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Madame Tussaud's Rock Circus was a walk-through exhibition celebrating the history of rock & pop music, featuring its major figures recreated in wax. Predominately British artists featured, but many American artists were also included. Opened in 1989, it usually had over 50 static figures on display, spread over the four floors of the attraction, and cost a reported £10.7 million / $18 million to create. == Beginnings == The company was looking for a new venture in the early 1980's and decided to canvass the public as to what interested them. They organised focus groups of people living in the UK, and five types of potential overseas visitors; Americans, Scandinavians, French, Australians and Germans, giving them various ideas to consider. The three main concepts Tussaud's was considering were an historical exhibit about London, the lives of the contemporary rich and famous and something they called at that time "The Pop Experience". What the Tussaud's researchers discovered was people in the focus groups would much prefer to see the music-based attraction proposed , rather than the other options suggested.〔 Deciding which stars should be represented within the attraction was left to Martin King, the original general manager of Rock Circus, Then-Tussaud's executive Ian Hanson and rock writer Paul Gambaccini. Tussaud's sculptor Stuart Williamson went to Los Angeles to capture "Little Richard" and to Frankfurt to work with Sting, who was on tour at that time. Johnny Rotten came into the Tussaud's studio several times and allowed the artists to make a cast of his rotten teeth to add authenticity to his figure.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock Circus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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