Rogers Stadium: We attended the first concert at Toronto's temporary, 50,000-seat venue. Here's how it went
Lineen Doung, left, his mother-in-law Christine Anderson, centre, and their friend Angele Carr were among the 50,000 K-pop fanatics that filled Rogers Stadium on opening night. Hayden Godfrey, Toronto Star
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