Six60 Eden Park concert: The new Kings of Eden Park
24 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Six60 make history at Eden Park concert. Video / Six60
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Chart-toppers Six60 have written a new chapter in their rich history - becoming the first Kiwi band to headline a gig at world-famous sporting ground Eden Park.
A sell-out crowd of about 50,000 were in attendance for the historic night; a gig that followed a successful consent bid with Auckland Council to be able to host music events there.
Before taking to the stage at Eden Park last night, as well as having a series of chart-topping singles and albums, Six60 was the first Kiwi band to sell-out Auckland s other iconic venue Western Springs - which they have now done twice.
The world isolates. A New Zealand band plays to 50,000 fans
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Singer Matiu Walters grinned as he gazed out over 50,000 damp but delirious fans and said those magic words: “So, what’s up Eden Park?”
While much of the world remains hunkered down, the band Six60 has been playing to huge crowds in New Zealand, where social distancing isn’t required after the nation stamped out the coronavirus. The band’s tour finale on Saturday night was billed as the largest concert in the world since the pandemic began.
Equally momentous for a band which met while playing rugby at university was getting to play the first concert ever held at the storied Eden Park rugby stadium. And finding themselves at the apex of world music came as a twist for Six60, which has enjoyed unparalleled success in New Zealand but whose forays abroad have ended without the breakthroughs they sought.
Five-piece band Six60 has been touring New Zealand after measures were lifted
The country has all-but eradicated coronavirus and need for social distancing
Band s tour finale on Saturday night was billed as the largest concert in the world since the beginning of the pandemic that closed convert venues over the globe
Pictures from Eden Park showed Singer Matiu Walters performing to 50,000
The world isolates. A New Zealand band plays to 50,000 fans
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) Singer Matiu Walters grinned as he gazed out over 50,000 damp but delirious fans and said those magic words: “So, what’s up Eden Park?”
While much of the world remains hunkered down, the band Six60 has been playing to huge crowds in New Zealand, where social distancing isn’t required after the nation stamped out the coronavirus. The band’s tour finale on Saturday night was billed as the largest concert in the world since the pandemic began.
Equally momentous for a band which met while playing rugby at university was getting to play the first concert ever held at the storied Eden Park rugby stadium. And finding themselves at the apex of world music came as a twist for Six60, which has enjoyed unparalleled success in New Zealand but whose forays abroad have ended without the breakthroughs
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