Bodo
Jun-04-2017, 20:27 GMT
Austria
 
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| That is right Matthew, those estimates are just numbers to impress the press.
When they had to count the people, you saw it was only 1/10th or less.
So yes, London was a big show, all tickets had to be bought and maybe this number is one(?) of the biggest for Paul Simon on a non-free show.
I was at a free concert in Central park once in 2009 and I would say the concert area has about the same size as within the Hyde Park (maybe central parks place is a little bigger), but in New York people has their blankets and picnic with them, they sit and occupy a big area. It could be, that Pauls concert at the park 1991 had even less than 60.000 people. (for Bon Jovi they only counted 48.000)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/nyregion/23about
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BTW: The crowd in London for example was much bigger than at the 2002 Rome concert (Paul Simon solo, also free), they said there have been 60.000, I assume there maybe have been 20.000
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Håkan
Aug-14-2017, 13:16 GMT
USA - United Staates America
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| Since I attended the Central Park Concert in 1991, I strongly doubt that the high figures for that concert were correct. Where I stood it was quite a lot of space between the people. |
