prbiker15
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If they release the numbers in the next two weeks, I'll be pleased. I'm sure Moscow and Istanbul attendance were above 40,000. In fact, I think Moscow was ~62,000 - according to U2.com, and Istanbul ~50,000.
This was the lowest number of shows reported since 2003, the lowest worldwide gross reported since 2005, but only the lowest attendance since 2008. If there is a silver lining, this may be it: Fans still went to see shows-and things could have been much worse.
There is a big caveat to all these Boxscore numbers, and it has everything to do with Live Nation, the world's largest promoter.
In June, Live Nation Entertainment opted to stop reporting box-office data to Billboard Boxscore. While we received a substantial number of reports on Live Nation shows from other sources, including agents, managers and venues, the impact of the world's largest promoter not reporting the bulk of its shows clearly can be seen.
In fact, it's surprising this didn't have a bigger impact, considering that Live Nation reported 46% fewer shows than in 2009.
On this weeks Billboard Boxscore, Live Nation reported over 30 shows from the band RUSH consisting of boxscores dating all the way back to June 2010 through October 2010. These shows started two months earlier than U2's this year so if Live Nation are reporting concerts this late than perhaps we will still see U2's boxscores from Europe!
Anyone want to guess what the numbers have been for the Australian shows?
Apparently nearly 115,000 tickets have been sold for Perth (which given the size of the city, is VERY VERY good). I would say Brisbane had a total of about 90,000, Melbourne about the same as Perth, and Sydney somewhere around 140,000.
photos show a lot of lower bowl seats unsold (empty in blocks behind equipment) as well as blacked out seats in the upper levels, even for the first show.How did Sydney go from 215,000 in 2006 to 140,000 in 2010?
3 shows vs 2 shows accounts for about 25,000 of tickets given staging configurations.
Bon Jovi are a joke band
No one takes them seriously at all
You can see how desperate they are for critical acclaim
They are not in the same league as U2 at all
For a start, all their tunes are pretty shit
Sydney
140,000 seems too low. The seating capacity of the stadium is 83,000 and there's a huge field. Assuming 25,000 of the tickets were GA tickets, that would mean that 50,000 seated tickets have been sold, which means 40% of the stadium would have been empty. Pictures show empty and covered parts but that's not 40% of the seating capacity. I think 160,000 is more realistic.
Could someone be so nice and repost the attendance estimations for individual shows in Europe 2010 (sources were various media - newspapers or u2.com)... I know it was posted somewhere on the old 360 topic that is closed now, but I couldn't find them...
The more I think about it, the more I'm blown away by the 120,000 number in Perth. Does anyone even come close?
MJ did 3 nights at burswood on HIStory 14 years ago. ACDC did 2 nights outdoors(90,000?), but don't know the numbers. Pink did 70,000 at Burswood. Dire Straights did close to 60,000 in 1985 at the Entertainment center.
According to Pollstar u2 came in 3rd place this year behind Bon Jovi and AC/DC with a gross of $160.9 million to 32 concerts for 2010. If this is true, then that means they only grossed $29.4 million (which I don't buy at all) with their Aus/NZ concerts because Billboard reported they made $131.5 million from their 22 shows in Europe. I wish Live Nation would release their numbers down under so we can see what the true numbers are.
Bon Jovi and AC/DC Top Concert Draws in 2010 - ABC News