I have a greater and more intimate knowledge of many other artists' touring history than Madonna's touring history. But if you MUST know what Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour would've done if there wasn't a Confessions tour and if massive strategic scheduling was in place, ala the 360 tour, then it would've had a ticket sales gross of $500-$600 million. Also, if Madonna doesn't tour in 2011 or 2012 and if strategic scheduling occurred on a massive scale, then a potential 2013 tour with 110 dates would have a ticket sales gross of closer to $1 Billion.
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1. Well, at least we have you on the record. Remember, Live Nation is not going to do anything that would undercut Madonna's maximum gross figure for a tour in 2013, so there is really no need to bring up the scheduling issue.
2. $500 million to $600 million is certainly less than what U2 is doing on the 360 tour which. Both Sticky And Sweet and the U2 360 tour overlap with the year 2009, so both are on essentially the same time scale.
3. A 1 Billion gross over 110 shows would be an average gross per show of $9 million dollars. For a 360 stadium show, that would mean an average ticket price of about $140 dollars. For a 270 stadium show, that would mean an average ticket price of $165 dollars. For a 360 arena show, that would mean an average ticket price of
$486.50. For a 270 arena show, that would mean an average ticket price of
$580.64.
4. In terms of looking at Madonna's ability to potentially gross $9 million per show in 2013, lets take a look at Madonna shows that have actually achieved that gross before.
We find that there have only been 4 shows in Madonna's career where she has grossed $9 million or more at a single show. Yet, MOGGIO is predicting that without another tour before 2013, Madonna will do this 110 times in a row starting in 2013.
Here are the four shows that Madonna has achieved this level of gross:
1. Military Airfield Zurich 70,314 / 70,314 (100%) $11,093,631
This was the first time Madonna had ever played in Switzerland no doubt inflating the gross and attendance.
2. Wembley Stadium London 73,349 / 73,349 (100%) $11,796,540
3. Olympic Stadium Athens 75,637 / 75,637 (100%) $9,030,440
Again, the first time Madonna has ever played in Greece.
4. West Harbour Helsinki 85,354 / 85,354 (100%) $12,148,455
Again, the first time Madonna has ever played in Finland.
An interesting point to be made is the first time Madonna EVER played WALES.
First time: Millennium Stadium Cardiff 55,795 / 55,795 (100%) $7,788,845
Second Time: Millennium Stadium Cardiff 33,460 / 33,460 (100%) $5,279,107
Now its true the shows were only two years apart, but the first show was Madonna's first ever in Wales. This is over a 40% drop off in attendance. If Madonna had waited 4 years instead of two, it appears there would would have been no increase over the 2006 show given the deep drop experienced after two years. This could be a strong indicator of Madonna's grossing ability in the dozens of markets she has rarely played.
My prediction for a Madonna 110 date tour starting in 2013 without any shows for the rest of 2011 and 2012 is $600 million maximum. She is not at U2's level on the 360 tour on Sticky And Sweet, and she still won't be in 2013. Her gross could well be lower than $600 million as Madonna for to long now has reaped the benefits of rarely touring dozens of markets around the world. As these markets around the world are played, the excitement of seeing Madonna for the first time will naturally decline or stagnate with the 2nd or 3rd shows in these areas.
Those eleven markets would've added nearly $100 million to her Sticky & Sweet tour total, which is not even including strategically scheduling them (or very little at most). So, that's HARDLY considered "slightly." 
