U2 360 Boxscore Discussion

[Maoilbheannacht]

Madonna
August 8-9, 2009
Goteborg, Sweden
Ullevi Stadion
GROSS: $14,595,910
ATTENDANCE: 119,709
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $121.93

U2
July 31, Aug 1, 2009
Goteborg, Sweden
Ullevi Stadium
GROSS: $11,047,995
ATTENDANCE: 119,297
SHOWS : 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $92.61



Ok, what I want to know is how Madonna was able to get a higher attendance than U2 in Gothenburg when her stage set up is NOT 360 and U2 set up is 360?

By the way, Madonna has only played one show in Sweden, back in 1990, prior to these two shows.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

And although Madonna does not pull in the same attendance figures as U2, she still charges a lot more per ticket, so I think that still puts her in the same league.

Again, I was looking specifically at GROSS and ATTENDANCE. When it comes to GROSS(money made), U2 outgrosses Madonna on average by 71% so far on the tour. With attendance, the difference is U2 up by 84%.

 

[genesis199125]

sigh...ok, fine i guess you're the expert. ,

and to answer your question...i guess Madonna fully sold all the allotted tickets for both of her shows, whereas U2 did not. U2 probably had a higher attendance for Gothenburg 1, compared to Madonna's Gothenburg 1, probably.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

Two more interesting results released this week, the first is AC/DC highest attendance and gross ever for single show in the United States in their career. The second is Coldplay first North American stadium show.

12 AC/DC, The Answer, Anvil Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, N.J.
July 31, 2009
$3,266,661
46,673 /
53,567
1 /
0
$92.50, $20
Live Nation

13 Coldplay, Elbow, Kitty Daisy & Lewis Rogers Centre
Toronto, Ontario
July 30, 2009
$3,249,466
45,116 /
45,116
1 /
1
$91.70, $36.40
Live Nation


Its also surprising to see AC/DC struggle to get to 12,000 in attendance in a city like Chicago.

29 AC/DC, The Answer United Center
Chicago, Ill.
Aug. 14, 2009
$1,163,053
12,995 /
14,381
1 /
0
$89.50
Jam Productions


For the GIANT STADIUM show, AC/DC reduced their ticket prices to as low as $20 dollars.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

sigh...ok, fine i guess you're the expert. ,

and to answer your question...i guess Madonna fully sold all the allotted tickets for both of her shows, whereas U2 did not. U2 probably had a higher attendance for Gothenburg 1, compared to Madonna's Gothenburg 1, probably.

Both Madonna's shows and U2 shows completely soldout within 2 hours of going on sale. In fact U2's Swedish shows are one of the top 5 fastest sellouts of the tour at this point.

It appears from the shape of the stadium that there are not many seats on either end of the field. The stands slope down at the ends, so while going 360 does add seats to the capacity, the addition is not nearly as much as in other venues. Still, even counting for that, it is strange to see Madonna come out ahead in attendance when she was not able to use seats behind the stage like U2.

 

[CosmoKramer]

Two more interesting results released this week, the first is AC/DC highest attendance and gross ever for single show in the United States in their career. The second is Coldplay first North American stadium show.

12 AC/DC, The Answer, Anvil Giants Stadium
East Rutherford, N.J.
July 31, 2009
$3,266,661
46,673 /
53,567
1 /
0
$92.50, $20
Live Nation

13 Coldplay, Elbow, Kitty Daisy & Lewis Rogers Centre
Toronto, Ontario
July 30, 2009
$3,249,466
45,116 /
45,116
1 /
1
$91.70, $36.40
Live Nation


Its also surprising to see AC/DC struggle to get to 12,000 in attendance in a city like Chicago.

29 AC/DC, The Answer United Center
Chicago, Ill.
Aug. 14, 2009
$1,163,053
12,995 /
14,381
1 /
0
$89.50
Jam Productions

For the GIANT STADIUM show, AC/DC reduced their ticket prices to as low as $20 dollars.

Its odd that ACDC struggled to sellout a 14k arena in a major city. I know there are some "people" who feel they have saturated the market already and that is why they didnt sell out but if U2 come back to Chicago next year.....they will sell out another stadium show.

 

[genesis199125]

hmm...yes i guess that is strange......well, i guess since Madonna hasn't visited in nearly 20 years, demand was so high that they fit people into every little nook and cranny possible in that stadium.

 

[genesis199125]

Both Madonna's shows and U2 shows completely soldout within 2 hours of going on sale. In fact U2's Swedish shows are one of the top 5 fastest sellouts of the tour at this point.

It appears from the shape of the stadium that there are not many seats on either end of the field. The stands slope down at the ends, so while going 360 does add seats to the capacity, the addition is not nearly as much as in other venues. Still, even counting for that, it is strange to see Madonna come out ahead in attendance when she was not able to use seats behind the stage like U2.

hmm...well that is strange.....i guess since Madonna hasn't visited Sweden in nearly 20 years, the promoters managed to fill every nook and cranny of that stadium with a ticketbuyer.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

Its odd that ACDC struggled to sellout a 14k arena in a major city. I know there are some "people" who feel they have saturated the market already and that is why they didnt sell out but if U2 come back to Chicago next year.....they will sell out another stadium show.

Plus, AC/DC only played two arena shows last year on this tour in Chicago, both of them without selling seats behind the stage, so at most 15,000 per show.

I think this definitely shows that AC/DC after all this time is still not fit for stadiums in the United States. The Boston show which was not reported also struggled to sell tickets.

A certain person also stated that AC/DC would be playing Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. Obviously after the sales of their Boston and New York City stadium shows, thats definitely out of the question. In fact, I just checked and AC/DC is booked for the American Airlines Arena in Dallas in November.

 

[genesis199125]

Plus, AC/DC only played two arena shows last year on this tour in Chicago, both of them without selling seats behind the stage, so at most 15,000 per show.

I think this definitely shows that AC/DC after all this time is still not fit for stadiums in the United States. The Boston show which was not reported also struggled to sell tickets.

A certain person also stated that AC/DC would be playing Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. Obviously after the sales of their Boston and New York City stadium shows, thats definitely out of the question. In fact, I just checked and AC/DC is booked for the American Airlines Arena in Dallas in November.

Yes, it was reported by Jerry Jones himself that they were in negotiations to book AC/DC, but yeah i guess after somewhat lackluster ticket sales, they decided against it.

 

[hedge]

coldplay are doing stadiums in the US...??

 

[powerhour24]

No, they've been doing arenas and large outdoor pavilions.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

coldplay are doing stadiums in the US...??

They just played a Stadium show in Toronto Canada. Its their first stadium show in North America. But Canada tends to have different taste when it comes to certain artist than the United States. AC/DC is booked almost exclusively in stadiums in Canada, while they can't manage to even sellout two stadium shows in the Boston and New York City, the largest markets in the United States.

 

[tumblingdice54]

AC/DC ticket sales in Canada

AC/DC sold 80,000 tickets for their outdoor show in Moncton, New Brunswick and 55,000 for their show at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. They are extremely popular in Canada. Course, so are U2. That's why both shows at Rogers Centre in Sept are sold out - 48,000 apiece.

 

[ramblin rose]

Latest Boxscores:

1. Cardiff 8/22
$7,041,576
66,538 / 66,538
1 / 1
$247.57, $49.51

2. Glasgow 8/18
$5,290,103
50,917 / 50,917
1 / 1
$248.67, $91.18

3. Sheffield 8/20
$5,147,896
49,955 / 49,955
1 / 1
$247.48, $49.50

 

[robbrecon72]

new boxscores!

New boxscores this week for u2

Cardiff
$7,041,576
66,538/66,538
1/1
$247.57/$49.51

Glasgow
$5,290,103
50,917/50,917
1/1
$248.67/$91.18

Sheffield
$5,147,896
49,955/49,955
1/1
$247.48/$49.50

 

[waynetravis]

Sheffield
49,955

Sweet! And I was one of them

 

[robbrecon72]

Total number of shows-24
Number of sellouts-24
Total gross-$188,344,444
Average gross per show-$7,847,685.17
Average ticket price-$107.1
Total Attendance-1,759,222
Average Attendance-73,301

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

U2 360 TOUR

1ST LEG EUROPE



June 30, July 2, 2009
Barcelona, Spain
Camp Nou
GROSS: $19,825,497 (RECORD)
ATTENDANCE: 182,055 (RECORD)
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $108.90

July 7-8, 2009
Milan, Italy
Stadio San Siro
GROSS: $15,168,799 (RECORD)
ATTENDANCE: 153,806 (RECORD)
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $98.62

July 11-12, 2009
Paris, France
Stade De France
GROSS: $20,902,760 (RECORD)
ATTENDANCE: 186,544 (RECORD)
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $112.05

July 15, 2009
Nice, France
Stade Charles Erhmann, Nice
GROSS: $6,261,208
ATTENDANCE: 55,641
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS :1
Average Ticket Price: $112.53

July 18, 2009
Berlin, Germany
Olympic Stadium
GROSS: $9,169,830
ATTENDANCE: 88,265
SHOWS :1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $103.89

July 20-21, 2009
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Arena
GROSS: $12,583,998
ATTENDANCE: 125,866
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $99.98

July 24-25, 27, 2009
Dublin, Ireland
Croke Park
GROSS: $28,815,352 (RECORD)
ATTENDANCE: 243,198
SHOWS: 3
SELLOUTS: 3
Average Ticket Price: $118.49

July 31 - August 1, 2009
Goteborg, Sweden
Ullevi Stadion
GROSS: $11,047,995
ATTENDANCE: 119,297
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $92.61

August 3, 2009
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Veltins-Arena
GROSS: $7,292,826
ATTENDANCE: 73,704
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $98.95

August 6, 2009
Chorzow, Poland
Slaski Stadium
GROSS: $6,414,960
ATTENDANCE: 75,180
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $85.33

August 9-10, 2009
Zagreb, Croatia
Maksimir Stadium
GROSS: $12,700,784 (RECORD)
ATTENDANCE: 124,012 (RECORD)
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $102.42

August 14-15, 2009
London, United Kingdom
Wembley Stadium
GROSS: $20,680,860
ATTENDANCE: 164,244
SHOWS: 2
SELLOUTS: 2
Average Ticket Price: $125.92

August 18, 2009
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Hampden Park
GROSS: $5,290,103
ATTENDANCE: 50,917
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $103.90

August 20, 2009
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Don Valley Stadium
GROSS: $5,147,896
ATTENDANCE: 49,955
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $103.05

August 22, 2009
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Millennium Stadium
GROSS: $7,041,576
ATTENDANCE: 66,538
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $105.83

U2 360 TOUR: 1ST LEG EUROPE STATS

GROSS: $188,344,444
ATTENDANCE: 1,759,222
Average Gross: $7,847,685
Average Attendance: 73,301
Average Ticket Price: $107.06
Shows: 24
Sellouts: 24

Huge numbers for the first 24 shows of the tour!

 

[Native_Son]

New boxscores this week for u2

Cardiff
$7,041,576
66,538/66,538
1/1
$247.57/$49.51

Glasgow
$5,290,103
50,917/50,917
1/1
$248.67/$91.18

Sheffield
$5,147,896
49,955/49,955
1/1
$247.48/$49.50

how can cardiff be a sellout? was reported that capacity would be 70k,

there was about 63,000 there for the vertigo show back in 2005, and that was with one side empty seats.

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Well to be honest, i really didnt see many empty spaces during cardiff, there was a patch or 2, but they ended up full during the show, from what i seen anyway.

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Plus that end of the stadium probably only holds around 7k.

 

[thelaj]

I can believe Cardiff was a sellout, because the GA section was absolutely PACKED with people who had chosen to stand instead of sit (GA can choose lower level seats OR standing).

London 2 on the other hand - that was never a sellout, other than the "official" sense.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

how can cardiff be a sellout? was reported that capacity would be 70k,

there was about 63,000 there for the vertigo show back in 2005, and that was with one side empty seats.

The record attendance for a show at the Stadium was by Take That at 64,000. So U2 now holds the record attendance for the stadium with over 66,500 in attendance.

 

[Maoilbheannacht]

One big surprise so far is that U2 360 failed to surpass U2 Vertigo Tour in Scotland in terms of both attendance and gross:

U2 360 TOUR
August 18, 2009
Glasgow, Scotland
Hampden Park
GROSS: $5,290,103
ATTENDANCE: 50,917
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $103.90

U2 VERTIGO TOUR
June 21, 2005
Glasgow, Scotland
Hampden Park
GROSS: $5,819,053
ATTENDANCE: 53,395
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $108.98


Its also surprising to see U2 360 UK TOUR barely beat U2 VERTIGO UK TOUR:

U2 360 TOUR UK GROSS: $38,160435
U2 VERTIGO TOUR UK GROSS: $37,022,276

But, U2 360 should return for at least one show in the UK in the summer of 2010.

 

[genesis199125]

Have the boxscores for Madonna's shows last week in Munich and Budapest been released? I wanted to know, especially for Munich, for comparison to U2.

 

[ramblin rose]

They're not on this week's update.

 

[The_acrobat]

One big surprise so far is that U2 360 failed to surpass U2 Vertigo Tour in Scotland in terms of both attendance and gross:

U2 360 TOUR
August 18, 2009
Glasgow, Scotland
Hampden Park
GROSS: $5,290,103
ATTENDANCE: 50,917
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $103.90

U2 VERTIGO TOUR
June 21, 2005
Glasgow, Scotland
Hampden Park
GROSS: $5,819,053
ATTENDANCE: 53,395
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $108.98


Its also surprising to see U2 360 UK TOUR barely beat U2 VERTIGO UK TOUR:

U2 360 TOUR UK GROSS: $38,160435
U2 VERTIGO TOUR UK GROSS: $37,022,276

But, U2 360 should return for at least one show in the UK in the summer of 2010.[/QUOTE)

wow.... was Glasgow empty looking? I really can't believe that. Oh well... a successful European tour in the books.

 

[KUEFC09U2]

Glasgow didnt look too empty from the pics, HOWEVER it was on the same night as the Celtic v Arsenal match

 

[u2search]

I can believe Cardiff was a sellout, because the GA section was absolutely PACKED with people who had chosen to stand instead of sit (GA can choose lower level seats OR standing).

London 2 on the other hand - that was never a sellout, other than the "official" sense.

It was, unless they chose to not sell tickets anymore to us.