Uncharted Territory Forerunners

P.P.S- I just did a quick research and found out that Procol Harum performed in Portugal in 1973 - 24 and 25th of February.
This was not usual because of the ditactorship regime that was in place until 25th April 1974.

Here´s a link (in Portuguese)
http://guedelhudos.blogspot.pt/2014/12/pavilhao-dramatico-de-cascais.html

of some dates about bands that played the "Dramático de Cascais" that doesn´t exist anymore. Well, the first (foreign) acts to play the "Dramático de Cascais" were Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett, Dexter Gordon, Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden in the 20 th November 1971. Not that anyone is interested, but just in case :-)

Oh, and before i forget, Maria Callas played Portugal in 1958, interpreting La Traviata. There´s a CD of the performance and video evidence on Youtube.

The only reason Queen never played Portugal in the eighties was probably the same reason they never returned to South America until Rock in Rio. The show was too extensive for people to afford if they wanted to make a profit. That´s why i believe they weren´t invited. They were Huge in Portugal, specially around 1984. It continues until today.

The first Rock artist to play a Stadium in Portugal was the Rolling Stones in 10th July 1990- Estádio José de Alvalade. This opened up the doors for other artists to try stadiums in Portugal but unfortunately Queen weren´t touring by then.

[QUOTE] [b]Mr.QueenFan wrote:[/b]

Before i give my opinion i want to say that i like facts.
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So do I, and it's quite illustrating to see how some people tend to feel so threatened by them, just like some people enjoy them as well.

Just like the band's name is 'Queen' and not 'Kween' and the members are 'Freddie, Brian, John and Roger' instead of 'Freddy, Bryan, Jon and Rodger', there's nothing wrong with stating that Freddie did not win an Ivor Novello for 'Killer Queen', 'Bo Rhap' was not the first video ever, 'Another One Bites the Dust' might not have been the best selling record of 1980, Queen were not the first to play stadia in Mexico and South America, etc.

[QUOTE] [b]Mr.QueenFan wrote:[/b]

Queen were not the first foreign act to play a stadium in South America. Julio Iglesias is spanish and he did it before
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Considering Mexico is not in South America, it's also worth checking if any Mexican act sold out any stadium in South America. Probably.

We're having Columbus day tomorrow... and that reminded me of this thread.

Thanksgiving tomorrow too, for the Canadians out there at least. ;)

Good times.