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

Widow of Rigo Tovar highlighted that her husband did not need social networks to gather more than 400,000 people in a concert, contrary to Grupo Firme (Instagram/@realrigotovarmx/@grupofirme)

After the success that Grupo Firme had when performing at the Zócalo in Mexico City, bringing together more than 200,000 people, different comparisons arose with artists who beat the same numbers, among them the most repeated was Rigo Tovar; However, Isabel Martínez, the singer’s widow, pointed out that her husband cannot be compared with the group.

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

There were many comparisons on social networks, and there were even Internet users who claimed that Grupo Firme could have surpassed the interpreter of El Sirenito if both concerts had taken place at similar times.

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It was for this reason that Isabel Martínez shared that, in her opinion, there should not even be a comparison between the artists, since Rigo was a phenomenon in the 80s and he only had the dissemination of his dance through the radio, since Back then, there were no social networks.

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“I know that the Grupo Firme is a group that works a lot because for it to have been so full it is because… But we cannot compare the audience or the call, why? Because they have social networks, they have many ways to make their calls for their events; when Rigo, there was no “, explained the singer’s widow in an interview with Gustavo Adolfo Infante.

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

“It was what there was and even so he had an influx of more than 400 thousand people, all by himself. It was just radio stations”

The show that Martínez spoke about took place in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in 1981. The idea came from the radio station XEBJB, which was in charge of inviting Monterrey people to be part of the free dance in which Rigo Tovar and his cluster.

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

What has been the biggest concert that has taken place in Mexico? Perhaps someone who took in the zócalo or Reforma? No. It was actually a concert held in 1981 on the Santa Catarina river in Monterrey, which managed to convene more than 400,000 people! Do you know who showed up? pic.twitter.com/8ol5VkEOjJ

– Tlatoani_Cuauhtemoc (@Cuauhtemoc_1521) January 4, 2023

The organizers decided that the show would be on the Santa Catarina river because it was an accessible place for the people of Monterrey, very wide and in which massive events had already been held, since that was the place where Pope John Paul II officiated mass in his 1979 visit.

This was not the only mega-concert of the interpreter of El testamento, since he was considered one of the artists who managed to gather the most people in this type of event. He had similar shows, but not as well attended, in Mexico City.

On the other hand, Grupo Firme did manage to break the record in attendees, but only at concerts in the capital’s Zócalo. The singer who had previously managed to gather the most people in the Plaza de la Constitución was Vicente Fernández, who in 2015 sang for the 219,000 people who attended to listen to him.

Before him, the one who had broken the record in a Zócalo show was Justin Bieber in 2012 with 210 people. The Canadian barely surpassed Shakira, who almost managed to gather the same number of attendees.

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