Bruce

I'm sorry but Bon Jovi have a hell of a lot of New Jersey competition!!! I wish I lived in NJ!!!

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Add Two Shows to Record-Breaking Summer 2003 Giants Stadium Run, Bringing Total to Nine Nights Scheduled

New dates, August 28 and August 30, go on sale Saturday, March 8 at 9am

Series of nine shows at one stadium is first for any performer worldwide.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band further shatter records for ticket sales, as they add two additional shows to their summer 2003 run at East Rutherford, NJ's Giants Stadium. The new dates, August 28 and August 30, will go on sale Saturday, March 8 at 9am through Ticketmaster only. Tickets will not be sold at the Continental Airlines Arena or Giants Stadium box offices on Saturday, March 8. This announcement brings the total number of Giants Stadium concerts to nine, an all-time record for the venue, and the first time in concert history a performer has played nine stadium shows in the same series.

Tickets will be available online at www.ticketmaster.com, at select Ticketmaster Ticket Centers in New Jersey, New York and Fairfield, CT and via phone at 201-507-8900, 212-307-7171 or 212-307-7200 - Automated. If tickets remain, they will be available at the Continental Arena Box Office beginning Monday, March 10 at 11:00 am.

On March 1, demand for three originally announced dates (July 15, 17, 1 was so great, two additional dates (July 21, 24) were added at 12 noon. Sales continued to be strong, prompting an additional two dates to go on sale at 2:30 PM (July 26, 27). This marked the first time in the history of Ticketmaster that seven stadium shows for one artist went on sale in a single day. A limited number of tickets for these shows are still available.

Springsteen continues to be the top-selling artist to ever perform at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which includes Giants Stadium and neighboring Continental Airlines Arena. Springsteen has played at the Meadowlands 50 times in his career, including a record 44 performances at the arena and a record 6-show run at Giants Stadium in 1985 (August 18, 19, 21, 22 and 30, Sept. 1). With the 9-show 2003 run, Springsteen clears his own high mark and sets a new record.

The successful ticket sales expand on a remarkable February for Springsteen and the E Street Band, in which Springsteen won three Grammy Awards for his latest album 'The Rising,' CBS Television aired Springsteen and the E Street Band's first ever broadcast network special, and the Band resumed its 2002-2003 world tour with a performance in the Atlanta, GA area.

'The Rising,' Springsteen's first album of new songs with the E Street Band since 1984, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified double platinum. Throughout 2002, Springsteen and the Band embarked on a barnstorming tour of North America and Europe, during which they played a total of 45 cities in nine different countries before the end of the year. U.S. and dates continue through early 2003,
beginning February 28 in Duluth, GA, as well as a second sold-out European swing. They'll also travel to Australia and New Zealand, marking their first shows there since 1988

Yeah but aint he only using something like 1 third of the stadium?

Not quite, but he is not selling as much of the stadium as Bon Jovi. And lots of the people lapping these up are buying multiple shows. Actually some Bruce fans are getting a little disgusted and seeing this as somewhat of a money grab as these next shows are a month after the first and everyone wants to be in on the "last show" of the tour (this is the discussion on the Bruce board I am on). I have bought my one of the series and am happy to be seeing Bruce and Bon Jovi within two weeks of each other- can't wait! It will be interesting to see if these sell as briskly, though I can tell you the 5 of the first 7 are not sold out, you can get tickets still on Ticketmaster.

no it's not

even if it was that would still be the equivalent of 3 sold out full capacity shows

and trust me it is more than that...

and the Boss is so popular that they will all sell, otherwise they wouldn't have announced an extra 6 dates

Its something like that he isnt using the full arena. Also as someone said in this post that he keeps announcing new dates there and most are buying to see the final one. I think its the same with the bon jovi one the first there is still tickets for the second there aint. Everyone wants to see the final show and bruce has saw the dollar sign. Im going to shut up now as dont wasnt to male my feelings to clear on bruce.........

Bruce is selling about 40,000 per show. Bon Jovi has put 52,000 on sale for their shows in comparison, so they are using more of the stadium. Yes, all shows will sell well but I can tell you there are many people repeating shows. I don't think anyone disputes Bruce is the Boss- and remember he hasn't played Giants since 1985 so it is a big deal. I am planning on enjoying Bruce and Bon Jovi this summer! And it is nice of Bruce to spare us a couple nights- LOL!

go on

well said... and chances are they'll add extra seats as time goes on (they always do!!)

so minimum 40,000 x 9 = 360,000 compared to Bon jovi's 100,000

http://www.bonjovicentral.com/jovita...pic.php?t=7915
I dont want to drag to much up again, ah what am i saying i aint botherd people will give there opinions like i gave mine. :P

you never really justified it exactly... ie what is it about bon jovi and other music you liked that you don't see in bruce ?