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Magnetic Hill Concert Site

Magnetic Hill Concert Site is a live music venue in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is one of the largest music venues in Canada.

Eagles concert held at Magnetic Hill was the largest event on their tour for 2008 with over 45,000 fans in attendance

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.

Past Events
Year Event Name Artist Attendance
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

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References

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  1. ^ Russell, George (1984-09-24). "An "Essentially Pastoral" Visit - TIME". TIME Magazine. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
  2. ^ John Kay & Steppenwolf (1998-07-11). "Snapshots From The Road". Steppenwolf. Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  3. ^ "The Highest Attended Concerts Worldwide - Univision Foro / Forum". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  4. ^ "U2 360 Boxscore Discussion Part II - Page 9 - U2 Feedback".
  5. ^ Laura Bogomolny (2009-06-29). "Bon Jovi rocks Moncton again after 16 years". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  6. ^ Canadian Press (2005-09-04). "Stones' Moncton show left people satisfied". CTV Television Network. Retrieved 2009-04-02.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ Canadian Press (2007-09-04). "Concert in Moncton a success, organizers getting set for next year". The News. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  8. ^ Billboard Magazine (2008-10-01). "Concert Boxscore for the 2008-10-01 issue". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ CBC News (2009-04-09). "Rock band AC/DC plans summer Moncton concert". CBC News. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  13. ^ Rolling Stone (2011-08-01). "U2 End 360 Tour In Moncton Canada With '40'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  14. ^ CBC News (2011-08-02). "Moncton looks to future acts after U2 concert". CBC. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
  15. ^ U2 (2011-08-01). "Moncton, NB, CA (Magnetic Hill Music Festival)". U2. Retrieved 2011-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ CBC News (2012-07-13). "Moncton's mega-concert days may be numbered". CBC News. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  17. ^ Eric Lewis (2012-08-28). "Springsteen show a success: city". The Times & Transcript. Retrieved 2012-08-28.[dead link‍]
  18. ^ Reed, Ryan (11 February 2015). "AC/DC Announce North American 'Rock or Bust' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  19. ^ "AC/DC Tickets, Tour Dates & Venue Information". Retrieved February 18, 2015.

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