The 5 Biggest Concerts Ever

There are many ways to judge a concert. Yet, the only true way to say whether a concert was really good or bad is to have been there. A concert is all about personal experience and, unless the performer is just horrible, most likely every fan will have a slightly different opinion about the show. However, one way to judge a concert that can’t be debated is by the size of its crowd.

Here are the 5 biggest concerts ever:

1. Rod Stewart at Copacabana Beach – about 3.5 million fans
2. New York Philharmonic in Central Park – 800,000 fans
3. Garth Brooks in Central Park – 750,000 fans
4. Steve Wozniak 1983 US Festival – 670,000 fans
5. Summer Jam at Watkins Glen – over 600,000 fans

Most likely if you polled about a million people and asked them what their best concert was, none of the 5 biggest concerts ever would come-up very often. Certainly Garth Brooks is a legend in country music and is well-known for giving great shows, but that wouldn’t necessarily put his Central Park show at the top of anyone’s list.

So just because a concert qualifies as one of the 5 biggest concerts ever doesn’t mean that the concert was one of the best. In fact, the number of fans at a show often has nothing to do with it. Sometimes too many fans actually counts against a concert. Often this is because the sound quality is poor and so are the conditions surrounding the show.

The 5 biggest concerts ever were all good shows, but certainly none of them could be considered the best concert ever, or even in the top 10 of best concerts. Of course, ultimately that’s up to each person to decide for himself or herself. But the number of fans at a show certainly doesn’t automatically make a show great.

Of course having a backstage pass to a show can make it even better! That is what this website is all about!

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