PJ's biggest crowd?

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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    MINDWIREUK wrote:
    I found an article saying there we're 42,000 in Rome and 45,000 in Verona (each night). The Rome show was only supposed to be 35,000 but the promoter oversold the shows. Apparantly U2's manager Paul McGuinness made the crew count all the ticket stubs recieved.

    Here's the article: http://books.google.com/books?id=9alwNfAw5-0C&pg=PT168&lpg=PT168&dq=u2+italy+attendance+1993&source=web&ots=XyFVR5FMaa&sig=G-S5YDJof8lJTYQGBK8y2xfr1cs#PPT168,M1
    :eek: 45,000 in Verona? :confused: Couldn't be!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :eek: 45,000 in Verona? :confused: Couldn't be!

    This is 93 supporting U2 not the 2000 or 2006 shows at the arena.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    MINDWIREUK wrote:
    This is 93 supporting U2 not the 2000 or 2006 shows at the arena.
    :D ok, that makes more sense.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :D ok, that makes more sense.

    The Roman Arena is 14K-15K from what I remember.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    HushBull wrote:
    Apart from festivals, what is the largest crowd at a PJ headlining performance?

    Golden Gate Park or Soldier Field in 1995?

    Just my guesses.

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    Memphis 1994
    New Orleans 1995
    Fort Lauderdale 1996
    Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
    New Orleans 2000
    Tampa 2003
    Kissimmee 2004
    New York City (x 2) 2008
    East Troy (x 2) 2011
    Chicago & New Orleans 2013
    Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
    Baltimore 2020
    Louisville 2022
    Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
  • O_G_D
    O_G_D Toronto Posts: 543
    MINDWIREUK wrote:
    I posted this in another post about Lollapalooza Festival but figured it deserved it's own post. Most people there seem to think that Lolla takes the crown with estimates of 100,000 or more, though Billboard reported the attendance for the weekend at 168,729 from a 200,000 capacity with no days sold out. I guess we may never no but it can't hurt to speculate. So here's some other notable big attendances.

    6 & 7 July 93 Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Italy (w/U2) 80,000 each night
    27/8/06 Reading Festival, England - 75,000*
    25/8/06 Leeds Festival, England - 70,000*
    11/7/95 Soldier Field, Chicago - 70,000 (though figures range to as low as 47,000)
    14/6/98 RFK Stadium, Washington DC (TFC) 66,000
    18/8/93 CNE Stadium, Toronto, (w/Neil Young) - 60,000
    8/6/92 & 12/6/92 Pinkpop Festival, Holland - 60,000
    5/8/95 Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 53,440

    Other notable mentions are Rock Am Ring and Roskilde festivals which are 2 of Europe's largest festivals 150,000+ over the weekend and Werchter too in Belguim though I'm not sure of the exact capacity for it. Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney, Australia in 1995 was also a large one though no capacity is known, G'N'R played to 71,000 a few years pervious.

    *Reading & Leeds figures confirmed by the festival, 60,000 each day weekend tix + 15,000 day tix for Reading, 10,000 for Leeds)


    Don't remind me about this show. This is the one i skipped in my younger days to get some tail. In retrospect i wish i had not.
    1. Toronto, Ontario 09-21-1996 (MAPLE LEAF GARDENS)
    2. Barrie, Ontario 08-22-1998 (MOLSON PARK)
    3. Toronto, Ontario 10-05-2000 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)
    4. Toronto, Ontario 06-28-2003 (MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE)
    5. Boston, Massachusetts 09-28-2004 FLEET CENTER (NOW TD GARDEN) VFC TOUR
    6. Boston, Massachusetts 09-28-2004 FLEET CENTER (NOW TD GARDEN) VFC TOUR
    7. Hamilton, Ontario 09-13-2005 (COPPS COLISEUM)
    8. Toronto, Ontario 09-19-2005 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)
    9. St. Johns, Newfoundland 09-24-2005 (MILE ONE)
    10. St. Johns, Newfoundland 09-25-2005 (MILE ONE)
    11. Toronto, Ontario 05-09-2006 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)
    12. Toronto, Ontario 05-09-2006 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)
    13. Sydney, Australia 11-07-2006 (ACER ARENA)
    14. Sydney, Australia 11-08-2006 (ACER ARENA)
    15. Melbourne, Australia 11-13-2006 (ROD LAVER ARENA)
    16. Melbourne, Australia 11-14-2006 (ROD LAVER ARENA)
    17. Adelaide, Australia 11-21-2006 (ADELAIDE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE)
    18. Adelaide, Australia 11-22-2006 (ADELAIDE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE)
    19. Perth, Australia 11-25-2006 (SUBIACO OVAL)
    20. New York, New York 06-24-2008 (MADISON SQUARE GARDEN)
    21. New York, New York 06-25-2008 (MADISON SQUARE GARDEN)
    22. Toronto, Ontario 08-21-2009 (MOLSON AMPITHEATRE)
    23. Buffalo, New York 05-10-2010 (HSBC ARENA)
    24. Toronto, Ontario 09-11-2011 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)
    25. Toronto, Ontario 09-12-2011 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)
    26. Hamilton, Ontario 09-15-2011 (COPPS COLISEUM)
    27. London, Ontario 07-16-2013 (BUDWEISER GARDENS)
    28. Buffalo, New York 10-12-2013 (FIRST NIAGARA CENTER) FORMERLY HSBC ARENA
    29. Detroit, Michigan 10-16-2014 (JOE LOUIS ARENA)
    30. Ottawa, Ontario 5-8-2016 (CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE)
    31. Toronto, Ontario 5-10-2016 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)
    32. Toronto, Ontario 5-12-2016 (AIR CANADA CENTRE)

  • ||Release_Me||
    ||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    MINDWIREUK wrote:
    The Roman Arena is 14K-15K from what I remember.

    Yep, its 15k according to the ever-reliable Wikipedia :)
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • InHiding19
    InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    I've never seen so many people in one place as I did at Lolla........or behind me for that matter because I was right up front!!!
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • jrrrrr15
    jrrrrr15 Posts: 95
    I have pictures from Lollapalooza. Not sure how many people but there sure was a shyt load of em!

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/2201197115_781b93c017_b.jpg

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2101/2201988568_95bcc8330e_b.jpg

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2020/2201197499_5208a676f6_b.jpg

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/2201988300_dbea9ae3cc_b.jpg

    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2017/2201988208_1334de159b_b.jpg

    Took these when the show was over. Not the best but still pretty amazing to see that many people!
    7.5.03 Camden I, 10.2.04 Toledo, 9.15.05 Montreal, 9.16.05 Ottawa, 10.1.05 Atlantic City, 5.13.06 Hartford, 5.27.06 Camden I, 5.30.06 DC, 6.3.06 NJ II, 7.7.06 San Diego, Lollapalooza 2007, 6.24.08 MSG I, 6.25.08 MSG II, 6.27.08 Hartford, 6.28.08 Mansfield I, 6.30.08 Mansfield II, 10.28.09 Philly II, 10.30.09 Philly III, 10.31.09 Philly IV
  • chuck nevitt
    chuck nevitt Posts: 247
    Soldier Field was definitely around 70,000. Capacity for the old stadium was around 67,000. The seats behind the stage were not sold, but you had a few thousand on the field which was packed.
  • JP2026766
    JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    Wasn't Lolla 07 something like 80,000?

    Mansfield II '08

    EV Solo Shows:

    NYC I
    NJPAC

    I. LOVE. YIELD.
  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    ThrowUrArmsAroundMe wrote:
    Wasn't Lolla 07 something like 80,000?

    Billboard reported the attendance for the weekend at 168,729 from a 200,000 capacity, but I think these figures are spread over the 3 days. Having said this most ppl seem to say attendance was far bigger on the Sunday when PJ played, which makes sense as they we're easily the biggest band to play.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    In 06 pj played to about 21, 000 people in Sydney and he was saying " i hate to cuss but that's a lot of fucking people" imagine the expletives he would of let fly at these other festivals
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • LBCaptin
    LBCaptin Posts: 31
    Bonnaroo will be about 80,000 (depending on headliners)

    It had been reported the years when The Dead played, figures were up to
    98,000-110,000.
    the extras being fence jumpers
  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    I saw this on Billboard, so seems must've been slightly less for Pearl Jam last year.

    "For the first time since its reinvention as a destination festival in 2005, a single day of Lollapalooza sold out at 75,000 tickets. Tickets are also gone for today but remain for Sunday."

    http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003834624
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • UKpearljammer
    UKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    ||Release_Me|| wrote:
    I've heard so many different numbers about Nijmegen that i'm starting to think we'll never get an official number. 65,000 is awesome though! It looked really really big when i looked behind me from where i was.

    We won't, I emailed the promoter and they politely declined to give me any info. Same goes for a lot of Pearl Jam's gigs, there's not much solid info out there, beleive me I've looked. Yes too much time on my hands in my old job! Unless someone has a Billboard account, but that's $$$.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....

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