Not in this lifetime tour boxscore-Pretty impresive

[sky dog]

tis true. 

[draguns]

This is the "source":

http://www.mygnrforum.com/index.php?/topic/216306-not-in-this-lifetime-tour-will-be-one-of-top-grossing-tour-ever/#comment-4257591

The OP, in that thread, says he got it from a friend (which, to me, means NOT official) and acknowledges it could be crap.

So....there you go.

OK, so what's the expectation then?

I guess I'm wondering why so quick to downplay what appears to be pretty solid numbers.  Venues at 95% capacity and a $132 million take.  That's pretty awesome.

I would expect this sort of skepticism around here if the numbers were bad.  Much for the same reason we were always advised to distrust any video clip where Axl sounded bad.

Are we suggesting these numbers are underreporting the situation?  If these are "fiction" from a guy that knows a guy, wouldn't a GNR superfan lean more towards exaggerating towards the positive?

Maybe it's the fact that I work for a news organization, but I would wait until the official news is out. If any of our reporters write an article or post numbers, I'll post the Bloomberg link.

[D-GenerationX]

Philly was not 100%. It was close, probably about 1,000 to 2,000 shy of 100%.
 

I don't know, man.  Looked pretty jammed.

Every time the house lights blared in between songs, I scanned the crowd. Even the nosebleeds looked pretty packed.

[Ali]

Philly was not 100%. It was close, probably about 1,000 to 2,000 shy of 100%.
 

I don't know, man.  Looked pretty jammed.

Every time the house lights blared in between songs, I scanned the crowd. Even the nosebleeds looked pretty packed.

Even if it didn't look jam-packed, the number reported would be PAID attendance, not # of people who had tickets and showed up at the show.

Ali

[bolton]

http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore

There is official boxscore so my numbers were correct...Enjoy

[jarmo]

http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore

There is official boxscore so my numbers were correct...Enjoy

Yes, impressive. 

The only numbers that were off were the capacity numbers for the two night stands.





/jarmo

[pilferk]

http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore

There is official boxscore so my numbers were correct...Enjoy

....except...it fixes the typos that were there that were causing the general confusion.

And, as you saw, that was one of the possibilities floated.

I also STILL say those Gillette numbers don't seem right. That would mean capacity was only about 36k per show.  That seems WAY too low.  They might be the official numbers, but...they still seem off.

[pilferk]

I'm playing with some numbers, etc, and I want to do some comparisons to the UYI tour, but...I thought this was interesting (and that Gillette number seems WAY high to me, again):

146   AT&T Park
126   Gillete Stadium
123   NRG Stadium
122   AT&T Stadium
122   CenturyLink Field
117   Camping Word
116   MetLife Stadium
111   Rogers Center
111   Nissan Stadium
109   Georgia Dome
107   Qualcom Stadium
107   Soldier Field
107   Ford Field
105   Dodger Field
104   Superdome
99   FedEx Field
99   Lincoln Financial Field
97   Heinz Field
96   University of Phoenix
87   Paul Brown Stadium
81   Arrowhead Stadium

Edit: Fixed a math mistake and missed AT&T STADIUM

[johnreed3344]

killer numbers

[pilferk]

They sold 1,057,693 tickets for a total revenue of $116,835,698.  They were 95 (94.66)% sold out for the entire tour.

Average ticket price for the whole tour was about $110 (not too shabby, IMHO).

Killer numbers, indeed!!

By comparison, the UYI Guns/Metallica/FNM tour sold a total of 1,109,881 tickets and was 95.86% sold out (for a grand total of $29,263,142 in gross revenue)....and they did 24 total NA shows, according to the "boxscore" I can find.

And to add more context to the Gillette number being off...max capacity of the old foxboro was listed as 51,038.  I can't believe the current Gillette is 15k LESS than that.

Edit: Fixed math mistake for UYI.

Edit2: What's super depressing is seeing the average ticket price in '92, which was about $27, in comparison to todays, of about $110.

[sky dog]

Bolton has a connection at Live Nation or Billboard....as do I but I didn't tap him for the info. Awesome numbers. 

Pure says the new album sounds like.....

[bolton]

Bolton has a connection at Live Nation or Billboard....as do I but I didn't tap him for the info. Awesome numbers. 

Pure says the new album sounds like.....

  Great numbers...They destoyed it...
I was pretty depresed in 2002 or 2006 when Guns sold 5-6k tickets for a show...
This is real thing for fans

Do you know for example that Acdc shiws in US arenas aren't soldout...

[D-GenerationX]

  Great numbers...They destoyed it...
I was pretty depresed in 2002 or 2006 when Guns sold 5-6k tickets for a show...
This is real thing for fans

Big time agreed.  They were becoming a niche act. 

These numbers are as unbelievable as they are extremely welcome.  Just awesome stuff.

[Voodoochild]

Pure says the new album sounds like.....

Hahahahahhaa.. that was great.

Now I'm kinda sad that this happened 14 years ago.

[C0ma]

And to add more context to the Gillette number being off...max capacity of the old foxboro was listed as 51,038.  I can't believe the current Gillette is 15k LESS than that.

The new stadium seats 67,800 people. The first night was pretty jammed except for the area behind the stage (which is only two levels and a small club). I realize they closed the 300 level for the 2nd night, so the numbers aren't even... however I can't imagine that it's 50k and 21k or even 45k and 26k

[faldor]

And to add more context to the Gillette number being off...max capacity of the old foxboro was listed as 51,038.  I can't believe the current Gillette is 15k LESS than that.

The new stadium seats 67,800 people. The first night was pretty jammed except for the area behind the stage (which is only two levels and a small club). I realize they closed the 300 level for the 2nd night, so the numbers aren't even... however I can't imagine that it's 50k and 21k or even 45k and 26k

Still a little puzzling. Maybe the first night was a sellout of 45k, and the 2nd night was 20k out of 26k total seats, meaning they "eliminated" 19k seats from the seller's market for night 2. Seems like a stretch, but I guess it's possible.

[sky dog]

for the 16 shows on the 2002 US Tour, Gnr averaged 8660 tickets sold a night...google Pollstar 2002 year end

[sky dog]

2006 was 8730 according to Pollstar...about the same

[faldor]

2006 was 8730 according to Pollstar...about the same

Surprised 2006 was actually slightly more than 2002. Fueled by the leaks I guess.

[sky dog]

people thought the album was coming as well?