LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 21, 2019…HISTORY TOOK PLACE ON THIS DAY 29 YEARS AGO WHEN ROGER WATERS’ THE WALL TOOK PLACE AT THE BERLIN WALL. THE CONCERT WAS HELD AT POTZDAMER PLATZ, BERLIN
TO COMMEMORATE THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL 8 MONTHS EARLIER.
OVER 350,0000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE CONCERT, AND THE EVENT WAS BROADCAST LIVE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
IT’S ESTIMATED THAT 10’S OF MILLIONS WITNESSED THE EVENT AND LISTENED TO THE SHOW ON RADIO.
THE CAST WATERS PUT TOGETHER FOR THE EVENT WAS IMPRESSIVE, NUMBERING MORE THAN 200 PERFORMERS. IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS IN HISTORY. THE CAST INCLUDED THE SCORPIONS, BRYAN ADAMS, CYNDI LAUPER, SINEAD O’CONNOR, VAN MORRISON, THOMAS DOLBY, PAUL CARRACK, THE HOOTERS, JONI MITCHELL, 100 MEMBERS OF THE COMBINED SOVIET FORCES, THE EAST GERMAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS, ALL PERFORMING AND BUILDING A WALL OF 2,500 BRICKS DURING THE SHOW.
IT WAS AN EPIC EVENT. HERE’S FULL VIDEO OF THE CONCERT
