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The year large-scale music events and concerts returned

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American band Green Day's set at the Padang stage at the Singapore Grand Prix in Oct drew 65,000, the largest concert crowd in Singapore in three years.

American rockers Green Day played to 65,000 people at the Padang at the Singapore Grand Prix in October.

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SINGAPORE – In May, when 8,000 fans sat and stood side by side without leaving any space in between them at Taiwanese diva A-Lin’s show at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, it was a signal that large-scale concerts and music events are indeed back.

It was just a month before that Covid-19 restrictions on large-scale events were eased, but that was enough to open the floodgates. A slew of concert announcements followed – with many of the shows booked at major venues such as the National Stadium, which has a capacity of 55,000, and Singapore Indoor Stadium, which can seat up to 12,000.

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