While we were visiting Rome in 2005 Faye and I were asked by our hotel clerk if we were going to the "free concert". He told us that Elton John would be putting on a show the next afternoon, at the Colosseum. We walked towards the stage on the Via dei Fori Imperiali, arriving 4 hours before the start. It was a hot September afternoon, and even though we were early there was already 10-12 rows of people, with many more flowing in to the area every minute. When the concert started I turned to look behind us, the crowd was immense - we found out later that somewhere around 500,000 to 600,000 watched the show. We were 12 rows back from the stage or so, close enough to actually see what was going on. Elton
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