Originally Posted by Butters (Post 1214768)

Very different situation over in this part of the world. The Stones always had/have a legendary cool factor. Bon Jovi don't have that. Bon Jovi have always been seen as a bit of a joke act by a large part of the population. They always overcame that by producing seriously good music and delivering epic live shows. Over the last 10 years you could see a very clear decline in their popularity - with the declining quality of their output it was harder and harder for people to combat the accusations that Bon Jovi are a crap, pop-rock, hair-metal band. Add to that the declining (and over-saturated) quality of their live shows (don't underestimate the impact of Richie's absence in this part of the world) and to me it is not surprising that a large proportion of their fan base have slowly and quietly dissipated.

It was notable on the last tour around Europe, in general, and in Ireland/UK, in particular, how slow their concert ticket sales were.

In the Irish context, in 2006 Bon Jovi sold out Croke Park with about 85,000 people. In 2008, they did Punchestown with about 60,000. In 2011, they did two nights in the RDS with a combined crowd of about 70,000. In 2013, they really, really struggled to sell tickets for their Slane Castle concert, and that is a musical institution in Ireland - that was a major flop for the band. It also didn't help that the reviews of the show were generally very negative (it was). I can't see the band filling any stadium here on their next tour - maybe one night at the RDS (30-35K) but that would be a serious fall from grace.

Originally Posted by Antman (Post 1214753)

Around 6200.

Number 2 was 5830

Number 3 was 5030



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Originally Posted by ticos_stick (Post 1214774)

That's all spot on.

I was at both RDS shows in 2011 and although the shows were good by the present day standards I could sense a lack of anticipation and atmosphere that I'd felt in previous Dublin shows and the 2nd night was half empty.

I didn't go to Slane but by accounts it was terrible. I can't see many promoters pushing for stadiums if a new tour does materialise.

Originally Posted by LarryBJ (Post 1214787)

I can't understand why everyone in this forum is so nagative....

Originally Posted by LarryBJ (Post 1214787)

I can't understand why everyone in this forum is so nagative....

Originally Posted by Jeeper (Post 1214788)

About what? Album sales? 20,000 copies in the U.K. is rubbish.


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Originally Posted by LarryBJ (Post 1214791)

Well.....we don't live in the 90's anymore...20,000 copies in the U.K. is rubbish BUT this is how the sales are going nowdays for almost every artist.The 2017 tour (including Europe) will be succesful because this is how the money are made in the industry now...you'll see

Originally Posted by Jeeper (Post 1214793)

It's nothing to do with the era. (in this case)

Michael Ball outsold Bon Jovi. Let that sink in.

They have lost fans and unfortunately, not made a great fist of attracting newer ones.

A European tour will not be successful in terms of revenue if they attempt to play stadiums.


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