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The Millennium Stadium thing was for the Tsunami concert. It was a thing that I think every band in the country would have liked to be a part of at the time that it happened.

— Kelly Jones

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

People had this idea about becoming rock stars packing stadiums instead of having the goal of becoming what musicians used to be in terms of how they would perform and connect people.

— Amanda Palmer

It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.

— Pete Townshend

I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.

— Carl Zeiss

It was mind-blowing. It was a small place with 2,000 standing-up tickets. It's great to have your band back and working and playing again, people have been so generous.

— Andy Taylor

Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.

— Carli Lloyd

I think anyone would want to see their favorite band in a small club over a large stadium.

— Bill Wyman

I think one of the greatest gigs I played, and we've had many, but to play the opening ceremony at - at the Olympic games in Athens 2004 was pretty special, you know? Because it's such a big deal for the whole world. And the whole world's watching. So that was definitely one of the special ones.

— Tiesto

When we did concerts, we wanted them to be theatrical events - collaborations with designers, choreographers, and directors - because we thought traditional rock concerts were boring.

— Neil Tennant

✗Opposing Perspectives

The band couldn't have happened anywhere else in the world but New York. That was the catalyst.

— Jan Hammer

In those days a concert was a personal experience. I wanted to be as close as possible to the audience, and of course big stadiums didn't enable you to do that. It wasn't my style.

— Cat Stevens