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Printable I've seen P in concert many times but when I read about the "Musicology"-tour and see excerpts from the show I can hardly wait till he's coming to Belgium again. Rumours are that he'll do our country in February or March. My phone is ready to order those tickets! | |
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well he worked damn hard for every cent. If ypu aint hip to the rare housequake, shut up already,damn................. | |
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DavidEye said: jazzmaster said: I can't help but wonder, though, if P didn't end up grossing more "personally" than Madonna did. I'm sure Madonna's label took a nice portion of her ticket sales and I would also bet that she has a larger entourage which equals more money spent.
True,Madonna's tour definitely cost more money to put on.But let's not kid ourselves,she still made a ton of money.All but one show sold out completely,and there was also the $10 million she received from CBS,plus merchanandise sales.So it all evens out. Don't forget the money Prince made from the initial movie theatre release of the 2nd show (Staples center) | |
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".... But he never gouged his fans with high ticket prices."
Totally a Class Move! I agree. Prince always looks out for his fans.  | |
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lmas said: DavidEye said: True,Madonna's tour definitely cost more money to put on.But let's not kid ourselves,she still made a ton of money.All but one show sold out completely,and there was also the $10 million she received from CBS,plus merchanandise sales.So it all evens out. Don't forget the money Prince made from the initial movie theatre release of the 2nd show (Staples center) i thought that was the 1st nite of the show? | |
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DavidEye said: True,Madonna's tour definitely cost more money to put on.But let's not kid ourselves,she still made a ton of money.All but one show sold out completely,and there was also the $10 million she received from CBS,plus merchanandise sales.So it all evens out.
i thought that CBS show never happened? | |
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ABeautifulOne said: DavidEye said: True,Madonna's tour definitely cost more money to put on.But let's not kid ourselves,she still made a ton of money.All but one show sold out completely,and there was also the $10 million she received from CBS,plus merchanandise sales.So it all evens out.
i thought that CBS show never happened? It never aired,but Madonna was still allowed to keep the money.She kept up her end of the bargain by letting them film it,but the two sides couldn't agree on several issues (example: CBS insisted on showing commercials,but Maddy felt that it would ruin the flow of the concert). | |
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jazzmaster said: Agreed... The 80's are back!
Madonna is cool, but she certainly isn't the genius that P is. Dollar signs don't necessarily spell success, you know. Let's just be happy that the year turned out the way it did and hope for something even close to it in 2005. Oh I agree.My whole point was,it doesn't really matter which artist made more "personal income" from their tour(let's face it,they're both already filthy rich,even without this year's touring).The REAL cause for celebration is that these two artists---who are often considered "has-beens"---proved that they can still deliver the goods with successful,lucrative tours that even topped the supposedly "hot" artists of today.Instead of pitting Prince against Madonna (as some people in this thread are doing),I'm thrilled that BOTH of them are still doing extremely well. | |
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jazzmaster said: The Purple One hit the road in '04 and we all had the opportunity to see him do his thang. It doesn't get any better than that!
Europe has been left out  Please, come here, take your musicology tour on another leg !!! |
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DavidEye said: jazzmaster said: Agreed... The 80's are back!
Madonna is cool, but she certainly isn't the genius that P is. Dollar signs don't necessarily spell success, you know. Let's just be happy that the year turned out the way it did and hope for something even close to it in 2005. Oh I agree.My whole point was,it doesn't really matter which artist made more "personal income" from their tour(let's face it,they're both already filthy rich,even without this year's touring).The REAL cause for celebration is that these two artists---who are often considered "has-beens"---proved that they can still deliver the goods with successful,lucrative tours that even topped the supposedly "hot" artists of today.Instead of pitting Prince against Madonna (as some people in this thread are doing),I'm thrilled that BOTH of them are still doing extremely well. Very well said!!! | |
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DavidEye said: ABeautifulOne said: i thought that CBS show never happened? It never aired,but Madonna was still allowed to keep the money.She kept up her end of the bargain by letting them film it,but the two sides couldn't agree on several issues (example: CBS insisted on showing commercials,but Maddy felt that it would ruin the flow of the concert). and the other one was that she didnt want them 2 edit out some stuff they thought was inappropriate | |
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ABeautifulOne said: DavidEye said: It never aired,but Madonna was still allowed to keep the money.She kept up her end of the bargain by letting them film it,but the two sides couldn't agree on several issues (example: CBS insisted on showing commercials,but Maddy felt that it would ruin the flow of the concert). and the other one was that she didnt want them 2 edit out some stuff they thought was inappropriate except for the stray bit of ballsy language, i don't recall anything from the show that would need editing out. "Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later, every asshole gets one." | |
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well ive never seen her shows so i cant say what is what | |
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No, he did the gouging of the fans on the LAST tour. Been there, done that.
Ain't complaining. I've never been to a Prince show where I didn't think the money was incredibly well-spent. 
I do think it says something about the quality of live performance among current pop stars that the top acts of the year are people who were at their commercial peaks in the 80s. But again, ain't complaining. | |
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tackam said: No, he did the gouging of the fans on the LAST tour. Been there, done that.
Did this happen before with Prince? Which tour and tell what happened. "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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Wasn't madonna's tour a world tour? prince only played the USA didn't he? You'll never know a girl called Nikki and you'll never find Erotic City | |
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If Prince tickets were as high as Madonna's, maybe his gross ticket sales would've been higher...  [Edited 12/25/04 8:15am] | |
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