TOUR2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Concert Ticket Sales - Top Concerts - Top Grossing Concerts Billboard Home > Top Music Charts > Boxscore Concert Sales Issue Date: 2008-09-13 Billboard BoxscoreTM Concert Grosses Rank Artist/Event Venue City/State Event Dates Gross Sales Attend/ Capacity Shows/ Sellouts Prices Promoters 1 Celine Dion Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec Aug. 15-Sept. 1, 2008 $23,135,338 167,957 / 167,957 8 / 8 $183.37, $131.65, $89.34, $61.12 Concerts West/AEG Live 2 Lollapalooza Music Festival: Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West & others Grant Park Chicago, Ill. Aug. 1-3, 2008 $14,147,239 225,000 / 225,000 3 / 3 $205, $175 C3 Presents 3 Rothbury Music Festival: Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, John Mayer, 311, Phil Lesh & Friends, Trey Anastasio, Snoop Dogg, Primus & others Double JJ Resort Rothbury, Mich. July 3-6, 2008 $7,437,981 120,820 / 120,820 4 / 0 $475, $244.75, $100 AEG Live/Madison House Presents 4 Mile High Music Festival: Dave Matthews Band, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, John Mayer, O.A.R., Steve Winwood, The Black Crowes & others Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colo. July 19-20, 2008 $7,067,150 90,234 / 90,234 2 / 0 $495, $150, $85 AEG Live/Starr Hill Presents/Kroenke Sport Enterprises 5 Celine Dion Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario Aug. 27-28, 2008 $4,776,796 36,122 / 36,122 2 / 2 $188.09, $135.51, $92.49, $62.14 Concerts West/AEG Live 6 Celine Dion TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Mass. Aug. 12-13, 2008 $3,813,519 32,493 / 32,493 2 / 2 $187.50, $127.50, $87.50, $49.50 Concerts West/AEG Live/Live Nation 7 The Police, Elvis Costello and the Imposters Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, N.Y. Aug. 4-5, 2008 $3,655,783 27,089 / 27,089 2 / 2 $232.50, $57.50 Live Nation Global Touring 8 The Police, The B-52's Madison Square Garden New York, N.Y. Aug. 7, 2008 $2,754,050 18,348 / 18,348 1 / 1 $375, $50 Live Nation Global Touring 9 Cher The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Nev. Aug. 26-27, 30-31, 2008 $2,538,438 16,634 / 16,945 4 / 3 $250, $175, $140, $95 Concerts West/AEG Live 10 Celine Dion Wachovia Center Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 5, 2008 $2,246,374 18,061 / 18,061 1 / 1 $185, $125, $85, $46.50 Concerts West/AEG Live Complete Chart at Billboard.biz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOUR2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 AFRIQUE DU SUD Février 2008: ------------- 14 Johannesbourg The Coca Cola Dome Spectacle bénéfice (Toutes les recettte iront à la Nelson Mandella Children's Fund) 16-17 Pretoria Loftus Stadium 20 Durban ABSA Stadium 23-24 Cape Town Vergelegen Estate Stadium 27 Port Elizabeth EPRU Rugby Stadium 29 Johannesbourg The Coca Cola Dome ASIE et AUSTRALIE Mars 2008: ---------- 3 Doha Qatar Athletic Stadium 5 Dubai Emirats Arabe Unis Rugby Club 8-9 Tokyo Japon Tokyo Dome 11-12 Osaka Japon Osaka Dome 15 Macao Chine Venetian Arena 18-19 Séoul Corée Olympic Gymnasium Stadium 23 Auckland Nouvelle Zélande Vector Stadium 26 Brisbane Australie Entertainment Center 28-29 Sydney Australie ACER Arena AVRIL: ------ 1 Melbourne Australie Rod Laver Arena 4 Perth Australie MES Stadium 8 Kuala Lumpur Malaisie Stade de Merdeka 11 Shangai Chine Shangai Stadium 13 Beijing Chine Workers' Stadium EUROPE MAI: ---- 2 Manchester Angleterre MEN Arena 6 Londres Angleterre 02Arena 13-14 Anvers Belgique Palais des Sports 16 19-20 Paris France Bercy 21-24 25-27 30 Dublin Irlande Croke Park JUIN: ----- 2 Amsterdam Hollande Amsterdam Arena 5 Copenhague Danemark Parken Stadium 7 Stockholm Suède The Globe 10 Hambourg Allemagne Color Line Arena 12 Berlin Allemagne Waldbuhne 14 Francfort Allemagne Commerzbank Stadium 16 Stuttgart Allemagne Schleyerhalle 18 Cologne Allemagne Kolnarena 22 Munich Allemagne Stade Olympique 24 Zurich Suisse Hallenstadion 26 Prague République Tchèque Sazka Arena 28 Istanbul Turquie Inonu Stadium, Besiktas JUILLET: -------- 1 Vienne Autriche Stadhalle 3 Milan Italie San Siro Stadium 5 Nice France Stade de Nice 9 Genève Suisse Stade de Genève 11-12 Monte Carlo Monaco Sporting Club AMERIQUE DU NORD Août 2008 --------- 12 Boston Massachusetts TD Banknorth Garden 15 Montréal Québec Centre Bell 16 Montréal Québec Centre Bell 23 Halifax Nouvelle-Ecosse Commons Concert Site 27 Toronto Ontario Centre Air Canada 28 Toronto Ontario Centre Air Canada Septembre 2008 -------------- 3 Buffalo New York Aréna HSBC 5 Philadelphie Pensylvanie Centre Wachovia 8 Washington DC Centre Verizon 12 Newark New Jersey Centre Prudential 13 Uniondale New York Nassau Coliseum 15 New York New York Madison Square Garden 20 Atlantic City New Jersey Broadwalk Hall 22 Columbus Ohio Centre Schottenstein 24 Cleveland Ohio Arena Quicken Loans 26 Détroit Michigan Palace of Auburn Hills 29 Milwaukee Wisconsin Centre Bradley Octobre 2008 ------------ 14 Sacramento Californie Aréna Arco 16 Portland Orégon Rose Garden 18 Tacoma Washington Aréna Tacoma Dome 20 Vancouver Colombie-Britannique Place GM 24 Edmonton Alberta Place Rexall 28 Winnipeg Manitoba Centre MTS 30 Minneapolis Minnesota Centre Target Novembre 2008 ------------- 4 Chicago Illinois United Center 9 Indianapolis Indiana Conseco Fieldhouse 11 St-Louis Missouri Centre Scottrade 13 Tulsa Oklahoma Centre BOK 15 Kansas City Missouri Centre Sprint 17 Omaha Nebraska Centre Qwest 19 Denver Colorado Centre Pepsi 21 Salt Lake City Utah Aréna Energy Solutions 23 San José Californie Pavillon HP 29 Anaheim Californie Centre Honda Décembre 2008 ------------- 2 Los Angeles Californie Centre Staples 6 Phoenix Arizona Arena Jobing.com Janvier 2009 ------------ 7 San Antonio Texas Centre AT & T 9 Houston Texas Toyota Center 13 Nashville Tennessee Centre Sommet 15 Birmingham Alabama Aréna BJCC 17 Atlanta Georgie Aréna Philips 20 Raleigh Caroline du Nord Centre RBC 23 Miami Floride Aréna American Airlines 28 Tampa Floride St. Pete Times Forum 30 Fort Lauderdale Floride Centre Bank Atlantic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Probed By Greys Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 She probably will, but I'm sure Madonna will break the record one day that she decides to do a long tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FrozenLight Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 There is no question that Celine's tour will break Madonna's Confession tour numbers (which was $194 million or so). She is booked for about 125 concerts right now and if she averages $2.2 million per night she will be able to gross about 270 million over the course of her tour. Madonna obviously could easily gross more than that however she would then need to increase the number of concert dates. If M was to do 125 concerts she could gross $500 I think this year will be a very close call...Madonna tour will gross anywhere between $240 to $270 million (with 55 concerts) and Celine could definitely reach those numbers with 125 concerts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOUR2008 Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 DOLLAR IS UP. EURO IS DOWN. MADONNA WILL LOSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I hope there will be S&S part 2, ASIA and AUSSIE... just to break that CELINE gross... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nahedum Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 WHY SO SERIOUS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johnkm Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Well I think this only goes to proove who is best, Celine needs 125 shows to make as much money as Madonna makes from less than half that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I might be wrong because I dont know much about Celine but I dont think she has 3 kids, dont think she produces hit albums every couple of years, dont think she writs books makes documentarys aor movies. I think M is doing fine and dandy without killing herself being on a 10,000 year old concert tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebastard Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 She's doing **************double******************** the shows of Madonna it's a given but F*CK OFF WITH CELINE TALK ON THIS MADONNA THREAD. SHE'S F*CKING GROSS AND PEOPLE WHO LIKE HER ARE TACKY UGLY PEOPLE. Ciao! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernlad Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 SHE'S F*CKING GROSS AND PEOPLE WHO LIKE HER ARE TACKY UGLY PEOPLE. And here I would've pegged YOU as one of her biggest fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebastard Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 And here I would've pegged YOU as one of her biggest fans. HEY!!! I don't care if u find me ugly which im not and far from it but tacky! No Sir! Enjoy the cheese(Celine) live or in videos. Even Britney live or plugged in is a better live performer. My dog is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLVC82 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I was heading to dinner one night here in TORONTO...and i was noticing a lot of really homely, trashy, and yes TACKY!! people walking towards me....badly dressed, old, and that was just the gay men..... then i saw it......a hick wearing a Celine Dion t-shirt.... NUFF SAID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 This is not surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Can anyone name more than 3 songs she has made? drove all night titanic the stuart little one (dont even know what thats called) I cant name any more and my ex even bought me one of her CD's. (I said Ex) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest harbors Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 wow wow wow there's no way marifat and whitney can do that. celine still can sing very well and people are willing to see her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Lecter Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Simple maths - you do more shows, you get more money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffitiheart Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Good fod her, i dont know whats the big deal if she breaks Madonna's tour. Unlike Mariah or Janet, she is popular almost everywhere, never in the level of Madonna, but enough to be profitable for her to tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_system Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 How many show she's doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernlad Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 125, but a few of them were charity gigs. Anyway, I'm glad that Celine's having such success if only because it makes the touring elite less of a boy's club. The South American gigs have probably put Madonna closer to $300m than $250m - so Celine might finish right behind her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Who cares about revenues anyway? The profit a tour makes is more interesting. Too bad we will never get to know about them. But I bet the Sticky & Sweet Tour is way more profitable than the Celine tour and in the end Madonna will have made more money than Celine. Not that it matters, they are both filthy rich already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northernlad Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 But I bet the Sticky & Sweet Tour is way more profitable than the Celine tour and in the end Madonna will have made more money than Celine. Not that it matters, they are both filthy rich already. How can you assume that when Madonna's tours carry the highest production costs in the history? I'm almost certain Celine will bag more cash in the end since her budget is more conservative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 It will be a huge shame for Madonna/Live Nation and it will make headlines around the world. Celine and her promoter AEG Live (main Live Nation rival) will make a big deal from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graffitiheart Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 It will be a huge shame for Madonna/Live Nation and it will make headlines around the world. Celine and her promoter AEG Live (main Live Nation rival) will make a big deal from this. and that means LiveNation will price tickets even more expensive for the Madonna 2010 tour,so they can regain the title again, which means more stadiums and hopefuly, latinamerica again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindi Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Celine has a built-in following. While some may have considered her Vegas stint as career suicide (ie. hip factor), I think it may have been her wisest move as a touring act. I'm sure LiveNation must be salivating to sign her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 It will be a huge shame for Madonna/Live Nation and it will make headlines around the world. Celine and her promoter AEG Live (main Live Nation rival) will make a big deal from this. How will this be a huge shame? Put things into perspective. 125 shows compared to approx. 55. IF the title had any meaning to Madonna she would continue the tour and play Japan and Australia and any country she wants to. It´s not like demand for her tickets had gone. And once she announces a Farewell tour she will crash any record in the touring industry anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLVC82 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 FROZEN LIGHT....you are registered for this forum right after me...i'm member 215 and you are 216...... i don't know why i noticed that......but hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lori Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 How can you assume that when Madonna's tours carry the highest production costs in the history? I'm almost certain Celine will bag more cash in the end since her budget is more conservative. Celine's show is also huge plus her traveling costs will be much much higher as she and her crew are traveling to many more cities than Madonna. And her crew must be paid more as they will be doing twice the amount of work setting up the stage in all these cities and her tour lasts much longer so everyone must be paid at least twice that of Madonna's, hotel costs will be higher, practically everything will cost higher in her almost year-long tour. So if they gross almost the same, Madonna's tour will be much more profitable as she is traveling to much fewer cities and will be paying her crew for only 4 months work . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 How can you assume that when Madonna's tours carry the highest production costs in the history? I'm almost certain Celine will bag more cash in the end since her budget is more conservative. I agree that it sounds strange. Therefore some pro and cons (of course these are all assumptions, a touring expert is needed to clear things up) total revenue: well, we don´t know yet average revenue per venue: pro Madonna average revenue per visitor: pro Madonna average ticket price: pro Madonna production costs: now this is a tough issue, maybe we need a definition what is included in production costs and what´s not: if this is meant to be everything to bring this show on stage (the whole technical aspect, costumes, staff needed etc) then: pro Celine definately here some ideas that might make a difference: Celine will have to pay for many more venues than Madonna. She seems to play only arenas, wheras Madonnas is playing stadiums too. I suppose that the costs to rent a stadium per ticket available are much lower compared to an arena gig, simply because demand to rent a stadium for concerts is hardly there. Because of the many dates all over the world Celine is playing airfare, accomodation for cast & crew will most likely exceed Madonnas, even though the number of people travelling are smaller. Of course, in the end it´s all pretty stupid to argue who will have made more money. As if this will affect our lives in any way. But I have to admit that somehow it feels better to know that Madonna is still the number one. Especially when Celine might be the one to dethrone her. No offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notsomuch Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Who really cares? Once again, everyone is an expert in the tour industry. Why are you wasting your time here. You should be working for live nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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