McCartney’s free show takes on political edge
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- Published on Friday, 18 May 2012 14:35
- Written by Duncan Tucker
Five days after his well received performance in Guadalajara’s Omnilife Stadium, Sir Paul McCartney staged an enormous free concert in the Zocalo in Mexico City.
The former Beatle drew an audience of around 120,000 people (some reports put the figure as high as 200,000), while many more streamed his epic three-hour set live via Coca-Cola’s online TV channel.
With this being election season in Mexico, it was almost inevitable that even a rock concert would at times resemble a political rally.
At one point, supporters of Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled a giant banner from the fourth-floor balcony of the Hotel Majestic which overlooks the square.
The publicity stunt drew derision from the crowd, who responded with loud boos. Thousands began shouting “Peña Nieto Out!” which quickly became one of the ten most discussed phrases in the world on social networking site Twitter.
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