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For the album, see Rock in Rio (album).
Rock in Rio
Rock in Rio logo before a concert.
GenreRock, Pop rock, heavy metal
Location(s)Rio de Janeiro (2013), Lisbon, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Mexico City (2014)
Years active1985-present.
FoundersRoberto Medina
WebsiteOfficial Rock in Rio website

Rock in Rio is an event originating in Brazil. It is a series of music festivals held in three cities: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lisbon in Portugal and Madrid in Spain. In 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be the fourth, and in 2014 Mexico City, Mexico will be the fifth.

Four incarnations of the festival were in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991, 2001 and 2011, five in Lisbon, in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012, and two in Madrid in 2008 and 2010. The shows were organized by Brazilian entrepreneur Roberto Medina. In 2011, Rock in Rio returned to its original location, Rio de Janeiro, with a new line-up of singers and groups.

Rock in Rio has been the largest music festival in the world, with 1.5 million people in the first edition, 700,000 in both the second and fourth editions, about 1.2 million in the third, and about 350,000 people in each of the 3 Lisbon editions.

Future editions of the festival will intercalate an international edition with one in Brazil, returning in Lisbon in 2012 and Rio in 2013. Pre-sales for the 2013 tickets started during the 2011 edition, and have already reached 15,000 orders.[1] Its name is derived from "Rock in Rio de Janeiro"

History

Year Name Place
1985 Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
1991 Rock in Rio II Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2001 Rock in Rio III Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2004 Rock in Rio Lisboa Lisbon  Portugal
2006 Rock in Rio Lisboa II Lisbon  Portugal
2008 Rock in Rio Lisboa III Lisbon  Portugal
2008 Rock in Rio Madrid Madrid  Spain
2010 Rock in Rio Lisboa IV Lisbon  Portugal
2010 Rock in Rio Madrid II Madrid  Spain
2011 Rock in Rio IV Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2012 Rock in Rio Lisboa V Lisbon  Portugal
2012 Rock in Rio Madrid III Madrid  Spain
2013 Rock in Rio V Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2014 Rock in Rio Buenos Aires Buenos Aires  Argentina
2014 Rock in Rio Mexico Mexico City  Mexico
2015 Rock in Rio VI Rio de Janeiro  Brazil
2016 Rock in Rio Madrid IV Barcelona  Catalonia

Japan and South Africa are a possibilities for 2014 or 2015.

Rio de Janeiro

Rock in Rio

Queen performing in 1985.

The first edition of the festival was held from January 11–20, 1985. Iron Maiden, Queen, George Benson, Rod Stewart, AC/DC and Yes were the headliners, each occupying top spot for two nights (Benson, however, ceded it to James Taylor for their second night in the same bill, due to the huge delay Taylor's extended performance had caused to his concert two days before). About 1.4 million people attended the 10-day-long festival.

Rock in Rio in numbers
  • The "Cidade do Rock" ("City of Rock"), the place where the event was held (which was built for the festival), covered an area of 250,000 m² (around 2.7 million square feet)
  • 1,600,000 liters of beverages were served, using 4 million plastic cups.
  • 900,000 hamburgers.
  • 500,000 pizza slices.
  • McDonald's sold 58,000 hamburgers in a single day, which was a Guinness World Record until the fourth edition in 2011, where 79,000 hamburgers were sold by Bob's.[1]

The full list of artists who performed at Rock in Rio:

  • Both Queen shows were filmed (on January 11 and January 18) and broadcast throughout Brazil by Globo. Each show was watched by nearly 200 million people in over 60 countries and in front of 350,000 people for each night setting a world record for the biggest paying audience ever at the time. It was later broadcast in the United States on MTV as "Queen: Live in Rio".[2]
  • Iron Maiden was the only non-Brazilian act to play just one concert at the festival (on its opening night, headlined by Queen), due to other bookings, while every other international act performed twice. During the song "Revelations", lead singer Bruce Dickinson ran into guitarist Dave Murray and cut his face on Murray's guitar. Dickinson continued to sing in spite of heavy bleeding.[3] They performed in front of a crowd of 450,000 people.[4]
  • The Go-Go's broke up after their two Rock in Rio performances, though they would later reunite in the 1990s. The two Rock in Rio shows were the debut and swansong for short-tenured Go-Go's member Paula Jean Brown, who had replaced Jane Wiedlin. (Wiedlin would return to the reunited 1990s lineup.)
  • The January 20 appearance of the B-52's would turn out to be their last with guitarist Ricky Wilson, who died from AIDS in October of that year as the band was finishing their next album.
  • Nina Hagen was paid nothing for her two performances, since she had approached Roberto Medina, the festival's mentor herself, requesting a place in its bill. Queen were the highest-paid act, commanding US$600,000 for its two headlining performances, on January 11 and 18.
  • Initially, Def Leppard was scheduled to play at the festival. However, they dropped out about two months before the event, due to delays on the recording process of the album Hysteria. They were replaced by Whitesnake. Eleven days before the date Def Leppard would have played at the festival, drummer Rick Allen suffered an accident that cost him his left arm.
  • Some Brazilian acts had a bad reception by audiences: on the opening day, Erasmo Carlos was pelted with water cups and mud, and stones were thrown at Kid Abelha's stage - something that prompted Os Paralamas do Sucesso lead singer Herbert Vianna to advise the crowd to attend only to the performances of the artists they enjoy and "pick up instruments to get on the stage for the next edition". At the time, Kid Abelha's lead singer Paula Toller was Vianna's love interest.
  • In 1985, before the beginning of the festival, there a Nostradamus prophecy, that a disaster would happen in a gathering of young people in South America, the prophecy failed to materialize, one who remembers well, the power of the rumor is the actor Kadu Moliterno, master of ceremonies of the Rock in Rio I. "There was this rumor, which was very strong. I remember I was watching Rita Lee's show when some of bulbs began to sprout in the ceiling of the stage, short-circuit. I went into a paranoia that the world was ending. I got out of there running I took my motorcycle and I left home" he said laughing.

Rock in Rio 2

The second edition was held from January 18–27, 1991 at the Maracanã stadium. Headliners were Guns N' Roses, Prince and George Michael, each being top billed for two of the event's nine nights. INXS, New Kids on the Block and A-ha also got top billing, for one night each. A-ha later made a video for "Early Morning" from this concert.

Full list of artists who performed at Rock in Rio 2:

Guns N' Roses's January 20 concert was their first ever with then new drummer Matt Sorum and keyboard player Dizzy Reed. George Michael's second concert, on January 27, the festival's closing day, featured his ex-Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley, who joined Michael for a few songs at the encore. A-ha shocked the international entertainment press by drawing an audience of 198,000 at Maracanã stadium for their top-billed evening concert—a Guinness World Record for paying audiences. Again a misplaced Brazilian act suffered from bad reception, with Lobão being pelted with beer cans and being forced to cut his performance short.

Rock in Rio 3

The third Rock in Rio festival took place in 2001 and its seven nights were headlined, respectively, by Sting, R.E.M., Guns N' Roses, 'N Sync, Iron Maiden, Neil Young and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Iron Maiden recorded their set and released it as the live album Rock in Rio. The profits from the sale of the album were donated to the Clive Burr fund, which would help the former drummer pay mounting medical bills for treatment of his multiple sclerosis.

Another notable appearance at Rock in Rio 3 was that of American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with a new line-up featuring guitarist Buckethead, original member Axl Rose (vocals), and longtime member Dizzy Reed (keyboards). Carlinhos Brown, the opening act on the day Guns N' Roses performed, was attacked by water bottles throughout his whole performance.[5] Bassist Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age performed in the nude for part of their set and was arrested for indecent exposure after the concert, being released soon after.

Full list of artists who performed at Rock in Rio 3:

Rock in Rio 4

The fourth edition of Rock in Rio, back to its origins, was held on September 23, 24, 25, 29 and 30, and October 1 and 2, 2011, at an area (pt) to be built next to the old City of Rock - which is currently the site of the future Olympic Village of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Three different stages were employed, with the headlining concerts at the Palco Mundo (World Stage), the secondary ones in Palco Sunset (Sunset Stage), and DJs playing at a specialized stage for electronic music. The closing acts, Guns N' Roses and System of a Down, entered following a poll on the festival's website.[6] Maroon 5 was a last hour addition, following Jay-Z leaving for personal reasons.

Full list of artists who performed at Rock in Rio 4:[7][8]

Rock in Rio 5

Rock in Rio 5 is planned for September 2013. Headline bands are: Bruce Springsteen, Metallica and Iron Maiden.[9]

Lisboa, Portugal and Madrid, Spain

Rock in Rio Lisboa

After the huge success of Rock in Rio 3 in Brazil, Roberto Medina decided to organize a festival of the same stature in Lisbon. The decision to maintain the name Rock in Rio was controversial, and detractors of the idea in Brazil started calling it Rock in Rio Tejo,[10][11] after the Tagus river (rio Tejo, in Portuguese) which runs through the Portuguese capital.

The first edition of Rock in Rio Lisboa, as the festival was officially called, took place in 2004. Although the festival had a slight change of name, it kept the same structure as the Brazilian editions. An entire City of Rock, with an area of over 200,000 m² was erected at the Bela Vista park, with a large centre stage and several tents where different artists would perform, simultaneously.

Full list of artists who performed at Rock in Rio Lisboa:

Roger Waters in Rock in Rio Lisbon

Rock in Rio Lisboa 2

The second edition of Rock in Rio Lisboa was held in 2006, on 26/27 May and 2/3/4 June.

Rock in Rio Lisboa & Madrid (2008)

The third edition of Rock in Rio took place in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 30, 31 and June 1 and 5-6. The dates for Arganda del Rey, Madrid, were June 27, 28 and July 4–6.

Rock in Rio Lisbon III

May 30

May 31

June 1

June 5

June 6

Rock in Rio Madrid

June 27

June 28

July 4

July 5

July 6

Rock in Rio Lisboa & Madrid (2010)

Rock in Rio Lisboa IV[12]

May 21 / 82.000

May 22 / 45.000

May 27 / 85.000

May 29 / 95.000

May 30 / 38.000

Rock in Rio Madrid II[13]

June 4 / 51.000

June 5 / 85.000

June 6 / 90.000

June 11 / 30.000

June 14 / 48.000

Rock in Rio Lisboa & Madrid (2012)

Rock in Rio Lisboa V[12][14]
  • 5/25 Friday
  • 5/26 Saturday
    • Palco Mundo: Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, The Offspring, Limp Bizkit
    • Palco Sunset: Xutos & Titas, Mafalda Veiga & Marcelo Jeneci, Rita Redshoes & Moreno Veloso
    • Eletrónica Heineken: Azari & III, The Magician, Punks Jump Up, The Discotexas Band, Miguel Quintão, Mirror People (Rui Maia/X Wife), MC Johnny Def
    • Rock Street:
  • 6/1 Friday
    • Palco Mundo: Lenny Kravitz, Maroon 5, Ivete Sangalo, Expensive Soul
    • Palco Sunset: Boss Ac & Zé Ricardo + Paula Lima, Orelha Negra + Hyldon + Kassin, Black Mamba & Tiago Betencourt
    • Eletrónica Heineken: Jamie Jones, Maceo Plex, Dyed Soundorom, Kings of Swingers (Renato Rathier + Mau Mau), Magazino, José Belo + Zé Salvador, MC Johnny Def
    • Rock Street:
  • 6/2 Saturday
    • Palco Mundo: Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Joss Stone, The Gift
    • Palco Sunset: Luis Represas & Joao Gil & Jorge Palma, Amor Electro & Moska, Ana Free + The Monomes
    • Eletrónica Heineken: Masters at Work (Louie Vega + Kenny Dope Gonzales), The Martinez Brothers, JohnWaynes Live DJ, Miguel Rendeiro, DJ Poppy, MC Johnny Def
    • Rock Street:
Rock in Rio Madrid III[15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.jb.com.br/rock-in-rio-2011/noticias/2011/10/04/rock-in-rio-divulga-balanco-geral-de-mega-evento/
  2. ^ Queen: Rock in Rio Boston Globe. Retrieved June 2, 2011
  3. ^ "Iron Maiden - Revelations". YouTube. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Iron Maiden - Rockinrio". wiki.answers.com. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ^ Rock in Rio: Carlinhos Brown undergoes the first scandal in the festival
  6. ^ http://musica.uol.com.br/ultnot/2011/05/06/escolhido-por-voto-popular-system-of-a-down-entra-na-programacao-do-rock-in-rio-2011.jhtm
  7. ^ ig.com.br
  8. ^ http://www.rockinrio.com.br/metallica-sepultura-e-angra-confirmados/
  9. ^ Bruce Springsteen, Metallica and Iron Maiden to headline Rock In Rio 2013
  10. ^ http://www.planetanews.com/news/2004/10217
  11. ^ http://peixenarede.blogspot.com/2006/03/rock-in-rio-s-se-for-rio-tejo.html
  12. ^ a b http://rockinrio-lisboa.sapo.pt/en/
  13. ^ http://www.rockinriomadrid.es/en/
  14. ^ http://rockinriolisboa.sapo.pt/cartaz-rock-in-rio-lisboa-2012
  15. ^ http://www.rockinriomadrid.es/
  16. ^ http://www.rockinriomadrid.es/cartel-rock-in-rio-madrid-2012
  17. ^ http://www.rockinriomadrid.es/noticias/rihanna-confirma-su-presencia-en-rock-in-rio
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