Total Attendence and Gross figures for Vertigo Tour!

[STING2]

For those of you who don't get over to the "Peeling Off those Dollar Bills Forum" here are the complete business statistics on the entire Vertigo tour that are now complete with the release of the figures for the Japanese and Hawaiin shows. The VERTIGO TOUR 2005-2006 GROSSED $389,047,636 from the attendance of 4,615,035 at 131 soldout shows around the world!




1ST LEG of VERTIGO WORLD TOUR: NORTH AMERICA

1, 2. San Diego, California : March 28, 30, 2005 : ipayOne Center at the Sports Arena : GROSS $2,909,029 : ATTENDANCE 29,140 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

3, 4. Anaheim, California : April 1-2, 2005 : Arrowhead Pond : GROSS $3,454,198 : ATTENDANCE 33,535 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

5, 6. Los Angeles, California : April 5-6, 2005 : Staples Center : GROSS $3,673,850 : ATTENDANCE 34,527 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

7, 8. San Jose, California : April 9-10, 2005 : HP Pavillion : GROSS $3,357,098 : ATTENDANCE 36,140 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

9, 10. Glendale, Arizona : April 14-15, 2005 : Glendale Arena : GROSS $3,198,861 : ATTENDANCE 34,905 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

11, 12. Denver Colorado : April 20-21, 2005 : Pepsi Center : GROSS $3,509,741 : ATTENDANCE 36,714 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

13, 14. Seattle, Washington : April 24-25, 2005 : Key Arena : GROSS $3,105,574 : ATTENDANCE 30,251 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

15, 16. Vancouver, British Columbia : April 28-29, 2005 : General Motors Place : GROSS $3,020,466 : ATTENDANCE 37,031 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

17, 18, 19, 20. Chicago, Illinois : May 7-12, 2005 : United Center : GROSS $7,541,679 : ATTENDANCE 77,173 : SHOWS 4 : SELLOUTS 4

21, 25. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : May 14-22, 2005 : Wachovia Center : GROSS $3,767,178 : ATTENDANCE 39,273 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

22, 23. East Rutherford, New Jersey : May 17-18, 2005 : Continental Airlines Arena : GROSS $3,838,066 : ATTENDANCE 40,347 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

24. New York, New York : May 21, 2005 : Madison Square Garden : GROSS $1,907,086 : ATTENDANCE 18,415 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

26, 27, 28. Boston, Mass. : May 24, 26, 28, 2005 : FleetCenter : GROSS $5,071,565 : ATTENDANCE 51,658 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

1ST LEG of VERTIGO WORLD TOUR TOTALS

GROSS: $48,354,391
ATTENDANCE: 499,109
AVERAGE GROSS PER SHOW: $1,726,942.5
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER SHOW: 17,825
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE: $96.88
SHOWS: 28
SELLOUTS: 28



2ND LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR: EUROPE

29. Brussels, Belgium : June 10, 2005 : Koning Boudewijn Stadion : GROSS $4,864,554 : ATTENDANCE 60,499 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

30. Gelsenkirchen, Germany : June 12, 2005 : Arena AufSchalke : GROSS $4,203,947 : ATTENDANCE 59,120 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

31, 32. Manchester, England : June 14-15, 2005 : City Of Manchester Stadium : GROSS $11,119,740 : ATTENDANCE 107,671 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

33, 34. London, England : June 18-19, 2005 : Twickenham Stadium : GROSS $13,677,410 : ATTENDANCE 110,796 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

35. Glasgow, Scotland : June 21, 2005 : Hampden Park : GROSS $5,819,053 : ATTENDANCE 53,395 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

36, 37, 38. Dublin, Ireland : June 24-25, 27, 2005 : Croke Park : GROSS $21,163,695 : ATTENDANCE 246,743 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

39. Cardiff, Wales : June 29, 2005 : Millennium Stadium : GROSS $6,406,073 : ATTENDANCE 63,677 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

40. Vienna, Austria : July 2, 2005 : Ernst Happel Stadion : GROSS $4,200,416 : ATTENDANCE 55,645 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

41. Chorzow, Poland : July 5, 2005 : Stadion Slaski : GROSS $3,127,416 : ATTENDANCE 64,711 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

42. Berlin, Germany : July 7, 2005 : Olympiastadion : GROSS $4,725,530 : ATTENDANCE 70,443 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

43, 44. Paris, France : July 9-10, 2005 : Stade De France : GROSS $11,822,645 : ATTENDANCE 160,349 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

45, 46, 47. Amsterdam, The Netherlands : July 13, 15-16, 2005 : Amsterdam Arena : GROSS $13,022,200 : ATTENDANCE 165,516 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

48. Zurich, Switzerland : July 18, 2005 : Stadion Letzigrund : GROSS $3,574,993 : ATTENDANCE 44,260 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

49, 50. Milan, Italy : July 20-21, 2005 : Stadio San Siro : GROSS $7,565,264 : ATTENDANCE 137,427 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

51. Rome, Italy : July 23, 2005 : Stadio Olimpico : GROSS $4,010,779 : ATTENDANCE 67,002 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

52. Oslo, Norway : July 27, 2005 : Valle Hovin : GROSS $3,765,136 : ATTENDANCE 40,000 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

53. Goteborg, Sweden : July 29, 2005 : Ullevi Stadion : GROSS $4,081,864 : ATTENDANCE 58,478 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

54. Copenhagen, Denmark : July 31, 2005 : Parken Stadion : GROSS $3,650,294 : ATTENDANCE 50,000 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

55. Munich, Germany : August 3, 2005 : Olympiastadion : GROSS $5,343,379 : ATTENDANCE 77,435 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

56. Nice, France : August 5, 2005 : Parc des Sports Charles-Ehrmann : GROSS $3,548,702 : ATTENDANCE 51,900 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

57. Barcelona, Spain : August 7, 2005 : Camp Nou : GROSS $5,130,437 : ATTENDANCE 81,269 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

58. San Sebastian, Spain : August 9, 2005 : Estadio de Anoeta : GROSS $2,936,571 : ATTENDANCE 43,720 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

59. Madrid, Spain : August 11, 2005 : Estadio Vicente Calderon : GROSS $3,679,354 : ATTENDANCE 57,040 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

60. Lisbon, Portugal : August 14, 2005 : Estadio Jose Alvalade : GROSS $4,492,762 : ATTENDANCE 55,362 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1





2ND LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR TOTALS

GROSS: $155,932,214
ATTENDANCE: 1,982,458
AVERAGE GROSS PER SHOW: $4,872,882
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER SHOW: 61,952
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE: $78.66
SHOWS: 32
SELLOUTS: 32







3RD LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR: NORTH AMERICA


61, 62, 63, 64. Toronto, Ontario : Sept. 12, 14, 16-17, 2005 : Air Canada Centre : GROSS $7,624,870 : ATTENDANCE 82,572 : SHOWS 4 : SELLOUTS 4

65, 66. Chicago, Illinois : Sept. 20-21, 2005 : United Center : GROSS $3,795,583 : ATTENDANCE 38,815 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

67. Minneapolis, Minn. : Sept. 23, 2005 : Target Center : GROSS $1,823,883 : ATTENDANCE 19,328 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

68. Milwaukee, Wis. : Sept. 25, 2005 : Bradley Center : GROSS $1,782,895 : ATTENDANCE 19,336 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

69, 70. Boston, Mass. : October 3-4, 2005 : TD Banknorth Garden : GROSS $3,381,429 : ATTENDANCE 34,488 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

71, 72, 73, 74, 75. New York, N.Y. : Oct. 7-8, 10-11, 14, 2005 : Madison Square Garden : GROSS $9,658,009 : ATTENDANCE 93,275 : SHOWS 5 : SELLOUTS 5

76, 77. Philadelphia, PA : Oct. 16-17, 2005 : Wachovia Center : GROSS $3,773,053 : ATTENDANCE 39,305 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

78, 79. Washington, D.C. : Oct. 19-20, 2005 : MCI Center : GROSS $3,902,569 : ATTENDANCE 38,181 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

80. Pittsburgh, PA : Oct. 22, 2005 : Melon Arena : GROSS $1,636,798 : ATTENDANCE 16,899 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

81, 82. Auburn Hills, Mich. : Oct. 24-25, 2005 : Palace of Auburn Hills : GROSS $3,951,103 : ATTENDANCE 41,379 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

83. Houston, TX : Oct. 28, 2005 : Toyota Center : GROSS $1,652,699 : ATTENDANCE 17,002 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

84. Dallas, TX : Oct. 29, 2005 : American Airlines Center : GROSS $1,689,471 : ATTENDANCE 17,988 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

85, 86. Los Angeles, Calif. : Nov. 1-2, 2005 : Staples Center : GROSS $3,656,978 : ATTENDANCE 34,291 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

87, 88. Las Vegas, Nev. : Nov. 4-5, 2005 : MGM Grand Garden : GROSS $3,864,843 : ATTENDANCE 31,863 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

89, 90. Oakland, Calif. : Nov. 8-9, 2005 : Oakland Arena : GROSS $3,638,620 : ATTENDANCE 36,340 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

91, 92. Miami, Fla. : Nov. 13-14, 2005 : American Airlines Arena : GROSS $3,589,942 : ATTENDANCE 37,354 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

93. Tampa, Fla. : Nov. 16, 2005 : St. Pete Times Forum : GROSS $1,825,243 : ATTENDANCE 19,354 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

94, 95. Atlanta, Ga. : Nov. 18-19, 2005 : Philips Arena : GROSS $3,500,572 : ATTENDANCE 36,334 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

96, 97. New York, N.Y. : Nov. 21-22, 2005 : Madison Square Garden : GROSS $3,859,828 : ATTENDANCE 37,314 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

98. Ottawa : Nov. 25, 2005 : Corel Centre : GROSS $1,486,710 : ATTENDANCE 18,647 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

99, 100. Montreal, Quebec : Nov. 26, 28, 2005 : Bell Centre : GROSS $3,575,491 : ATTENDANCE 43,294 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

101, 102. Boston, Mass. : Dec. 4-5, 2005 : TD Banknorth Garden : GROSS $3,400,861 : ATTENDANCE 34,583 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

103. Hartford, Conn. : Dec. 7, 2005 : Hartford Civic Center : GROSS $1,542,471 : ATTENDANCE 16,165 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

104. Buffalo, N.Y. : Dec. 9, 2005 : HSBC Arena : GROSS $1,711,094 : ATTENDANCE 18,826 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

105. Cleveland, Ohio : Dec. 10, 2005 : Quicken Loans Arena : GROSS $1,791,497 : ATTENDANCE 19,765 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

106. Charlotte, N.C. : Dec. 12, 2005 : Charlotte Bobcats Arena : GROSS $1,672,440 : ATTENDANCE 17,804 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

107. St. Louis, Mo. : Dec. 14, 2005 : Savvis Center : GROSS $1,839,020 : ATTENDANCE 19,923 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

108. Omaha, Nebraska : Dec. 15, 2005 : Qwest Center : GROSS $1,500,834 : ATTENDANCE 16,134 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

109. Salt Lake City, Utah : Dec. 17, 2005 : Delta Center : GROSS $1,709,317 : ATTENDANCE 18,197 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

110. Portland, Ore. : Dec. 19, 2005 : Rose Garden : GROSS $1,670,879 : ATTENDANCE 18,233 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1






3RD LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR TOTALS TO DATE

GROSS: $90,509,002
ATTENDANCE: 932,989
AVERAGE GROSS PER SHOW: $1,810,180
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER SHOW: 18,659
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE: $97.01
SHOWS: 50
SELLOUTS: 50






4TH LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR: MEXICO, BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, CHILE


111. Monterrey, Mexico : February 12, 2006 : Estadio Tecnologico : GROSS $4,504,026 : ATTENDANCE 50,347 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

112, 113. Mexico City, Mexico : February 15-16, 2006 : Estadio Azteca : GROSS $10,257,284 : ATTENDANCE 141,278 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

114, 115. Sao Paulo, Brazil : February 20-21, 2006 : Estadio do Morumbi : GROSS $11,682,557 : ATTENDANCE 149,700 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

116. Santiago, Chile : February 26, 2006 : Estadio Nacional : GROSS $5,000,589 : ATTENDANCE 77,345 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

117, 118. Buenos Aires, Argentina : March 1-2, 2006 : River Plate Stadium : GROSS $6,966,821 : ATTENDANCE 150,424 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2





4TH LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR TOTALS TO DATE

GROSS: $38,411,277
ATTENDANCE: 569,094
AVERAGE GROSS PER SHOW: $4,801,409
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER SHOW: 71,137
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE: $67.50
SHOWS: 8
SELLOUTS: 8










5TH LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, JAPAN, HAWAII


119. Brisbane, Australia : November 7, 2006 : QSAC Stadium : GROSS $4,254,140 : ATTENDANCE 50,094 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

120, 121, 122. Sydney, Australia : November 10-11, 13, 2006 : Telstra Stadium : GROSS $18,538,724 : ATTENDANCE 206,568 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

123. Adelaide, Australia : November 16, 2006 : AAMI Stadium : GROSS $5,058,962 : ATTENDANCE 60,000 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

124, 125. Melbourne, Australia : November 18-19, 2006 : Telstra Dome : GROSS $11,188,720 : ATTENDANCE 127,275 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

126, 127. Auckland, New Zealand : November 24-25, 2006 : Ericsson Stadium : GROSS $6,216,819 : ATTENDANCE 84,475 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2

128, 129, 130. Saitama, Japan : November 29-30, December 4, 2006 : Saitama Super Arena : GROSS $6,096,855 : ATTENDANCE 57,158 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

131. Honolulu, Hawaii : December 9, 2006 : Aloha Stadium : GROSS $4,486,532 : ATTENDANCE 45,815 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1






5TH LEG OF VERTIGO WORLD TOUR TOTALS TO DATE


GROSS: $55,840,752
ATTENDANCE: 631,385
AVERAGE GROSS PER SHOW: $4,295,442
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER SHOW: 48,568
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE: $88.44
SHOWS: 13
SELLOUTS: 13












Combined 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th LEG VERTIGO TOUR TOTALS TO DATE

GROSS: $389,047,636
ATTENDANCE: 4,615,035
SHOWS: 131
SELLOUTS: 131

 

[vaz02]

Cheers for this mate , your always so helpful.

 

[The_acrobat]

now THAT is impressive!

So the Japan shows must have been under 20,000 in attendance all 3 nights? I didn't realize they were that small.

 

[ouizy]

Per your values I get an average tour ticket price of $85.80.

For that I think the band should be ashamed of themselves.

I understand charging what the market would bear, but that value for a concert ticket is very high.

 

[STING2]

Per your values I get an average tour ticket price of $85.80.

For that I think the band should be ashamed of themselves.

I understand charging what the market would bear, but that value for a concert ticket is very high.

The band always tries to charge what the market value is. Given that nearly every show soldout within minutes or hours of going on sale, it appears the band charged less than their market value. In addition, the band gave up about $400,000 dollars per show in the USA, by keeping the 2,000 floor tickets in each arena at only $49.50. It made getting those tickets for general fans more difficult as scalpers poured in to grab the tickets and make some of the $400,000 dollar amount that U2 decided not to make in an attempt to be nice to the fans.

 

[STING2]

now THAT is impressive!

So the Japan shows must have been under 20,000 in attendance all 3 nights? I didn't realize they were that small.

Here is a little bit on that arena they played there as well as a picture:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saitama_Super_Arena


Capacity for concerts is a bit less because many seats get blocked by the large stadium stage which they apparently were able to bring indoors.

 

[Chizip]

Per your values I get an average tour ticket price of $85.80.

For that I think the band should be ashamed of themselves.

I understand charging what the market would bear, but that value for a concert ticket is very high.

at least they kept tour merchandise prices low

 

[Chizip]

GROSS: $389,047,636
ATTENDANCE: 4,615,035
SHOWS: 131
SELLOUTS: 131

i didnt think hawaii was sold out, and especially not the last sydney show.

 

[Axver]

Re: Re: Total Attendence and Gross figures for Vertigo Tour!

i didnt think hawaii was sold out, and especially not the last sydney show.

Every seat at Telstra Stadium wasn't sold. I saw that with my own eyes - probably about 10,000 empty. I think attendance was likely around the 60,000-65,000 mark.

However, it appears that every seat that was actually put on sale was sold.

I guess the same applied to Hawaii.

 

[STING2]

Re: Re: Total Attendence and Gross figures for Vertigo Tour!

i didnt think hawaii was sold out, and especially not the last sydney show.

Every ticket put on sale was sold, and the figure for Hawaii is now the GROSS record for that stadium. It may also be the attendance record for a single night show. Most people at the Hawaii show said it looked soldout. The Stones played two shows there back in 1995 and had a combined attendance of a little over 54,000 for the two shows. A combined total of 60,000 tickets was put on sale for those two Stones shows.

 

[STING2]

Re: Re: Re: Total Attendence and Gross figures for Vertigo Tour!

Every seat at Telstra Stadium wasn't sold. I saw that with my own eyes - probably about 10,000 empty. I think attendance was likely around the 60,000-65,000 mark.

However, it appears that every seat that was actually put on sale was sold.

I guess the same applied to Hawaii.

That is correct.

The single Stones show there was listed as soldout with 58,000 tickets sold. They had seats on the field though, and may not of used some seats in the stands. Sellouts refer to the tickets that were put on sale, not the maximum potential capacity of the venue.

 

[Pop Artist]

So to take the analysis further, the single highest grossing shows of the tour were in Dublin, with London and Sydney not far behind. For arenas it appears the single highest grossing show was in Auburn Hills, judging by average take per show, although it could be NYC or DC, one of those shows could have had a higher take (although being sold out they are probably all pretty even).

 

[Vox02]

Dublin was the highest single attendance of the tour, with 82,000 tickets sold for each concert.

Barcelona was the 4th single attendance (81,000), behind the 3 Dublin shows


Vox

 

[STING2]

So to take the analysis further, the single highest grossing shows of the tour were in Dublin, with London and Sydney not far behind. For arenas it appears the single highest grossing show was in Auburn Hills, judging by average take per show, although it could be NYC or DC, one of those shows could have had a higher take (although being sold out they are probably all pretty even).

I think thats right. In terms of combined gross for all shows played in one Market, New York City is at #2 with a little over 19 million dollars, just behind Dublin at 21 million dollars.

 

[timothius]

Re: Re: Re: Total Attendence and Gross figures for Vertigo Tour!

Every seat at Telstra Stadium wasn't sold. I saw that with my own eyes - probably about 10,000 empty. I think attendance was likely around the 60,000-65,000 mark.

However, it appears that every seat that was actually put on sale was sold.

I guess the same applied to Hawaii.

People say this, but I pulled up seats available in every section apart from GA and the cheap seats after 5pm on the night of the concert. Whats strange about this was for the Monday concerts you couldn't actually pick up your tickets from the venue on the day, you had to do so from the City box office outlet - which I'm fairly sure close at 5pm. Which means there were plenty of tickets on sale - which no one could actually use on the night. Besides, it makes no sense to have not sold the particular sections they did.

No matter how you spin it I can't see how Sydney III was a sell out.

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Total Attendence and Gross figures for Vertigo Tour!

which I'm fairly sure close at 5pm

No matter how you spin it I can't see how Sydney III was a sell out.

On the day of the show they kept city (and some suburban) outlets open till 8pm. They were announcing it on the radio "Quick! Quick! Last opportunity to see U2!!"

What they do is open, say, another thousand tickets for sale, watch them sell out, then open another thousand etc and keep doing this, rather than dumping, say, 10,000 tickets in one hit. They could claim that on that Monday they only had 10,000 tickets on sale, and sold all 10,000. This ignores the 15,000 empty seats, "but they weren't on sale anyway". It's a trick, but it does in a sense make it technicaly a sell out. Of course if demand was higher, those 15,000 tickets would have gone on sale.

Sydney III will now forever be remembered as a sell out, despite the fact that everyone who was there damn well knows it wasn't.

 

[Pop Artist]

Dublin was the highest single attendance of the tour, with 82,000 tickets sold for each concert.

Barcelona was the 4th single attendance (81,000), behind the 3 Dublin shows


Vox

And for arenas, it appears that Montreal would have the highest attendance for a single show (x2), followed by Auburn Hills and Toronto.

 

[U2girl]

Sting2, where does that put Vertigo tour in terms of attendance? Behind Zoo TV but more than Popmart?

And if I read this right, this tour had the biggest amount of shows played not counting Zoo TV - 131.

 

[Galeongirl]

This is pretty impressive!

 

[U2FanPeter]

now THAT is impressive!

So the Japan shows must have been under 20,000 in attendance all 3 nights? I didn't realize they were that small.

I thought The Stones did 30,000 in one night in the stadium set-up? The venue website said they can do 37,000 in a fully seated basketball set-up and 30,000 in the stadium concert set-up.

It also begs the question why they didn't do two 30,000(60k total) shows at Saitama rather than three 20,000(57k total) shows.

Have there been any reports of visible unsold seats in japan?

u2fp

 

[Vox02]

Sting2, where does that put Vertigo tour in terms of attendance? Behind Zoo TV but more than Popmart?

And if I read this right, this tour had the biggest amount of shows played not counting Zoo TV - 131.

Yes,

ZooTV: 5,4 million tickets (without any concert in Southamerica)

Vertigo Tour: 4,6 million tickets (with concerts in Southamerica)

PopMart: 3,9 million tickets (with concerts in Southamerica wich represents 450,000 tickets sold)


Vox

 

[STING2]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Total Attendence and Gross figures for Vertigo Tour!

People say this, but I pulled up seats available in every section apart from GA and the cheap seats after 5pm on the night of the concert. Whats strange about this was for the Monday concerts you couldn't actually pick up your tickets from the venue on the day, you had to do so from the City box office outlet - which I'm fairly sure close at 5pm. Which means there were plenty of tickets on sale - which no one could actually use on the night. Besides, it makes no sense to have not sold the particular sections they did.

No matter how you spin it I can't see how Sydney III was a sell out.

The industry meaning of "sellout" is all tickets that were put on sale were sold. It does not mean the full capacity of the venue was used. The Stones only had 58,000 tickets sold for their concert at the same venue and it was soldout, because every ticket put on sale was sold. The promoters will carefully release tickets in batches based on the corresponding daily sales level, in order to insure that a sellout under these terms is achieved. It does not always happen, but usually it does especially if the artist is very popular.

Amusement Business certifies the results. This is the way the industry has done it since at least 1977.

 

[STING2]

Sting2, where does that put Vertigo tour in terms of attendance? Behind Zoo TV but more than Popmart?

And if I read this right, this tour had the biggest amount of shows played not counting Zoo TV - 131.

ZOO TV had roughly 5.4 milion in attendance from 157 shows. Vertigo had 4.6 million from 131 shows. POPMART 3.9 million from 93 stadium shows. Joshua Tree/Love Town had almost 4 million from 157 shows.

The important thing is, nearly all of the vertigo shows completely soldout the full capacities of the venues being played, typcially within minutes or hours of going on sale. ZOO TV did not sellout 25% of its stadium shows, and other shows took more time to fully sellout, sometimes weeks or months.

Worldwide, demand to see U2 live on the Vertigo tour is the highest it has ever been for U2. In addition to the rapid sellouts for nearly every show, just look at the staggering GROSS figure. A $389 million gross compared to roughly $160 million for ZOO TV, $171 million for POPMART, $143 million for Elevation, $80 million for Joshua Tree/Love Town etc.

 

[STING2]

I thought The Stones did 30,000 in one night in the stadium set-up? The venue website said they can do 37,000 in a fully seated basketball set-up and 30,000 in the stadium concert set-up.

It also begs the question why they didn't do two 30,000(60k total) shows at Saitama rather than three 20,000(57k total) shows.

Have there been any reports of visible unsold seats in japan?

u2fp

The Stones had attendance of 16,800 which is less than what U2 did each night in the venue. I don't know about the max capacity for the venue, but I think nearly half the seats might get blocked by the use of the large stage. Again, it depends on what type of stage is used as well as how the lighting is set up.

Here are the boxscore results for U2 and the Rolling Stones in Saitama Super Arena in 2006.

U2
Saitama, Japan : November 29-30, December 4, 2006 : Saitama Super Arena : GROSS $6,096,855 : ATTENDANCE 57,158 : SHOWS 3 : SELLOUTS 3

The Rolling Stones
Saitama, Japan : April 2, 2006 : Saitama Super Arena : GROSS $2,811,378 : ATTENDANCE 16,800 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1

 

[U2FanPeter]

The Saitama venue website has two endzone concert setups:

A)Arena concert setup(nothing behind the stage): 16,000
B)Stadium concert setup(nothing behind the stage): 30,000


The u2 Boxscore have 3 sellouts at about 19k each.

Did the Stones use their "arena" or "stadium" staging?

 

[Chizip]

so basically the are able to manipulate things to make it technically seem like a sell out in order to boost their ego

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

so the band played to half a million more people in europe than they did in the US/Canda...

man... europe got screwwwwwwed

 

[schnumi]

So U2 what will we do next tour?

Right give europe more shows please. What about 2 legs in europe and 1 big one in the US?

 

[adrball]

I'll never believe a quoted "SELL OUT" to be a true sell out until they start staying CAPACITY FULL or something similar.

If I hadn't gone back to check ticketek on a regular basis I would never got tickets for a few of the Oz shows through the kosher method. Why do they want to say a show is sold out and prevent someone buying a ticket when they probably know more are to be released later.

For the record...Sydney 3 was fucking amazing despite the fact that a few more thousand could have been squeezed in.

 

[markoajda]

GROSS: $389,047,636

Holly fucking shit. Now what will they do with that money?

Hey, give some to Africa.