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We know the total box office figure from the Vertigo Tour but what are the figures from the other tours like War, Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Lovetown, Zoo TV, Popmart and Elevation?
 
I remember reading that Popmart took in $80m losing money off of $100m in production costs, but merchandise sales kept the tour in the black. Elevation made much more than that but I don't have the number right now.
 
Mirrorball06 said:
We know the total box office figure from the Vertigo Tour but what are the figures from the other tours like War, Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Lovetown, Zoo TV, Popmart and Elevation?

Here are some rounded figures:

POPMART $171 million
Elevation $143 million
ZOO TV $145 million(estimate)

I'll have to look up the earlier tours. It will be an estimate because Amusement Business did not start to report figures outside North America until 1995.
 
powerhour24 said:
I remember reading that Popmart took in $80m losing money off of $100m in production costs, but merchandise sales kept the tour in the black. Elevation made much more than that but I don't have the number right now.

This is actually incorrect. Production cost were 214,000 dollars per day, even if there was not a show, which worked out to a little under $70 million dollars for the entire tour. The tour Grossed 171 million dollars.

Regardless of the cost vs. gross figures, the band was protected from any of the risk because of the deal they signed with Michael Cohl. Michael Cohl guaranteed the band $100 million dollars regardless of how successful the tour was. All the financial risk was taken by Michael Cohl if the tour did not do well.

Merchandise sales helped the band on earlier tours when the ticket prices were not high enough to provide much profit.
 
I've got some figures from Pimm's live book

War 2nd leg $1.175.000

Joshua Tree 1st leg $7.501.329
Joshua Tree 2nd leg ???
Joshua Tree 3rd leg $27.255.566

Lovetown 1st leg ???
Lovetown 2nd leg ???

Zoo TV 1st leg $13.215.414
Zoo TV 2nd leg ??? (according to the book it even lose money)
Outside Broadcast $53.913.608
Mexican dates $4.148.756
Zooropa ???
Zoomerang ???

Popmart 1st leg $80.000.000 ????
Popmart 2nd leg ???
Popmart 3rd leg $26.036.837
Popmart 4rd leg $33.144.315
Total Cross $171.677.024

Did Unforgettable Fire & Lovetown make money??
 
Ok the 80,000,000 must have come from the first leg. But I know in terms of profitability ZooTV, Elevation, and especially Vertigo far outdid Popmart.
 
powerhour24 said:
Ok the 80,000,000 must have come from the first leg. But I know in terms of profitability ZooTV, Elevation, and especially Vertigo far outdid Popmart.

POPMART outdid ZOO TV in terms of how much money went to the band members because of the dramatic way they changed the way they promoted the tour. Instead of aligning themselves with local promoters all over the world, they went with one tour promoter, Michael Cohl, who agreed to gaurentee the band $100 million dollars regardless of how successful the tour was, in exchange for being the sole promoter of the tour in every market. POPMART also saw a huge increase in ticket prices, relative to the average cost of the tour per day. These things combined allowed U2 and Michael Cohl to make a large amount of money on the tour, with U2 of course receiving $100 million dollars.

On Elevation, the Profit was a little higher than POPMARTs, but not much even though cost were much lower and ticket prices much higher. This was because the tour was in Arena's and played to a much smaller number of people.

Vertigo is the tour that is far out doing anything that U2 has done to date. The whole tour cost about $100 million dollars and the band will gross just from ticket sales about $400 million dollars giving the band about a $300 million tour profit just from ticket sales. This nearly exceeds all the money the band had made previous to Vertigo from touring. Then merchandise sales comes in, and the bands profit goes even higher.

There continues to be a growing gap between the wealth of U2 and the average wealth of their fans.:wink:
 
Haha, but they were able to do that with a smaller show, and tickets at only $50, hopefully the prices stay affordable in the future.
 
STING2 said:


POPMART outdid ZOO TV in terms of how much money went to the band members because of the dramatic way they changed the way they promoted the tour. Instead of aligning themselves with local promoters all over the world, they went with one tour promoter, Michael Cohl, who agreed to gaurentee the band $100 million dollars regardless of how successful the tour was, in exchange for being the sole promoter of the tour in every market. POPMART also saw a huge increase in ticket prices, relative to the average cost of the tour per day. These things combined allowed U2 and Michael Cohl to make a large amount of money on the tour, with U2 of course receiving $100 million dollars.


Actually, STING2, this is incorrect a bit.

U2's ticket prices in '97 were in line with, if not less than, most acts. The fact that prices ranged from $35-57.50 actually made U2 fairly cheap! Bee Gees, for example, were over $100 for tickets. I recall doing some homework back in '97 and U2 were indeed on the lower end. Fans were just shocked because they were used to the $25-35 price range, not $57.

And, while U2 did receive $100M, I have a feeling that was to pay their entire crew as well as themselves. That is, I doubt Bono, Edge, Larry, Adam and Paul McG each got $20M from that tour. :) I'm sure they made millions, but not as much after paying staff, crew, props, transportation, etc. This is why T-shirts and other souvenirs sales at shows help bands so much. :yes:
 
doctorwho said:



Actually, STING2, this is incorrect a bit.

U2's ticket prices in '97 were in line with, if not less than, most acts. The fact that prices ranged from $35-57.50 actually made U2 fairly cheap! Bee Gees, for example, were over $100 for tickets. I recall doing some homework back in '97 and U2 were indeed on the lower end. Fans were just shocked because they were used to the $25-35 price range, not $57.

And, while U2 did receive $100M, I have a feeling that was to pay their entire crew as well as themselves. That is, I doubt Bono, Edge, Larry, Adam and Paul McG each got $20M from that tour. :) I'm sure they made millions, but not as much after paying staff, crew, props, transportation, etc. This is why T-shirts and other souvenirs sales at shows help bands so much. :yes:

Only a small number of the tickets, about 5,000 per show, were at the 37.50 price. The vast majority of tickets were at the 52.50 price and the average ticket price was still a little over $50 dollars and in the Spring of 1997, this was the highest average ticket priced charged for a STADIUM TOUR in history. The Bee Gees may have charged $100 dollars for some of their tickets, but the Bee Gees were not playing 60,000 seat stadiums, at least not in the United States. They were playing 10,000-15,000 seat arena's. As the venue gets smaller, the number of tickets available gets smaller as well, which increases demand and increases the price of those tickets.

Its true that in 1994, the Eagles had some high priced tickets, but the average was not $100 dollars and most shows were in Arena's rather than stadiums. Pink Floyd also had some ticket prices in the $70 dollar and $80 dollar range, but the average ticket price for Pink Floyd's 1994 Division Bell Stadium tour was $34 dollars, well below the average for POPMART. The Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour average ticket price was just slightly below what U2 charged on POPMART.

The average ticket price in the concert industry regardless of venue was still in the 30 dollar back in 1997. While there were certainly some tickets priced at $100 dollars or more for some artist playing theaters or arena's back in 1997, NO one in the industry had ever had an average ticket price as high as U2's for a stadium tour ever. That of course changed in August of 1997 when the Stones launched their Bridges To Babylon tour, but in the Spring of 1997, U2's average ticket price was the highest anyone had ever seen for concerts in stadiums.


U2's crew is included in the cost of the tour. POPMART cost 214,000 dollars every day that the tour was on the road. Paying the staff, crew, props, transportation, venues, promoter, is all apart of the daily cost. The POPMART tour GROSSED $171 million dollars. Michael Cohl payed the band $100 million dollars, and still had plenty of money to pay for the cost of the tour. Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry, and Paul each walked away with 20 plus million dollars from that tour, their biggest pay day ever thanks to the business deals made a couple of years earlier which included Michael Cohl taking control of the entire tour as well as all the risk, and paying the band a nice sum of money, just as he had been doing with the Stones earlier.

U2 still works with Michael Cohl's promotion company TNA, because its simply the best deal out there. The deals with Michael Cohl over the past 10 years have helped to probably more than double the wealth of the band from just the money made from touring.
 
I got some information from U2faqs.com.

1. U2 tours by the numbers


1985: The Unforgettable Fire tour was the 18th highest grossing tour of the year, covering 30 cities.
1987: The Joshua Tree tour was the top grossing tour with 79 shows in 50 cities.
1992: Zoo TV was the top grossing tour with 73 shows in 61 cities.
1997: PopMart was the second highest grossing tour in the U.S. at $79.9 million with 46 shows in 37 cities. A total of 1.7 million tickets were sold in the U.S.
2001: The Elevation Tour was reported as a sell out at all 113 shows throughout three legs in North America and Europe. The tour grossed $109.7 million USD in North America, making it the highest-grossing tour of 2001 and the second highest of all time, behind only the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour of 1994.
2005: The Vertigo Tour was reported as a sellout through all 60 shows of the first two legs in North America and Europe. The tour grossed more than $204 million over those two legs.
Note: International tour figures are unknown.

So The Unforgettable fire tour did make money in US. Does anybody know how much? And did they also make money from the UF 2nd leg in december 1984 also in America?

The Joshua Tree tour grossed $34.7 milion in America and ZOO TV $67.1 milion.
 
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sorry, someone can post the gross and attendance of the South America 's shows of Popmart? THANX!
 
I've read in Pimm's book that tickets in America for Popmart where $52.50, for Zoo TV Outside broadcast $30,-- and for Joshua tree $16,50 and $19,50.

Does anybody knows how much the tickets where for the Unforgettable fire tour in America? And for The Elevation Tour?
 
I paid $100 AUD for each of my GA tickets for U2 at a stadium... earlier this year I paid $120 for GA at Coldplay, admittedly in a smaller venue.

Still not sure that adds up... :scratch:
 
Inspired by the "Total vertigo tour boxscore figures to date" and the "attendance at all POpmart show" threat, I decided to do the following for the other tours. All the figures I have came from Pimm's 'U2 Live' So the lists are not complete. If anybody have the available figures... your welcome.

First The American war tour.

War 2nd leg
1. Chapel Hill April 23, 1983 Kenan Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 4,000

2. Norfolk April 24, 1983 Chrysler Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

3. College Park April 25, 1983 Ritchie Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

4. Auburn April 27, 1983 Cayhuga Country Community College Gym GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 500

5. Rochester April 28, 1983 Rochester Institute Of Technology Ice Rink GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

6. Dehli April 29, 1983 State University Of New York GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

7. Providence April 30, 1983 Brown University GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

8. Stony Brook May 1, 1983 Unknown GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

9. Pittsburgh May 3, 1983 Fulton Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

10, 11. Boston May 5-6, 1983 The Orpheum Theater two shows combined GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 5,600

12. Albany May 7, 1983 State University Of New York GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

13. Hartford May 8, 1983 Trinity College GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 500

14. New Heaven May 10, 1983 Woolsey Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

15. New York May 11, 1983 Palladium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,400

16. Passaic May 12, 1983 Capitol Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 2,000

17, 18. Philadelphia May 13-14, 1983 Tower Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 6,000

19. Buffalo May 16, 1983 Shea Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

20. Toronto May 17, 1983 Massey Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 2,689

21. Cleveland May 19, 1983 Music Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,000

22. Detroit May 20, 1983 Grand Circus Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

23. Chicago May 21, 1983 Aragon Ballroom GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 4,000

24. Minneapolis May 22, 1983 Northrop Auditorium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,672

25. Vancouver May 25, 1983 Queen Elisabeth Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 2,845

26. Seattle May 26, 1983 Paramount Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,000

27. Portland May 27, 1983 Paramount Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 2,500

28. Devore May 30, 1983 Glen Helen Regional Park GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 125,000

29. San Francisco June 1, 1983 Civic Auditorium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE : 6.359

30. Salt Lake City June 3, 1983 Salt Palace Assembley Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

31. Denver June 5, 1983 Red Rocks Amphitheater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 9,000

32. Boulder June 6, 1983 University of Colorado GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

33. Wichita June 7, 1983 Unknown GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

34. Kansas City June 8, 1983 Memorial Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,000

35. Tulsa June 9, 1983 The Brady Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

36. Norman June 10, 1983 Lloyd Noble Center, U of Oklahoma GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 2,000

37. Austin June 11, 1983 The Meadows GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

38. Dallas June 13, 1983 Bronco Bowl GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

39. Houston June 14, 1983 Music Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

40. Los Angeles June 17, 1938 Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 9,633

41. Orlando June 21, 1983 Jai Alai Fronton Hall GROSS : ? ATTENDANCE: 3,029

42. Tampa June 22, 1983 Curtis Hixon Convention Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,702

43. Miami June 23, 1983 Sunrise Music Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

44. Jacksonville June 24, 1983 Civic Auditorium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

45. Atlanta June 25, 1983 Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 8,000

46. New Heaven June 27, 1983 Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 5,695

47. Worchester June 28, 1983 The Centrum GROSS: $116,145 ATTENDANCE: 10,329

48. New York June 29, 1983 Pier 84 GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: ?

2ND LEG OF WAR: 48 SHOWS
GROSS $1,750,000 ATTENDANCE 175,000
 
For The Unforgettable Fire Tour

UNFORGETTABLE FIRE 2ND LEG
1. Philadelphia December 1, 1984 Tower Theater GROSS:? ATTENDANCE: 3,000

2. Worchester December 2, 1984 The Centrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 11,058

3. New York December 3, 1984 Radio City Music Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 5,874

4. Washington December 5, 1984 Constitution Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,000

5. Toronto December 7, 1984 Massey Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 2,800

6. Detroit December 8, 1984 Fox Theater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 5,000

7. Cleveland December 9, 1984 Music Hall GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 3,000

8. Chicago December 11, 1984 Aragon Ballroom GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 5,500

9. San Francisco December 15, 1984 Civic Auditorium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 8,472

10. Long Beach December 16, 1984 Long Beach Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,974

2ND LEG OF UNFORGETTABLE FIRE: 10 SHOWS
GROSS ? ATTENDANCE 61,678 (unconfirmed)

UNFORGETTABLE FIRE 4TH LEG
11. Dallas February 25, 1985 Reunion Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,000

12. Austin February 26, 1985 Frank Erwin Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 11,633

13. Houston February 27, 1985 The Summit GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 14,000

14. Phoenix March 1, 1985 Compton Terrace GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 23,000

15, 16, 17. Los Angeles March 2, 4-5, 1985 Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 45,071

18, 19. Daly City March 7-8, 1985 Cow Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 29,000

20. Honolulu March 11, 1985 Neal Blaisdell Center Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 8.178

21. Denver March 17, 1985 McNichols Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17.475

22. Minneapolis March 19, 1985 Minneapolis Auditorium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 9,000

23, 24. Chicago March 21-22, 1985 University of Illinois Pavillion GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 21,256

25. Detroit March 23, 1985 Joe Louis Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

26. Cleveland March 25, 1985 Richfield Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

27. Montreal March 27, 1985 The Forum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

28. Toronto March 28, 1985 Maple Leaf Gardens GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

29. Ottawa March 30, 1985 Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 9,000

30. New York April 1, 1985 Madison Square Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 19,000

31. Providence April 2, 1985 Providence Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,349

32. Uniondale April 3, 1985 Nassau Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

33. Landover April 8, 1985 Capitol Centre GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

34. Pittsburgh April 9, 1985 Civic Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

35. Hampton April 10, 1985 Hampton Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 10,000

36, 37, 38. East Rutherford April 12, 14-15, 1985 Brenden Byrne Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 61,715

39, 40, 41, Worchester April 16, 18-19, 1985 The Centrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 37,416

42. Hartford April 20, 1985 Hartford Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,505

43. Philadelphia April 22, 1985 The Spectrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,455

44. Hartford April 23, 1985 Hartford Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,505

45. Philadelphia April 24, 1985 The Spectrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,455

46. Atlanta April 29, 1985 The Omni GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 12,000

47. Jacksonville April 30, 1985 Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 9,000

48. Tampa May 2, 1985 Sun Dome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 10,907

49,50. Fort Lauderdale May 4-5, 1985 Hollywood Sportatorium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 25,000

4TH LEG OF UNFORGETTABLE FIRE: 40 SHOWS
GROSS ? ATTENDANCE 577,920 (uncomfirmed)
 
And The Joshua Tree tour

JOSHUA TREE 1ST LEG
1, 2. Tempe April 2, 4, 1987 Arizona State Univ. Activity Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 25,113

3. Tucson April 5, 1987 Community Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 8,032

4, 5. Houston April 7-8, 1987 The Summit GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 27,251

6. Las Cruces April 10, 1987 Pan American Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 12,500

7. Las Vegas April 12, 1987 Thomas And Mack Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 8,673

8, 9. San Diego April 13-14, 1987 San Diego Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 27,937

10, 11, 12, 13, 14. Los Angeles April 17-18, 20-21-22, 1987 Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 74,176

15, 16. Daly City April 24-25, 1987 Cow Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 25,785

17. Chicago April 29, 1987 Rosemont Horizon GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,854

18. Detroit April 30, 1987 Pontiac Silverdome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 51,718

19, 20, 21. Worchester May 2-3-4, 1987 The Centrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 37.482

22, 23, 24. Hartford May 7-8-9, 1987 Hartford Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 47,327

25, 26, 27, 28, 29. East Rutherford May 11-12-13, 15-16, 1987 Brenden Byrne Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 102,640

1ST LEG OF JOSHUA TREE: 29 SHOWS
GROSS: $7,501,329 ATTENDANCE: 465,452

JOSHUA TREE 3RD LEG
30, 31. Uniondale September 10-11, 1987 Nassau Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 34,899

32. Philadelphia September 12, 1987 The Spectrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,622

33. East Rutherford September 14, 1987 Giants Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 54,780

34, 35. Boston September 17-18, 1987 Boston Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 31,018

36. Washington September 20, 1987 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 51,016

37. Foxboro September 22, 1987 Sullivan Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 55,378

38. New Heaven September 23, 1987 Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 10,535

39. Philadelphia September 25, 1987 John F Kennedy Stadium GROSS:? ATTENDANCE: 86,145

40, 41. New York September 28-29, 1987 Madison Square Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 39,510

42. Montreal October 1, 1987 Olympic Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 66,117

43. Toronto October 3, 1987 Canadian National Exhibition Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 62,846

44. Cleveland October 6, 1987 Municipal Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 50,081

45. Buffalo October 7, 1987 Memorial Auditorium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,065

46. Syracuse October 9, 1987 Carrier Dome, Syracuse U GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 39,157

47. Rochester October 11, 1987 Silver Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 30,500

48. Pittsburgh October 13, 1987 Three Rivers Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 40,000

49. Iowa City October 20, 1987 Carver-Hawkeye Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,846

50. Champaign October 22, 1987 Assembley Hall, U of Illinois GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,193

51. Lexington October 23, 1987 Rupp Arena, Lexington Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 22,815

52. St. Louis October 25, 1987 St. Louis Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,237

53. Kansas City October 26, 1987 Kemper Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,168

54, 55, 56. Chicago October 28-29-30, 1987 Rosemont Horizon GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 51,998

57. Indianapolis November 1, 1987 Hoosier Dome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 38,441

58, 59. St. Paul November 3-4, 1987 St. Paul Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 35,152

60, 61. Denver November 7-8, 1987 McNichols Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 34,000

62. Vancouver November 12, 1987 B.C. Place Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 54,254

63, 64. Oakland November 14-15, 1987 Oakland-Alameda Country Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 103,260

65, 66. Los Angeles November 17-18, 1987 Memorial Coliseum GROSS: $2,590,497 ATTENDANCE: 132,925

67. Austin November 22, 1987 Frank Erwin Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,202

68, 69. Fort Worth November 23-24, 1987 Tarrant County Convention Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 27,560

70. Baton Rouge November 26, 1987 Assembley Center, Louisiana State U GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,042

71. Mufreesboro November 28, 1987 Charles M. Murphy Athletic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 11,619

72. Miami December 3, 1987 Orange Bowl GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 54,111

73. Tampa December 5, 1987 Tampa Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 58,865

74, 75. Atlanta December 8-9, 1987 The Omni GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 32,734

76, 77. Hampton December 11-12, 1987 Hampton Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 21,088

78, 79. Tempe December 19-20, 1987 Sun Devil Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 110,450

3RD LEG OF JOSHUA TREE: 50 SHOWS
GROSS: $27,255,556 ATTENDANCE: 1,576,518

Combined 1st and 3rd leg of THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR
GROSS: $34,756,895
ATTENDANCE: 2,042,000
 
Mirrorball06 said:
I got some information from U2faqs.com.

1. U2 tours by the numbers


1985: The Unforgettable Fire tour was the 18th highest grossing tour of the year, covering 30 cities.

I'm surprised it was only the 18th highest grossing tour of the year. I thought it would have been at least top 10. But then again, they only played 40 shows in North America. The ticket price usually was $13.50.

An interesting note about the Unforgettable Fire tour. When U2 came through Philadelphia and played the Spectrum twice, they soldout both shows, even all seats behind the stage, 18,450 people per night. Something Def Leppard, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, and several other artist never completely did at the peak of their careers. Yet, U2 were doing it with only two albums having been certified platinum in the USA at that time.
 
For ZOO TV:

ZOO TV 1ST LEG
1. Lakeland February 29, 1992 Lakeland Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 7,251

2. Miami March 1, 1992 Miami Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

3. Charlotte March 3, 1992 Veterans Memorial Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 22,786

4. Atlanta March 5, 1992 The Omni GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,336

5. Hampton March 7, 1992 Hampton Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 10,187

6. Uniondale March 9, 1992 Nassau Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,397

7. Philadelphia March 10, 1992 The Spectrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,349

8. Hartford March 12, 1992 Hartford Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,438

9. Worchester March 13, 1992 The Centrum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,835

10. Providence March 15, 1992 Providence Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,680

11. Boston March 17, 1992 Boston Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,212

12. East Rutherford March 18, 1992 Brenden Byrne Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 19,880

13. New York March 20, 1992 Madison Square Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,179

14. Albany March 21, 1992 Knickerboxer Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,258

15. Montreal March 23, 1992 The Forum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,000

16. Toronto March 24, 1992 Maple Leaf Gardens GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,015

17. Cleveland March 26, 1992 Richfield Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,083

18. Detroit March 27, 1992 Palace Of Auburn Hills GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 21,064

19. Minneapolis March 30, 1992 Target Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,256

20. Chicago March 31, 1992 Rosemont Horizon GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,329

21. Dallas April 5, 1992 Reunion Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,999

22. Houston April 6, 1992 The Summit GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,342

23. Austin April 7, 1992 Frank Erwin Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,786

24. Tempe April 10, 1992 Activity Center. Arizona State U GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,302

25, 26. Los Angeles April 12-13, 1992 Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 31,692

27. San Diego April 15, 1992 San Diego Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,824

28. Sacramento April 17, 1992 Arco Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,893

29, Oakland April 18, 1992 Oakland Coliseum Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 14,431

30, 31. Tacoma April 20-21, 1992 Tacoma Dome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 43,977

32. Vancouver April 23, 1992 P.N.E. Coliseum GROSS: ATTENDANCE: 15,000

1ST LEG OF ZOO TV : 32 SHOWS
GROSS: $13,215,414 ATTENDANCE: 528,763

ZOO TV OUTSIDE BROADCAST
33. Hershey August 7, 1992 Hershey Park Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 25,000

34, 35. East Rutherford August 12-13, 1992 Giants Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 109,000

36, 37.Washington August 15-16, 1992 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 97,038

38. Saratoga Springs August 18, 1992 Saratoga Raceway GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 30,277

39, 40, 41. Foxboro August 20, 22-23 Foxboro Stadium GROSS: $4,427,100 ATTENDANCE: 148,736

42. Pittsburgh August 25, 1992 Three Rivers Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 39,586

43. Montreal August 27, 1992 Olympic Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 42,210

44, 45. New York August 29-30, 1992 Yankee Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 104,100

46, 47. Philadelphia September 2-3, 1992 Veteran’s Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 88,684

48, 49. Toronto September 5-6, 1992 Canadian Nationa Exhibition Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 108,043

50. Detroit September 9, 1992 Pontial Silverdome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 36,740

51. Ames September 11, 1992 Cyclone Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 48,822

52. Madison September 13, 1992 Camp Randall Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 62,280

53, 54, 55. Chicago September 15-16, 18, 1992 World Music Amphitheater GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 89,307

56. St. Louis September 20, 1992 Busch Memorial Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 48,054

57. Columbia September 23, 1992 Williams-Brice Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 28,305

58. Atlanta September 25, 1992 Georgia Dome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 53,427

59. Miami October 3, 1992 Joe Robbie Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 45,244

60. Birmingham October 7, 1992 Legion Field GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 35,209

61. Tampa October 10, 1992 Tampa Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 41,909

62. Houston October 14, 1992 Astrodome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 31,884

63. Dallas October 16, 1992 Texas Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 39,154

64. Kansas City October 18, 1992 Arrowhead Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 37,867

65. Denver October 21, 1992 Mile High Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 54,450

66. Tempe October 24, 1992 Sun Devil Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 35,177

67. El Paso October 27, 1992 Texas Sun Bowl GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 35,564

68, 69. Los Angeles October 30-31, 1992 Dodger Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 108,357

70, 71. Vancouver November 3-4, 1992 B.C. Place Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 77,448

72. Oakland November 7, 1992 Oakland-Alameda County Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 59,800

73. San Diego November 10, 1992 Jack Murphy Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 33,575

74. Las Vegas November 12, 1992 Sam Boyd Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 27,774

75. Anaheim November 14, 1992 Anaheim Stadium GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 48,640

3RD LEG OF ZOO TV OUTSIDE BROADCAST: 43 SHOWS
GROSS: $53,913,608 ATTENDANCE: 1,872,971

MEXICAN DATES
76, 77, 78, 79. Mexico City November 21-22, 24-25, 1992 Palacio De Los Deportes GROSS: $4,148,756 ATTENDANCE: 83,068

Combined 1st leg, 3rd leg and Mexian dates of THE ZOO TV TOUR: 79 SHOWS
GROSS: $71,277,778 ATTENDANCE: 2,484,802
 
Here is my list for the Elevation Tour.

ELEVATION 1ST LEG
1, 2. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale March 24, 26, 2001 National Car Rental Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 37,969

3. Charlotte March 29, 2001 Charlotte Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 19,054

4. Atlanta March 30, 2001 Philips Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 20,596

5. Houston April 2, 2001 Compaq Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 14,859

6. Dallas April 3, 2001 Reunion Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,166

7. Denver April 6, 2001 Pepsi Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,462

8, 9. Calgary April 9-10, 2001 Pengrowth Sadledome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 35,778

10. Tacoma April 12, 2001 Tacoma Dome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 21,807

11. Vancouver April 13, 2001 G.M. Place GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

12. Portland April 15, 2001 Rose Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,653

13. San Diego April 17, 2001 San Diego Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 14,000

14, 15. San Jose April 19-20, 2001 San Jose Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 35,550

16, 17, 18. Anaheim April 23-24, 26, 2001 Arrowhead Pond GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE 49,377

19. Phoenix April 28, 2001 America West Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,575

20. Minneapolis May 1, 2001 Target Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,300

21. Cleveland May 3, 2001 Gund Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,763

22. Lexington May 4, 2001 Rupp Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

23. Pittsburgh May 6, 2001 Mellon Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

24. Columbus May 7, 2001 Nationwide Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

25. Millwaukee May 9, 2001 Bradley Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,000

26. Indianapolis May 10, 2001 Consesco Fieldhouse GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

27, 28, 29, 30. Chicago May 12-13, 15-16, 2001 United Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 78,275

31, 32. Toronto May 24-25, 2001 Air Canada Centre GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 39,048

33, 34. Montreal May 27-28, 2001 Molson Centre GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 42,198

35. Detroit May 30, 2001 Palace of Auburn Hills GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 21,173

36. Buffalo May 31, 2001 HSBC Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,434

37. Albany June 2, 2001 Pepsi Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,515

38. Hartford June 3, 2001 Civic Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,717

39, 40, 41, 42. Boston June 5-6, 8-9, 2001 Fleet Center GROSS: ATTENDANCE: 68,139

43, 44. Philadelphia June 11-12, 2001 First Union Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 38,536

45, 46. Washington June 14-15, 2001 MCI Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 37,971

47, 48. New York June 17, 19, 2001 Madison Square Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 36,632

49, 50. East Rutherford June 21-22, 2001 Continental Airlines Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 39,282

1ST LEG OF THE ELEVATION TOUR: 50 SHOWS
GROSS: $69,910,000 ATTENDANCE: 904,829

ELEVATION 2ND LEG
51, 52. Copenhagen July 6-7, 2001 Forum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 20,000

53, 54. Stockholm July 9-10, 2001 Globe GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 30,000

55, 56. Cologne July 12-13, 2001 Arena GROSS: ? ATTTENDANCE: 36,000

57. Munich July 15, 2001 Olympiahalle GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 12,000

58, 59. Paris July 17-18, 2001 Bercy GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 32,000

60. Turin July 21, 2001 Stadio Delle Alpi GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 73,061

61, 62. Zurich July 23-24, 2001 Hallenstadion GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 20,000

63, 64. Vienna July 26-27, 2001 Stadthalle GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 24,000

65. Berlin July 29, 2001 Waldbuehne GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 22,000

66, 67, 68. Arnhem July 31, August 1, 3, 2001 Gelredome GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 107,812

69, 70. Antwerp August 5-6, 2001 Sportpaleis GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 32,000

71. Barelona August 8, 2001 Palau St. Jordi GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,000

72, 73. Manchester August 11-12, 2001 MEN Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 38,742

74, 75. Birmingham August 14-15, 2001 NEC Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 22,000

76, 77, 78, 79. London August 18-19, 21-22, 2001 Earl’s Court GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 73,742

80, 81. Dublin August 25, September 1, 2001 Slane Castle GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 157,418

82, 83. Glasgow August 27-28, 2001 SECC GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,000

2ND LEG OF THE ELEVATION TOUR: 33 SHOWS
GROSS: $33,500,000 ATTENDANCE: 736,775

ELEVATION 3RD LEG
84. South Bend October 10, 2001 Joyce Center, Univ. Of Notre Dame GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 12,000

85. Montreal October 12, 2001 Molson Centre GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 21,100

86. Hamilton October 13, 2001 Copps Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

87, 88. Chicago October 15-16, 2001 United Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 39,368

89. Baltimore October 19, 2001 Baltimore Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 13,510

90, 91, 92. New York October 24-25, 27, 2001 Madison Square Garden GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 55,155

93. East Rutherford October 28, 2001 Continental Airlines Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 19,589

94, 95. Providence October 30-31, 2001 Dunkin Donuts Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 26,575

96. Philadelphia November 2, 2001 First Union Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 19,320

97. Austin November 5, 2001 Frank Erwin Center, Univ. Of Texas GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,786

98. Denver November 7, 2001 Pepsi Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,432

99. Salt Lake City November 9, 2001 Delta Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,197

100, 101. Los Angeles November 12-13, 2001 Staples Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 33,448

102, 103. Oakland November 15-16, 2001 The Arena in Oakland GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 35,546

104. Las Vegas November 18, 2001 Thomas and Mack Center, UNLV GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,999

105. Los Angeles November 19, 2001 Staples Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,724

106. Sacramento November 20, 2001 Arco Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,893

107. Phoenix November 23, 2001 America West Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,575

108. Dallas November 25, 2001 Reunion Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,489

109. Kansas City November 27, 2001 Kemper Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

110. St. Louis November 28, 2001 Savvis Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

111. Atlanta November 30, 2001 Philips Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,535

112. Tampa December 1, 2001 Ice Palace GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,000

113. Miami December 2, 2001 American Airlines Arena GROSS: ATTENDANCE: 19,000

3RD LEG OF THE ELEVATION TOUR: 30 SHOWS
GROSS: $39,590,000 ATTENDANCE: 514,241

Combined 1st leg, 2nd leg and 3rd Leg: 113 SHOWS
GROSS: $143,000,000 ATTENDANCE: 2,155,845

And again, if somebody have the available concert grossfigures, that would be great!!
 
ELEVATION 1ST LEG
1, 2. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale March 24, 26, 2001 National Car Rental Center GROSS: $3,032,028 ATTENDANCE: 37,969

3. Charlotte March 29, 2001 Charlotte Coliseum GROSS: $1,447,355 ATTENDANCE: 19,054

4. Atlanta March 30, 2001 Philips Arena GROSS: $1,500,277 ATTENDANCE: 20,596

5. Houston April 2, 2001 Compaq Center GROSS: $1,198,589 ATTENDANCE: 14,859

6. Dallas April 3, 2001 Reunion Arena GROSS: $1,450,655 ATTENDANCE: 18,166

7. Denver April 6, 2001 Pepsi Center GROSS: $1,509,290 ATTENDANCE: 18,462

8, 9. Calgary April 9-10, 2001 Pengrowth Sadledome GROSS: $1,824,131 ATTENDANCE: 35,778

10. Tacoma April 12, 2001 Tacoma Dome GROSS: $1,671,880 ATTENDANCE: 21,807

11. Vancouver April 13, 2001 G.M. Place GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

12. Portland April 15, 2001 Rose Garden GROSS: $1,276,120 ATTENDANCE: 16,653

13. San Diego April 17, 2001 San Diego Sports Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 14,000

14, 15. San Jose April 19-20, 2001 San Jose Arena GROSS: $2,878,940 ATTENDANCE: 35,550

16, 17, 18. Anaheim April 23-24, 26, 2001 Arrowhead Pond GROSS: $4,152,640 ATTENDANCE 49,377

19. Phoenix April 28, 2001 America West Arena GROSS: $1,424,390 ATTENDANCE: 17,575

20. Minneapolis May 1, 2001 Target Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,300

21. Cleveland May 3, 2001 Gund Arena GROSS: $1,492,460 ATTENDANCE: 18,763

22. Lexington May 4, 2001 Rupp Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

23. Pittsburgh May 6, 2001 Mellon Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

24. Columbus May 7, 2001 Nationwide Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

25. Millwaukee May 9, 2001 Bradley Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,000

26. Indianapolis May 10, 2001 Consesco Fieldhouse GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

27, 28, 29, 30. Chicago May 12-13, 15-16, 2001 United Center GROSS: $6,393,525 ATTENDANCE: 78,275

31, 32. Toronto May 24-25, 2001 Air Canada Centre GROSS: $2,096,034 ATTENDANCE: 39,048

33, 34. Montreal May 27-28, 2001 Molson Centre GROSS: $2,090,423 ATTENDANCE: 42,198

35. Detroit May 30, 2001 Palace of Auburn Hills GROSS: $1,638,325 ATTENDANCE: 21,173

36. Buffalo May 31, 2001 HSBC Arena GROSS: $1,422,510 ATTENDANCE: 18,434

37. Albany June 2, 2001 Pepsi Arena GROSS: $1,215,470 ATTENDANCE: 15,515

38. Hartford June 3, 2001 Civic Center GROSS: $1,244,825 ATTENDANCE: 15,717

39, 40, 41, 42. Boston June 5-6, 8-9, 2001 Fleet Center GROSS: $5,620,260 ATTENDANCE: 68,139

43, 44. Philadelphia June 11-12, 2001 First Union Center GROSS: $3,076,345 ATTENDANCE: 38,536

45, 46. Washington June 14-15, 2001 MCI Center GROSS: $3,172,418 ATTENDANCE: 37,971

47, 48. New York June 17, 19, 2001 Madison Square Garden GROSS: $3,141,260 ATTENDANCE: 36,632

49, 50. East Rutherford June 21-22, 2001 Continental Airlines Arena GROSS: $3,205,680 ATTENDANCE: 39,282

1ST LEG OF THE ELEVATION TOUR: 50 SHOWS
GROSS: $69,910,000 ATTENDANCE: 904,829

ELEVATION 2ND LEG
51, 52. Copenhagen July 6-7, 2001 Forum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 20,000

53, 54. Stockholm July 9-10, 2001 Globe GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 30,000

55, 56. Cologne July 12-13, 2001 Arena GROSS: ? ATTTENDANCE: 36,000

57. Munich July 15, 2001 Olympiahalle GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 12,000

58, 59. Paris July 17-18, 2001 Bercy GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 32,000

60. Turin July 21, 2001 Stadio Delle Alpi GROSS: $2,616,225 ATTENDANCE: 73,061

61, 62. Zurich July 23-24, 2001 Hallenstadion GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 20,000

63, 64. Vienna July 26-27, 2001 Stadthalle GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 24,000

65. Berlin July 29, 2001 Waldbuehne GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 22,000

66, 67, 68. Arnhem July 31, August 1, 3, 2001 Gelredome GROSS: $4,015,276 ATTENDANCE: 107,812

69, 70. Antwerp August 5-6, 2001 Sportpaleis GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 32,000

71. Barelona August 8, 2001 Palau St. Jordi GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,000

72, 73. Manchester August 11-12, 2001 MEN Arena GROSS: $2,073,724 ATTENDANCE: 38,742

74, 75. Birmingham August 14-15, 2001 NEC Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 22,000

76, 77, 78, 79. London August 18-19, 21-22, 2001 Earl’s Court GROSS: $4,475,265 ATTENDANCE: 73,742

80, 81. Dublin August 25, September 1, 2001 Slane Castle GROSS: $6,683,996 ATTENDANCE: 157,418

82, 83. Glasgow August 27-28, 2001 SECC GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 18,000

2ND LEG OF THE ELEVATION TOUR: 33 SHOWS
GROSS: $33,500,000 ATTENDANCE: 736,775

ELEVATION 3RD LEG
84. South Bend October 10, 2001 Joyce Center, Univ. Of Notre Dame GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 12,000

85. Montreal October 12, 2001 Molson Centre GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 21,100

86. Hamilton October 13, 2001 Copps Coliseum GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

87, 88. Chicago October 15-16, 2001 United Center GROSS: $3,206,600 ATTENDANCE: 39,368

89. Baltimore October 19, 2001 Baltimore Arena GROSS: $1,131,610 ATTENDANCE: 13,510

90, 91, 92. New York October 24-25, 27, 2001 Madison Square Garden GROSS: $4,706,370 ATTENDANCE: 55,155

93. East Rutherford October 28, 2001 Continental Airlines Arena GROSS: $1,596,735 ATTENDANCE: 19,589

94, 95. Providence October 30-31, 2001 Dunkin Donuts Center GROSS: $2,269,218 ATTENDANCE: 26,575

96. Philadelphia November 2, 2001 First Union Center GROSS: $1,541,360 ATTENDANCE: 19,320

97. Austin November 5, 2001 Frank Erwin Center, Univ. Of Texas GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,786

98. Denver November 7, 2001 Pepsi Center GROSS: $1,505,225 ATTENDANCE: 18,432

99. Salt Lake City November 9, 2001 Delta Center GROSS: $1,347,245 ATTENDANCE: 17,197

100, 101. Los Angeles November 12-13, 2001 Staples Center GROSS: $2,987,433 ATTENDANCE: 33,448

102, 103. Oakland November 15-16, 2001 The Arena in Oakland GROSS: $2,920,335 ATTENDANCE: 35,546

104. Las Vegas November 18, 2001 Thomas and Mack Center, UNLV GROSS: $1,497,148 ATTENDANCE: 17,999

105. Los Angeles November 19, 2001 Staples Center GROSS: $1,493,716 ATTENDANCE: 16,724

106. Sacramento November 20, 2001 Arco Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,893

107. Phoenix November 23, 2001 America West Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,575

108. Dallas November 25, 2001 Reunion Arena GROSS: $1,417,350 ATTENDANCE: 17,489

109. Kansas City November 27, 2001 Kemper Arena GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 15,000

110. St. Louis November 28, 2001 Savvis Center GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 17,000

111. Atlanta November 30, 2001 Philips Arena GROSS: $1,504,925 ATTENDANCE: 18,535

112. Tampa December 1, 2001 Ice Palace GROSS: ? ATTENDANCE: 16,000

113. Miami December 2, 2001 American Airlines Arena GROSS: ATTENDANCE: 19,000

3RD LEG OF THE ELEVATION TOUR: 30 SHOWS
GROSS: $39,590,000 ATTENDANCE: 514,241

Combined 1st leg, 2nd leg and 3rd Leg: 113 SHOWS
GROSS: $143,000,000 ATTENDANCE: 2,155,845
 
STING2 said:
Only a small number of the tickets, about 5,000 per show, were at the 37.50 price. The vast majority of tickets were at the 52.50 price and the average ticket price was still a little over $50 dollars and in the Spring of 1997, this was the highest average ticket priced charged for a STADIUM TOUR in history. The Bee Gees may have charged $100 dollars for some of their tickets, but the Bee Gees were not playing 60,000 seat stadiums, at least not in the United States. They were playing 10,000-15,000 seat arena's. As the venue gets smaller, the number of tickets available gets smaller as well, which increases demand and increases the price of those tickets.

Its true that in 1994, the Eagles had some high priced tickets, but the average was not $100 dollars and most shows were in Arena's rather than stadiums. Pink Floyd also had some ticket prices in the $70 dollar and $80 dollar range, but the average ticket price for Pink Floyd's 1994 Division Bell Stadium tour was $34 dollars, well below the average for POPMART. The Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour average ticket price was just slightly below what U2 charged on POPMART.

The average ticket price in the concert industry regardless of venue was still in the 30 dollar back in 1997. While there were certainly some tickets priced at $100 dollars or more for some artist playing theaters or arena's back in 1997, NO one in the industry had ever had an average ticket price as high as U2's for a stadium tour ever. That of course changed in August of 1997 when the Stones launched their Bridges To Babylon tour, but in the Spring of 1997, U2's average ticket price was the highest anyone had ever seen for concerts in stadiums.


U2's crew is included in the cost of the tour. POPMART cost 214,000 dollars every day that the tour was on the road. Paying the staff, crew, props, transportation, venues, promoter, is all apart of the daily cost. The POPMART tour GROSSED $171 million dollars. Michael Cohl payed the band $100 million dollars, and still had plenty of money to pay for the cost of the tour. Bono, Edge, Adam, Larry, and Paul each walked away with 20 plus million dollars from that tour, their biggest pay day ever thanks to the business deals made a couple of years earlier which included Michael Cohl taking control of the entire tour as well as all the risk, and paying the band a nice sum of money, just as he had been doing with the Stones earlier.

U2 still works with Michael Cohl's promotion company TNA, because its simply the best deal out there. The deals with Michael Cohl over the past 10 years have helped to probably more than double the wealth of the band from just the money made from touring.

Just an aside to the above:

What were the prices for The Rolling Stones 1997 US Stadium tour? This tour would have been in the planning stages by Cohl around the same time as Popmart

The Jackson 5 US stadium tour of 1984 had ticket prices of $30-40(I have a ticket stub with $40). It was astronomical for the time where the average was in the $15 range. How much did inflation change in 13 years?

The Beatles for their 64-66 stadium shows had prices in the $5-6 range. How much did inflation change in 30+ years? I'm thinking it's would be in the $60 range for a 30 minute show with barely any PA and simple staging over 2nd base.

Evis was $3 tickets for stadium shows in 1957.

Was Popmart really the highest ticket price for a stadium show in history?

u2fp
 
U2FanPeter said:


Just an aside to the above:

What were the prices for The Rolling Stones 1997 US Stadium tour? This tour would have been in the planning stages by Cohl around the same time as Popmart

The Jackson 5 US stadium tour of 1984 had ticket prices of $30-40(I have a ticket stub with $40). It was astronomical for the time where the average was in the $15 range. How much did inflation change in 13 years?

The Beatles for their 64-66 stadium shows had prices in the $5-6 range. How much did inflation change in 30+ years? I'm thinking it's would be in the $60 range for a 30 minute show with barely any PA and simple staging over 2nd base.

Evis was $3 tickets for stadium shows in 1957.



Was Popmart really the highest ticket price for a stadium show in history?

u2fp

The Stones tour did not start until August 1997, and was in the planning stages while U2 were on tour. The initial basic ticket price for their stadiums shows was $60 dollars, with a few sections at the back at $39.50.

The Jacksons stadium tour usually just had one ticket price of $30 dollars. If you have a $40 dollar ticket, that is very rare. What show was that?

What cost $30 US dollars in 1984 would cost $47.12 in 1997. What cost $6 dollars in 1966 would cost $29.83 in 1997. Tickets for the 1965 Shea stadium show were $4 dollars I believe, plus it took two weeks to sell 55,000 tickets. Having a music concert in a sports stadium was considered unusual back then, plus the market was much smaller back then as well.

I don't think Elvis played any stadiums back in the 1950s or 1960s. He did play arena's and maybe some stadiums back in the 1970s, and charged ticket prices of $10 US dollars and $15 US dollars in 1977 in Arena's.

I believe the Beatles were the first artist to use sports arena's and stadiums for concerts.


When the POPMART tour went on sale in February 1997, it had the highest average ticket price for a stadium tour in history. They priced it just a couple dollars above the previous high which had been the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge tour in 1994. Adjusted for inflation, the Voodoo Lounge tour would still be slightly higher. Although, my figure did not consider inflation, even considering that, in February 1997, only the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge tour had a higher ticket price for stadiums, and only a few dollars higher.
 
Jacksons VICTORY TOUR 1984

1,2,3. Kansas City, Mo. : July 6-8, 1984 : Arrowhead Stadium : GROSS $4,050,000(record) : ATTENDANCE 135,000(record) : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

4,5,6. Irving, Tex. : July 13-15, 1984 : Texas Stadium : GROSS $3,564,090 : ATTENDANCE 118,803 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

7,8,9. Jacksonville, Fla. : July 21-23, 1984 : Gator Bowl : GROSS $4,050,000(record) : ATTENDANCE 135,000(record) : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

10,11,12. East Rutherford, N.J. : July 29-31, 1984 : Giants Stadium : GROSS $4,523,940 : ATTENDANCE 150,798 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

13,14. New York City, NY. : August 4-5, 1984 : Madison Square Garden : GROSS $960,000 : ATTENDANCE 32,000 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

15,16,17. Knoxville, TN : August 10-12, 1984 : Neyland Stadium : GROSS $4,452,210(record) : ATTENDANCE 148,407(record) : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

18,19,20. Pontiac, Mich. : August 17-19, 1984 : Silverdome : GROSS $4,350,030 : ATTENDANCE 145,000 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

21,22. Buffalo, NY : August 25-26, 1984 : Rich Stadium : GROSS $2,820,000 : ATTENDANCE 94,000 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

23,24. Philadelphia, PA : September 1-2, 1984 : JFK Stadium : GROSS $4,350,000 : ATTENDANCE 145,000 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

25,26. Denver, CO. : September 7-8, 1984 : Mile High Stadium : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS ?

27,28. Montreal, Canada : September 16-17, 1984 : Olympic Park Stadium : GROSS $2,640,000 : ATTENDANCE 110,000 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

29,30. Washington, D.C. : September 21-22, 1984 : RFK Stadium : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS ?

31,32. Philadelphia, PA : September 28-29, 1984 : JFK Stadium : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS ?

33,34,35. Toronto, Canada : October 5-7, 1984 : Canadian National Exhibition Stadium : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS ?

36,37,38. Chicago, IL. : October 12-14, 1984 : Comiskey Park : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS ?

39,40. Cleveland, Ohio : October 19-20, 1984 : Municipal Stadium : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS ?

41,42. Atlanta, GA : October 26-27, 1984 : Fulton County Stadium : GROSS $1,960,000 : ATTENDANCE 70,000 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

43,44. Miami, FL : November 2-3, 1984 : Orange Bowl : GROSS $3,382,064 : ATTENDANCE 120,788 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

45,46. Houston, TX : November 9-10, 1984 : Astrodome : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS ?

47,48,49. Vancouver, Canada : November 16-18, 1984 : B.C. Place : GROSS $2,896,800 : ATTENDANCE 96,560 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 0

50,51,52. Los Angeles, CA : Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 1984 : Dodger Stadium : GROSS $4,200,000 : ATTENDANCE 150,000 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

53,54,55. Los Angeles, CA : December 7-9, 1984 : Dodger Stadium : GROSS ? : ATTENDANCE ? : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS ?





Of the 35 shows for which statistics were provided for, here are the following combined totals for those Victory Tour shows:

35 Victory Tour Shows with statistics
GROSS: $48,199,134
ATTENDANCE: 1,651,356
Average GROSS per show: $1,377,118
Average ATTENDANCE per show: 47,182

The Reported but not exact totals for the entire 55 date tour are an attendance of 2.5 million and a gross of $75 million
 
I pulled out a handful of Vancouver ticket stubs. Price excludes S/C

David Bowie 8/9/83 BC Place $20
Van Halen(Roth) 5/1/84 Coliseum $13.50
The Jacksons 11/18/84 BC Place $40
Van Halen(Hagar) 10/23/86 BC Place $23
David Bowie 8/15/87 BC Place $29.50
U2 Joshua Tree 11/12/87 BC Place $24.50
Pink Floyd 10/12/87 BC Place $24.75
The Who 8/19/89 BC Place $29.75
Rolling Stones 11/2/89 BC Place $32.50
David Bowie 5/20/90 BC Place $32.50
U2 ZOOTV 4/23/92 Coliseum $29
U2 ZOOTV 11/3/92 BC Place $34.50
Peter Gabriel 7/16/93 Coliseum $47.50
Guns N' Roses 3/30/93 BC Place $32.50
Pink Floyd 6/94 BC Place $37.50
Rolling Stones 12/18/94 BC Place $50
3 Tenors 12/31/96 BC Place $50-$2,000
U2 POPMART 12/9/97 BC Place $55
Rolling Stones 11/25/06 BC Place $176

BC Place = Covered Stadium
Pacific Coliseum = Arena

To me the Jacksons and Peter Gabriel look unnaturally high.

Did the 3 Tenors ticket price affect Popmart? They did about a dozen US Stadium concerts circa 94-97 with stupid high ticket prices.

u2fp
 
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I understand that prices for Bridges to Babylon tour were higher than Popmart. That´s the reason why the former grossed more money despite Popmart having a higher attendance.
Of course, I´m talking about USA here.

STING2 said:


The Stones tour did not start until August 1997, and was in the planning stages while U2 were on tour. The initial basic ticket price for their stadiums shows was $60 dollars, with a few sections at the back at $39.50.

The Jacksons stadium tour usually just had one ticket price of $30 dollars. If you have a $40 dollar ticket, that is very rare. What show was that?

What cost $30 US dollars in 1984 would cost $47.12 in 1997. What cost $6 dollars in 1966 would cost $29.83 in 1997. Tickets for the 1965 Shea stadium show were $4 dollars I believe, plus it took two weeks to sell 55,000 tickets. Having a music concert in a sports stadium was considered unusual back then, plus the market was much smaller back then as well.

I don't think Elvis played any stadiums back in the 1950s or 1960s. He did play arena's and maybe some stadiums back in the 1970s, and charged ticket prices of $10 US dollars and $15 US dollars in 1977 in Arena's.

I believe the Beatles were the first artist to use sports arena's and stadiums for concerts.


When the POPMART tour went on sale in February 1997, it had the highest average ticket price for a stadium tour in history. They priced it just a couple dollars above the previous high which had been the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge tour in 1994. Adjusted for inflation, the Voodoo Lounge tour would still be slightly higher. Although, my figure did not consider inflation, even considering that, in February 1997, only the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge tour had a higher ticket price for stadiums, and only a few dollars higher.
 
U2FanPeter said:
I pulled out a handful of Vancouver ticket stubs. Price excludes S/C

David Bowie 8/9/83 BC Place $20
Van Halen(Roth) 5/1/84 Coliseum $13.50
The Jacksons 11/18/84 BC Place $40
Van Halen(Hagar) 10/23/86 BC Place $23
David Bowie 8/15/87 BC Place $29.50
U2 Joshua Tree 11/12/87 BC Place $24.50
Pink Floyd 10/12/87 BC Place $24.75
The Who 8/19/89 BC Place $29.75
Rolling Stones 11/2/89 BC Place $32.50
David Bowie 5/20/90 BC Place $32.50
U2 ZOOTV 4/23/92 Coliseum $29
U2 ZOOTV 11/3/92 BC Place $34.50
Peter Gabriel 7/16/93 Coliseum $47.50
Guns N' Roses 3/30/93 BC Place $32.50
Pink Floyd 6/94 BC Place $37.50
Rolling Stones 12/18/94 BC Place $50
3 Tenors 12/31/96 BC Place $50-$2,000
U2 POPMART 12/9/97 BC Place $55
Rolling Stones 11/25/06 BC Place $176

BC Place = Covered Stadium
Pacific Coliseum = Arena

To me the Jacksons and Peter Gabriel look unnaturally high.

Did the 3 Tenors ticket price affect Popmart? They did about a dozen US Stadium concerts circa 94-97 with stupid high ticket prices.

u2fp

Your realize though that your ticket prices are in CANADIAN dollars and not in US dollars. U2 had a lower ticket price for their shows in Canada on the POPMART tour than they did for US shows. 40 dollars Canadian was roughly the same as 30 US dollars in 1984. The concert gross I gave above for Vancouver, the Jackson VICTORY tour, is in US dollars.

All concert grosses posted by Amusement Business are given in US dollars.
 
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