a city/the city

[Vladv1]

"We only took guitars and piano pickups with us to Holland, sopreparation was minimal. The flight to Amsterdam was uneventful, I’m happy to say. Our two previous shows had been at the Apollo in Glasgow, the roughest, toughest city in Scotland. It’s also the city with one of the greatest, noisiest audiences in the world, and I loved every second".

"Rainbow In The Dark", Ronnie James Dio.

Explain the use of "the" please- I would say "a city", since it is one of many/sevaral cities with the greatest audience.

 

[Skrej]

'Greatest' is superlative - there can't be more than one greatest audience.

 

[güey]

'Greatest' is superlative - there can't be more than one greatest audience.

But it says:
with one of the greatest, noisiest audiences in the world
not: with the greatest, noisiest audience in the world

 

[teechar]

I would say "a city", since it is one of many/several cities with the greatest audiences.

I would too.
I'll just say that what you're reading is hardly a stellar work of English literature or prose. Moreover, I'd imagine the copy editors would deliberately not "fix" such (relatively minor) language points, in order to maintain the authenticity of the text, and to keep the reader engaged.

 

[jutfrank]

As teechar says, it's poor English. It really ought to be 'a'.

'Greatest' is superlative - there can't be more than one greatest audience.

The superlative 'the' goes with audiences, not with city.