Capacity: 45,000
Concert starts: 9pm

Address of venue: Av. Pte. Figueroa Alcorta 7597 - Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina.  MAP

Website: TBA

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A third night is quickly added to the Argentinian stint of Roger's tour of The Wall, which is positioned on the calendar in an intriguing way. With the other two dates being March 7th and 9th, it seems a little odd to stage a third on March 12th...

Tickets for this concert went on sale August 19th, through livepass.com.ar. The public sale will also see a limited number of VIP packages made available for each show on the tour. The flyer to the right, when expanded by clicking on it, shows the different zones and the associated ticket price. Our thanks to Christian de la Rosa for the ticket scan to the right.

WARNING - SPOILERS AHEAD!

Do not read on if you don't want surprises to be spoilt, regarding what the band played, and what happened as the night unfolded!

Night twenty-one of the tour, and the show is in full swing in Buenos Aires - despite the weather. Our friend Simon Wimpenny quickly reported back after the show. "Just back from my 100th Wall show!! Thunder, lightning, rain, but a great time and a fantastic show, OK crowd, great version of Run Like Hell." If you went to this show, please let us know what you thought of the event, and if anything interesting or different happened if you've been to previous shows and can compare.

CONCERT REVIEW and VIDEOS by BD CONTRIBUTOR, Simon Wimpenny

Kami and I left for the bus stop for the local bus to the venue a bit later than usual, and after 4 buses passed us completely full of people without stopping, we were about to get a taxi. We hung on, and one finally came along that was merely almost full. We managed to get on-board with the other revelers. Even the bus driver was whistling Comfy Numb most of the way there!

It was about 8:15 when we got to the venue, and the show starts at 9:15. By that time it's almost dark. It had been raining all day in BA. It was showers most of the day, but there had been a few prolonged bursts of rain mixed with thunder and lightning. It wasn't raining when we got to the stadium, but vendors were selling ponchos and umbrellas, and everyone was wearing them, too! Beth had given us two ponchos to bring with us, but we had defiantly left them at the apartment. (Actually, we just forgot, and we didn't realise it until it was too late.) I was in shorts and a t-shirt, and Kami was in jeans and a t-shirt. I guess we were both hoping that the rain held off for the show, but I was still a little curious to see a show in the rain, though. Of course, I was just hoping we got a little sprinkling or a minor shower.

We didn't meet up with anyone tonight, just took our seats at around 8:30 and watched the crowd and the crew onstage with towels mopping up any remaining water from the earlier rain. The instruments and front stage was covered in plastic sheeting that was only removed 10 minutes before show time. The extensions to the wall at either side are not actually bricks, nor are they sheeting painted to look like bricks as was used on the few extended walls in Europe. It's actually made by erecting scaffolding at the rear and then sheets of cardboard the exact same shape, size, and colour of the bricks are stapled on at the front! I'll try take a picture of this at the next show. The earlier rain had warped a few of the fronting pieces, and until the projections were shone on the wall, you could see each side of the wall looking a bit warped and out of shape.

The show started at 9:15, and the launching of the pyros and shining of spotlights illuminated a few spots of rain, but not many. It was during Another Brick part 3 when the heavens opened up, and my wish came true--we had rain! It wasn't as humid, and even though the weather was warm, when it rained, it turned ever so cold. The rain felt freezing when it hit you! Everyone opened their ponchos and put up their umbrellas while Kami and I just huddled down a bit and got wet!

Of course, a little rain wasn't going to stop the show, and it carried on regardless. It didn't last long--maybe 10 minutes at the most--before everyone started taking off their ponchos again.

Roger did his usual speech in Spanish at the beginning of Mother, but tonight he read it all off a screen in front of him on the floor below the stage. Just before he did his “It was 30 years ago that we played The Wall" part, he started to strum Wish You Were Here on his acoustic guitar. I've heard him do this at a couple of shows before, however, this time he really got distracted, and it took him a second to collect himself as he pondered aloud, “Ok, where was I?”

Projected wall fall and flowers video below with the new graphics of two doves flying by:

Roger is still spitting on the stage during One Of My Turns. One day I'll ask him what the relevance is, as it surely can't just be a coincidence that he does it at the exact same part of the show every night!

At intermission all was well, and the rain had held off since Brick in the Wall. However, by the end of intermission, there was some heavy rain and lightening all around the outside of the stadium, followed by huge roars of thunder, followed by huge gasps and cheers by the crowd!

We were sat directly in front of the vets that Roger invites to each show--at intermission they are taken to meet Roger and get a signed picture and a t-shirt.

The rain had more or less stopped as the 2nd set started, and due to the rain, it was nowhere near as humid as it had been at the first few shows. No problems tonight on missed lyrics for Nobody Home. It must have been a one off.

Below is a video of the new graphics for Run Like Hell. I think this is now THE best part of the show for me. It's just perfect.

The rain held off for the rest of the night and the show finished without a hitch. After the wall had came down, Kami and I headed to the front of the stage to see the guys as they came out. They spotted us straight away, waved, and said hi. The venue security won't let people stand right at the front on the barriers, so we stood alongside other people in the aisle, but just on the front row. Just as Dave was leaving the stage after being introduced, Kami and I started to make our way out along the front of the stage parallel to Dave. I turned to him and did the “We're not worthy” action. It brought a big smile to his face before busting out laughing!

Did I forget to mention that this was my 100th Wall show?

- Make sure you check out Simon's excellent blog at SimonWimpenny.blogspot.com where you'll find full details of all his travels, along with more pictures and videos.

CONCERT REVIEWS and PICTURES by other BD CONTRIBUTORS

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