First show in Argentina,
and quite an experience, since the promoters sold more tickets than the
actual stadium's capacity (19,000, when it held 17,000 people) They probably
sold the extra tickets without declaring it (to keep the money) but obviously
this caused a lot of problems as people wanting to get in started a riot
and the police had to intervene. Several security dogs were killed, and
cars were rolled. Pretty violent ! All this happened before the concert
started. But obviously not the greatest atmosphere for the band, whose popularity
in South America had risen with the Standing on the Beach record. The concert
was identical to the 1986 ones, which is understandable since they couldn't
play a lot of the new songs as a 5-piece group. Six Different Ways had a
weird intro, it sounded like the keyboards emulator wasn't on because the
sound was completely different. The soundcheck took place in the middle
of the afternoon, they had wet towels on their heads (except Robert) because
of the sun and heat.
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