Again, Pollstar has wrong (incomplete) numbers for Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour by Cirque du Soleil. :mat:Mid year top 100 world tour list, MJ immortal at no.4.
http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100WorldwideTours.pdf
mkgenie;3867572 said:Is it possible for IMMORTAL to become the biggest grossing tour ever?
Who's the No. 1 now?
Rank | Actual gross | Inflation <small>(adjusted 2013 gross)</small> | Artist | Tour name | Year(s) | Shows | Attendance | Average gross (millions) | Average attendance | Ref(s) |
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1 | $736,421,584 | $751,563,980 | U2 | U2 360° Tour | 2009–11 | 110 | 7,272,046 | 6.7 | 66,110 | [SUP][1][/SUP] |
2 | $558,255,524 | $618,103,813 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | 2005–07 | 144 | 4,680,000 | 3.8 | 32,500 | [SUP][1][/SUP] |
3 | $441,121,000 | $464,412,297 | AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour | 2008–10 | 167 | 4,846,965 | 2.6 | 29,023 | [SUP][2][/SUP] |
4 | $407,713,266 | $436,298,096 | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour | 2008–09 | 85 | 3,545,899 | 4.79 | 41,716 | [SUP][3][/SUP] |
5 | $389,047,636 | $443,057,055 | U2 | Vertigo Tour | 2005–06 | 131 | 4,619,021 | 2.96 | 35,259 | [SUP][4][/SUP] |
Rank | Actual gross | Inflation <small>(adjusted 2013 gross)</small> | Artist | Tour name | Year(s) | Shows | Attendance | Average gross (millions) | Average attendance | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | $135,000,000 | $250,030,872 | Pink Floyd | A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour | 1987–89 | 199 | 4,250,000 | 0.68 | 21,250 | [SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP] |
2 | $125,738,964 | $244,083,600 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 1987–89 | 123 | 4,498,300 | 1.0 | 36,571 | [SUP][7][/SUP][SUP][8][/SUP] |
3 | $98,000,000 | $181,503,893 | The Rolling Stones | Steel Wheels Tour | 1989 | 45 | 3,253,563 | [SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP] | ||
4 | $86,000,000 | $173,788,518 | David Bowie | Glass Spider Tour | 1987 | 86 | 3,000,000 | 1.0 | 34,884 | [SUP][12][/SUP][SUP][13][/SUP] |
5 | $85,000,000[SUP][g][/SUP] | $181,440,285 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. Tour | 1984–85 | 156 | [SUP][14][/SUP] | |||
6 | $75,000,000 | $165,735,106 | The Jacksons | Victory Tour | 1984 | 55 | 2,750,000 | [SUP][15][/SUP] | ||
7 | $74,000,000 | $130,037,188 | New Kids on the Block | The Magic Summer Tour | 1990 | 3,291,987 | [SUP][11][/SUP] | |||
8 | $52,000,000 | $131,313,324 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981 | 1981 | 50 | 3,000,000 | [SUP][15][/SUP] |
For start, that wiki list is INCOMPLETE! Some great & successful tours weren't mention like for example Dangerous World Tour or HIStory World Tour which is MJ's most successful tour. Also inflation adjusted gross is wrong & misleading but that is another topic...BTW, on the lists, there is ONLY one MJs tour - the BAD Tour, and the Victory tour of The Jacksons.
U2, Rolling Stones and Madonna DO RULE the all time lists of top grossing tours ... and have made billions...
In June 1970, Michael Jackson (with J5) broke attendance and gate record at The Forum in Inglewood, California (The Forum is one of the most famous venues in the US), and from then until 1997 he did hundreds of concerts with J5, The Jacksons and solo, constantly breaking numerous records, he always did his best, so I think it's NOT fair to say that he "totally wasted the time and missed the chances ...". :no:Michael Jackson totally wasted the time and missed the chances..., and of course, he had many other "activities" than going on tours, recording albums and being the artist..., thats why Cirque du Soleil is doing his job, on behalf of his... inactivity...
MJ had 3 solo tours and all 3 set numerous records and Bad World Tour & HIStory World Tour are still the most successful tours EVER by solo artist in terms of attendance (4.4 million & 4.5 million). Today's astronomical earnings are solely the result of an abnormally high ticket prices but if you check attendance you'll see that very few could compare with MJ's tours. That is a true reflection of one's popularity and success. Total gross should be put into the context of the time.
thats why Cirque du Soleil is doing his job, on behalf of his... inactivity...
BTW, regardless of earnings, IMO Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury performances were something special. The best ever!
I agree, he was raising his children. That was definitely not a missed chance.I think it's NOT fair to say that he "totally wasted the time and missed the chances ...".
Kikuchiyo;3868330 said:For start, that wiki list is INCOMPLETE! Some great & successful tours weren't mention like for example Dangerous World Tour or HIStory World Tour which is MJ's most successful tour. Also inflation adjusted gross is wrong & misleading but that is another topic...
MJ had 3 solo tours and all 3 set numerous records and Bad World Tour & HIStory World Tour are still the most successful tours EVER by solo artist in terms of attendance (4.4 million & 4.5 million). Today's astronomical earnings are solely the result of an abnormally high ticket prices but if you check attendance you'll see that very few could compare with MJ's tours. That is a true reflection of one's popularity and success. Total gross should be put into the context of the time.
The main purpose of any concert is to present music to fans, to entertain people. MJ was a very smart businessman but he didn't tour because of money he did it because of fans! When MJ did Victory Tour which was the biggest Tour ever in the US he donated ALL his money from performance to charity! He did the same with Dangerous World Tour, and he also donated a lot of money from Bad World Tour & HIStory World Tour. :bow:
In June 1970, Michael Jackson (with J5) broke attendance and gate record at The Forum in Inglewood, California (The Forum is one of the most famous venues in the US), and from then until 1997 he did hundreds of concerts with J5, The Jacksons and solo, constantly breaking numerous records, he always did his best, so I think it's NOT fair to say that he "totally wasted the time and missed the chances ...". :no:
(btw, during the AEG trial, it was said by the ex-manager of the tour that HIStory had been quite a big financial failure...)
It not good if fans, in this case MJ fans, just want to believe in something that they have created = if MJ fans claim that MJ is the best of the best, the best seller, it doesnt mean he really is..., because in reality he is not, and has never been, but most of them want to console themselves with some fabricated "facts", without relevant and factual info, and then... they are surprised that some news doesnt fit into their fan agenda..., I personally find weird how ridiculously the HIStory era is ignored in media, like only BAD and Dangerous tours were something relevant, even though HIStory tour was MJs most successful...
Anyway... MJ missed all the chances to tour since 1998=at least 10 years (because of the smart things like LWMJ, trial, Murray?), we can not live off of the memories from the 90s, ... yeah, we can, but cant say MJ is still better than U2, Madonna, Rolling Stones who are going on tours, making billions.... and Mj fans are still pretending they are ... irellevant, they are artist, musicians, entertainers, and lets say, Madonna... is the only most successful live performing solo artist ever with the highest grossing tours for a solo artist.
The "most successful entertainer" status for MJ is fading away, because the last time MJ was active was his HIStory tour, everything after 1998 is... you know... just a travesty of... "a has been"...
we can not live off of the memories from the 90s
So according to you Michael is a travesty and a has been just because his last tour was in 1998. Gosh, talk about speaking in extremes!
Michael had nothing to prove. If he had quit showbiz altogether so what? I actually wish he stopped touring when he first felt like he could not do it without Propofol (which was the HIStory tour). His health and life was more important than to make someone happy who wants to see his name on top of some record list for his own satisfaction.
-Meglen: You assume I believe and agree with those numbers because they are on Billboard magazine. Those numbers are often inflated.
- Meglen said that to him, the biggest stadium cap he played was in Columbus, Ohio for a concert and he got in over 60,000.
- Meglen: I have done Pink Floyd and Rolling Stones, we try to sell as much as we can, we got to roughly 60,000.
- Meglen: It looks like they (Billboard) reported 97,000.
- Panish showed Meglen the Billboard Magazine article. He asked how many tickets were sold at U2 performed in Oct 2009 at the Rose Bowl?
- Panish: It was reported on Billboard Magazine
-Meglen: I wouldn't believe it
- Panish: Isn't it true U2 had 97,000 people attend at the Rose Bowl?
-Meglen: That's not true
- "The maximum capacity of shows I've done at the Rose Bowl was 59,570," Meglen testified.
I've got my ticket for Adelaide Wed night show. C O O L !!!
I can't understand why Cirque put dates for Immortal in Brazil on their website in june and removed soon after...
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