Chapter 907 907 Square Garden

When people mention New York, this one is full of temptation. A city of charm and charm always has countless details waiting for people to dig out. Even the old residents who have lived in New York for more than 20 years cannot say that they know the city well. After the precipitation and development of time, this city known as the "Big Apple" still continues its infinite charm for a century, attracting people from all over the world to come here to find their own life.

The most conspicuous area in New York is Central Park, but in addition to the 843 acres of green space, there is another wonderful "garden" in the center of the city that is famous all over the world, that is, it has a The century-old Madison Square Garden (Madison. Square. Garden).

Because Madison Square Garden is located above Pennsylvania Station, one of the largest train stations in the United States, many outsiders who come to New York by train first see this building, so people also call it the face of New York.

The Madison Square Garden built in 1879 has been relocated twice. The current building is the fourth generation completed in 1968. It is located at the corner of Eighth Street and Thirty-third Street. The entire building is a large white column. It is unique and conspicuous among the dazzling high-rise buildings of New York.

No matter in the history of the development of the city of New York, or the history of boxing, basketball, and music, Madison Square Garden is a symbol that cannot be ignored. It is not so much a stadium as it is a cultural symbol of the city. one. Americans rarely say the full name of Madison Square Garden, a simple "MSG" or "garden" is enough to sum up.

Although the garden has only more than 19,000 seats, the capacity of the venue is not top-notch, but it is open all year round, from basketball to ice hockey, from concerts to concerts, from Michael Jackson to Madonna, and even John - Lennon's last concert before his murder was also held here. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, there are more than three hundred large-scale events held in the garden. This shows the importance of this garden to New York.

On July 16, Madison Square Garden once again ushered in a feast.

When everyone's eyes are turned to Los Angeles on the west coast, paying attention to the last two games of the World Cup that will be staged today and tomorrow, New York on the east coast has ushered in the only superstar this summer that can be compared with the topic of the World Cup: Hugo - Lancaster. Today marks the end of the "Road to Glory" tour.

When the "Road to Glory" tour kicked off, it can be said that there are countless topics, especially where Hugo, who has just won the best actor in Cannes, will be full of countless unknowns, not only the movie, but the band tour is also accompanied by "Don't "Don't. Look. Back. In. Anger" became an important journey for the band to prove itself.

When the "Road to Glory" tour came to an end, there were still countless topics and even more attention. The incredible performance of "Life and Death" made this summer another superstar in addition to football, and the great success of the tour itself also made The band has gathered the love of countless fans, and the sales of singles and albums have further reached the peak, which has also made Glory to Death a veritable innovator. The title of "Nirvana Band of 1993" is no doubt at this time.

Starting from Los Angeles, Glory to the Dead went all the way from west to east. Not only did the tickets for each tour sell out quickly, but the team of tour followers became larger and larger. According to the feedback from the inside of the rock circle, following Glory to the The number of flesh and blood that arrived in New York together with death is as high as 200, and the number of followers has exceeded 800 thanks to the popularity of the "speed of life and death". The spectacle of the scene is breathtaking.

Madison Square Garden mobilized a total of 40,000 people that night, blocking the three streets around the garden, which is nothing compared to tonight's World Cup third place match in Pasadena, a satellite city of Los Angeles. inferior.

There are only less than 20,000 seats in the garden, but there are nearly 10,000 people wandering around in the outfield, hoping to buy scalper tickets at the last moment, and a ticket of 36 dollars for a grandstand has been hyped. Four thousand dollars, and a fifty-dollar ticket to the infield rock stand-up area was even shouted for eight thousand dollars at one point, but it was still priceless.

The degree of popularity made the reporters at the scene stunned. Even with the brilliant blessing of "speed of life and death", all this is unbelievable. Everyone witnessed with their own eyes the explosive performance of the "Road to Glory" tour terminal, and also experienced the unparalleled popularity of Hugo.

In fact, the situation of the reporters is not much better than those of the fans who are asking for tickets. EMI Records only arranged 20 reporter seats. This was decided before the concert tickets went on sale three weeks ago, but I don't want to "life and death speed." "However, the performance against the sky broke out, and the attention of the "Glory to Death" tour increased steadily. As a result, more than 70 media hoped to enter the garden to interview and profile the concert.

After consulting with Henry Bloom and Joseph Gibbs, EMI finally decided to decline the requests. "Road to Glory" is a pure music tour, and most of those reporters want to enter the infield because of the "speed of life and death". Due to the difference in motivation, subsequent news reports will inevitably deviate from the expected track. This is not What the band members want to happen is also not what EMI wants to happen.

So, on the night of the 16th, only 20 media were qualified to enter the infield. Although the reporters outside the field complained, they were still reluctant to leave. Looking at the thousands of fans wandering in the garden gate square, They all know very well that even if it's just reporting what's going on in the outfield, it's a rare news breaking point.

Facts have also proved this.

After the concert started, there were still more than 4,000 fans outside Madison Square Garden, and they all stayed to join the grand carnival in a different way. The concert has ignited everyone's enthusiasm from the very first song. In the outfield, you can vaguely hear that the opening song should be "Lithium". It didn't take long for the music to start, and it completely ignited the New York night sky. The screams made the garden shiver in the hot air, a spectacle that even the New York Knicks couldn't have seen at home.

At the same time, the fans who stayed outside the venue also fell into madness. Some people twisted their bodies and shook their heads to the rhythm of the music drums, some people jumped and sang songs loudly, some people screamed and shouted wildly, and some people sat cross-legged. Enjoy this auditory feast quietly in the square...

Such a scene is really shocking to the reporters. This is just outside the venue. There are only 4,000 people here. The spectacular scene is enough to make people stunned. What about the inside? Is it a boiling volcano?

Yes, the interior of the garden is now an erupting volcano.

The heart is about to explode, the blood vessels are about to explode, the brain is about to explode, the body is about to explode, the spirit is about to explode, and the soul is about to explode! That kind of ruthless and strong crushing and raging sense of raging hits unreasonably, so that all the audience have no resistance at all, and can only passively bear the violent pleasure, as if magma is jumping in the blood vessels, and the whole body is covered. All the muscles up and down are trembling, and the brain has been completely blank, and I can only rely on Ben. Can tremble with the rhythm of the music.

This is the case for every spectator in the infield. Even if there are seats, they can't sit still. Everyone stands up, beating, swaying, and twisting in place, responding to the call of the rhythm with their arms, heads and bodies. , use his body and skin to twist into a melody, use screams and shouts to vent the surging emotions in his heart, and use tears and smiles to detonate the pleasure in the depths of his soul.

The performance of Glory to the Dead is so crazy, the enthusiasm of the band members can also be seen on the stage, standing on the garden, one of the most famous stages in the world, on the final stage of the "Road to Glory" tour. , standing in front of more than 19,000 fans in front of them, their fingertips seemed to carry sparks, igniting every instrument, and transforming a melody into a miracle in Hugo's voice.

Fukukin's drum beat fell like a gust of wind and rain, moving the entire Madison Square Garden, and you could even hear bricks and woods trembling; Pedro was completely excited, he Running to the front of the stage, standing on top of the speakers, using fingertips to outline every delicate change of the melody, connecting the whole band together; Neil and Alfonso back to back, strumming the guitar frantically, with a normal sense of reason. His calmness and calmness were all gone, and he used all his strength and enthusiasm to play the strings under his fingertips.

Hugo stood at the front of the stage, carrying a guitar and holding a microphone stand, using his voice as a brush, the garden in front of him as a canvas, and the entire night of New York as an easel, he swayed a magnificent and beautiful painting. The magnificent picture scroll, he enjoys this process, as if he has built a bridge with music, connecting him with all the fans in front of him, connecting him with the whole world, and everyone is integrated, just because of music, pure and simple. Earth music, nearly 20,000 completely different souls are brought to the same heartbeat frequency, singing and dancing wildly on the pulse of the earth.

If this is the end of the world, if this is the end of life, then this will be the grandest curtain call.

The passage of three hours was undetectable at all, as if the concert had just started in the last second, but when the consciousness woke up, the stage was already empty, and the emptiness in the heart hit in an instant, as if the darkness devoured itself, This infinite loss brings even fear, so that the cry of "encore" erupts before the mind starts to work.

Yes, "Encore"! No one wants to end tonight's performance, no one wants to end the "Road to Glory" tour, no one wants this carnival to end, so everyone started yelling, "Encore!"

This was true of the nearly 20,000 spectators inside the venue, as well as the more than 4,000 spectators outside the venue, and even the reporters who remained at the venue and did not want to leave.

Encore! Encore! Encore!