U2Man said:
i believe that the stones are still bigger than u2 in markets such as germany, scandinavia and england.
Think again.
LONDON
U2
June 18-19, 2005 : Twickenham Stadium : GROSS $13,677,410 : ATTENDANCE 110,796 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 2
The Rolling Stones
Aug. 20, 22, 2006 : Twickenham Stadium : GROSS $13,526,368 : ATTENDANCE 100,540 : SHOWS 2 : SELLOUTS 0
As close to being the Stones hometown as any other major city in England, but the Stones still are beaten handily in London by U2. Higher Gross, higher attendance, plus one of the fastest sellouts in the history of the venue for U2. The Stones shows here were on sale for 6 months, and tickets in the low price ranges were still available the day of the show.
CARDIFF
U2
June 29, 2005 : Millennium Stadium : GROSS $6,406,073 : ATTENDANCE 63,677 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1
The Rolling Stones
Aug. 29, 2006 : Millennium Stadium : GROSS $5,534,100 : ATTENDANCE 48,988 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 0
U2 outgross the Stones in another city in the Stones own country the UK. The Stones struggle for months to get across the 50,000 mark, but are simply unable to with tickets still available at all price levels day of show.
GLASGOW
U2
June 21, 2005 : Hampden Park : GROSS $5,819,053 : ATTENDANCE 53,395 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1
The Rolling Stones
Aug. 25, 2006 : Hampden Park : GROSS $4,022,000 : ATTENDANCE 31,495 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 0
The Stones get beat in yet another city in their own country by U2
BERLIN
U2
July 7, 2005 : Olympiastadion : GROSS $4,725,530 : ATTENDANCE 70,443 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1
The Rolling Stones
July 21, 2006 : Olympiastadion : GROSS $3,997,912 : ATTENDANCE 44,989 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 0
The Stones get thumped in both attendance and gross in the capital of the country which had previously been perhaps their strongest market outside the United States!
MUNICH
The Rolling Stones
July 16, 2006 : Olympiastadion : GROSS $5,770,265 : ATTENDANCE 53,501 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 0
U2
August 3, 2005 : Olympiastadion : GROSS $5,343,379 : ATTENDANCE 77,435 : SHOWS 1 : SELLOUTS 1
The Stones achieve a slightly higher GROSS than U2 in Munich, but the U2 show soldout in only a few hours leaving plenty of fans in the area without tickets. In contrast, the Stones show is on sell for months, and barely makes it across the 50,000 mark. Its another city that is perhaps underplayed by U2, and one in which the Stones exaust all available demand. U2's rapid sellout and comparable gross really make this a city where U2 is the stronger concert drawer.
In Scandinavia, the Stones only played one stadium show that did not sellout and one small arena show. U2 by contrast did 3 soldout stadium shows!