Boom Boom Satellites Go Big
The last live appearance by Boom Boom Satellites was massive, nearly 180,000 people according the organizers of the Ho Hai Yan Rock Festival in Gongliao, Taiwan. It helped that the festival was free and held on a sandy beach, but still, the heavy turnout surprised many, turning a 30 minute stroll to the main stage into a 3-hour traffic jam of bikini-clad girls and other sunburned concert goers.
It wasn't the first time the group performed in Taiwan, as an invitation to play the festival in 2005, ran afoul of mother nature as no less than three typhoons struck the island, forcing international headliners Boom Boom Satellites, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Melissa Auf Der Maur into a ridiculously small, downtown music club. Needless to say, very few people saw that performance two years ago. This year, things went smoothly, allowing Boom Boom Satellites to finally play in front of a very big audience.
-sean s.
*Photo used with permission from Smashing Mag
