gimmekeef wrote on Feb 5
th, 2009 at 3:52pm:
Gazza wrote on Feb 5
th, 2009 at 3:34pm:
gimmekeef wrote on Feb 5
th, 2009 at 3:31pm:
Zack wrote on Feb 5
th, 2009 at 11:33am:
The Dead come in around 2,300 shows total.
The Dead played a ton of shows large and small. But it was the same people at every show so do they count as multiples?....lol
Would the Dead have played to as many people as the Stones? Maybe not worldwide, but maybe its closer in the US?
Well Gazza good question. They did play some large festivals like Watkins Glen with over 700,000 estimated (I was there but too stoned to count).Plus they toured arenas almost non stop for years. Some stadiums too.My hunch is they might surpass the Stones in attendance overall because of the lack of breaks in the schedules.Cant think of anyone else that would have those kinds of numbers.They were active from late 60's until 1995 I think when Jerry passed on.
Yep. The Watkins Glen thing plus their continued activity up to '95 was what made me think they may have played to as many as the Stones.
The Stones only really played theatres, ballrooms and clubs up to 1967 - which counts for the first half of the shows theyve ever played.
They werent regularly playing stadiums until 1975/76 and even then there were still a high mix of arenas and (in Europe) theatres.
Of course, the Stones have played four shows (Hyde Park, Altamont, SARS and Copacabana) where the combined audience totals would be in the neighbourhood of
2.2 - 2.5 million
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