Brisy_Boy Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 On June 18 arrived 92 trucks to Coimbra with 2000 thousand kilos of material and the stage started being built. Portuguese TV is already crazy about it: http://www.rtp.pt/play/p34/e85229/telejornal/241413 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Other news: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Some pictures of the stage being built in Coimbra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetiver Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I'm gonna be there!!!! so there are 2 stages then, arena and stadiums, i'm curious about the arena stage, we'll see tonite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Oriole Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I think they have 4 stages going around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 They are probably 2 stages for Arenas and 2 stages for Stadiums... Streets near the Stadium are already with security control since Monday!!! More pictures from the stage assemblage in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 Putting up the stage! Already has a shape!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 A new video on the Portuguese news. Footage from concerts in ALL the concerts that she has already done (including Barcelona yesterday!!!) http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/cultura/article1620776.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 And more news: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 22, 2012 Author Share Posted June 22, 2012 The Portuguese stage is the same from Tel Aviv! Checked this picture yesterday at the Coimbra Stadium: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 MASSIVE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Is she there yet? Or is she hanging out in Barcelona until Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Has it sold out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Has it sold out? Well, per this Portugese site below, the answer is no.... http://discodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=45448 Looks like she's sold 40,000 tickets, however they claim 45,000 were put on sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Yesterday some of her dancers were seen partying at Oporto. She is expected to stay at Oporto and there was rumour she was arriving today to visit some wine "caves" there. She is doing newspapers covers already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 The concert is not sold out yet. It's quite complicated that it will be sold out when tickets are priced from 45 to 170 euros. U2 did sold out in Coimbra in 2010 with tickets priced from 30 to 100 euros. But Economy was quite different then, The crise was only starting! Coimbra is a quite small Universitary city with around 150.000 inhabitants. There is not even a 5 star Hotel there... Oporto, the second larges city in Portugal and the surround area have around 1 million people is 100 kms from Coimbra. Lisbon, the capital have 3,5 million in the surround area and concentrates 55% of the consuming power. its 200 kms from Coimbra. You pay at least 60 euros (but usually more) to travel to Coimbra and comeback. You have 3 hours travelling to go plus to come back. Lots of people that would go to the concert in Lisbon won't go to Coimbra as their money won't be enough. Portugal is a country with 10 million people. The minimum salary in Portugal is 475 euros a month. 1,5 million of Portuguese live with that or less than that as sometimes they do half-time jobs only. The average salary in Portugal is 677 euros a month. That's a little more than 8000 euros per year!!! Economy now is quite bad in Portugal with 15% unemployement (it was 7% in 2010) and people paying extra taxes (around 15% more per year!!!) due to banks faillures and politics corruption!!! Even food consume is down 10%.... other goods that are not essencial are selling around 60% less than they were in 2010 with Cars, CDs and DVDs being some of the goods with the biggest falls. The crise is really huge here! Crime was low in 2010 but grew up 350% to 2012 as many people don't have what to eat and they don't get help from the goverment as well. The situation is quite dramatic. 85% of the families in Portugal live right now with less than 500 euros per person per month. It's quite complicated to even eat properly, pay the rent, water, electricity, natural gas, clothes, etc only with that amount of money! I spend at least 600 euros per months on food myself and can't imagine how can't those people survive! On the other hand a few people connected to this government and previous ones on public companies receiving salaries around 2 million euros a year + profit shares... It's completely obscene! Even last week the Financial Times did a huge article about corruption in Portugal and how the goverment was robbing the poor to get the riches richer! All this explains what is going on here. Is quite huge the concert being at 40.000 tickets sold. I know a lot of big fans that were only able to buy the 45 euros tickets as they knew they would have to pay at least 60 euros on transports to go see her (at least that plus food, water... whatever extra expenses). I'm not very confident on the merchandising selling very well here also. I will buy the tour book but as me most Portuguese saw their income reduced bettween 10% to 20% plus their taxes going up. That translates in a lot less money in their pockets to spend in extras! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 ^^^ this really puts things into perspective. People sometimes forget that and take all these sold outs for granted. Sometimes it's not just about the popularity of an artist to make sure a concert sells. Especially when you charge prices like Madonna. I'm surprised to see that U2 were selling at this relatively low prices. I have always thought their tickets were just as expensive if not even more expensive than Madonnas. The fact that under all those circumstances she is still able to generate huge numbers just shows once again what a powerhouse she is, no matter if she is the IT girl at the moment or not. Having a sold out show is nice and all but it's not everything. Yes , the press might make an issue about it and will spin this into something negative but noone that is involved with the production will complain if a show is making 5 million plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Thank you brisy_boy! Very interesting read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 More news reports on tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 First people that arrived to the entrance quee this morning Tomorrow morning I'm leaving Lisbon so I can arrive to the Stadium around lunch time! I'll post most news that I still can today and tomorrow before leaving my home at 8 AM but I'm sure I will only post lot's more things after the concert and returning from Coimbra. Probably Monday later in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyper Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Boa viagem e diverte-te, brisy_boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Some new Golden Circle entrances. There are already around 100 persons in each of the other two entrances: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Boa viagem e diverte-te, brisy_boy Obrigado hyper!! Estás onde? Também vais? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 She will sing Secret??? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Another Golden Circle entrance added: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 23, 2012 Author Share Posted June 23, 2012 Today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 ^^^ this really puts things into perspective. People sometimes forget that and take all these sold outs for granted. Sometimes it's not just about the popularity of an artist to make sure a concert sells. Especially when you charge prices like Madonna. I'm surprised to see that U2 were selling at this relatively low prices. I have always thought their tickets were just as expensive if not even more expensive than Madonnas. Well, just remember that U2 could sell seating 360, so they can get more people in, which means they can reduce the price of the ticket and still make as much. The sight lines on a production like Madonna's reduces the number of tickets they can sell. Also, while the stage for U2 was obviously huge and very expensive, Madonna also has additional production expenses that U2 doesn't have (i.e., dancers, more band, more costumers, more make-up, etc.). The very theatrical nature of her show, combined with her insistence on high production values, requires a higher ticket cost to be profitable in general. I'm not saying Madonna and Live Nation don't make a significant profit. (And Madonna doesn't have to split her portion four ways, as U2 would need to do for Bono-Edge-Clayton-Mullen...) But I was having this conversation with someone here who couldn't justify paying for a Madonna ticket. I was trying to explain that there are reasons her tickets aren't exactly "bargain price." There is a risk involved of not selling out (though it is likely), and her productions are so expensive, so they have to be sure they're going to cover those costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 She will sing Secret??? lol So she says lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 A new picture from this afternoon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisy_Boy Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 Well, just remember that U2 could sell seating 360, so they can get more people in, which means they can reduce the price of the ticket and still make as much. The sight lines on a production like Madonna's reduces the number of tickets they can sell. Also, while the stage for U2 was obviously huge and very expensive, Madonna also has additional production expenses that U2 doesn't have (i.e., dancers, more band, more costumers, more make-up, etc.). The very theatrical nature of her show, combined with her insistence on high production values, requires a higher ticket cost to be profitable in general. I'm not saying Madonna and Live Nation don't make a significant profit. (And Madonna doesn't have to split her portion four ways, as U2 would need to do for Bono-Edge-Clayton-Mullen...) But I was having this conversation with someone here who couldn't justify paying for a Madonna ticket. I was trying to explain that there are reasons her tickets aren't exactly "bargain price." There is a risk involved of not selling out (though it is likely), and her productions are so expensive, so they have to be sure they're going to cover those costs. True but in Coimbra there were only more 3.000 places available for U2 than for Madonna MDNA so not such a huge difference while the price difference was huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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