More than 21,000 people will attend the recordings of two special episodes of the podcast under listening, tomorrow night at the Bell Centre. This world record for a podcast live will even be formalized by a representative of Guinness Records, confirmed Mike Ward at Journal.
Mike Ward has something to flatter his ego. His special event tomorrow night, which he dubbed Centre Brag, will be the podcast recorded in front of the biggest crowd in the world. The brand was previously owned by British couple, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, for a podcast recorded at London’s 02 Arena in November 2021 to over 13,000 people.
“We contacted [Les Records] Guinness to certify this record, says Mike Ward. There is someone who will come as a witness at the Bell Centre. »
The comedian also inquired regarding evenko, the Bell Center concert promoter, to find out where his show was in the history of the amphitheater. “We are the second biggest seller in the history of the Bell Centre,” he says proudly.
Only the UFC fight of Georges St-Pierre, in 2008, comes higher. “We can’t beat this record because they reconfigured the room. But I just find it crazy. It makes no sense that a podcast sold that much! »
When reminded that approximately 400,000 unique listeners tune into under listening every week, the figure of some 20,000 spectators suddenly seems less impressive. ” Hi hello must have 700,000 ratings a day. If they announce they’re going to the Bell Center, it’s gonna be Gino all alone [dans la salle] “retorts the comedian, laughing.
Because episodes of under listeninge are recorded from the start at the Bordel comedy club, Mike Ward wanted this evening at the Bell Center not to clash too much with those of the Bordel. The best example? He demanded that ticket prices be as low as possible.
“I thought it was funny that the cheapest tickets were $10 with a $28.50 service charge,” says Mike. Eventually, evenko was really cool and reduced the service fee to $3.50. I find it fun for those who have never seen the Bell Centre. »
Back to basics
For this special evening, which begins at 8 p.m., Mike Ward has planned to record two episodes of under listening back to back. Three secret guests will participate in each episode.
“I thought regarding inviting more people,” he says, “but what the world likes to under listening, these are the lodge discussions. I said to myself that we had to go back to that. I chose the guests who risked the most scorer. »
Even though he was told by several people that it was necessary to put as much as possible when playing at the Bell Centre, Mike Ward decided to bring this evening back to the essentials: impromptu conversations between comedians. “I was told that we had to put on fireworks and have sick lighting,” he said. I even thought of hiring a marching band [fanfare] for my entrance on the stage. Finally, I said to myself that I wanted to bring it back to what people have when they see a recording at the Brothel. »
♦ The event under listening at the Bell Centre, as part of Just for Laughs, will take place this Friday evening, at 8 p.m. There are a handful of individual tickets left on centrebrag.com.