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Which headlining shows were packed/close to sold out in 2006?

We already know that the following shows were sold out:

NYC Hammerstein (4)
Hammersmith Apollo
Stockholm
Oslo
Helsinki (2)
Glasgow
Birmingham
Wembley Arena (2)
The Warfield (2)
Las Vegas (night 1)
MSG
Quebec
Halifax
Calgary
Los Angeles (night 1)



I know that the 2nd Vegas show was very close to sold out, and so was night 2 in LA.  Also, Chicago was close to being sold out as well.  What are your impressions of the other shows?

Pretty good overall wouldn't you say?

The Las Vegas Review Journal here reported both shows at the Joint to be sold out in their reviews

manchester, uk show. i'd say 95% full, around 20,000 people. the MEN arena is the biggest indoor arena in europe, with similar capacity to madison square garden.

the audience were fantastic, axl said "you guys are awesome" twice during the show

budapest show was sold out.
no tickets left+a rumor, that they oversold it.

minneapolis was near sell out and the band loved it there.

I think taht was Donginton cause it was so hard for axl at the begin and finally near to the end of the show the crowd were yelling GUNS N ROSES!!

Yea I am biased but including the set list it was one of the better shows

the garden was the best...its the worlds most famous arena baby!!

Huntington was the most succesful show in my opinion because I was there!!!! but Id say there were lot of tickets still available

Zurich was close to sold out. More than 95% full.

Well 2 shows I was?at looked sold out: Budapest & London 30th.

But in terms of 'most succesful' I would say Download @ Donington Park was 'the' show. It was Philadelphia of this tour... and the one that ended up great. I think it was after that show it all looked way BETTER.

Right after that show I would put Inland Invasion as it was the show that started NA tour and a lot of 'general' people saw it (festival audience, live stream...).

I heard certain things about Sunrise, but I gotta put in a word for Tampa. 2nd show on the NA tour, and it was flawless.

Oslo nr# 1
long show, and great show being that early in the tour (they mixed more later on...)

I was at Paris and that was a good show. They said it was the best show up to that point.

The Edmonton, Alberta show was as close to a sell out as you can get.  The place was packed.  Around 15 thousand or so

Apart from maybe 200 seats right at the back the place was packed, it certainly was a great show, I remember Axls comments well   :yes:

Toronto was pretty close!  Unless I was too drunk

paris and budapest shows were soldout too

The Mpls show was great and there was a few thousand more there than in '02 but it wasn't really close to being a sellout, the second level was mostly empty. The newspapers said it was 9,100 people and the Target Center can hold up to 16,000 for a sell out concert.

13,000 would be considered a sellout at the Target Center, since the seats behind the stage do not count. If the seats behind the stage were included, it would be 17-19 thousand for a sellout, depending on the number of the behind the stage seating.   I think alot of the "half empty" arena comments that naysayers make (I am not saying you are one) come from thinking the capacity of an end stage concert is the same as a basketball or sporting event set up when the entire arena is used.  The Target center can fit around 19,000, but for a typicall end stage concert it is 13,000.   

Sunrise was about  80-85%

Tampa was about 95%

Estero was about 50-55%

what do you people think about the oakland...with lars on out to get me.....???

Ok. I wasn't at either of these shows but I would say the ones in Canada - great set lists and long hours - and the ones in LA with Izzy showing up had to be the best. Best to me is the quality of the show and the songs played, not how many people attended because as a performer, you should do your best no matter how many people come to see you - it's word of mouth baby!

oslo 28/6.... great long setlist, awsome crowd

The new jersey show was about 90% full and it's a 20,000 seat arena.

I agree.  It may not have been sold out completely, but you add the energy of the band and the crowd with that setlist and I would say you had a success. : ok:

I was in budapest and at nova rock festival. Budapest wasn't sold out. It was about 80%. I think nova rock was the best and the longest show in 2006. It was the birthday of the stage manager and dizzy. They played about 3 hours.

I was at the Halifax Show at the Metro Center on Novemeber 20th and man that place was fuckin filled to the rafters.

The arena can hold over 10'000 for a concert and it sold out in like a few days.? although they had some last minute tickets that came up.

For a small city like Halifax, a complete sell out in an arena that size is great,,? and the show was fuckin amazing,? Axl and the boys hit the stage at around 11:55pm and tore the roof off the place,? i was so close to the stage, i went through hell to get the tickets i had and spent alot more money to get them,? Ebay :rofl:.? but it was wellllllllll fuckin werth it,? ?I got myself a little souvenir from Robin,, a bottle of Evian water he threw to the crowd,,? I was so excited when the jungle riffs started, i was so excited i near shit my pants :hihi:,?

but yea sorry for rambimg i just enjoyed it so much,,? ? but the Halifax show was def a sell out  : ok: