The arena looked full at my Vegas show and generally pretty full at other venues from what I've seen on video. I think Jon's assessment of his own performance is what has prevented the announcement of a 2nd North American leg.


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100 percent. They lost some people when Richie left, absolutely, but if the common man was that much of a fan of his he would have more of a following in his solo pursuits. We're so far past the point that a guy on the street knows the names of all the members of the band.

I just got 4th row center seats in Pittsburgh for $147.50 plus fees on TM.

Good for you! That show, for whatever the reason sold really slowly. Maybe it's the middle of the week date. But, there was a time where Pittsburgh got two shows.

When I lived in Chicago during the LH tour, I remember that there were two shows originally scheduled and they added a third. On the Circle tour, they did two shows at Soldier Field, the city's football stadium. I guess those days are gone...

Alot of casual fans won't see them every tour.
I had a columbian friend over for super yesterday and he said he saw them 5-6 years ago in Montreal. I assumed this was the circle GH tour. He said it was a once in a lifetime kind of thing. It was good, but he wouldn't see them again. (he also mentioned that growing up, he kind of had BJ forced on him by his girlfriends, so knowing some songs always helped him with the ladies).

My ex-rommate also went to see them on that tour in Montreal, even if he wasn't a fan. I think they played 5 or 6 times in 18 months there for this tour, so they probably had alot of casuals show up throughout these shows, as is probably the case for all their tours.

I think it's only normal that attendance is down a bit, considering who else is touring and how often they've toured recently.
Unless they are releasing material that helps them gain NEW fans, I don't see how they are going to turn the trend around, especially if you look at how these shows are going.

I'll still have fun at mine coming up, but I don't see the band impressing casuals to a point that they'll come back or convince others to join them next time.

That used to be the case though.

Though numbers are generally strong by industry standards, it probably is the worst selling tour since the first U.S. leg of Keep the Faith, on the heels of the band's worst selling album of its entire career:

http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore

Not a lot of sold out nights, though it's still great numbers. Most nights are within the range of 500-1000 tickets from a sell out.

Looks like all the shows didn't do too badly, bar Memphis

I noticed that as well and we all know the sold out is the promoter's percentage of available tickets to what they determined capacity would be (a sell out is never ever a butt in every available seat).