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keefriff99That's my and GLS's point though. The total gross is what everyone will focus on (Ed Sheeran #1 tour gross of all time), but so many other factors go into it when you drill into the numbers.Quote
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keefriff99Oh I know. You can drill down into the stats and break it out by attendance, number of shows, ticket prices, etc., but he's at the top of the list at the end of the day and that's what most people will see.Quote
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keefriff99Roger Waters' The Wall tour from 2010-2013 is the 6th highest grossing tour of all time.Quote
jlowe
Yes ,Roger Waters has made 'stupid money'from his recent solo tours.
Somehow, I cannot imagine a Mick solo tour being so successful.
Any views?
If Mick could have gotten ANYWHERE close to that, he would have done it already. I think it's more than self-evident that Mick would have nowhere near that level of success.
By the way, I just found out that little hobbit Ed Sheeran has broken U2's all-time tour grossing record. What a sad day for rock'n'roll.
Did you see how many shows he had to do, though? 129 MORE SHOWS than U2.
Not exactly breaking the record. Barely broke the money amount, and the attendance is just shy of a million more because... of so many more shows.
When U2 broke the Stones BANG record it was shows 73 and 75 (something like that, 2 shows in the 70 range) for attendance and money. U2 did 110 shows. The Stones did 144 shows - so even more impressive that U2 did it before show 100... and blew it out of the water with only 10 more shows.
I have nothing against the guy...don't know his music at all. It's impressive, but it just FEELS wrong for a massive stadium act like the Stones or U2 to NOT be at the top of the list.
Not a massive fan of Sheran, but worth pointing out his ticket prices are a fair bit cheaper than U2, etc. Recently filled Roundhay Park in Leeds twice, think about £75 a ticket GA (no seats, gold circle, etc). Also he's genuinely solo (just him)
The number of shows he did is counterbalanced by the lower ticket prices, and those prices are relatively lower because his fanbase is younger and doesn't have the disposable income of, say, U2 or boomer Stones fans.
That's pretty wild ! I was a massive Johnny Winters fan , and 1981 was my first Stones shows as well (tour opener in Philly ( thanks Cousin ! ) , and Latter Carrier Dome towards the end of the US leg ) I did hear a live radio broadcast from the 1978 Tour from Rich Stadium so I got that which I loved Some Girls in 1978 . I bet we are pretty close in age ? Bob Marley would have been so cool , but I probably would have done the same thing you did as well and I have to think there was a girl involved with the party as well and I would have blown off Bob Marley as well . Shows / concerts were a whole other beast back in the old days , like me seeing the Ramones in 1981 at a club ( bloody awful the same 3 chords the whole show and awful vocals ) Edgar Winter at the same club and I lost count of how many times I seen Johnny Winter . A mega Highlight from the same club around the same time period of 81-82 was Muddy Waters !!!!!!!!! This club was awesome ( JB Scotts ) opening night ( 79 or 80 was one hell of drunk fest with Rick Derringer who played a killer show ! From time to time the men in blue would do a raid / drug sweep which was pretty wild and one hell of a spectacle to witness for us kids . The bathrooms were from Coke , they had bleachers to the left of the stage on the far wall which was for smoking , people smoke there cigs all over the place but the bleachers were for weed . The owners were massive coke heads , who eventually cashed out in early 83 by torching the place . Right next door there was a disco and there would be fights when people were lined up to get into the club for a show and they would mix it up with the Disco patrons . Best thing about it for me was it was relatively close to my home / walking distance as I did not have to drive , but I had to walk across the park late at night/early morning and the worst thing back then were the guys cruising / trolling for guys , which as kids back then we didn't even raise an eyelash . I got to met the guys from Steppenwolf when I strolled in to get my ticket and they were soundchecking and I am in the office and in strolls John Kay who seen me checking them out and he came over and asked me how they sounded and how did I like the soundcheck and all I could say was smile and you guys Rock ! He kind of intimidated me as he was larger than life coming over and talking to me . Life is so much more different and boring these days compared to wild free spirited days back then . One of the joys of growing up I guess ? Lastly I love your posts and stories , so keep em coming !Quote
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Thanks Greek - credit to my older brother for getting tickets and taking me to those shows. Same for my first two Stones shows at the L.A. Coliseum, 1981, along with countless other memorable concerts during my teen years(The Clash, Dylan, Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Bluesbreakers reunion with MT, The ARMS Benefit, just to name a few). Not sure I would have experienced half of all those shows without his diligence, expertise, and guidance, and the fact he was a massive rock and roll fanatic.
He even had a ticket for me to see Bob Marley at the Roxy, but being a young knucklhead I passed due to a high school party I had been looking forward to. Probably the only regret I've ever had as far as missing concerts goes, as that was the last time Bob Marley was playing in L.A.
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Hairball
Thanks Greek - credit to my older brother for getting tickets and taking me to those shows. Same for my first two Stones shows at the L.A. Coliseum, 1981, along with countless other memorable concerts during my teen years(The Clash, Dylan, Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Bluesbreakers reunion with MT, The ARMS Benefit, just to name a few). Not sure I would have experienced half of all those shows without his diligence, expertise, and guidance, and the fact he was a massive rock and roll fanatic.
He even had a ticket for me to see Bob Marley at the Roxy, but being a young knucklhead I passed due to a high school party I had been looking forward to. Probably the only regret I've ever had as far as missing concerts goes, as that was the last time Bob Marley was playing in L.A.
Very fascinating , When you mentioned the Kingdome in Seattle , that reminded me of Led Zeppelin tour stop in the Kingdome in 1977 and get this a friend of mine from class had an extra nosebleed ticket in the upper deck and invited me to go with him and all I had to do was get a plane ticket and I asked my parents and they told me if I could afford a airline ticket I could go and of course I didn't have the funds as a kid and missed it (darn it as that was the last time the Zeppelin flew in the United States ) I miss those mega multi band concerts from back then and how much fun we used to have versus nowadays which is all crap and hassles versus the care free days of long ago . I know I am waxing nostalgic as life is more fun in ways that we can afford more material goods and a higher quality of lifestyle than the old days , but the friendships and connections we formed so long ago are non existent in this day and age we live in and the quality of life is not the same .Quote
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Hairball
Thanks Greek - credit to my older brother for getting tickets and taking me to those shows. Same for my first two Stones shows at the L.A. Coliseum, 1981, along with countless other memorable concerts during my teen years(The Clash, Dylan, Jethro Tull, Johnny Winter, Bluesbreakers reunion with MT, The ARMS Benefit, just to name a few). Not sure I would have experienced half of all those shows without his diligence, expertise, and guidance, and the fact he was a massive rock and roll fanatic.
He even had a ticket for me to see Bob Marley at the Roxy, but being a young knucklhead I passed due to a high school party I had been looking forward to. Probably the only regret I've ever had as far as missing concerts goes, as that was the last time Bob Marley was playing in L.A.
we're roughly the same vintage. i had second row tickets for stevie wonder with bob marley opening (hotter than july tour) but that's when bob got sick & he had to cancel. we got gil scott-heron instead & it was a phenomenal show. that was the only chance i had to see marley unfortunately. i did see peter tosh numerous times including opening for the stones in 1978. it was a very strange bill. first tosh, then eddie money, then kansas, a huge thunderstorm, then the stones. i had conned my parents into letting me drive to boulder from seattle for the show. still not quite sure how i pulled that one off haha. bv mentioned seeing pink floyd in 1988 with the surround speakers. i saw that tour in the late, unlamented kingdome in seattle & they did similar there. it was the only show that i saw in the dome (including the who, the stones a bunch of times, led zeppelin, etc) that had great sound. i got to go to a post show party with the band & jethro tull were there too. weirdly enough, roger waters played the same week in a venue about a tenth of the size on the radio KAOS tour. roger had surround sound too & actually was a far better show. the cbs rep liked me & i got to meet roger then too. there were only a few admitted to the inner sanctum. this was when the lawsuits were flying with floyd & a notoriously idiotic dj asked roger if there was any chance of the band getting back together. roger immediately clammed up & the audience was over. this same dj interviewed lou reed on the radio & obviously knew maybe 2 songs by lou. was asking totally moronic questions & as the interview went on you could tell lou was getting totally pissed off & wanted to kill him, haha. i met lou at the show & got along with him to the point where he bummed a cig from me. i was like "here lou, take the pack!".
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bv
One of my greatest Pink Floyd moments for me was a warm great sunny summer day in 1973. I had been playing Dark Side of The Moon since it came out in the spring. It was the last summer I lived at home, before moving out a few months later. I carried my stereo out into the garden. Power cable, and my large home built SEAS speakers which could carry lots of watts back then. I turned my favorite tune "TIME" to max, the bass and the speakers vibrated but it was crystal clear, all through the solo. It was outdoors, we lived on a hilltop, no neighbours anywhere near, so there were no echo. Just listening to TIME that way was a goose bumbs event. I played it again and again.
Another Pink Floyd moment was a few years later. I was on a work travel to Vienna, Austria. During the evening I noticed posters saying Pink Floyed live that day at Praterstadion (now known as The Ernst-Happel-Stadion). It was the summer of 1988. I managed to get a ticket and enjoyed the show a lot. One memory was speakers all over the stadium. Another was the visual shows. And of course great guitar playing by David Gilmour.
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peoplewitheyes
Love that story of FLoyd on your hill, BV, so evocative
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buttons67
thanks for the advice, i love pink floyd well, now, they are now my 2nd favourite band ever behind the stones obviously, the doors relegated to 3rd.
best songs are, in both studio and live format
interstellar overdrive
astronomy domine
shine on you crazy diamond
sheep
a saucerfull of secrets
let their be more light
wish you were here
see emily play
arnold layne
julia dream
echos
one of these days
another brick in the wall
green is the colour
flaming
bike
comfortably numb
money
run like hell
jugland blues
set the controls for the heart of the sun
atom heart mother
corporal clegg
time
apples and oranges
fat old sun
and a song about syds cat
loved the barret era and the interchage between the barret.gilmour era too, better than any other but also liked meddle, dark side of the moon, animals and wish you were here,
not yet right into the wall or the post waters era, but will give it a go,
also live astronomy domine live in belgium in 1968 is a killer as are the many versions of interstellar overdrive ive heard from rome in 1968, stockholm in 1967, filmore in 1970 are all superb. also been digging many 1970,s gigs, but not yet into the post 70,s era and the pulse era yet, but will get there soon.
sad about syd and the waters/gilmour fued, also the death of syd and richard wright, so no chance of a reunion but its great to discover a fantastic band more deeply a band i had skipped over for years as i thought they were nothing more than a stoner band, now i realize how much depth, imagination, invention and dimension they really had.
hope to catch roger, david and nick live one day, seperately ofcourse.
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buttons67
thanks for the advice, i love pink floyd well, now, they are now my 2nd favourite band ever behind the stones obviously, the doors relegated to 3rd.
best songs are, in both studio and live format
interstellar overdrive
astronomy domine
shine on you crazy diamond
sheep
a saucerfull of secrets
let their be more light
wish you were here
see emily play
arnold layne
julia dream
echos
one of these days
another brick in the wall
green is the colour
flaming
bike
comfortably numb
money
run like hell
jugland blues
set the controls for the heart of the sun
atom heart mother
corporal clegg
time
apples and oranges
fat old sun
and a song about syds cat
loved the barret era and the interchage between the barret.gilmour era too, better than any other but also liked meddle, dark side of the moon, animals and wish you were here,
not yet right into the wall or the post waters era, but will give it a go,
also live astronomy domine live in belgium in 1968 is a killer as are the many versions of interstellar overdrive ive heard from rome in 1968, stockholm in 1967, filmore in 1970 are all superb. also been digging many 1970,s gigs, but not yet into the post 70,s era and the pulse era yet, but will get there soon.
sad about syd and the waters/gilmour fued, also the death of syd and richard wright, so no chance of a reunion but its great to discover a fantastic band more deeply a band i had skipped over for years as i thought they were nothing more than a stoner band, now i realize how much depth, imagination, invention and dimension they really had.
hope to catch roger, david and nick live one day, seperately ofcourse.
Where is Vegetable man? An all time classic.
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bv
Another Pink Floyd moment was a few years later. I was on a work travel to Vienna, Austria. During the evening I noticed posters saying Pink Floyed live that day at Praterstadion (now known as The Ernst-Happel-Stadion). It was the summer of 1988. I managed to get a ticket and enjoyed the show a lot. One memory was speakers all over the stadium. Another was the visual shows. And of course great guitar playing by David Gilmour.
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I thought it was pretty slack of Floyd to employ extra musicians under the pretext that they needed them to play the new material live, yet they were still there on the old stuff as well. I remember an article in Rolling Stone mentioning that Gilmour, Mason and Wright were outnumbered 2 to 1 by hired guns and questioned whether this was really a 'band'.
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georgemcdonnell314
I think there are a couple of classic songs missing here.
Point Me At the Sky is one but more important is Childhoods End. David at his best when he was still writing for the band.
I do not listen to most of the newer stuff very often.
California Stockyard is a very powerful bootleg to crank from time to time.
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KevinM
came across this today...
Pink Floyd - Biding My Time rehearsal
apparently Point Me At The Sky is aka Biding My Time.
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KevinM
came across this today...
Pink Floyd - Biding My Time rehearsal
apparently Point Me At The Sky is aka Biding My Time.
Point Me at the Sky and Biding My Time are 2 totally different songs.......
The former was a last shot at a hit single in 1968, while the other ended up being released in 1971 on Relics
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KevinM
came across this today...
Pink Floyd - Biding My Time rehearsal
apparently Point Me At The Sky is aka Biding My Time.
Point Me at the Sky and Biding My Time are 2 totally different songs.......
The former was a last shot at a hit single in 1968, while the other ended up being released in 1971 on Relics
Thanks for the correction. I saw numerous YT comments saying otherwise & went with it...it was too late @ night to start comparing.