Magnetic Hill Concert Site
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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. The site has hosted annual or biennial summer concerts since the mid-2000s. Additional permanent infrastructure was installed following the 2005 concert headlined by The Rolling Stones. In 2011 a concert headlined by U2 saw the first use of the marketing term Magnetic Hill Music Festival.
Year | Event Name | Artist | Attendance |
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1984 | Papal Visit | Pope John Paul II | 75,000[1] |
1998 | Classic Rock Festival | Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Steppenwolf, Heart, Pat Benatar | 35,000[2] |
2005 | A Bigger Bang | The Rolling Stones | 89,260[3][4][5][6] |
2006 | Country Rocks The Hill | Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson | 45,000 |
2008 | Soul2Soul II Tour | Faith Hill and Tim McGraw | 50,000[7] |
2008 | Long Road Out of Eden Tour | Eagles | 45,923[8][9] |
2009 | Bon Jovi | 33,000[10] | |
2009 | Black Ice World Tour | AC/DC | 70,000[11][12] |
2011 | U2 360° Tour | U2 | 66,823 [13][14][15] |
2012 | Here And Now Tour | Nickelback | 25,000 [16] |
2012 | Wrecking Ball Tour | Bruce Springsteen | 30,200[17] |
2015 | Rock or Bust World Tour | AC/DC | 50,000[18][19] |
2019 | Luke Bryan | 25,000 |
See also
[edit]- List of events in Greater Moncton
- Magnetic Hill
- Strawberry Fields, a proposed rock festival to be held in Greater Moncton in 1970
References
[edit]- ^ Russell, George (1984-09-24). "An "Essentially Pastoral" Visit - TIME". TIME Magazine. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ John Kay & Steppenwolf (1998-07-11). "Snapshots From The Road". Steppenwolf. Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
- ^ "The Highest Attended Concerts Worldwide - Univision Foro / Forum". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ "U2 360 Boxscore Discussion Part II - Page 9 - U2 Feedback".
- ^ Laura Bogomolny (2009-06-29). "Bon Jovi rocks Moncton again after 16 years". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ Canadian Press (2005-09-04). "Stones' Moncton show left people satisfied". CTV Television Network. Retrieved 2009-04-02.[dead link]
- ^ Canadian Press (2007-09-04). "Concert in Moncton a success, organizers getting set for next year". The News. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
- ^ Billboard Magazine (2008-10-01). "Concert Boxscore for the 2008-10-01 issue". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ Times & Transcript (2008-12-31). "Eagles concert draws huge crowds to Moncton". Times & Transcript. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ The Canadian Press (2008-06-29). "Bon Jovi plays to 33,000 in N.B." The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on July 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ^ "Timestranscript.com - 70,000! AC/DC thrills Moncton crowd | BY BRENT MAZEROLLE - Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada". Archived from the original on 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
- ^ CBC News (2009-04-09). "Rock band AC/DC plans summer Moncton concert". CBC News. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ Rolling Stone (2011-08-01). "U2 End 360 Tour In Moncton Canada With '40'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ CBC News (2011-08-02). "Moncton looks to future acts after U2 concert". CBC. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ U2 (2011-08-01). "Moncton, NB, CA (Magnetic Hill Music Festival)". U2. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ CBC News (2012-07-13). "Moncton's mega-concert days may be numbered". CBC News. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
- ^ Eric Lewis (2012-08-28). "Springsteen show a success: city". The Times & Transcript. Retrieved 2012-08-28.[dead link]
- ^ Reed, Ryan (11 February 2015). "AC/DC Announce North American 'Rock or Bust' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "AC/DC Tickets, Tour Dates & Venue Information". Retrieved February 18, 2015.
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