rock band U2 performed at the stadium on 15 and 16 February 2006 for their Vertigo Tour with 141,278 people attended the shows. On 11, 14, 15 May 2011, Irish rock band U2 presented the 360° Tour scoring the most-attended concert on the tour with a total attendance of 282,978 people. On 8 May 2012, Paul McCartney performed at the Estadio Azteca for the first time in his career, in a non-sold-out concert for 53,000 people. On 16 April 2016, Vicente Fernández played his farewell concert, titled "UN AZTECA EN EL AZTECA, ADIÓS A UN GRANDE", to a sell out crowd at the stadium with an attendance of over 100,000 people. On 11 and 12 October 2018, Shakira performed for around 200,000 fans (in both concerts combined) with her El Dorado World Tour. On 9 and 10 December 2022, Bad Bunny performed for around 170,000 fans (in both concerts combined) with his World's Hottest Tour. Christian events Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua held a two-day Christian crusade, attracting an estimated 150,000 over both days. From 13 to 14 December 2013, assemblies were held by the Jehovah's Witnesses to commemorate their religious devotion with a series of performances in scenes of biblical passages, social-contemporary themes and Christian baptisms, of which each day record of participation of 105,000 faithful, of which on Sunday there was the record time of eviction of 10 minutes for reasons of other scheduled events and in turn 2000 participants were dedicated to cleaning after each event. Funeral services A public funeral service for popular Mexican comedian Roberto Gomez "Chespirito" Bolaños was held at Azteca on 30 November 2014, and was attended by 40,000 spectators. Chespirito had been a long-time supporter of Club América. See also List of football stadiums in Mexico References Further reading "Magical memories live on in the vaunted Azteca" – fifaworldcup.com – FIFA External links Official Site of the Estadio Azteca Azteca 1970 FIFA World Cup stadiums 1986 FIFA World Cup stadiums 2026 FIFA World Cup Stadiums 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup stadiums CONCACAF Gold Cup stadiums Azteca Club América Mexico American Bowl venues Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic football venues Pan American Games opening ceremony stadiums National Football League venues Sports venues completed in 1966 American football venues in Mexico 1966 establishments in Mexico Tlalpan Stadiums that have hosted a FIFA World Cup opening match