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by Jonathan » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:49 pm
But they weren't the biggest concert draw last year04wayne wrote:There is absolutely no denying that U2 are the biggest concert draw in the world right now - bigger than the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Celine Dion, Tina Turner, Lady Gaga & every other major, frontline touring act.
BUT they deserve it, love U2!
by Wayne » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:52 pm
by spooky » Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:06 pm
by Mulvanaghty » Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:58 pm
by cato » Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:52 am
U2 open the next leg of their massive 360° Tour this Sunday, Feb, 13, with what may be the biggest audience of the band's 30-year career.
The band's manager Paul McGuinness of Dublin-based Principal Management said Friday that with the release of a few more hundred seats at FNB Stadium in Soweto, the first U2 South African show since PopMart landed here in 1998, looks set to break through the 100,000 mark. This would end the band's biggest attendance record to date when 95,600 people filled Pasadena's Rose Bowl in Oct. 2009. It would also match the 100,000 people former South African President Nelson Mandela drew to the stadium on February 13th in 1990 for his first public appearance in Johannesburg after his release from 27 years in prison by the apartheid regime.
by spooky » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:27 pm
by Jonathan » Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:33 pm
That's because they have massive media support, critics love them and they tour less than Bon Jovi.04wayne wrote:That's just because of how the dates fell - U2 on one tour will gross four times Bon Jovi's total gross
Simple as, end of.
by spooky » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:42 pm
U2 360° Tour (2009-2011) will gross MORE than Lost Highway, The Circle, Bon Jovi Live 2011 (2008 – 2011) COMBINED.jkkdark wrote:That's because they have massive media support, critics love them and they tour less than Bon Jovi.04wayne wrote:That's just because of how the dates fell - U2 on one tour will gross four times Bon Jovi's total gross
Simple as, end of.
by ShaneO » Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:22 pm
by ShaneO » Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:32 pm
Here is that $775 million number I was talking about. Keep in mind that the $775 is pure estimate and guess work at best.Moggio wrote:Like I've said before, around $775 million...and with NO openers. Not far-fetched at all, considering that it looks like Roger Waters will be grossing a couple hundred million dollars from the 106 shows scheduled on his 2010-2011 The Wall Live tour...Mulvanaghty wrote:So how much do you believe Pink Floyd would gross today on a 100 date "360" world tour?
by Mulvanaghty » Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:12 pm
by Alex2006 » Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:10 am
Do you have year end box office for 2006?spooky wrote:I just found U2 gross figures from Europe 2010!
http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts ... office.pdf
And a few Rolling Stones fogures from 2007
http://www.pollstarpro.com/SpecialFeatu ... office.pdf
by Mulvanaghty » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:46 am
by Alex2006 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:29 am
"only" 2 shows soldout (a lot of tickets sill available for the third show at the Stade de France)Mulvanaghty wrote:Just discovered that the "Black Eyed Peas" are booked and have apparently filled up 3 stadium shows at the big Stade De France in Paris for June of this year. The last time they were in France they played some arena shows, but there was nothing that suggested they were ready to fill or sellout one of the worlds biggest stadiums in Paris not just once, but three times.
Of course, they have the stadium configured in the standard 270 set up, so max capacity is 80,000 for the show. Field tickets are 50 Euro, seating is 89, 78, and 67 Euro. At current exchange rates that suggest an average ticket price of $100 dollars which is similar to U2.
I saw they did some stadiums in Central and South America on the last tour, but this really took me by surprise. So far these are the only shows they have booked for this year at this time.
by john2000 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:33 am
by spooky » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:14 pm
by Wayne » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:17 pm
by spooky » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:56 pm
by john2000 » Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:31 pm
by spooky » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:49 pm
Well, that was a fast onespooky wrote:To get back to topic: 98,000 or 100,000 (some differing media reports) people in attendance in Johannesburg. Does anyone have an idea of what this concert might have grossed?
I guess we'll see South African and South American boxscores in July when Pollstar publish their Mid Year rankings. I wonder if we'll ever see individual Australian/NZ boxscores, since apparently it was too early for Live Nation to report them to Pollstar for the 2010 year end rankings in December. I'm sure Pollstar won't inlcude them in this year's Mid Year or Year End rankings. But they will be included in Billboards Year End Top Tour rankings, so I guess we will at least be able to calculate the totals of the Ausralian/NZ Leg.
If we won't get any individual boxscores at all, we will still be able to at least get to the totals of each leg by subtraction. We can rely on the tour being included in:
Pollstar Mid Year Top Worldwide Tours (South Africa + South America)
Pollstar Year End Top Worldwide Tours (all 2011)
Pollstar Year End Top North American Tours (North American Leg)
Billboard Year End Top Worldwide Tours (Australia/NZ + all 2011)
Billboard Year End Top North American Tours (North American Leg)
by Mulvanaghty » Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:54 pm
Attendance is a little lower than predicted. I heard estimates of up to 110,000. U2's Rose Bowl show is still out in front on this tour. Great to see their putting up the individual boxscores quickly again.spooky wrote:Well, that was a fast onespooky wrote:To get back to topic: 98,000 or 100,000 (some differing media reports) people in attendance in Johannesburg. Does anyone have an idea of what this concert might have grossed?
I guess we'll see South African and South American boxscores in July when Pollstar publish their Mid Year rankings. I wonder if we'll ever see individual Australian/NZ boxscores, since apparently it was too early for Live Nation to report them to Pollstar for the 2010 year end rankings in December. I'm sure Pollstar won't inlcude them in this year's Mid Year or Year End rankings. But they will be included in Billboards Year End Top Tour rankings, so I guess we will at least be able to calculate the totals of the Ausralian/NZ Leg.
If we won't get any individual boxscores at all, we will still be able to at least get to the totals of each leg by subtraction. We can rely on the tour being included in:
Pollstar Mid Year Top Worldwide Tours (South Africa + South America)
Pollstar Year End Top Worldwide Tours (all 2011)
Pollstar Year End Top North American Tours (North American Leg)
Billboard Year End Top Worldwide Tours (Australia/NZ + all 2011)
Billboard Year End Top North American Tours (North American Leg)
#1
U2
Soccer City Stadium
Johanessburg South Africa
Feb 13, 2011
Gross-$9,433,051
Attendence-94,232/94,232
Sellouts-1/1
