Originally Posted by Thinny

The promoters wouldn't put the shows on if they didn't think that they could make some money, so that's a given. Sometimes the promoters only care about selling 50% of the attendance and they will still make money on that. It all depends on how much they are paying the band of course, but I have no doubt that BJ have taken a pay cut this time, compared to what they used to get for a UK/European run.

Once the promoters hit their target that's it, they will be happy with that and the promo for the tour will be over. It also helps that they have support acts that will shift tickets. Promoter's insistence, I'm sure...

No it doesn't look good if the place is half empty, but mark my words in the run up to the gigs there will be a gazillion competitions for tickets in every newspaper, website, etc.

And promoters have got into the habit of using Groupon a lot to shift tickets in to the run up to the gigs. Shania Twain tickets were recently on their for for about £25 down from £70. I have no doubt that this will come in to play for the Jovi dates too.

Of course, I hope there's a massive buzz and they sell loads of tickets, but I think the bands management overestimates the amount of people interested in a Bon Jovi concert in 2018. For my money I would have gone with arenas and sold them all out. It looks so much better for the band's profile than struggling to fill Stadiums.