Despite England’s early exit, Brazilian World Cup fever
continues to sweep across the world. It’s been one of the most exciting
tournaments in recent history we can remember at PaulMcCartney.com.
Whilst our sporting icons at home didn’t quite perform as we had hoped, we can still be very proud of our music.
Before making their way home,England played their final match
against Costa Rica at Estádio Mineirão (Belo Horizonte) last week.This
is the same stadium and city where Paul launched his 2013 ‘Out There’
tour and sadly we can only now dream that our boys might have enjoyed
the same kind of triumphant evening that he did…
But this isn't Paul's only connection to Brazil and the greatest sporting event in the world, far from it in fact…
Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte - May 2013
Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte - May 2013
In 1990 Paul smashed box office attendance records with his first ever show in Brazil at Rio's Estádio do Maracanã - over 184,000 people came to see him. This also earned Paul another entry into the Guinness Book of World Records, this time for the Largest Concert Audience. This iconic stadium will host the World Cup final on Sunday 13th July.
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro – April 1990
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro - April 1990
Since Paul's legendary Maracanã show he has performed a total of 15 times in Brazil, including cities also hosting the World Cup - São Paulo, Recife, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and Fortaleza.
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre - November 2010
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre - November 2010
Estádio de Futebol Castelão, Fortaleza – May 2013
The people of Brazil have shown a lot of love to Paul over the years, which Paul has always matched with his performances. We’ve seen scenes of McCartney-mania wherever he has traveled. Thousands of fans camped outside hotels, mobbed airports, streets lined with posters, helicopters in the sky and endless front pages. Paul’s show in Belo Horizonte last year came about as the result of a huge Facebook petition launched by local fans that got so big Paul couldn’t ignore it! Ahead of Paul’s visit in 2010, his first trip in 20 years, makeshift ‘McCartney villages’ popped up around the stadiums as fans camped outside for days waiting for the doors to open!
We have noted though that the city of Goiânia doesn’t seem to be hosting any games. We don’t want to speculate but maybe this has something to do with Harold the grasshopper?
“He’s called Harold!”, Goiânia - May 2013
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