The following is somewhat hypothetical, since I reckon the News.com.au exaggerates the significance of the Bon Jovi and especially The Eagles tours on potential U2 sales:
If tickets were to go on sale very soon, I'm not sure it's going to make a difference whether the gigs are held in December or early 2011. Market saturation for concerts isn't so much created by having a number held in the same month; rather, it's how close their respective ticket sales are.
Three tours could be in completely different times of the year, but if they go on sale close to each other, the third tour will suffer (as far as the casual market goes) because people will have already bought tickets to the two earlier tours and won't have as much disposable cash to spend on ANOTHER gig. By contrast, you could have three major tours in the same month, but if they all went on sale at vastly different times, the market isn't half as saturated because people have had time to earn more disposable cash between each sale.
If U2 come down here in early 2011, it does allow them to delay the ticket sales just that much more, allowing more disposable cash to accumulate in the casual market after the recent sales for other bands. And when you're playing big fucking stadiums, that's important. As long as they get in before people put down too much money for summer festivals, they're good.
(Personally? I just don't want the tour to be during summer. March/April would be most desirable from my perspective.)
If tickets were to go on sale very soon, I'm not sure it's going to make a difference whether the gigs are held in December or early 2011. Market saturation for concerts isn't so much created by having a number held in the same month; rather, it's how close their respective ticket sales are.
Three tours could be in completely different times of the year, but if they go on sale close to each other, the third tour will suffer (as far as the casual market goes) because people will have already bought tickets to the two earlier tours and won't have as much disposable cash to spend on ANOTHER gig. By contrast, you could have three major tours in the same month, but if they all went on sale at vastly different times, the market isn't half as saturated because people have had time to earn more disposable cash between each sale.
If U2 come down here in early 2011, it does allow them to delay the ticket sales just that much more, allowing more disposable cash to accumulate in the casual market after the recent sales for other bands. And when you're playing big fucking stadiums, that's important. As long as they get in before people put down too much money for summer festivals, they're good.
(Personally? I just don't want the tour to be during summer. March/April would be most desirable from my perspective.)
... don't we all wish it was August already.
November or December is much more betterer for me. Ill have to see what I can do about Feb. Ill start plotting now...
