POPMART TOUR AUSTRALIA:
86. Perth February 17, 1998 Burswood Dome GROSS: $1,273,178 ATTENDANCE: 13,775
87. Melbourne February 21, 1998 Waverly Park GROSS: $1,366,510 ATTENDANCE: 23,810
88. Brisbane February 25, 1998 ANZ Stadium GROSS: $1,019,744 ATTENDANCE: 17,567
89. Sydney February 28, 1998 Football Ground GROSS: $2,236,123 ATTENDANCE: 37,976
POPMART TOUR AUSTRALIA TOTALS:
GROSS: $5,895,555
ATTENDANCE: 93,128
AVERAGE GROSS PER SHOW: $1,473,888
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER SHOW: 23,282
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE: $63.30
SHOWS: 4
SELLOUTS: 2
VERTIGO TOUR AUSTRALIA:
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
VERTIGO TOUR AUSTRALIA TOTALS:
GROSS: $39,040,546
ATTENDANCE: 443,937
AVERAGE GROSS PER SHOW: $5,577,220
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE PER SHOW: 63,419
AVERAGE TICKET PRICE: $87.94
SHOWS: 7
SELLOUTS: 7
The difference between the figures for these two tours in Australia is unbelievably large. Whats more, all 7 stadium shows soldout either in minutes or hours of going on sale, except perhaps the third Sydney show. While POPMART Sydney soldout the first day, it appears it took several hours to sell just 37,000 tickets, compared to the first two Vertigo Sydney shows which sold out as fast as the system could handle orders.
U2 probably could have added a few more shows on Vertigo Australia based on this level of demand, while its clear that U2 had definitely met the demand on POPMART Australia given the fact that half the shows did not sellout.