avatar hypnotized me into a drooling state.

mike86

elevation622 wrote:

edibervan wrote:

From what I understand reading your posts we're still not even close to know the answer to the thread question, right?

Fair enough, I should know it wasn't easy!

I've followed the link to that previus thread too (thanks eeriepadave) but haven't reach a conclusion.

Apart from festivals (or when opening for U2), we may have Soldier Field with estimates from 50k to 80k, with 3 bets on the 70k mark (even though someone hit the number 47k for this show, which we must admit is such an specific numer not to pay some attention, right? ). But ok, let's assume it was something close to 70k then.

I've researched the numbers for the 2005 South American tour (the only tour around here so far) and I've got 60k for São Paulo (first of two nights - another 45k on the second night, same venue) 35k for Rio and only 30k for Buenos Aires (first night gig - 25k on second night). My hometown Curitiba "scored" a merely 28k, but I definetly felt like the planet was shaking... lol!

So... for sure, FOR SURE, might we consider the 60k in São Paulo so far? Or anyone has a sureshot in the Soldier Field at this point?

I am still very curious about this, so if anyone please have some more info about it, I'd like to know!


On a sider note, I am pretty confident a new tour in these lands long forgotten will break these records. PJ was a regular-to-medium band around the continent five years ago (in comparison, for instance, with Metallica, U2, Stones, Iron or Ac/Dc), but they've gained a lot more respect and admiration over the last two albums.
Only relatively small venues were chosen back then (Ferrocarril in Buenos Aires is far from "comparable" to the Monumental de Nuñez, Pacaembu is only the third largest venue in SP and the Apoteose is not the Maracana and every person in the planet can imagine what the Maracana feels like since 1950...), but now I am sure they'd do Morumbi in São Paulo, Maracana in Rio and Monumental in Buenos Aires.

That could, in my dreams, make a 80k event in any of the three...
Can these dreams ever come true? :roll:
I'll definetly take the chances and fly to check it!!

dude, I wanted to read your post, but your freaking avatar hypnotized me into a drooling state.

haha same here..

at least 80k at the rock am ring festival in germany in 2000... that was a big one as well!

PJBuckeye

AtlantaJammer wrote:

Roo was amazing. Especially from Front Row!

I agree.

Also, Roo's attendance for '08 was 70k. All of who were staring at my ass.

ECM

1995 SF - Golden Gate Park (same location as Outside Lands)???? I can remember the field being packed plus people sitting on the sides....

demetrios

http://www.fivehorizons.com/

06/08/92 - Pinkpop Festival: Landgraaf, Netherlands
attendance: 60,000

06/12/00 - Pinkpop Festival: Landgraaf, Netherlands
attendance: 60,000

These 2 events were the biggest in attendance during the '90 - 04 experience. But these were festivals. Would be cool to find out which 'PEARL JAM ONLY' show had the biggest in attendance.

badbrains

I was at golden gate park in 95. I remember hearing the total attendance for that show was 66,000. I heard it back then as a 19 year old and it blew me away. 66,000 fucken rabid pj fans in 115* heat with bad religion opening!!!! That number stuck with me all these years.

Kloddz

As far as festivals go, Werchter 2007 had an attendance of 80k per day according to Wikipedia... And I'm sure Rock am Ring was pretty big already in 2000 (when they last played there). But I guess festival attendances are always hard to estimate.

hotracer

800000 at Mad Cool

RS65573

Global citizens 2015 in Central Park was a ton of fucking people. No idea how many tho. 

Kevinman

Add 2 more to attendance for Lolla 07, my brother and I hopped the fence.

23scidoo

Buenos Aires 2011, we were over 60000 people..

mcgruff10

I d like to know the biggest non festival crowd pj has performed in front of.  

dimitrispearljam

mcgruff10 said:

I d like to know the biggest non festival crowd pj has performed in front of.  

MILAN SAN SIRO 2014

darwinstheory

Ask and ye shall recieve. Welcome back dimi

mcgruff10

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

I d like to know the biggest non festival crowd pj has performed in front of.  

MILAN SAN SIRO 2014

Bigger than the South America shows? 

Foriginal Sin

Who cares about these tiny numbers, Garth Brooks played for over 1,000,000 people in Central Park in 1997. And I saw him that winter in Chicago. Top 5 all time performance 

dimitrispearljam

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

I d like to know the biggest non festival crowd pj has performed in front of.  

MILAN SAN SIRO 2014

Bigger than the South America shows? 

Yes. A few thousands. San Siro was sold out 4 months before date. Around 80.000
Then was South America 2015 shows. Sao Paolo had almost 70.000,. Chile 65.000

mcgruff10

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

I d like to know the biggest non festival crowd pj has performed in front of.  

MILAN SAN SIRO 2014

Bigger than the South America shows? 

Yes. A few thousands. San Siro was sold out 4 months before date. Around 80.000
Then was South America 2015 shows. Sao Paolo had almost 70.000,. Chile 65.000

Damn those are some impressive numbers!  Hope all is well my friend.   

dimitrispearljam

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

I d like to know the biggest non festival crowd pj has performed in front of.  

MILAN SAN SIRO 2014

Bigger than the South America shows? 

Yes. A few thousands. San Siro was sold out 4 months before date. Around 80.000
Then was South America 2015 shows. Sao Paolo had almost 70.000,. Chile 65.000

Damn those are some impressive numbers!  Hope all is well my friend.   

 All cool. Saturday and work.. So. Not ideal 

pledgeagrievance

Not sure how many were at Sea Hear now but I’ve been every year and PJ seemed the most crowded 

drfox

Biggest non festival crowd of the 2022 tour was Hyde Park - around 65,000 per day

Eraserhead

The show they did in Melbourne in 2009 had a massive crowd at the Docklands Stadium. And the roof was closed too!

igotid88

Foriginal Sin said:

Who cares about these tiny numbers, Garth Brooks played for over 1,000,000 people in Central Park in 1997. And I saw him that winter in Chicago. Top 5 all time performance 

I was at that Central Park show. My first concert ever. 

igotid88

RS65573 said:

Global citizens 2015 in Central Park was a ton of fucking people. No idea how many tho. 

A lot of people left after Beyonce performed. But the majority stayed

mrk2

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

dimitrispearljam said:

mcgruff10 said:

I d like to know the biggest non festival crowd pj has performed in front of.  

MILAN SAN SIRO 2014

Bigger than the South America shows? 

Yes. A few thousands. San Siro was sold out 4 months before date. Around 80.000
Then was South America 2015 shows. Sao Paolo had almost 70.000,. Chile 65.000

San Siro is not that large for concerts. Can't find the official figures for PJ, but there are some boxscore figures on the wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Siro

Seems to be around 55k per night for most concerts in recent years.

23scidoo

https://azpbs.org/2022/02/the-rolling-stones-a-bigger-bang-live-copacabana-beach/#:~:text=On February 18, 2006, The,in Rock and Roll history.

darthvedder

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pdalowsky

Not sure on the numbers but the San Siro was PACKED OUT

cp3iverson

As far as US festivals. Bourbon and Beyond looked massive last year for them.  Jazzfest can hold over 150k per day.  Not sure what kind of crowd they've pulled before but that looked like a sea of people as well.  Same with Bonnaroo.  

ACL is a max of 75k.  Lollapalooza can hold over 110k per day.  It really matters not just on attendance but was another stage in use at the same time?  Etc.  

tempo_n_groove

South America shows have people on the hills watching them.