"Hi Gazza, there's no way the UC in Chicago holds 23k for concerts unless it's in the round. By blocking off the whole endzone, I can see that many seats being cut off" DGA35, i think you have right. I have seen statistics about UC being sold out with 14,000 tickets sold, or 15,000, or nearly 17,000 (Bon Jovi, 2011). Maximum 19,293 (U2, 2005), I never have seen attendances
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The numbers of the whole northamerican tour's leg (2013) are: 18 shows Total attendance: 253, 296 Average attendance per show: 14,072 Total gross: $ 87,495,381 Average gross per show: $ 4,860,854 Average price per ticket: $ 345,42 PS: As for the 5 gigs of 2012: Total attendance 73,702 and total gross $ 38,687, 010. So, the "50 and counting tour" (2012- 13) has so far at
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Maybe sold to brokers, ohotos. But in any case the numbers which show how many tickets have been sold are corresponding to the real capatity of the venues, for concerts.
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... despite the fact that i don't like the method...
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Some observations: 1. The current tour has already yield 126,2 million so far. Which means 40,6% of the whole Licks Tour gross or 22,6% of the whole ABB tour, that as we know is the second highest grossing tour ever. And all this gross ($126,2 m) cames just from 23 arena gigs... (Do you remember all these rediculous articles and "predictions" about the "upcoming tour's fin
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"Sales of Grrr tripled after their glasto gig. Jump back doubled" Yes, BowieStone, also Georgelicks noticed how Glasto gig affected these compilation's sales. And, you know, "Grrr!" had already sold very well in the UK. I think "Grrr!" sales is a really interesting figure: Another one Stones compilation, a 3 Disc expensive one, a compilation that is considere
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Thanks, angee. Glad to see we have the same opinion on that.
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1- ...when you use Stones recordings years as reminders of telephone numbers , with a little help from some general milestones. For example, i can easily remember a number like 06972 928618 as "Let It Bleed - Exile- First time Barcelona won Champion's League- Dirty Work- End Of World War 1". (Believe me, it works - Hey, His Majessty, i suppose you understand me...) 2- ... When y
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When the Stones do their best, they are by far the best live act in the world. When the Stones are "in a rut" (which, on some nights, does happen to every act being on tour), the band is still a really charming act, that just allow us to cancel the worlds "by far" or allow as to draw comparisons between them and a few other bands... Once again: The general level of their
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Glad to hear that Keith said he like the Pogues, because i like them too.
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Yes, the show was amazing. But i am really surprised to see many people who know the Stones being astonished to their performance at Glastonbury. To me, no surprise. Not at all. I think the level of band's performance there was almost "announced", considering some obvious factors. 1. The general level of the previous shows of the tour. 2. Who was not certain that the Stones
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Ronnie is really excellent on this tour. And, in addition, i think he did very good job during the bigger part of ABB's tour, covering well Keith when he had problems. Hey, don't forget, was Ronnie the guy who made "Streets Of Love" be sounded much better live (just my opinion)... I think Ronnie's weak "part" in the last 10 years was the european leg of Licks
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Thanks stonehearted for the JJF video! Just one observation - thought: On 3.13 Ronnie is rewarded for his playing by an enthousiastic crowd's cheer. Does he deliver something special or unusual at this moment? IMO no. Ronnie is just doing his usual good job on JJF. Crowd's reaction reminds me of some recent complaints (here, on the board, of course...) about how "boring" R
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Another one, from guardian.co.uk (John Plunkett) "Rolling Stones' Glastonbury show pulls in 2.6 million viewers on BBC2 Mick Jagger's appearance made it the biggest peak audience for any of the BBC's coverage of the annual music festival They played hits including Midnight Rambler, which was just about the time the Rolling Stones finished on BBC2, but it didn'
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TO STONE 13: You sound like a desparate "troll" (i don't know whether you really are and i don't give a sit about) who does feel very unhappy just because so many people are feeling happy with the Stones performance at Glasto or with the level of their current performances, overall. You have the right to express any opinion, of course. But, please, stop this stupid game w
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"Can we be proud of our band?" BV, to be honest i didn't expect Glasto 2013 to be proud of them...
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"Hard to judge the music based on the camera phone videos but that was very possibly the worst performance by their vocalist in a LONG time." With respect, i wonder whether you really did watch the Stones performance in Glasto and not some stuff from Beacon Theatre 2006 or some stuff from "Love You Live" era...
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From "Guardian": "After 51 years of the Rolling Stones, 43 years of Glastonbury, and decades of will-they, won't they gossiping, in the end it was worth the wait: Mick, Keith, Ronnie, Charlie et al were the festival's best ever headliners, according to Michael Eavis. Eavis, who hosts the musical extravaganza on his farm in rural Somerset, said the two-hour performa
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What can i say? Amazing gig! Really amazing...
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Great job, indeed. Thanks!
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GasLightStreet wrote: "The general public stopped buying new Stones albums after Tatoo You. They're last UK #1 was VOODOO LOUNGE. Their last US #1 was TATTOO YOU. Their last UK and US #1 was EMOTIONAL RESCUE.Perhaps Canada likes the Stones better - A BIGGER BANG was their last Canadian #1." A BIGGER BANG stayed at #1 of the Global Chart for two weeks and, if i remember correctly
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"Get that hat off! This isn't Texas!" ... Are still there localistic strifes in the USA? Or it was just a joke? Something between the two versions, perhaps?
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Yes, as erikiif says, there are somewhere the exact figures. Until you locote them, maybe you are interested in the attendances per tour (since 1989). 11 1989-90 - 6.2 million 1994-95 - 6.5 million 1997-99 - 5.7 million 2002-03 - 3.5 million 2005-07 - 4.7 million Total 26,6 million. Included Rio's free concert, nearly 28 million. As for the years 1962-1982, the total atten
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Sometimes i gather that, if some fans were in the mood for analyzing every single note and every single moment with such a "severity", from the beginning of Stones career, then they would rate even 1972-73 performances as "mediocre"...
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Jmarko, your review prompted me to see once again the clips from Boston-2. I strongly disagree with you. The standard of the gig was really high, IMO. But, i know, after all it's a matter of taste. (For example, i didn't like many of the 1978 band's performances...)
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I can't wait for a european tour's leg...
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Good point, Dandelion.
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"The Sway solo from Ronnie was also awful..." I don't think so, Mr. Jimi... "and I think it was Taylor's weakest effort of the song as well that I have heard this tour . . ." I have to agree on that...
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Fortunate Son - CCR
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Was i lucky? Maybe... But every Stones gig i had attended in 2006 and 2007 was better than "just decent". Ronnie was "the man" on the guitar work. Keith was OK or something more, on the particular gigs. Judging from boots from other ABB gigs, yes, Keith had some completely "off nights". I don't know how many...He probably had serious health problems then. But, h
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