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egon wrote:
"stones beat money out of their fans"

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gimmekeef wrote:
And Gazza laughed at my "half a billion" prediction months ago.Without the cancellations they would have made it....U2??...Didnt Voodoo Lounge hold the record or are they saying Vertigo beat Voodoo?

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Poison Dart wrote:
The title should read:

STONES CRUSH SISSY BOYS U2. A Bigger Bang is now the biggest tour in the history of the universe.

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Joey wrote:
WHY must you kill The Joey's buzz ?!

Why ...........?!

WHY ?! ...........

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Soldatti wrote:


For the two tours to date based on figures released to Billboard, this is how things stack up:

VERTIGO TOUR
GROSS: $372,247,430
ATTENDANCE: 4,427,587
SHOWS: 125

A BIGGER BANG TOUR
GROSS: $387,137,364
ATTENDANCE: 3,170,432
SHOWS: 98

There are still 6 U2 shows yet to be reported and 17 Rolling Stones shows. The Stones will obviously GROSS more, but more people attended the Vertigo Tour.

The real differences between this tours and what puts the U2 tour on top, is that every Vertigo show to date has soldout, while only a little more than half of the Rolling Stones shows soldout. U2 could easily add more shows all across the world because there is so much unmet demand, where as the Stones have been playing to half empty stadiums on the last leg. Nearly all of the Stones shows in Europe did not sellout and some were cancelled do to poor ticket sales. In contrast, every U2 show in Europe soldout in minutes or hours, and the band could have gone back to Europe this summer for another 32 shows adding another $150 million gross total to their sum, which alone would have put them ahead of anything the Stones will finally finish with.

Sure, the Stones could extend their tour into 2007 and attempt to play some markets that perhaps they have not hit yet or have not played since the tour started in 2005, but with so many shows not soldout, its obvious that the ABB tour has ran its course and their only reason for continued touring is to move the stats a little more.

It would make far more sense for the Vertigo Tour to continue given that nearly every show soldout within minutes or hours of going on sale and so many people in Europe and North America were left without tickets.

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Mel Belli wrote:


Did you consider that demand for the Stones may have been greater if tickets were more in line with what U2 is charging?

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Mel Belli wrote:


Did you consider that demand for the Stones may have been greater if tickets were more in line with what U2 is charging?

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Gazza wrote:


absolutely. It stands to sense that if your prices are lower, more people will be able to see you

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corgi37 wrote:
All this mathematics talk is boring.

I prefer to think that our old bass player fixed up more women than U2's bass player could ever hope to achieve.

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Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Next question.

Who'll beat this record next?

Madonna?
U2?
Jacko? ....naw... his career is over

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nanatod wrote:


Even though I don't like him, Dave Matthews may be able to beat the record.

My Morning Jacket could beat the record, but it may take them a decade to get big enough to do so.

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Saint Sway wrote:
nanatod,
Please get up slowly and step cafefully away from the bong... easy now...

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