| stateside fan 21.03.2006 20:00 |
Here are the attendance figures for the shows that i have access to so far.all numbers are tickets sold and not actual attendance. Buffalo-8,581 Pittsburgh-5,021 Atlanta(duluth)-9,060 Washington dc-13,464 Philadelphia-12,168 Toronto-13,965 Miami-8,103 Jacksonville 4,560 New York(nassau)-8,103 some of these will be in Billboard mags concerts gross lists with Toronto,atlanta,Philly and Washington near the top grossing shows of the week or bi weekly as some report. |
| stateside fan 21.03.2006 21:39 |
also note that Philly and toronto will be seen as sellouts because even though seats were left unsold,both shows sold alot of "side view" seats that made up for nose bleeder seats unsold.side views are considered extras in end stage layout concerts. |
| romefan 22.03.2006 01:03 |
Thanks for the update on the attendance. I was in Buffalo, and I swear, there weren't 4,000 fans when the Eminem Rap kicked in...might have climbed up to 8,000, but there was a delay in the seating, as people had to exchange their tickets. Any word on the Euro cities? Would love more info, thanks! |
| stateside fan 22.03.2006 01:28 |
for euro cities go to wegotit.com.great queen site |
| snowdog212 22.03.2006 10:51 |
Buffalo show it filled up as concert went on. Not a bad attendence figure for Buffalo |
| Sportzfan76 22.03.2006 10:53 |
Any numbers for Boston (Worcester) ??? Pretty good turnout that night, too. |
| stateside fan 22.03.2006 22:31 |
worcester/boston 12,633 97% capacity best of tour top 3 gross washington philadelphia Boston |
| goinback 23.03.2006 01:56 |
The Hollywood Bowl last year had about 16,000 I think.... |
| jasen101 23.03.2006 04:19 |
The Hollywood Bowl was packed! I was there...what a freakin concert! |
| romefan 26.03.2006 19:31 |
This tour may catch some legs as the warm weather hits...seems to be gaining momentum, in an odd kind of way... You heard it here first: Queen+Paul Rodgers Tour Summer 2007 Open Arena-Stadium Tour 20,000 fans rocking! 50,000 in some stadiums in bigger cities! Let's do it!!! Freddie, can we get a witness?? |
| Suigi 26.03.2006 21:53 |
Summer 2007?! I don't think Q+PR plan on sticking around that long. |
| 2001pm 27.03.2006 12:15 |
What were the Detroit (Auburn Hills) attendance numbers? |
| pyromania92 27.03.2006 14:44 |
7,000 for Xcel Energy Center. About %72 capacity |
| tcg 27.03.2006 16:05 |
When I entered the arena in Detroit an hour before the show I stopped at the box office and was told so far 12,000 and change. Matt |
| teleman 27.03.2006 19:05 |
tcg wrote: When I entered the arena in Detroit an hour before the show I stopped at the box office and was told so far 12,000 and change. MattI asked the woman at the will-call about 20 min before the show and she said it was close to a sell out. |
| stateside fan 27.03.2006 20:00 |
St Paul-7,923 Detroit-13,211 still cant get chicago |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 27.03.2006 20:29 |
jasen101 wrote: The Hollywood Bowl was packed! I was there...what a freakin concert!Yea me too...it was definately packed... |
| Erin 27.03.2006 21:04 |
stateside fan wrote: Detroit-13,211That's 13,211 loud mother f**kers!! :-D |
| zone 27.03.2006 21:27 |
Doe's any one know how much Queen charges a promoter for a show?Do they get a cut of the concessions? |
| carboengine 29.03.2006 15:00 |
pyromania92 wrote: 7,000 for Xcel Energy Center. About %72 capacityThe Xcel Center, according to its website, seats 18,064. I live about four miles from there, and it is usually filled to capacity when the Wild hockey team plays. Using 7,923 in attendance, I am getting a 44% capacity for Queen+. That sounds a bit sparse, but seating to the immediate left and right of the stage and the horseshoe area behind the stage (all three tiers) was blocked off as it always is for stage concerts because you can't see the stage from those areas. Thus we, the audience, were mooshed together throughout the rest of the arena, and the attendance IMO looked terrific. |
| The Stealer 29.03.2006 15:56 |
Are the milwuakee numbers available? |
| stateside fan 29.03.2006 21:54 |
The figures are based on concert configuration ant not total seats in the arena.Seats behind are not counted against capacity. |
| stateside fan 29.03.2006 22:00 |
Compiance Queen Milwaukee tix sold: 6,692 |
| The Stealer 29.03.2006 23:30 |
stateside fan wrote: Compiance Queen Milwaukee tix sold: 6,692Wow-seemed to be more there than that ;-( this show was heavily promoted compared to other shows. Well I had a good time |
| stateside fan 30.03.2006 00:50 |
actual figures may be closer to 9,000 people at show-give aways,promos ect.nice crowd no doubt for that town |
| Saint Jiub 30.03.2006 01:01 |
stateside - any luck on Chicago attendance numbers? ... and I would like some cheese with that. |
| stateside fan 30.03.2006 03:25 |
chicago-13,303 and i have a lovely aged gorgonzola. |
| Saint Jiub 31.03.2006 00:02 |
that stinks ... I mean the cheese - thanks for the info. stateside. |
| wegotit 31.03.2006 02:51 |
Chicago: 7,441 link Queen + Paul Rodgers Allstate Arena Rosemont, Ill. March 23, 2006 Gross Sales $756,870 attn 7,441 / 9,500 |
| stateside fan 31.03.2006 03:12 |
sorry thomas-the figure i gave was from second figure from detroit,not chicago.sorry |
| AlexRocks 31.03.2006 09:42 |
Just wanted to make sure everyone understand that two members of Queen thought that they would have to tour in clubs when returning to the U.S. Instead they didn't do that, theaters, OR auditoriums. They went straight into colliseums AND they have been succesful at it too! ...and this was TWENTY FIVE YEARS after not touring here AT ALL! I know of NO act that has done that...and need I remind you all...all WITHOUT Freddie Mercury! Which means that they need to tour here more on this tour over the next few months. There are no excuses! No more "Queen aren't popular enough in the U.S." comments from fans or the group. This shoud be done for this tour and not a new l.p. YET. Obviously there is more work to be done to raise the interest level and there are many places in the U.S. where they have not toured yet. We need to get people talking about them doing more dates here in the U.S. of A. as well... Why shouldn't this be taken as far as possible?! |
| carboengine 31.03.2006 14:25 |
stateside fan wrote: The figures are based on concert configuration ant not total seats in the arena.Seats behind are not counted against capacity.Thanks for the correction. |
| GonnaUseMyPrisoners 01.04.2006 01:23 |
Ain't that somethin? Brian commented on his website that we in Chicago were one of the loudest, energetic crowds, and yet... oddly, one of the smallest... some 6,000 less than several other cities. Whassupwiddat? We a buncha BIGMOUTHS or what? ;-) |
| Saint Jiub 01.04.2006 10:45 |
The fact that the AllState Arena is a tin can (although largely improved from the early 80's) had something to do with it. |
| stateside fan 01.04.2006 18:51 |
Actually the chicago show did very well as far as gross $$ is concerned. |
| Regor 04.04.2006 06:55 |
PR has now finally some pics on his site. Look at the one audience shot from Philadelphia. No more questions ! :-) This tour is a success. |
| stateside fan 04.04.2006 08:22 |
i agree Regor!!nice job finding that.i have many crowd shots of philly and wash if you want to see them. |
| The Mir@cle 04.04.2006 08:32 |
Suigi wrote: Summer 2007?! I don't think Q+PR plan on sticking around that long.Well, there are some rumours about a new European tour in this summer, with some big outdoor gigs. link |
| Donna13 04.04.2006 10:48 |
If they start doing large outdoor stadiums in Europe, does anyone think they will start having an opening act - such as The Darkness? |
| Mr Faron Hyte 04.04.2006 10:55 |
Donna13 wrote: If they start doing large outdoor stadiums in Europe, does anyone think they will start having an opening act - such as The Darkness?Given the sales on The Darkness second album, they may be happy to have the work. On the other hand, given the comments about Brian May and the Q+PR tour made by Justin Hawkins earlier in the year, they may find themselves off the opening act short list. |
| Donna13 04.04.2006 11:01 |
I wasn't aware of any bad comments by Justin Hawkins. One Way Ticket To Hell And Back has a couple of good songs; the title track is great. |
| Regor 04.04.2006 14:28 |
stateside fan wrote: i agree Regor!!nice job finding that.i have many crowd shots of philly and wash if you want to see them.Yes, that would be great ! I'd love to see more of the audience of that tour ! The guys seem to be very happy about the overall response. Where can I see them ? Thanks in advance ! The media response surprises me as well. The vibe seems to be spectacularly good at almost every show. I think that's partly due to the fact, that everyone was so desperately waiting for them to play live again, that it caused additional intensity at almost every gig. And honestly, from my own experience in europe: even though the stadium in cologne was only about 65% full, the atmosphere was FANTASTIC ! I'm really glad the tour is such an emotional experience for all you US-Fans ! Rock on ! |
| Mr Faron Hyte 04.04.2006 16:27 |
Donna13 wrote: I wasn't aware of any bad comments by Justin Hawkins. One Way Ticket To Hell And Back has a couple of good songs; the title track is great.Considering the manner in which The Darkness has *ahem* appropriated as much of Queen's 70s schtick as possible for their own benefit, Justin's comments were unfortunate and frankly seemed ungrateful and tacky to me. But c'est la vie. I loved "One Way Ticket to Hell ... and Back" from start to finish. Good fun mindless rock'n'roll that went on, did its thing, and then went away, lickity-split. But given Brian May's fairly thin skin, I don't expect to see much love exchanged between the two bands in the near future. |
| Donna13 04.04.2006 19:02 |
Mr Faron Hyte wrote:Actually, I've never seen the similarity between Queen and The Darkness. They seem to have more of an AC/DC influence. Justin's vocals are completely lacking seriousness. I've seen them in concert and there is a lot of humor there - and great songwriting, great guitar playing, and knowing how to entertain a crowd. They were supposed to appear with Queen in London, and Brian still links to them on his site. So, I wouldn't believe that there is anything much to this story.Donna13 wrote: I wasn't aware of any bad comments by Justin Hawkins. One Way Ticket To Hell And Back has a couple of good songs; the title track is great.Considering the manner in which The Darkness has *ahem* appropriated as much of Queen's 70s schtick as possible for their own benefit, Justin's comments were unfortunate and frankly seemed ungrateful and tacky to me. But c'est la vie. I loved "One Way Ticket to Hell ... and Back" from start to finish. Good fun mindless rock'n'roll that went on, did its thing, and then went away, lickity-split. But given Brian May's fairly thin skin, I don't expect to see much love exchanged between the two bands in the near future. |
| Mr Faron Hyte 04.04.2006 20:40 |
Donna13 wrote: Actually, I've never seen the similarity between Queen and The Darkness. They seem to have more of an AC/DC influence. Justin's vocals are completely lacking seriousness. I've seen them in concert and there is a lot of humor there - and great songwriting, great guitar playing, and knowing how to entertain a crowd. They were supposed to appear with Queen in London, and Brian still links to them on his site. So, I wouldn't believe that there is anything much to this story.Not to completely hijack the thread, but I'm pretty sure Justin said what he was quoted as saying (i.e. "Brian May is destroying Queen's legacy by turning it into a karaoke band" or some such), which was after their no-show at the Hyde Park concert last summer. The Brian May "Oh I think The Darkness are great" style comments dried up thereafter. How they actually feel about each other is certainly open to speculation, but the guy did pretty well diss Brian May very publicly, so that much isn't so much a "story" as it is just what happened. I'm pretty sure the quote got some lively Queenzone discussion going at the time, so if the search feature worked, you could check it out. Maybe someone reading remembers ...? EDIT: Found it meself. Here's the quote - "Queen used to be something worth fighting for, but I think that Brian May has butchered the back catalogue and allowed fucking people like 5ive to ruin the memory. It's like when somebody you're close to has a roadkill: you don't really want to see them like that, you want to remember them how they were. I think it's pissing on the grave." link |
| Donna13 04.04.2006 21:11 |
That's pretty funny. Yes. Sorry to hijack this thread. But that quote is very funny. Thanks for finding it for me. Actually, to me that quote just shows how much Justin likes his Queen music! Order Order! Back to the main topic. Sorry sorry. Stateside do we have any figures for the AZ, San Diego and Anaheim shows? |
| teleman 05.04.2006 00:05 |
Donna13 wrote: Stateside do we have any figures for the AZ, San Diego and Anaheim shows?I was wondering the same thing. Thanks |
| stateside fan 05.04.2006 23:28 |
Glendale-6104 San diego-6363(98% full!!) Anaheim-8439....this figure not verified |
| Kentanathien 09.04.2006 04:25 |
In regards to Vegas, the MGM Grand Garden Arena has 17,157 seats. I recall seeing only two teeny-tiny sections way up in the corners nearest the stage closed, probably 30-40 seats each. Minus the seats that the catwalk took up, maybe what, another 40? Other than that, looked chock-full up to me, I don't recall seeing a noticeable amount of empty seats. If my figures aren't wrong, i'd venture to guess there were a good 17,000 people there. I could be missing something though, the arena is pretty small compared to most and it sure didnt look like, even at almost full capacity that there were 17k people there. |
| stateside fan 12.04.2006 21:55 |
ok guys and girls-updates San Jose-8,805 Las Vegas-14,566(sellout) portland-11,565 Seattle-8,363 |
| stateside fan 16.04.2006 01:29 |
vancouver a sellout!!! 13,767 paid attendace!!! |
| inu-liger 17.04.2006 02:55 |
stateside fan wrote: vancouver a sellout!!! 13,767 paid attendace!!!Just as I expected :) |
| stateside fan 17.04.2006 11:33 |
you canucks outdid us!! both toroto and vancouver sellouts.you go you crazy northereners |
| TruePar 17.04.2006 13:06 |
I was so happy to see the sellout audience. It was great. I'm surprised at the Seattle numbers, that seems way higher than the actual attendance seemed on the night. Come on boys, come back!!! |
| shammy 17.04.2006 15:09 |
In San Jose too, from where I was sitting on the 2nd level, there were very few open seats. |
| Gunpowder Gelatine 18.04.2006 02:34 |
All I Hear Is Radio Gaga wrote:Yep, same here...I think it was about 17,000? Almost entirely full!jasen101 wrote: The Hollywood Bowl was packed! I was there...what a freakin concert!Yea me too...it was definately packed... |