Well I never! I think I’ve spotted who started all this ‘Empty seats’ malarky – Madonna! On this day (29 March) in 1990 the Manchester Evening News carried this article saying that Madonna was worried about playing at Maine Road because of the potential for empty seats! When I found this I just had to share. The actual phrase ’empty seats’ is in there too!
Obviously, Madonna herself probably had no knowledge of this although City chairman Peter Swales claimed he was actively pursuing the idea of her appearing at Maine Road. Lots of concerts did take place at Maine Road (you can find articles on them elsewhere on this site).
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