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Originally Posted by Supersonic
Fair enough. Back in 2006 a Dutch promoter brought up how getting Van Halen to Europe was deemed impossible. They were offered a small arena tour (6.000-8.000 people), something just not possible for Def Leppard, hence me saying such a thing. I know things are differently in Scandinavia though, that kind of music is way more popular over there.  |
Actually, that's the size of venue Def Leppard played on their last proper European tour. And this is headlining tour, not these double bills that are so popular in the US nowadays.
In Finland they played the Helsinki Ice Hall which has the capacity of 8,200. Elsewhere in the Nordic they played at big festivals or places like the Trondheim Market Sqaure or in Russia at Kalingrad city airport, which probably had even bigger capacities.
In the UK they played places like the Wembley Arena (12,500 seats), Birmingham NEC (between 13,000 and 15,500) or Manchester MEN which has a capacity of up to 23,000.
In Greece they played on Karaiskaki Stadium that seats up to 32,000. In Romania the Romexpo which seats up to 40,000.
In the States and Canada they play places with capacities between 10 and 20,000.
And so on. They're not quite as unpopular as you seem to think.
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