Originally Posted by Supersonic (Post 1261053)

Aloha !



I'm not so sure about that. U2, Guns N' Roses and Metallica have all done stadium tours similar to Bon Jovi. But while these bands have a very tight production with impressive visuals and pyro all Bon Jovi offers are tacky videos of stripper silhouettes during Bad Medicine and a poorly designed stage. I reckon Bon Jovi are lucky they've got an audience that consists mostly of fans who rarely go to other bands anymore and have no sense of what other acts offer. Once you start comparing like you're currently doing Bon Jovi is in no way in the same league anymore.

The reason Bryan Adams is still as popular as he is in Europe despite not having had a big European hit in 20 years is because he's always kept his prices low and is a consistent live act. I've paid 40 Euro's for a Bryan Adams ticket in 2003 and 50 for Bon Jovi. I paid 65 for Bryan Adams last year and had to pay 100 for a similar Bon Jovi ticket. And Holland is a relatively cheap market, prices in the U.K. have increased a lot more. Both acts still offer the same thing they did 20 years ago but while one act has gotten a lot worse Bryan Adams plays longer shows than he did back then, does a more varied set than he did back then and still seems to enjoy himself on stage all the time.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Originally Posted by Captain_jovi (Post 1261054)

Visually I've been pretty impressed with that the band do, minus the 2013 tour. If anything sometimes it's the one thing the Band has going for them when they sound like that. They have to hide behind all that.

But I was more talking about bundling the new album in with the ticket cost to pad sales.

Originally Posted by Elvistico (Post 1261265)

Weird, 2013 ( Europe ) had most impressive stage design since 2001 when they had the empire stage rooftop as a stage design.
2003 looked huge but failed because of a bad lightshow, so it had all potential to be Stones/U2 - ish but it wasn't at all.
2005 was pretty cool, just as 2003 but fell short for the same reasons.
2007 was back to the basic stage but fortunately with a nice screen that was wrapped around the speakers of the stage.
2009/2010 was fully indoor but nothing special ( look at the MSG dvd)
2011 greates hits tour was nothing but a half rond circle ( inspired by what pink floyd used 20 years before) with a huge screen ( but that's just like a big TV) and poor lights.
2013 was the Sofia stage - for once that looked cool !
2019 THINFS tour europe was relatively classic but the visuals and screens were nice. The curved thing really gave it that little extra.

Originally Posted by Elvistico (Post 1261265)

Weird, 2013 ( Europe ) had most impressive stage design since 2001 when they had the empire stage rooftop as a stage design.
2003 looked huge but failed because of a bad lightshow, so it had all potential to be Stones/U2 - ish but it wasn't at all.
2005 was pretty cool, just as 2003 but fell short for the same reasons.
2007 was back to the basic stage but fortunately with a nice screen that was wrapped around the speakers of the stage.
2009/2010 was fully indoor but nothing special ( look at the MSG dvd)
2011 greates hits tour was nothing but a half rond circle ( inspired by what pink floyd used 20 years before) with a huge screen ( but that's just like a big TV) and poor lights.
2013 was the Sofia stage - for once that looked cool !
2019 THINFS tour europe was relatively classic but the visuals and screens were nice. The curved thing really gave it that little extra.

Originally Posted by YOVANAfromPeru (Post 1262183)

another RT trip: Juev. 13/AGO JBJ acústico, New York City, The Westin

Originally Posted by steel_horse75 (Post 1262196)

Nearly sold out.
From what I've seen it's all women!

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