Guest Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 ^ she would still be huge here if she'd done that. Madonna was considered the queen of pop here for three decades over any of our own artists and was way bigger than any of our own artists also. She was the first and only woman to have a sold out stadium tour of OZ until Taylor Swift came onto the scene. The Aussies loved her and she was one of the most successful artists of all time here. I believe she outsold the majority of her peers as well and even her chart numbers were better here than her homeland the US. I've never ever heard of her opening the Drowned World Tour here. I'm a super fan and have been for 25 years and have never heard that before. Do you have a source or a magazine clipping for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Insane Person Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 I wonder what dates were pencilled in for the proposed drowned world tour here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pud Whacker Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 ^ she would still be huge here if she'd done that. Madonna was considered the queen of pop here for three decades over any of our own artists and was way bigger than any of our own artists also. She was the first and only woman to have a sold out stadium tour of OZ until Taylor Swift came onto the scene. The Aussies loved her and she was one of the most successful artists of all time here. I believe she outsold the majority of her peers as well and even her chart numbers were better here than her homeland the US. I've never ever heard of her opening the Drowned World Tour here. I'm a super fan and have been for 25 years and have never heard that before. Do you have a source or a magazine clipping for this? now its P!nk. lick a sack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unruhe Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 The above is true - M has had intentions to tour Australia and this has been happening since 1985. The Virgin Tour second leg was to include Australia, WTG negotiations failed, Blond Ambition too, The Girlie Show worked out mostly due to the USA backlash, DWT was to open in Australia and these plans failed but we still got the Music 2CD Australian Tour edition in stores as they were already printed....it goes on and on and on The Australian backlash gets worse each time and if the Rebel Heart tour doesn't come to Australia it will be all over social media with ageist comments and "Madonna hates Australia" comments etc. Hoping it works out so she can reconnect with her Aussie fan base That's impressive!! I never knew they were planning to extend Virgin Tour to Australia!! Do you have any more info on failed negotiations for other markets for the tours?? I knew she was on the talks for bringing Confessions Tour to Brazil but they couldn't finish the deal. Amazing info Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelheart Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Australia could now in jeopardy according to M-Tribe forum insider "AndIFeel"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Is he reliable? Please Madonna and Co, ENOUGH WITH THE BULLSHIT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelheart Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Is he reliable? Please Madonna and Co, ENOUGH WITH THE BULLSHIT. Yes, he has insider info from Madonna's team alongside Paolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le smoking Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Good grief!!!! How could it be in jeopardy when there was talk about the Philippines and Macau just days ago?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philipandglenn Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Even if they announce Australia and put tix on sale..... I still won't believe it until she actually gets here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rachelle of London Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Is he reliable? Please Madonna and Co, ENOUGH WITH THE BULLSHIT. Yup. He's VERY reliable when it comes to M news as he's in there with Ms team. Oh gosh hope he's wrong this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Yeah that's the guy that was in EVERY triangle of the MDNA Tour almost. If he says something is in jeopardy, then I'd probably believe it. If they can Oz AGAIN for financial reasons, promoter not paying enough upfront or whatever, in order to go back to S America again, then, I'm sorry I hope the S American shows sell like shit and they're left with egg on their faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Insane Person Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Times like this, I hope North America and Europe sells like shit so she has no choice but to come to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Insane Person Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Andifeel has also said that an Australia tour may be later then originally hoped so I hope it's just been simply pushed back to match or even April. *fingers crossed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Maybe she'll do a separate Greatest Hits Tour for Australia then revisit some North American and/or European cities as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Maybe she'll do a separate Greatest Hits Tour for Australia... "...and maybe monkeys will fly out of my BUTT..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Andifeel has also said that an Australia tour may be later then originally hoped so I hope it's just been simply pushed back to match or even April. *fingers crossed* Did he say that before or after the comment about it being in jeopardy? Later is better than never of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iconic Fetus Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Well that was obvious, she want gonna tour Oz in February, the Asian date rumors suggest March and maybe Oz will be in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Insane Person Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Did he say that before or after the comment about it being in jeopardy? Later is better than never of course. After. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Insane Person Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 (edited) It would be stupid for her not to tour Australia coz there is such a huge demand for her here that there are so many keen ppl willing to fork out good money just to see her live while other places in North America and Europe have been over saturated and are selling slowly. If she chooses not to tour here than it's really her loss as she and live nation are missing out on all the good and easy $$$. Edited May 24, 2015 by Martini123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelheart Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 It would be stupid for her not to tour Australia coz there is such a huge demand for her here that there are so many keen ppl willing to fork out good money just to see her live while other places in North America and Europe have been over saturated and are selling slowly. If she chooses not to tour here than it's really her loss as she and live nation are missing out on all the good and easy $$$. I've got a feeling, Australia will only be scrapped if they decide to go to South America & Mexico after the new January dates instead, hope not though for our sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacket Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Maybe she'll do a separate Greatest Hits Tour for Australia then revisit some North American and/or European cities as well. "...and maybe monkeys will fly out of my BUTT..." I would LOVE a greatest hit tour. But more seriously I"m worried about this insider's info... and that ticket prices will be ASTRONOMICAL if it does go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carta Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 His exact words were: "Australia was ok until 3 weeks ago...hope an Australian promoter stumps up the downside guarantee she's asking in every other country and it goes on as promised." Then "Australia is looking v dodgy but not sh*tcanned quite yet". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckeye Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 what does stumps up the downside guarantee mean!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 yeah english please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carta Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 what does stumps up the downside guarantee mean!?!? It means pays the minimum amount that Madonna is requesting per show. For every show that's already been announced, the local promoters have already agreed to pay Madonna X amount per show (usually $1-$2m). This is guaranteed, even if the show underperforms (this money is used to pay the cast and crew etc. etc.). From what I understand, Live Nation has to find an Australian promoter that's willing to pay this "downside guarantee" and if they can't, then the tour won't go ahead. Worryingly, this is the exact reason why S&S didn't come to Australia - Madonna was willing and able, but local promoters saw it as too much of a risk (given the GFC) and negotiations broke down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 what does stumps up the downside guarantee mean!?!? "stumps up" = commits to pay "downside guarantee" = even if ticket sales are poor, M will still be paid an agreed minimum by the local promoter. (i.e, M's people want the local promoter to take all the risk if tickets dont sell out, and to meet the requested minimum, they would need to be able to virtually sell out at very high prices, which would have any local promoter worried given sales to date.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ai Papi Si. Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOD Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 fucking Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Insane Person Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I don't get why live nation or local promoters just pay her asking fee. If they can't arrange this tour to come here, than they are a bunch of useless c***. It's not like Madge is going to automatically raise up the price just because 5 dates have been rescheduled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmmmm Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 All Madonna fans on Twitter should tag Guy, live nation and M non stop and hashtag #TourAustralia. We should keep the pressure up and make sure they keep their word of touring Asia/Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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