Rock in Rio in Buenos Aires
Rock in Rio in Buenos Aires
It was advanced by the president and creator of Rock in Rio, Roberto Medina, pointing to institutional cooperation, the proximity to Rio de Janeiro and Argentina intimate relationship with music as the main reasons for the decision.
Argentina will be the second American country to embrace and welcome the musical philosophy of Rock in Rio, after the preliminary agreement reached with the leadership of government of Buenos Aires, in September 2013 converted this city into the second seat in the continent called ” festival of festivals “.
“Argentina has a long relationship with Rock in Rio for its proximity to Brazil,” said Medina, who thinks that, by proximity, the new headquarters could absorb some of the high demand for workers that do not fit in the City of Rock in Rio de Janeiro.
In his last call in this city, last September, Rock in Rio music held seven days, with a full house and 700,000 tickets sold, generating for the city $ 460 million, according to figures provided by the City Council.Medina noted that both the governor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, as his Minister of Culture Hernán Lombardi, showed a “quick understanding” on the economic momentum and the global impact in terms of image that is Rock in Rio.To all this we must add also the musical idiosyncrasies Aires. “From my point of view, Argentina is the country rock in Latin America, with strong groups that make concert for 60,000 or 70,000 people,” said Medina.The festival is coming to town in late September, just days after the conclusion of his edition of Rio, so there will be overlaps in programming, with any possible musical exchanges and two evenings devoted to music “metalera”.The landing of the festival in Buenos Aires is, indeed, thundering, with some “spots” that appear in the group of “heavy” band Sepultura and French drummers Les Tambours du Bronx, who staged one of the stellar performances of the last Rock in Rio”First of all it comes to providing good music,” said the creator of this festival, “very excited because it expands the international dimension of Rock in Rio”, which after its incursion years in Europe, U.S. hopes to reach.”The idea is that it becomes as important to music as the World Cup is for football, with high quality in all aspects,” from the lawn to the shops, from transportation to infrastructure.
The City Park, an area of 200,000 square meters that has been closed for almost 30 years and is located 15 minutes from downtown, is the place to host the fourth City of Rock the world, after Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon and Madrid, with capacity to 100,000 people per day.According to the Rock in Rio, has signed with the state called “Memorandum of Understanding” which sets out the conditions for the holding of this event and in a period of 60 to 90 days, the contract will be made final.The designation of Buenos Aires as the new seat does not rule out the possible organization of the festival in other cities in the Americas.Medina has said he hopes to start talks soon with Peru, which are held negotiations with Mexico, where there are some problems for the location of Rock City, and Bogota, the most progressive candidate could become the seat in 2014.Until then, Rock in Rio 2012 Lisbon and Madrid will go through the months of May and July, with performances planned Bruce Springsteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Maroon 5, Lenny Kravitz and David Guetta, among others.
