Magnetic Hill Concert Site

Magnetic Hill Concert Site is a live music venue in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is one of the largest music venues in Canada.

Eagles concert held at Magnetic Hill was the largest event on their tour for 2008 with over 45,000 fans in attendance

Originally built in 1984 for Pope John Paul II to hold a papal mass during his tour of Canada, the site was redesigned in the 1990s as a concert venue. The site has hosted annual or biennial summer concerts since the mid-2000s. Additional permanent infrastructure was installed following the 2005 concert headlined by The Rolling Stones. In 2011 a concert headlined by U2 saw the first use of the marketing term Magnetic Hill Music Festival.

Past Events

Year	Event Name	Artist	Attendance
1984	Papal Visit	Pope John Paul II	75,000^[1]
1998	Classic Rock Festival	Lynyrd Skynyrd, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Steppenwolf, Heart, Pat Benatar	35,000^[2]
2005	A Bigger Bang	The Rolling Stones	89,260^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
2006	Country Rocks The Hill	Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson	45,000
2008	Soul2Soul II Tour	Faith Hill and Tim McGraw	50,000^[7]
2008	Long Road Out of Eden Tour	Eagles	45,923^[8]^[9]
2009	Bon Jovi		33,000^[10]
2009	Black Ice World Tour	AC/DC	70,000^[11]^[12]
2011	U2 360° Tour	U2	66,823 ^[13]^[14]^[15]
2012	Here And Now Tour	Nickelback	25,000 ^[16]
2012	Wrecking Ball Tour	Bruce Springsteen	30,200^[17]
2015	Rock or Bust World Tour	AC/DC	50,000^[18]^[19]
2019	Luke Bryan		25,000

See also

• List of events in Greater Moncton
• Magnetic Hill
• Strawberry Fields, a proposed rock festival to be held in Greater Moncton in 1970

References

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5. Laura Bogomolny (2009-06-29). "Bon Jovi rocks Moncton again after 16 years". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
6. Canadian Press (2005-09-04). "Stones' Moncton show left people satisfied". CTV Television Network. Retrieved 2009-04-02.^{[dead link]}
7. Canadian Press (2007-09-04). "Concert in Moncton a success, organizers getting set for next year". The News. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
8. Billboard Magazine (2008-10-01). "Concert Boxscore for the 2008-10-01 issue". Reuters. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
9. Times & Transcript (2008-12-31). . Times & Transcript. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
10. The Canadian Press (2008-06-29). The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on July 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
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12. CBC News (2009-04-09). "Rock band AC/DC plans summer Moncton concert". CBC News. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
13. Rolling Stone (2011-08-01). "U2 End 360 Tour In Moncton Canada With '40'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
14. CBC News (2011-08-02). "Moncton looks to future acts after U2 concert". CBC. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
15. U2 (2011-08-01). "Moncton, NB, CA (Magnetic Hill Music Festival)". U2. Retrieved 2011-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
16. CBC News (2012-07-13). "Moncton's mega-concert days may be numbered". CBC News. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
17. Eric Lewis (2012-08-28). "Springsteen show a success: city". The Times & Transcript. Retrieved 2012-08-28.^{[dead link]}
18. Reed, Ryan (11 February 2015). "AC/DC Announce North American 'Rock or Bust' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
19. "AC/DC Tickets, Tour Dates & Venue Information". Retrieved February 18, 2015.

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