Paul Banks Talks About Interpol Concert In Mexico City Which Is Attended By 160 Thousand Spectators

Paul Banks, vocalist of Interpol (Instagram @gusmalamigo)

JAKARTA - New York's rock band Interpol performed at their biggest concert in Mexico City's capital on April 20. The concert, which was held free of charge for the audience, is estimated to be attended by 160 people.

What happened became a record for Paul Bank (vocals, guitar), Daniel Kessler (guitar, vocals), and Sam Fogarino (drums) in 25 years of band travel.

For Banks, Interpol's performance that night was a very special concert, even though they have performed in Mexico City many times.

"It is a very beautiful peak of the long relationship we have, to date. This is a real monument to our relationship with Mexico, and hopefully there will be more relations to come," Paul Banks said during a recent interview with Rolling Stone.

Banks said the concert had brought back memories of their previous concert in Mexico since 2005.

"Since Interpol's first day there, we've always performed crazy shows," recalls Banks.

Our first show there had to be canceled because it looked like the floor was going to collapse. We had to stop it in the middle of the road because the fan reached a resonant frequency with the floor and it was bumpy. Our tour manager had to come out and say, 'We can't do this. The building is going to collapse,' he said.

Fluent in Spanish, Banks also admitted that he knew many of the people he met in Mexico. He called the neighboring country of the United States his second home.

Some of my most important relationships and friendships date back to my time in Mexico. And to this day I have had some good friends there, "concluded Paul Banks.