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Record attendance at Clam: 80,000 fans at 10 concerts

2023-08-07 02:30:04

80,000 music fans saw the ten concerts on the Meierhofwiese. Six gigs were sold out with 9000 visitors: Volbeat (within two hours), OneRepublic, Hollywood Vampires, Bilderbuch and on Saturday Pizzera and Jaus. The “newcomers” were very amused by the area below Clam Castle: “I really don’t have the words. Clam is one of the top five places for open-air concerts,” said Ryan Tedder, hit writer of OneRepublic.

OneRepublic with frontman Ryan Tedder fired off a hit storm on July 8th in front of 9000 visitors.
Image: Wolfgang Simlinger

US superstar Lionel Richie, who started the concert summer on June 25, was also in a good mood. After a refreshing sip, he had the laughs on his side: “Oida,” said the affable 74-year-old with a grimace.

Record attendance at Clam: 80,000 fans at 10 concerts — Lionel Richie 7000 fans sang “Hello” and “Endless Love” with the US superstar on June 25th.
Image: Gerhard Drindorfer

Bilderbuch also put on a great show. “Maurice Ernst might become the Austrian Freddie Mercury”, Michael Ehrenbrandtner was impressed by the Upper Austrian band’s performance and show. The 60-year-old is overjoyed by the visitor record, although he knows “that the bar is set high when you hire such superstars. But word of our quality gets around. Many stars don’t see their performances with us as work, but as Vacation.”

The concert season is anything but vacation for the crew: Around 400 people work per concert and thus guarantee that everything runs smoothly. Before the Pizzera und Jaus concert on Saturday, the Meierhofwiese was covered with a tarpaulin due to the forecast rainfall. The concert went according to plan. Ehrenbrandtner: “A thousand thanks to all the helpers.”