Over a thousand play along to Springsteen's 'No Surrender' in small Catalan village

Bruce Springsteen fans know no limit when it comes to showing off their love for The Boss. Over a thousand musicians --1,004 to be precise-- gathered on Saturday July 9 in the tiny Catalan village of Vilanova de Bellpuig to play and sing along to the Bruce Springsteen hit, “No Surrender”.

According to the organizers, the crowd outnumbered those of similar events held in recent years in other European towns. The event promoter, Josep Maria Pons, came up with the idea after watching a Youtube video in which 1,001 people played a Foo Fighters song in the Italian city of Cesena. However, last Saturday’s gathering sets a new record for the largest crowd of musicians playing the same song together.

Bringing over a thousand musicians in one place --including drummers, guitarists, bass and keyboard players, and singers-- is no easy task. Doing it in Vilanova del Bellpuig, a town of only 1,200 inhabitants located more than an hour-and-a-half away from Barcelona, makes it seem nearly impossible.