starting a new thread, the last one was getting pretty long. 43 shows now on sale, there are 9 sellouts so far:

3/27 - Reno - Sold Out
3/29 - LA - Sold Out
4/30 - Atlanta - Sold Out
5/28 - LA - Sold Out
6/16 - Saint Paul, MN - Sold Out
6/25 - Rosemont, IL - Sold Out
6/26 - Rosemont, IL - Sold Out
7/12 - New York - Sold Out
7/16 - East Rutherford, NJ - Sold Out

and another 14 shows where the expensive seats are gone

4/2 - Dallas - expensive seats gone
4/10 - Champaign, IL - expensive seats gone
4/16 - Columbus, OH - expensive seats gone
4/23 - Raleigh, NC - expensive seats gone
4/26 - Tampa, FL - expensive seats gone
4/29 - Birmingham, AL - expensive seats gone, nearly sold out
5/24 - Anaheim - expensive seats gone
5/26 - LA - expensive seats gone
5/29 - Vegas - expensive seats gone
6/17 - Saint Paul, MN - expensive seats gone
7/13 - New York - expensive seats gone
8/9 - Atlanta - expensive seats gone
8/17 - Boston - expensive seats gone, nearly sold out
8/22 - Philly - expensive seats gone

thats cool man, so has the HOF significantly increased ticket sales? looks like, hopefully, this tour could sellout alot more than i originally though ti would! especially if the album is good and does well in april to boost sales abit more. plus good reviews from gigs will persuade others to go when they read em. ooh exciting!

alandail, your the man. Thanks for the post.

I think it's a combination - the hall of fame seems to be boosting ticket sales at shows that were already on sale - and several large market arenas went on sale just this week.

Just checked a couple of places again.

8/17 - Boston - Sold Out

and these two are getting close

4/29 - Birmingham, AL
7/13 - New York


note - for sell outs, I didn't check to see if you can still get single seats, only that the pairs of seats are gone, so there may still be a few scattered single seats left at some of the these 10 sellout shows and counting.

Thanks for the info. I am so happy for Prince.

New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, LA & Boston are selling better than I expected, which is cool. But it's important to note that there's around 30 shows that haven't sold out.

Hey does anyone know the purchase limit on tix for members??

TheGoldExperience said:

Did you not see that I pointed out the total number of shows in my original post?

Add

7/13 - New York - Sold Out

to the sellout list, bringing the total now to 11 of the 43 shows on sale sold out, with at least 12 more with the expensive seats gone (I didn't check to see if others got added to that list today). The lists now look like this

3/27 - Reno - Sold Out
3/29 - LA - Sold Out
4/30 - Atlanta - Sold Out
5/28 - LA - Sold Out
6/16 - Saint Paul, MN - Sold Out
6/25 - Rosemont, IL - Sold Out
6/26 - Rosemont, IL - Sold Out
7/12 - New York - Sold Out
7/13 - New York - Sold Out
7/16 - East Rutherford, NJ - Sold Out
8/17 - Boston - Sold Out

4/2 - Dallas - expensive seats gone
4/10 - Champaign, IL - expensive seats gone
4/16 - Columbus, OH - expensive seats gone
4/23 - Raleigh, NC - expensive seats gone
4/26 - Tampa, FL - expensive seats gone
4/29 - Birmingham, AL - expensive seats gone, nearly sold out
5/24 - Anaheim - expensive seats gone
5/26 - LA - expensive seats gone
5/29 - Vegas - expensive seats gone
6/17 - Saint Paul, MN - expensive seats gone
8/9 - Atlanta - expensive seats gone
8/22 - Philly - expensive seats gone

alandail said:

I did see what you posted. But shows where the expensive seats are sold out doesn't mean the whole show is sold out. And did you read what I posted? I said around 25% of the shows will sellout. And guess how many shows have sold out?

TheGoldExperience said:

26% and counting. The tour still hasn't started, some dates are still months away. The album isn't out yet, the single isn't out yet (that last part surprises me - should have sent that to radio this week). And the expensive seats selling out is relevant because that generates the majority of the revenue for each show.

There is no doubt in my mind that the closer the tour gets to each city, the more cities will sell out. Boston already sold , Phila will sell out by the end of tomorrow, and the 2nd New york show is close to selling out already. As the buzz gets closer to each city 80 to 90% of them will sell out in my opionion.

about the 2nd St Paul show...

today as I was bored and seeing how tix were going, all I could get all day was cheap seats in the upper deck...

right now though, I pulled tix in the 11th row of the 1st level (top price)

when I searched for 1 seat, I got a floor ticket in the 4th row...

for the floor, I'm wondering if the NPGMC released back unneeded tix and so those are pulling now

but I'm confused why suddenly there are decent seats on the 1st level again.... weirdness


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[This message was edited Tue Mar 23 19:50:40 2004 by endorphin74]

Just saw the single is released to radio (and I assume video) monday. Also, lots of articles on the album/tour popping up this evening. usatoday, cnn, billboard, etc. Watch ticket sales pick up as radio starts playing the song and talking about the tour.

alandail said:

Well this thread is about sellout shows. So the only thing that's irrelevant is your above comment.

It doesn't matter if there's 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 or 100 North American shows on this tour. When I say only 25% of the shows will sellout, I mean exactly that.

Btw, I've done my own research and I've found that there's plenty of expensive tickets left for (including several other cities but because of ticketmaster's routine service maintenance I'm not currently able to find out for sure) the shows in:

Champaign, Ames, Omaha, Biloxi, Bakersfield, Phoenix, Kansas City, St. Louis, Nashville, Bossier City and floor seats left for the second St. Paul show (as the previous poster noted)!

But that's just my two cents...
[This message was edited Tue Mar 23 23:39:00 2004 by TheGoldExperience]

hey, I started the thread, I think in doing so my first post determines what the thread is about. Tracking both shows that sold out and shows where the expensive seats sold out. I'll take he 2nd Xcel show off of the second list since more seats opened up.

Well he's finally on top of the HOT TICKETS in THE USA section.....

Event Category

Prince R&B/Urban Soul

Jerry Seinfeld Comedy

David Bowie Rock and Pop

Tony Bennett Rock and Pop

WWE World Wrestling Entertainment Wrestling

Kenny Chesney Country and Folk

Dave Chappelle Comedy

The Wiggles Children's Music and Theater

Les Miserables Musicals

Monster Jam Monster Truck Racing Motorsports

That opening night concert at the staples center is going to be heck a slammin.