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[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by LukeA

The Dance tour was a massive success- only two or three shows failed to sell out 100% clean, which is outstanding considering that the bulk were at sheds. Lawn tickets being immediately snapped up far in advance for a fall tour shows just how hot of a ticket this tour was. In fact, the only tickets that went unsold were GA lawn tickets. Every reserved seat made available for the '97 tour sold.

So in 10 years they've gone from 100% to 40%....

thats a lot of fans that aren't there or interested anymore...

[MacMan]

Based on the numbers reported (46 dates)

Average Gross: $1,048,541 a night
Average Attendance: 10,967
Average Capacity: 13,414
Average Ticket Price: $95.61
Average Attendance: 82%

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

So in 10 years they've gone from 100% to 40%....

thats a lot of fans that aren't there or interested anymore...

I know people (myself included) whose fandom can be counted in decades and had never missed a Fleetwod Mac tour(expect maybe for Time) since the 1970s that sat this tour out.

[jwd]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

I know people (myself included) whose fandom can be counted in decades and had never missed a Fleetwod Mac tour(expect maybe for Time) since the 1970s that sat this tour out.

Myself included. I don't see them as a working band anymore. High ticket prices and a general lack of interest in seeing them, made me sit this one out. I never thought I'd feel like this about them, but I do.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by jwd

Myself included. I don't see them as a working band anymore. High ticket prices and a general lack of interest in seeing them, made me sit this one out. I never thought I'd feel like this about them, but I do.

Even me being a huge Christine fan never really understood just how much she brought to this band... They're kind of boring now...

[jwd]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Even me being a huge Christine fan never really understood just how much she brought to this band... They're kind of boring now...

I'd agree with you. I think Christine's absence from the band has changed the dynamics of it, and not in a good way. Having said that though, what's most apparent to me is that the real strength of the Rumours lineup, was the combination of the three songwriters, and how well they complemented each other. And in all fairness to Stevie and Lindsey, I think the same outcome would have happened if one of those two members weren't in the band anymore, and Chris was still there.

[wayner]

Originally Posted by jwd

I'd agree with you. I think Christine's absence from the band has changed the dynamics of it, and not in a good way. Having said that though, what's most apparent to me is that the real strength of the Rumours lineup, was the combination of the three songwriters, and how well they complemented each other. And in all fairness to Stevie and Lindsey, I think the same outcome would have happened if one of those two members weren't in the band anymore, and Chris was still there.

i've never seen them w christine, wd have loved to have.... still think they bring excitement w them.... but how do their numbers even hope to stand up to , like u-2 - just saw them in NJ 84,000 + say average tix price $ 100=
total funny money !!

u-2 were good, but FM are sooooo much more comfortable !! ( and fun)

[MacMan]

Fleetwood Mac Parken Stadion
Copenhagen, Denmark
Oct. 8, 2009
$1,894,705
16,655 /
20,415
1 /
0
$217.20, $88.85
Live Nation International


Fleetwood Mac Ericsson Globe
Stockholm, Sweden
Oct. 10, 2009
$962,886
10,515 /
11,352
1 /
0
$138.03, $64.37
Live Nation International


Fleetwood Mac Sportpaleis
Antwerp, Belgium
Oct. 14, 2009
$1,104,080
12,589 /
12,687
1 /
0
$106.60, $59.22
Live Nation International


Fleetwood Mac Ahoy
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Oct. 15, 2009
$923,385
10,811 /
10,811
1 /
1
$96.77, $80.39
Live Nation International


Fleetwood Mac Le Zenith
Paris, France
Oct. 17, 2009
$492,802
6,053 /
6,053
1 /
1
$96.94, $59.65
Live Nation International


Fleetwood Mac Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
Glasgow, U.K.
Oct. 22, 2009
$1,013,963
8,778 /
8,778
1 /
1
$115.51
Live Nation-U.K.


Fleetwood Mac Manchester Evening News Arena
Manchester, U.K.
Oct. 27, 2009
$1,649,086
14,442 /
15,187
1 /
0
$114.19
Live Nation-U.K.


Fleetwood Mac Wembley Arena
London, U.K.
Oct. 30-31, 2009
$2,557,957
22,209 /
22,368
2 /
0
$115.18
Live Nation-U.K.


Fleetwood Mac Sheffield Arena
Sheffield, U.K.
Nov. 2, 2009
$1,183,332
10,277 /
11,000
1 /
0
$115.14
Live Nation-U.K.


Fleetwood Mac National Indoor Arena
Birmingham, U.K.
Nov. 3, 2009
$1,342,634
11,692 /
11,692
1 /
1
$114.83
Live Nation-U.K.

[Nikolaj]

Thanks for the tallies, MacMan. Quite excellent attendance. I wonder if it is that Fleetwood Mac is now more popular in Europe than in the US, or the UK audiences haven't been as saturated with concerts by Stevie and Lindsey solo since the SYW tour. Whichever, it seems that 'percentage wise' this UK leg was even better attended than the US dates this year. What a lucky band

[vivfox]

Thank you MacMan. I always enjoy reading the Boxscore results.

[vivfox]

by Bob Allen | November 12, 2009


Totals from the European leg of its Unleashed Tour place Fleetwood Mac on the Hot Tours list with grosses topping $13 million from ten venues. Top-grosser is a two-show run at Wembley Arena (Oct. 30-31) with 22,209 in attendance and ticket sales at $2.5 million. After the U.K. trek, the tour will continue in December with dates in Australia and New Zealand.

FLEETWOOD MAC
$13,124,830
Oct. 8-Nov. 3
Parken Stadion, Copenhagen (1/0)
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm (1/0)
Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium (1/0)
Ahoy, Rotterdam (1/1)
Le Zenith, Paris (1/1)
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Glasgow, U.K. (1/1)
Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0)
Wembley Arena, London (2/0)
Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, U.K. (1/0)
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, U.K. (1/1)
124,021 (130,343)

http://www.billboard.com/events/hot-...04042336.story

[MacMan]

#3 Fleetwood Mac O2
Dublin, Ireland
Oct. 24-25, 2009
$2,682,390
16,026 /
16,026
2 /
2
$180.05, $150.04, $120.03
MCD


#1 Fleetwood Mac, The Verses Acer Arena
Sydney, Australia
Dec. 7-8, 2009
$2,861,280
19,400 /
20,230
2 /
0
$181.02, $117.02
Andrew McManus Presents

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by MacMan

#1 Fleetwood Mac, The Verses Acer Arena
Sydney, Australia
Dec. 7-8, 2009
$2,861,280
19,400 /
20,230
2 /
0
$181.02, $117.02
Andrew McManus Presents

I guess this is what they mean by getting their two cents in?
I'm suprised we have a Boxscore report on these shows this soon.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by MacMan

#3 Fleetwood Mac O2
Dublin, Ireland
Oct. 24-25, 2009
$2,682,390
16,026 /
16,026
2 /
2
$180.05, $150.04, $120.03
MCD


#1 Fleetwood Mac, The Verses Acer Arena
Sydney, Australia
Dec. 7-8, 2009
$2,861,280
19,400 /
20,230
2 /
0
$181.02, $117.02
Andrew McManus Presents

There is no way the second Dublin show was sold out. It was pretty full... but there were still plenty of empties up in the upper reaches.

[louielouie2000]

I'm shocked at how well the overseas shows have sold! With those markets largely being ignored by the band for decades, and their never charting well outside the US, I thought they'd kinda flop. Instead they seem to be selling better outside the US than they are here!

I'd still love to know what take home profit is after paying jet chartering, hotel suites, catering, promoters, backing band members, stage set up/tear down crews, hair/makeup/wardrobe people, attorneys, managers, etc. I'm betting each band member only walks away with $3-4 million in their pockets after this year long tour.

I'm almost wondering if that's why Stevie loves touring solo more these days... a lot more money with a lot less Lindsey Buckingham!