Concerts
When an international performing artist or band visits Buenos Aires, the concerts are usually held in this stadium, as it is the biggest in the city and in all of Argentina.
The stadium played host to Amnesty International's final Human Rights Now! Benefit Concert on October 15, 1988. The show was headlined by Sting and Peter Gabriel and also featured Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tracy Chapman, Youssou N'Dour, León Gieco and Charly García.
David Bowie's Sound+Vision Tour was held in September 29, 1990. He sold more than 81,900 tickets from only one show.
On July 16–17, 1993, Guns N' Roses performed the final concerts of their Use Your Illusion Tour, marking their last performance with most of their original lineup.
In 1993, the American superstar Michael Jackson performed three sold-outs concerts as part of his Dangerous World Tour at the stadium, in October 8, 10 and 12, for a total audience of 210,000 fans (70,000 people per show).
Seminal punk rock band The Ramones played their final South American show on March 16, 1996.
In 1998 Irish rock band U2 brought their Popmart Tour to South America and performed Mothers of the Disappeared with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, the mothers of the children who had disappeared under the Argentinian and Chilean dictatorships brought on stage. The band returned again for their Vertigo Tour in 2006 to film what would become U23D, the first live-action 3D digital film.
Madonna performed two sold-out concerts in October 1993 and another four in December 2008, during her Sticky & Sweet Tour; during two of these concerts, an official DVD of the tour was filmed. She holds the record for fastest sell-out concert at the stadium for her first show, with more than 263,000 tickets sold in 3 hours.
In May 15–16, 2007 High School Musical performed their hits from High School Musical The Tour, entitled High School Musical The Concert
In 2009 the British band Oasis presented one of the biggest concerts in their history. Noel Gallagher and the Argentine public shared an emotional moment, playing "Don't Look Back In Anger".
AC/DC performed three sold-out shows in December 2009, during their Black Ice World Tour. These shows were filmed and released on the DVD and Blu-ray Live at River Plate, was released in May 2011.
Legendary New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi have played the stadium numerous times, most recently in 2010 as part of The Circle Tour.
In May 2011, Miley Cyrus brought her Gypsy Heart Tour which sold out in a week.
Roger Waters performed a record-breaking nine concerts at the stadium in March 2012, during which he and his band performed The Wall in its entirety on their 2010-2012 The Wall Live tour.
Kiss played in September 3, 1994; March 14, 1997; April 5, 2009 and November 7 2012.
Lady Gaga performed here on November 16, 2012 for her Born This Way Ball Tour.
Madonna is scheduled to perform at the stadium on December 13 and December 15, 2012 as part of her MDNA Tour.
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Famous quotes containing the word concerts:
“The concerts you enjoy together
Neighbors you annoy together
Children you destroy together
That make marriage a joy”
—Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930)
“If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist on your neither piping nor fiddling yourself. It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous, contemptible light.... Few things would mortify me more than to see you bearing a part in a concert, with a fiddle under your chin, or a pipe in your mouth.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)