Quilmes Rock is a big music festival in Buenos Aires sponsored by the national beer company of the same name. Radiohead and Kraftwerk kicked off day 1 of the festival on March 24 at the Buenos Aires Athletic Club. Radiohead opened with 15 step, played 3 encores and closed with Creep. It was incredible to be an American at the concert of an English band, in a crowd of people from all over South America. I have never been at a more crowded concert, apparently there were 70,000 people. It was so packed, at one point I put up my hair and then didn't have enough space to put my arms back at my sides, so I just had to stand there with my arms in the air(although a funny mental image, an extremely awkward physical situation). After the show was over we flooded the streets and completely shut down Avenida del Libertador. The public transportation system was insufficient to handle a crowd of that size so my friends and i walked about a mile before we could find an empty cab. Although I was exhausted and covered in other people's sweat, it was absolutely amazing.
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