Grupo Firme cannot be compared to Rigo Tovar, assured the widow of the singer

After the success that business group during his appearance at Basement of Mexico City, bringing together more than 200 thousand people, different comparisons arose with artists who beat the same numbers, among them the most repeated was Rigo Tovar; However, isabelle martinezthe widow of the singer, pointed out that her husband cannot be compared to the group.

In September 2022, Grupo Firme presented itself in the Plaza de la Constitución and around 280 thousand peoplebreaking the attendance record for free concerts in Mexico in the capital of the country, but which they did not surpass was Rigo Tovar, who in his time made a presentation with 500,000 attendees.

there was a lot comparisons on social networks, and there have even been internet users who claimed that Grupo Firme could have surpassed the interpreter of the little Mermaid whether the two concerts had taken place at similar times.

It is for this reason that Isabel Martínez shared that in her opinion there should not even be a comparison between artists, since Rigo was a freak in the 80s and he only had the broadcasting of his dance by the radio, because at that time social networks did not exist.

“I know that Grupo Firme is a group that works a lot because if it was so complete it’s because… But We cannot compare hearing or appeal, because? Because they have social networks, they have several ways to make their calls for their events; when Rigo, there was none”, explained the singer’s widow in an interview with Gustavo Adolfo Infante.

She added that Rigoberto was only able to promote his concert through radio and car horns making announcements, which is why she pointed out that her husband was able to reach more people with less.

“That was what there was and even so it had an influx of over 400,000 people, all by itself. It was just radios”

The show that Martínez talked about took place at MonterreyNuevo León, in 1981. The idea came from the radio station XEBJBthe same who was in charge of inviting the people of Monterrey to be part of the free dance in which Rigo Tovar and his group would be.

There were so many people that the singer had to arrive helicopter to the bridge where he would offer the concert, when he was scheduled to be on the road. In addition, some roads had to be farm moment to moment due to the influx.

The organizers decided that the show would be on the river Saint Catarina because it was an accessible place for the inhabitants of Monterrey, very wide and where massive events had already taken place, since it was the place where the Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass during his visit in 1979.

It was not the only mega-concert of the interpreter of The will, since he was considered one of the artists who managed to gather the most people in this type of event. He had similar, but less crowded, shows in Mexico City.

On the other hand, Grupo Firme managed to break the attendance record, but only during concerts at the capital’s Zócalo. The singer who previously managed to gather more people in the Plaza de la Constitución was Vicente Fernandezwho in 2015 sang for the 219,000 people present to listen to him.

Before him, the one who broke the record for a Zócalo show was justin bieber in 2012 with 210 people. The Canadian narrowly beat Shakirawhich almost managed to gather the same number of participants.