Magnetic Hill Concert Site is a live music venue in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is one of the largest music venues in Canada.
Originally built in 1984 for Pope John Paul II to hold a papal mass during his tour of Canada, the site was redesigned in the 1990s as a concert venue. On September 3, 2005 The Rolling Stones performed at the venue, with 89,260 fans attending, making it the largest music event ever in Atlantic Canada. Australian rockers AC/DC performed at the site in August 2009.
| Year | Event Name | Acts | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Papal Visit | Pope John Paul II | 75,000 |
| 1998 | Classic Rock Festival | Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Steppenwolf, Heart, Pat Benatar | 35,000 |
| 2005 | A Bigger Bang Tour | The Rolling Stones, Our Lady Peace, The Tragically Hip, Les Trois Accords | 89,260 |
| 2006 | Country Rocks The Hill | Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson | 45,000 |
| 2007 | Soul2Soul II Tour | Faith Hill, Tim McGraw | 50,000 |
| 2008 | Long Road Out of Eden Tour | Eagles, John Fogerty, KT Tunstall, Sam Roberts | 45,923 |
| 2009 | Lost Highway Tour | Bon Jovi, Bachman-Cummings, State of Shock, Mobile | 33,000 |
| 2009 | Black Ice World Tour | AC/DC, The Answer, Anvil | 70,000 |
| 2011 | U2 360° Tour | U2, Arcade Fire, Carney | 75,000 |
| 2012 | Here And Now Tour | Nickelback, My Darkest Days, Three Days Grace, Arkells, I Mother Earth, Gloryhound | 65,000 |
| 2012 | Wrecking Ball Tour | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, The Trews | 30,200 |
Famous quotes containing the words magnetic, hill, concert and/or site:
“We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I remember the scenes of battle in which we stood together. I remember especially that broad and deep grave at the foot of the Resaca hill where we left those gallant comrades who fell in that desperate charge. I remember, through it all, the gallantry, devotion and steadfastness, the high-set patriotism you always exhibited.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)
“Science is unflinchingly deterministic, and it has begun to force its determinism into morals. On some shining tomorrow a psychoanalyst may be put into the box to prove that perjury is simply a compulsion neurosis, like beating time with the foot at a concert or counting the lampposts along the highway.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“That is a pathetic inquiry among travelers and geographers after the site of ancient Troy. It is not near where they think it is. When a thing is decayed and gone, how indistinct must be the place it occupied!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)