AC/DC did a full headline stadium tour of Europe 2001 including playing to 70,000 in Hockenheim. Metallica has headlined stadium shows in the bay area.
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They have already pretty much saturated the market doing headline shows just about everywhere twice. Dont think they would sell anywhere near the additional amount of tickets as perhaps Metallica.
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Living Colour - good Guns N Roses - good Buddy Guy - good Red Hot Chili Peppers - good Blues Traveler - boring Wallflowers - boring Santana - parking lot Bryan Adams - okay Sugar Ray - boring, spent most of the time wandering the concourse Sheryl Crow - boring Solomon Burke - great Susan Tedeschi - good
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The info was pretty much derived by checking Ticketmaster availability - 12 together in all prices ranges suggest many many unsold seats. I don't have exact figures of course but I doubt the radio station does either.
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It may or may not be true but I have no reason to doubt it really. That was probably GNR's asking price for any gig based on their popularity at the time. And it drew in a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't have bothered thus putting even more money in the Stones pockets. In the end its really only a few bucks out of every ticket sold. Also I paid $35 total so some of that was the TM
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I doubt they lost money, it was around 300,000 tix and I think the tickets were a few bucks more than in other cities. Guns N Roses was a lot more than just a warm up act. They drew a lot of people. They probably didnt pocket as much as if only Living Colour opened but then again they may not have sold out 4 shows. But it was one of the biggest shows ever to play LA so I doubt anyone lost money o
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Some book on Guns N Roses. It was actually 400k for the first 2 shows (the first 2 to go on sale, Oct 21-22) and the 2nd set of shows which went on sale a month later (Oct 18-19) it was 600k. Remember Guns N Roses were the biggest (newer) band in the world at that time and were responsible for selling a lot of those tickets. They could have filled up at least 1 night in that stadium on their own
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The 2nd show isnt anywhere near 80% sold out. Metallica is huge in the bay area. This is a calculated attempt to boost ticket sales. I bet Metallica is making a hefty amount of money for the privelege. Not sure what the exact financial arrangement is but in 1989 they paid Guns N Roses a million dollars to open the 4 shows in Los Angeles.
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Wow, was Van Halen really supposed to open? They opened for Black Sabbath and Boston at Anaheim Stadium on Sep 23 1978
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I think the way Staples was configured for the Stones is more like 14-14,500. Wiltern is about 2500 though only about half those were ever sold to the general public.
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The 2nd date definitely lowered the value of the tickets. There are many more tickets available in southern California than there were during Licks tour. Personally I hate the Hollywood Bowl so the added 2nd show may bring secondary market prices more in line with what I feel the show is worth.
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Whitesnake started out as more of a blues based rock band but became more of a "hair band" when David Coverdale forced out the other original members and released the 1987 eponymous disc. The early albums aren't the least bit glammy.
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Don't worry, they can easily rip off Poison without having to "cover" them.
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I am not much of a Poison fan but I LOVE that song! I saw them twice (for free - they played down the street and the venue papered the house) and each time they opened with that song.
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I am more interested in seeing the arrangements of the songs we know they will play shaken up than the actual content. But yeah, I think it would be great if they opened with the fastest new song on the new album, followed by all the warhorses they plan to play. Then Mick can say "Those of you who only want to hear the hits can get the hell out of here right now" then follow up with how
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Sometimes anger can express itself in a brilliant performance! But the only theatre show I ever saw was Wiltern. I LOVE the Brixton bootleg though.
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Looking for this. Can trade DVD or audio for it. Also looking for various bands 2005 DVDs
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I listen to all sorts of stuff. Probably got a little STonesed out overdoing it on bootleg trading last tour but still pop something in at least once a week. Been listening to a lot of metal lately. Judas Priest was awesome last week and they are playing San Diego on my birthday!
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I am sure its because of lowered guarantees in some markets they need to add more profitible gigs to the schedule. Other than fan setlist fantasies, there really is no reason why they would have to rehearse or prepare additional songs just because they are playing a different venue.
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Farewell tours are lame, whether or not its really the last one.
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The press wont savage them for empty seats, the only # that really matters is $$$$$$$
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Sure the Joint counts as a legitimite theatre show if its in a theatre! I dont remember any setlist guarantees with the tickets. Basically they weren't considering that the people who spent $1000 on tickets werent so much die hard fans so hard core they would sell their children for another gig,but probably assumed (and rightfully so) that the people who spending $1000 on tickets were people
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JEEZUS. Day of show is when you tell the broker what you are paying, not ask what they are selling for! They usually give leftover stock to scalpers with instructions to get what they can! Then again, anymore I tend to pay whatever I want to for concerts, not what the band wants to charge me. I guess the Stones will test that theory this year. After seeing them for free at Staples Center and a $3
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Staples 10/31/02 was my first show that tour too. I went ticketless and had a very specific idea about where I wanted to sit. The box office didnt have anything acceptable at the moment. I walked around a bit and talked to people. I was on my way back to the box office when security escorted me off the property and told me I would be arrested for trespassing if I returned. The trained monkey was
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If they play it, it wont be the first song but it will be the first song to be dropped.
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I would bet at least some close seats are in the $500 range or more. The good news is this may allow for a few more cheap nosebleed seats and still make their guarantee though I wouldnt count on it. Keep in mind the Stones expect to be paid about 2.5-3 million every show and thats a figure thats been going up with every tour.
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DaveG Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Speaking ot ticket prices, I noticed the cost of > McCartney tickets for his November 3 concert here > in Seattle are from $50 - $250.00. Any idea on how > much the Stones will charge? I believe they're > playing at the same venue (Key Arena). They will charge as much as they possibly can, probably
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Brilliant marketing on their part and the illusion that a Stones tour is a rare event when in reality they don't really tour any less than any other band these days. The Stones are still my favorite band but I have seen them so many times that they are a much lower priority than some of the other anticipated tours for this fall. I hope they only play stadium dates in this area though so I ca
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Saw them a few years ago at Sunset Junction. Quite possibly one of the worst bands I have ever seen.
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Well, considering BTB and NS tour info is still on this site... If you want it all that bad, I would print it out now, in case the server gets taken out by a nuke or something.
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