{"id":17183,"date":"2019-07-31T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1809819"},"modified":"2019-07-31T14:51:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T20:51:30","slug":"a-little-context-for-the-taylor-swift-show-in-central-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/music-news\/a-little-context-for-the-taylor-swift-show-in-central-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Context for the Taylor Swift Show in Central Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Alison Bonaguro<\/a><\/span> 21m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

So Taylor Swift\u2019s going to play Central Park. That\u2019s big. Huge. Even bigger than huge. She made the announcement on Wednesday (July 31), letting her fans know that she\u2019d be performing a concert in New York City\u2019s Central Park on August 22.<\/p>\n

All that said, though, Swift\u2019s got some pretty big shoes to fill.<\/p>\n

According to the park\u2019s official website, they have some mostly accurate figures for concert attendance and they are kind of mind blowing. If you take away the New York Philharmonic show in July of 1989, because it\u2019s symphony orchestra music that has a whole different kind of fan base, that puts Garth Brooks in the lead.<\/p>\n

Brooks played the first country show in the North Meadow of the park in July of 1997. The park site states that 750,000 people were there. That alone is pretty staggering. But in Brooks\u2019 Anthology Part III<\/em> book, he talks about that show, that crowd and that entire event like he\u2019s still in awe. And his numbers are a lot higher than the park\u2019s.<\/p>\n

At 3:00 on the afternoon of the show, the book says that Parks Services had to open the overflow viewing areas. Two hours later, they had to shut down Fifth Avenue.<\/p>\n

On the day of the show, Brooks tried to sleep late (and to keep his expectations low). But when he looked out of his hotel room window, and saw that there were already more than half a million people there, he said, \u201cYou don\u2019t forget a moment like that. Ever.\u201d When he took the stage that night, that number climbed even higher. \u201cEstimates are between 900,000 and 1.2 million people,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s just people as far as you can see.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t explain what it\u2019s like to see that many people in one area. It was beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other massive shows on the park\u2019s top ten list<\/a> include:<\/p>\n

1990: Daryl Hall and John Oates, Edie Brickell, and The B-52s \u2014 750,000 people<\/p>\n

1981: Simon & Garfunkel \u2014 500,000 people<\/p>\n

1983: Diana Ross \u2014 450,000-800,000 people<\/p>\n

1980: Elton John \u2014 400,000 people<\/p>\n

1979: James Taylor \u2014 250,000 people<\/p>\n

1980: Pavarotti \u2014 200,000 people<\/p>\n

1967: Barbra Streisand \u2014 135,000 people<\/p>\n

1995: Pope Paul \u2014 125,000 people<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll update this story the morning after Swift\u2019s show to see where her crowd count lands.<\/p>\n

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Alison makes her living loving country music. She’s based in Chicago, but she’s always leaving her heart in Nashville.<\/div>\n

@alisonbonaguro<\/a><\/div>\n

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