How is the attendance for the tour?
 

So how, in your opinion is this tour doing for stevie. How full are the venues stuff like that? I Have heard that they are for the most part sold-out or close too. Oklahoma City had somewhere around 9,000+ people and I think I heard it was sold out. How sbout your guys shows?

The Red Rocks venue hold upwards @9,000.00 plus, And It sure looked like it was Sold Out as well, It was a packed house, not a vacant spot in the joint..

Glad you all were able to attend Red Rocks. I've never been, but the venue judt looks incredible.:nod:

Atlanta...
 

was really close to being sold out on Monday night at least. I would estimate 90-95% capacity.

Dallas was no where near sold-out. In fact it was the least-attended Stevie/FM show I've ever been to. Like Livia said the lawn was only about 20% full and both the left and right back reserved sections were completely empty. I was really disappointed but Stevie didn't seem to mind...she rocked like I've never seen.

The Event Center at The Turning Stone Casino is pretty new. Capacity is only 5000. Stevie's show is pretty much sold out. Just a few rows left. Some other big names coming there this summer include Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Mary J Blige & ZZ Top. The bitches charge an arm & a leg for a hotel room, and it's out in the middle of no-where.

But it's only an hour and a half from me and I cannot wait!! :D

Stevie Nicks, Chris Isaak
Coors Amphitheatre

Chula Vista, Calif.

May 23, 2007

$242,122

4,541 /
9,468

1 /
0

$125, $35

Live Nation

Stevie Nicks, Chris Isaak
Greek Theatre

Los Angeles, Calif.

May 19-20, 2007

$914,422

10,298 /
11,523

2 /
0

$125, $45

Live Nation

So it looks like some shows are pretty much sell outs and others are not selling well at all. That's kind of strange.

Not really. It depends on the market. Also the day of the week play a huge roll in attendance. Weekday shows (except Friday) generally do not sell to capacity, unless you're a hot, hot act (Killers, Celine Dion, Shakira, Madonna).

God, that's horrible - but the place was essentially half full. Just a low gross... Must have sold alot of the cheap seats!

Actually, that's different because some Stevie weekday shows do sell well because for example, people do not want to drive out to Jones Beach on a Friday/Saturday night, so the Wednesday show works for a lot of people. Traffic plays a vital role:D

look below for my comment...

These numbers are not bad at all for an artist who just released a greatest hits packaage (as opposed to an entirely new album with new single). Add to that her age and the age of her fan base and I'd say if she could sell out half thse shows on her tour and then sell at least 50% of others, then she is doing pretty damn well. She might not be grossing what FM did in say 1997--or even 2003--but she's still going strong. God bless her.

True dat.:nod: You have to love her persistance.:xoxo:

Ouch! That's a pretty low draw in such a big city. I think Coors is actually a 20,000 seat place.
One thing I think would help would be for Stevie's managment to scale back on the size of the venues she's performing in.
Last time she played Dallas she did Nokia and sold it out. I think it's in the 5,000 seat range.
That way she has a better chance of selling out, and not have to face all those empty seats.
Same with San Diego. She could have played San Diego State's Open Air Amphitheater and had close to a sell out. It's sad to see her not have a huge draw everywhere she plays.

You're wrong when you say everywhere...She has good markets...

What an odd, random choice of "hot, hot acts", considering the Killers are bombing pretty much everywhere they go, and Celine, Shakira, and Madonna aren't touring.

And the market has as much to do with the ticket sales as does the day of the week, by the way. $200-$300K gross is what should be expected from Stevie from this point onward in Stevie's career.

For the record San Diego has NEVER been a good market for her..Her White Winged Dove show at the then San Diego sports arena in Dec 81 was allegedly cancelled due to poor ticket sales and brutha was I pissed having skipped school to stay up all night to buy tickets.Her Rock a Little show at the same venue was perhaps a bit over half full.

I wonder why that is. You'd think all markets would be Stevie markets.:nod:

When Celine was at Caesar's she couldn't even fill every night to capacity. When I saw Madonna at the Garden Summer 2006, she didn't even sell out every night.

Celine played six nights a week for YEARS! She sold out the vast majority of those shows. No one could sell out a venue every single night for five years straight but Celine sure came close. Stevie didn't sell out her four night run. :shrug:

I would be pretty shocked if Madonna did not have a much higher grossing tour compared to La Nicks.

You are wrong. I went to Friday and Saturday and they were both sold out. How long are you going to say that all of them weren't sold out?

I'm glad Stevie's shows are selling well....I felt SO bad for Fleetwood Mac toward the end of their tour a few years ago when my friend and I went to a Coors Amphitheater performance....there were TONS of open seats...everywhere. THe grass was only sprinkled with people; the band clearly noticed. Lindsey appeared to be looking around the most while Stevie just stared into space......though they all seemed to merely go through the motions as the end of their tour was quickly approaching. I think they were all burned out, but regardless, I think it bothered them that so few people attended. I personally think part of the reason why few people were in attendance was because they did so many Southern California dates and most fans had already seen them at least once by the time they hit Coors again ...... outrageous ticket prices didn't exactly help either.

I heard it...
 

was over 10,000 for the OKC show (I did my usual glance back towards the audience in the general admission seating and I was very surprised to see that many people due to the threat of weather).

I think she did very well in OKC due to the fact it had been 21 years since her last solo OKC show, plus it is an easy drive for those arriving from Tulsa, Wichita & Dallas.

Was there any reviews for any of the OKC newspapers? You think a 10,000+ concert would put something in newspaper.

Didnt see one...
 

since I cancelled my subscription that day since those a-holes double charged my bank acct., thus pissing away money I had saved to use for gasoline/beverages/etc..

I'll go check the newspaper's website though...



Edit: No report or review of the show to be found on their website.

I looked... nothing f*cking OKC!!!!! :laugh:
Guess you don't get a review unless you HUGE I don't even remeber Fleetwood Mac getting a review

On a side note, anything surface recording wise?

Nope...
 

No recording, buy I did see the Fleetwood Mac review earlier...Hey, it was only almost 4 years late.

Got e-mailed 2 more sales figures for this tour:
Stevie Nicks, Chris Isaak
Journal Pavilion

Albuquerque, N.M.

May 27, 2007

$317,843

8,193 /
14,996

1 /
0

$89, $22.50

Live Nation
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Stevie Nicks, Chris Isaak
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Morrison, Colo.

May 28, 2007

$623,912

8,938 /
9,450

1 /
0

$125, $43.50

Live Nation

The shows in Holmdel and Camden sold very well. Not sold out but over 3/4 full. Atlantic City says sold out on the Borgata website, although now I see people are pulling up good seats. IMO, the venue should offer those better seats to the people who got ****ty ones in the first 5 minutes after they went on sale.

^Camden did NOT look 3/4 full, MO. 2/3 at most. Much of the lawn was empty, and the outer rear seats under the pavilion were too. :shrug:

The lawn was almost totally empty.......which was a shocker for me. The 200 section also was sparse. During the Enchanted tour, the lawn was packed....completely packed. I agree, there is no way the Tweeter was 3/4. I think even 2/3 is generous. I was still pulling up Pit seats when the tickets went offline Friday afternoon. :shocked:

we had several pairs of tickets in the lawn and the 200 level and could not give them out to listeners yesterday morning/afternoon. we gave away two pairs of front row but apart from that, no one was interested.

last night was a bad night for a concert -- high school graduations in south jersey and the philadelphia area.

Amen to that. I love that idea.:nod:

Mansfield Show sales sucked,I love to see the Livenation sales reciept on that show. the people with lawn seats were upgraded to reserved seats. I ugraded from sec 5 to sec 2 dead center right in front of Stevie.I hope this does not make her not to come back to the Tweeter.Also I heard rumours the parent company of this and the other two Tweeters is in trouble.

I really think there are multiple factors involved here which may explain why attendance was sparse:

-Tickets were too expensive.
-Tickemaster fees are even more ridiculously high.
-Parking (in Camden in anyway) was excessively expensive.
-No new songs to tour behind and no media buzz.
-Same tired old setlist.

In a nutshell, I think Stevie and her concert promoters are squarely to blame. But I think the concert venues are not exactly helping matters by making everything prohibitively expensive. I remember for the RAL tour just over 20 years ago, you could buy a ticket, park, have a snack or two and not spend $25. The same experience today is close to $175-200. I don't think average incomes increased by 900% over the past 21 years. Just insane! Concerts are no longer spur-of-the-moment, spontaneous events. Nowadays you have to plan months in advance, save chunks of your paycheck, or be in credit card debt for months/years. It is ironic that Stevie has been on this "save the music" kick recently, yet she is leading the pack in perpetuating this notion that live music is only for rich people with her $100+ ticket prices. Making music so prohibitively expensive only means that people will not take risks with their music listening habits, and therefore will only stick to the tried-and-true. People will not check out new music (including those not familiar with la Nicks) if the financial hurdle is too high.

It's a surprise to hear that Stevie didnt do better in Boston. It seems like it has always been a big market for her.
I agree that concerts at the sheds are just too expensive. Quite a few of them are closing down as well,from what I understand.

Yeah $125 plus those wopping tm fees really suck.We have a shed here in connecticut, called the Dodge Theater. I've seen Stevie/FM and some country shows there.The parking sucks in a way of security because my car was robbed
at a country music fest in 1998, The day after I got back from Stevies Enchanted show in Camden.I've had no time to clean the car out from thr night before.Ohh thank god the a$$hole did not get my camera.I had it with me at the countryfest,but he got away with taking my camera flash and toll money.I only go to that place less I have too.

Agreed!! $15 for parking was ridiculous. And everybody knows Ticketbastard sucks.