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Gazza
The 5 nights in Amsterdam was actually in 1998, not 1995. 250,000 tickets sold in a couple of hours. And then they returned to play a field show in The Hague a couple of months later in front of some 80,000 people.
The Stones were (and still are) huge. However, the days of multiple night runs in the same venue are a thing of the past at the prices they charge now. In 1998, tickets were about £35-40.
My guess would be that the money itself is not the only reason they charge such high prices, but because physically they no longer have the stamina to play multiple shows in a short time frame in each city, so this is also a way of cutting down on the number of shows they no longer can physically do, or not to the same degree anyway.
They know not as many fans will buy the tickets when they charge such high prices and this is intentional not only for money-making/greed reasons, but is a deliberate choice to hold down the number of fans and hence shows.
They know they will not sell as many tickets, hence fewer shows, which brings them down to a schedule that they can handle physically at this point in their lives/careers.
Money and physical issues interact nicely now for them here to produce what they can handle and still pull in a lot of money. I guess that's smart for them, even if it shortchanges the fans.
dont know if the way i just described a possible scenario did any justice or really explained the point i was trying to make very well.
well, there is always the edit feature, maybe later.
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skipstone
To my knowledge there is only one act in the world that has actually gone to smaller stadium and has attracted less people - that would be the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball in the United States. Their NEW stadium is smaller than the old one.
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skipstone
To my knowledge there is only one act in the world that has actually gone to smaller stadium and has attracted less people - that would be the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball in the United States. Their NEW stadium is smaller than the old one.
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skipstone
To my knowledge there is only one act in the world that has actually gone to smaller stadium and has attracted less people - that would be the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball in the United States. Their NEW stadium is smaller than the old one.
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Gazza
Bayern Munich did the same
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timbernardis
the only way the stones can top this is if they not only build another huge stage, but build portable stadiums and bring those around from city to city along with their portable stages.
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Gazza
I know a few, carlo - and I do recall many of them being a bit pissed off that Copacabana was going to be the only show in Brazil. Especially for the fans in Sao Paulo who were hoping they'd play there!
They were great shows though. I'd love to go and see the Stones perform in South America.
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timbernardis
the only way the stones can top this is if they not only build another huge stage, but build portable stadiums and bring those around from city to city along with their portable stages.
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MKjan
Most of the press I am seeing about this tour is more about the stage than the music.
With the Stones, the stage has its share of press but the bigger share is about the great music.
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timbernardis
the only way the stones can top this is if they not only build another huge stage, but build portable stadiums and bring those around from city to city along with their portable stages.
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or even better, portable toilets.
Here's a better way of "topping" it - dont try.
Concentrate more on the music than the spectacle.
being the greatest rock n roll band in the world has got NOTHING to do with having the most spectacular stage.
Giving people someone out of this world to look at can cover up a multitude of musical sins.
I'd much rather a band is remembered for how they sound rather than how weird and wonderful an inaminate lump of metal happens to be.
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MKjan
Most of the press I am seeing about this tour is more about the stage than the music.
With the Stones, the stage has its share of press but the bigger share is about the great music.
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MKjan
Most of the press I am seeing about this tour is more about the stage than the music.
With the Stones, the stage has its share of press but the bigger share is about the great music.
to an extent, although as u2 have only played a few shows so far and all of them in Europe, its a bit hard for the music to get equal attention.
If anything, most reviews of Stones concerts - the positive ones at least - tend to concentrate on the "Christ I cant believe they're STILL performing and that Keith is still alive" angle more than anything else.