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Will Guy Oseary up his game for Madonna??? Considering she now has opening acts, maybe....
U2 Closes N. American Leg of Innocence + Experience With 150,000 New York Fans
By Ray Waddell, New York | August 04, 2015 3:55 PM EDT
North American leg churns $76 million -- now Europe's on tap.
U2 wrapped the North American leg of the Innocence + Experience tour in stunning fashion with an eight-night, sold-out stand at Madison Square Garden in New York City that grossed nearly $20 million from the attendance of almost 150,000 fans.
Marked by special guests on stage and VIP attendees in the audience, the critically acclaimed shows put up a final tally of 149,942 tickets sold, with a gross of $19,474,285, according to Billboard Boxscore. That takes the total of the tour's opening leg to 650,582 attendance and $76,166,563 gross from 36 shows, all sellouts. Innocence + Experience is produced by Live Nation Global Touring president Arthur Fogel and his Toronto-based team, promoter/producer of all of U2’s tours since PopMart in 1997-98.
The follow-up to the historic 360 tour of stadiums in 2009-11 (which grossed $736.4 million and moved 7.2 million tickets, both all-time records), Innocence + Experience marks the first time U2 has played the relatively intimate confines of arenas since the Vertigo tour in 2005-2007. The band makes full use of the venues, with groundbreaking staging and video that allows for 360-degree seating, including general admission on the floor. Calling the North American leg “a huge success on every level,” Fogel tells Billboard that the tour, “blew everyone away, fans and critics.” He continues, “In our world, people use the term ‘great’ all too easily, [but] in this case it is an understatement. They are the best live band in our business, and if there was any doubt by a few, they should have learned that by now.”
Arthur Fogel, president, Live Nation Global Touring; legendary New York promoter Ron Delsener, chairman, Live Nation New York; and tennis great John McEnroe, in Fogel's production office at the Garden.Courtesy Photo
The tour began May 14 in Vancouver, B.C. A Nov. 16 bicycle accident in New York’s Central Park that seriously injured Bono, the band’s frontman, did not delay the start of the tour, which had long been slated to begin in the spring of 2015. In fact, the jogger who first happened upon Bono after the crash, and the EMTs who tended to him, were both in attendance and recognized at the Aug. 30 show, and the latter even fulfilled a promise to knock back a shot of Jameson with the singer, who obliged from the stage.
At the final New York show, Bruce Springsteen took the stage to accompany the band on “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” and a cover of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me.” Springsteen was attending the show with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton. Other guest performers throughout the Garden stand include Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Lady Gaga, and Paul Simon. Among the celebrities who attended were Paul McCartney, Nile Rodgers, Alicia Keys, Jon Bon Jovi, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Chris Rock, producer Steve Lillywhite, model Christy Turlington, MTV personality (and former Billboard Touring Awards host) Matt Pinfield, Howard Stern sidekick (and former Billboard Touring Awards host) Gary “Baba Booey” Dell’Abate, tennis great John McEnroe, and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.
The tour resumes Sept. 4-5 in Turin, Italy, with a 34-date leg that will culminate with four shows in Paris, Nov. 10-15. Included in this European tour, also in arenas, are four shows each in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Berlin, and Barcelona, and six shows at London’s O2 Arena. U2 tours typically span three years, and while it is expected that U2 will return to North America in 2016, Fogel declined to release details, saying only, “I can’t wait for the run in Europe this fall, and beyond.”
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Everyone is so preoccupied with Gaga that no one has commented on the post above re: Jim Farber in the NY Daily News going so far as to review the demos. I would be annoyed if I was Madonna, although at least he is positive. I had to skim the article as I don't want any spoilers.
Ooops. Sorry. I deleted it.
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From this week's Stern show...more digs at the Queen...for someone who's moved on, she sure loves to talk about her...
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Found this the other day - think it's puts things in perspective...Madonna sold out at Philly
Justin Bieber is perhaps the biggest pop singer in the world.
That said, why is it that his show Sunday at the Wells Fargo Center at 3601 S. Broad St. in Philadelphia has not sold out?
Any number of reasons can be attributed to his lack of ticket sales, but a big one is that pre-teens can’t afford $86.50 for a good seat at the cavernous hockey-and-basketball venue. Even the nosebleed/can-barely-see-him seats are $36.50. And then there are the scalpers’ prices.
Another reason for Bieber’s lack of ticket sales could be overexposure. He has been everywhere — the “Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “The Simpsons,” “Saturday Night Live,” “C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation,” “American Idol” — you name it.
And with only two albums to his credit (plus a holiday release), overexposure can be a problem.
A third reason might be that Bieber’s voice and music style are changing. His voice is decidedly deeper, the result of going through puberty. And he has chosen to use hard-core rappers Ludacris, Big Sean and Nicki Minaj on his new album “Believe” (2012).
Still, a world-class superstar act shouldn’t have trouble filling 20,000 seats. Unless his fans have gotten so used to downloading his music that they are not familiar with actively seeking out live music.
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Been watching some of the speeches from last several shows on youtube - appears Holiday has not been played in several weeks perhaps due to her laryngitis? Shame...was a cool part of the show
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lol, I read the thread title quickly and got excited that there would be a NEW TOUR in MARCH
alas, now I'm depressed
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I'll be there w/my best friend who is a M loon (he has MDNA shaved in the back of his head!) - floor seats ya'll - if I see Guy, I will offer to suck his dick to get closer - fuck yea!
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Real? looks like her handwriting...can anyone make out song 2??
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very very good - this is shaping up to be a great video era
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^ Pud
totally agree and would be genius and subversive at the SB! -
Didn't expect to like MIA and Minaj as much as I do in this but adding them to the video/song seemed to be a good idea...they add an extra fun factor to it.
Liking the song more and more - definitely not one of her best lead off singles but miles better than 4minutestosuckmycock
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^ Agree whoopie but that's why a subversive way of slipping it into a song (ala Music/WTP) would be cool, just for the fans - course, it'll never happen but she is a NYer at heart
And Tom Hardy is mine by the way - called dibs on him a looooong time ago - nice try
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And it's official - Pats vs Giants - replay of 2008 Superbowl - should be great game
I like the idea of 'I Love NY' in the setlist - maybe like a quick intro or something or like how 'Where's the Party' was used in 'Music' for Confessions ;-)
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Steven Tyler is getting blasted for his National Anthem rendition today - I don't know what people expected (it's fuckin Aerosmith frontman, people) but it's merciless. No way Madonna is NOT lipsynching or HEAVILY supported w/tape and backup vocals. Her career could be in jeopardy if she tries to go without it, and that's not an overstatement.
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Holy crap - combing through youtube today for rare Madonna songs and came across this which appears to have been posted months ago. LOVE IT. How did I miss it? Sorry if there is another thread but wanted to share in case no one has heard it...
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^ hehe - why not just borrow Ru's acronym?
Charisma
Uniqueness
Nerve
Talent
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If she was to do any Christmas song, it had to be SB. Total 'sequel', in the public's eye at least, to Material Girl. I just heard a RuPaul version of this and it is the worst hot mess of a song ever...trust me, Madonna's version is not bad at all!
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Really?
Yea, really. I know this board is so anti-Janet the last few years but she still put on a good show back in the early 00s and on the whole, yes I had a more enjoyable experience at a Janet show. Heaven forfend!
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WHAT??????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE HAVE NOT TALKED IN YEARS AND TODAY YOU GAVE ME THAT STATEMENT?????????????????????????
Missed u too cutie...Ok, I said that mostly to get a reaction out of you cause I know how much you love DWT but having said that, it is my least favorite tour. I honestly do not watch ANY of the performances from that tour anymore whenever I want a live Madonna fix. the whole stage persona at the time just wasn't workin for me - sorry. And yes, I got what it was about but as someone said, it wasn't a concert. It was Madonna performing TO the audience, rather than getting them to join WITH her. I remember at the time Janet was also on tour and I went to see her show soon after Madonna's show. And while I gave Madonna credit for doing what she wanted and not performing any of her big hits, I had much more fun at Janet's show (God, did I just type that?).
Anyway, love her always and forever but if DWT was forgotten as part of her canon, I wouldn't notice or care. There, flame away!
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All of DWT - worst tour she has ever put on. Haven't seen so many people sitting or dozing off at a show since...well...never! Almost lost me as a fan until she hit us with RIT which redeemed her.
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QUEEN LOREN!
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^ Absolutely. There best not be a bad word said in this thread about SL - not only is she a paesan, she's the ultimate female movie icon in my opinion. Looks like they met during the early/mid 90s judging by the pic. I think SL's characterization of M during that time is on target.
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Any word on video release at this point? I think a #1 on Club Play is almost assured which is more icing on the dominance she has there. I agree with moe though - from here on out, I expect all future singles to struggle on radio in the US. No Pop/Rhythmic station is rushing to play a 50-year old's new music. Cher's 'Believe' was a fluke...
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Agreed with the above - worst lead single from an album in her career. Boring, no real melody and that rap! Best left forgotten...Nobody Knows Me or Love Profusion should have been the lead off.
The BOXSCORE thread [part 1]
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
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Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour: $20 Million Earned & Counting…
By Bob Allen
| October 08, 2015 10:15 PM EDTMadonna performs during her "Rebel Heart" tour opener at Bell Centre on September 9, 2015 in Montreal, Canada.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live NationThe first box office totals are in for Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour that launched on Sept. 9. With the first 10 performances reported to Billboard by promoter Live Nation Global Touring, the tour’s total gross stands at $20 million, based on 132,769 sold tickets from the first eight arenas on the schedule.
Highlights include the tour opener in Montreal with sellout crowds on two nights and a gross of $3.4 million to kick off the tour’s six-month run. Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Center hosted the first U.S. performance with a packed house of 13,271 on Sept. 12. Two shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden produced the top gross so far with a $5.2 million take from 28,371 sold seats on Sept. 16 and 17. A second Canadian performance on Sept. 21 occurred at a new venue, the 18,000-seat Centre Vidéotron in Quebec City that opened just 13 days earlier.
The Rebel Heart Tour’s opening leg in the U.S. and Canada will hit 20 arenas before wrapping in San Diego on Oct. 29 after a seven-week span. The following week, the tour heads to Europe for shows booked in 11 countries through December 20. Then during the first quarter of 2016, the tour will resume after the holidays with treks in three continents: a second North American run in January, Asia in February and a final Oceania jaunt in March.
Madonna’s last stint on the road, the MDNA Tour, topped $305 million in box office revenue in 2012, earning her the No. 1 ranking on Billboard’s Top 25 tours chart that year. Her highest-grossing tour on record is 2008-2009’s Sticky & Sweet that reached $408 million in sales, landing at No. 5 among the top-grossing tours of all time.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6722686/madonna-rebel-heart-tour-grosses