gnr #1 on pollstar

[dave-gnfnr2k]

2   1   Guns N' Roses   1.000
3   2   The Rolling Stones   .483
1   3   The Who   .337
5   4   Red Hot Chili Peppers   .243
4   5   Aerosmith / Motley Crue   .238
6   6   Pearl Jam   .198
10   7   Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers   .193
15   8   The Killers   .191
8   9   Beck   .173
13   10   Tool   .172
14   11   Bob Dylan   .153
17   12   U2   .149
12   13   Godsmack / Rob Zombie   .148
20   14   Death Cab For Cutie   .147
11   15   Elton John   .138
19   16   Foo Fighters   .132
22   17   Billy Joel   .122
   18   The Tragically Hip   .111
   19   Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band   .110
37   20   Deftones   .106
23   21   Jimmy Buffett   .104
29   22   Tenacious D   .103
25   23   All-American Rejects   .102
30   24   Counting Crows / Goo Goo Dolls   .101
9   25   Wolfmother   .100
34   26   Primus   .099
16   27   Barenaked Ladies   .098
33   28   Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band   .097
36   29   Evanescence   
28   30   Trans-Siberian Orchestra    .091
40   31   Christina Aguilera   .090
26   32   The Cheetah Girls   .089
32   33   Dave Matthews Band   .088
24   34   Rock Star Supernova   .087
   35   Ray LaMontagne   .086
52   36   GWAR   .084
31   37   Alice In Chains   .083
   38   Keller Williams   .082
50   39   Barbra Streisand    .081
51   40   Paul Simon   .080
53   41   Wilco   .079
42   42   Gregg Allman & Friends   .078
   43   Roger McGuinn   .077
   44   Motorhead   .076
   45   George Michael   .075
35   46   Roger Waters   .074
54   47   Paul Stanley   .073
41   48   Dixie Chicks   .072
21   49   My Morning Jacket   .071

[Evil Ash]

2   1   Guns N' Roses   1.000
3   2   The Rolling Stones   .483

so this means searches for the rolling stones are 48.3% of the searches for GnR

wow, that's alot then, for every search of the rolling stones there are 2 searches for GnR...

[ppbebe]

I thought tix sales were taken into account?

[axl2]

I thought tix sales were taken into account?

yeah for each week

[Jim Bob]

this is great news.   Just goes to show the public is hungry for GNR. 

[axlrosehunny]

I think this proves once and for all that Guns N Roses is the greatest band of all time.

[ppbebe]

by a wide margin. bibbidi!

[smugolo]

this is awesome! i don't know what it means... but its awesome!

[TAP]

This is what I found with a net search. It's probably written somewhere on pollstar's website if you have the premium service. But anyway, the chart
referenced in this thread  seems top be based on searches not ticket sales..
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Here is how Pollstar describes how the artists are listed on their Top
50 listings.  Note their use of the word "rank" and not "rate".

"Artists are ranked by the number of times their itinerary is
requested by fans visiting the Pollstar Web site on the Internet.
This site receives more than 23 million hits per month. The Power
Index is determined by ranking the artists as a percentage of the
chart leader."
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Pollstar has another (premium only) chart called the concert pulse chart which is based on ticket sales. But I would think that one, like Billboard's, is based
on ticket sales/grosses after the show has taken place. Does anyone have access to it?

[nesquick]

that's good!?
I guess when chiDem is out, it will be something like 10.000 points

[gandra]

This is what I found with a net search. It's probably written somewhere on pollstar's website if you have the premium service. But anyway, the chart
referenced in this thread? seems top be based on searches not ticket sales..
--------------------------------------------------------------
Here is how Pollstar describes how the artists are listed on their Top
50 listings.? Note their use of the word "rank" and not "rate".

"Artists are ranked by the number of times their itinerary is
requested by fans visiting the Pollstar Web site on the Internet.
This site receives more than 23 million hits per month. The Power
Index is determined by ranking the artists as a percentage of the
chart leader."
--------------------------------------------------------------

Pollstar has another (premium only) chart called the concert pulse chart which is based on ticket sales. But I would think that one, like Billboard's, is based
on ticket sales/grosses after the show has taken place. Does anyone have access to it?

yea www.pollstaronline.com   is that site,but membership is too expensive

you have other site,which is cheaper www.billboard.biz

but #1 mean something

[ppbebe]

cheers tap.

I don't think I've been to the Pollstar Web site.
most net-regular GNR fans would know better sites for the updates on GN'R.
maybe that post about the pollstar chart could have some effect, but it was just yesterday.

public interest in this tour is ultrahigh.

[RJ1221]

I think this proves once and for all that Guns N Roses is the greatest band of all time.

i wouldnt go that far

sure, GN'R is my fav band, but even i can admit that there's been bigger bands then them

Led Zeppelin
Queen
Pink Floyd
The Rolling Stones
The Eagles

[polluxlm]

"Artists are ranked by the number of times their itinerary is
requested by fans visiting the Pollstar Web site on the Internet.
This site receives more than 23 million hits per month. The Power
Index is determined by ranking the artists as a percentage of the
chart leader."

Observation

If the ranking is decided upon how many hits a band get's on the Pollstar site, doesn't it seem like a strange coincedence that GN'R goes to number 1 the week after this board discovers that they were number 2

[TAP]

This is what I found with a net search. It's probably written somewhere on pollstar's website if you have the premium service. But anyway, the chart
referenced in this thread  seems top be based on searches not ticket sales..
--------------------------------------------------------------
Here is how Pollstar describes how the artists are listed on their Top
50 listings.  Note their use of the word "rank" and not "rate".

"Artists are ranked by the number of times their itinerary is
requested by fans visiting the Pollstar Web site on the Internet.
This site receives more than 23 million hits per month. The Power
Index is determined by ranking the artists as a percentage of the
chart leader."
--------------------------------------------------------------

Pollstar has another (premium only) chart called the concert pulse chart which is based on ticket sales. But I would think that one, like Billboard's, is based
on ticket sales/grosses after the show has taken place. Does anyone have access to it?

yea www.pollstaronline.com   is that site,but membership is too expensive

you have other site,which is cheaper www.billboard.biz

but #1 mean something

It definitely means a lot of interest in the tour, but it doesn't necessarily translate into ticket sales (it might or it might not.) People are certainly going to be curious about the return of GNR especially when the album comes out but that's not the same as sales....

[ppbebe]

Observation

If the ranking is decided upon how many hits a band get's on the Pollstar site, doesn't it seem like a strange coincedence that GN'R goes to number 1 the week after this board discovers that they were number 2

the week after discovered? wasn't it just a few days ago by chief? 

and then GNR at #2 already scored like more than 980 out of 1000 of  the who at #1.

[Eazy E]

It is usually the most recently announced tour that is #1 on Pollstar because everyone wants to find out what the tour dates are.  It doesn't reflect ticket sales and, like someone mentioned, could be the result of this message board checking the website to see where GN'R are "ranked".

Death Cab For Cutie was #1 when the first couple of GN'R dates were announced.... so I don't know where this comes from:

I think this proves once and for all that Guns N Roses is the greatest band of all time.

Unless it's sarcasm. 

[ppbebe]

It is usually the most recently announced tour that is #1 on Pollstar because everyone wants to find out what the tour dates are.  It doesn't reflect ticket sales and, like someone mentioned, could be the result of this message board checking the website to see where GN'R are "ranked".

Death Cab For Cutie was #1 when the first couple of GN'R dates were announced....

And Death Cab For Cutie beated the #2  by the margin as large as GN'R does? and in a few days?

I think this proves once and for all that Guns N Roses is the greatest band of all time.

Unless it's sarcasm. 

As if  there were any 80s band or the successer that is still as interesting as GNR now.

[Eazy E]

And Death Cab For Cutie beated the #2 by the margin as large as GN'R does? and in a few days?

Pollstar is updated weekly, not daily...

Guns N' Roses is a great band, but my point is that being #1 on Pollstar doesn't "confirm" that this is true.  All this means is that the week GN'R's tour announced, more people clicked on their tour dates than any other bands tour dates.  This is about as reliable as using a poll on rollingstone.com to "prove" that GN'R is the greatest band of all time.

It is good that people are interested in the tour, but it's more important that it translates into ticket sales.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

And Death Cab For Cutie beated the #2 by the margin as large as GN'R does? and in a few days?

Pollstar is updated weekly, not daily...

Guns N' Roses is a great band, but my point is that being #1 on Pollstar doesn't "confirm" that this is true.? All this means is that the week GN'R's tour announced, more people clicked on their tour dates than any other bands tour dates.? This is about as reliable as using a poll on rollingstone.com to "prove" that GN'R is the greatest band of all time.

It is good that people are interested in the tour, but it's more important that it translates into ticket sales.

its proves there is still huge intrest in guns n roses