Madonna has just finished the U.S. leg of her 'Re-invention' tour,and not surprisingly,the tour was a huge success.She performed a total of 39 shows in the US,grossing $79,500,054 and selling about 553,505 tickets.Here's a breakdown of each city,showing the total grosses from each venue,number of shows and number of tickets sold....


Inglewood,Calif: $6,965,055---3 shows/43,158 attendance
Las Vegas,Calif: $7,005,548---2 shows/28,341 attendance
Anaheim,Calif: $4,164,450---2 shows/24,250 attendance
San Jose,Calif: $5,543,715---3 shows/40,205 attendance
Washington,D.C.: $3,486,684---2 shows/26,788 attendance
New York,New York: $12,674,925---6 shows/88,625 attendance
Boston/Worcester,Mass: $6,436,890---4 shows/46,075 attendance
Philadelphia,Pa: $4,134,478---2 shows/30,575 attendance
East Rutherford,NJ: $4,437,345---2 shows/29,315 attendance
Chicago,Ill: $7,894,105---4 shows/59,591 attendance
Toronto: $5,322,703---3 shows/52,167 attendance
Atlanta,Ga: $3,450,874---2 shows/25,627 attendance
Fort Lauderdale,Fl: $3,834,522---2 shows/28,208 attendance
Miami,Fl: $4,145,760---2 shows/30,580 attendance



On the Billboard BoxScore Concert Grosses,she occupies five spots on this week's chart...

http://www.Billboard.com/...xscore.jsp


But it's not over yet.She's getting ready to begin the European leg...

August 14---Manchester
August 15---Manchester
August 18---London
August 19---London
August 22---London
August 23---London
August 25---London
August 26---London
August 29---Slane Castle
Sep.1---Paris
Sep.2---Paris
Sep.4---Paris
Sep.5---Paris
Sep.8---Arnhem
Sep.9---Arnhem
Sep. 13---Lisbon
Sep. 14---Lisbon


I take great pleasure in reporting this news,because there are certain folks on this site who are trying to convince themselves that Madonna is over and that her tour is a flop...lol...

DavidEye CinisterCee

Clearly, this tour is NOT a flop.

CinisterCee said:

I've been arguing this point for months,and now the final numbers prove it

anyone who says this tour is a flop is either sleepwalking or in heavy denial. they also have obviously not seen the tour, which was the best live show i've ever seen!

She'll probably have this years second highest grossing US tour...
Right after our man Prince... ...They seem 2 b the only ones
not plagued by the current ticket sales slump in the US

SassierBritches said:

I totally agree.Man,I can't wait for the DVD.The rumored release date is December 14 but now i'm hearing that it might not be released until January 11,2005.

I never understood why people said it was a flop. It was the best concert I've been to, but i've never got a chance to see Madonna live before.

When she started the show and started quoting "The Beast within" and that video started playing, the suspense started building then when it ended and the lights on the stage went on and it started playing the opening of "Vogue" and everyone flew out of their seats- not 1 person was sitting- i will never forget that.

DavidEye said:

Isn't she doing a documentry- a la "truth or Dare?"

jayaredee said:

She sure is.It's supposed to premiere at the Cannes Film festival in spring 2005.If it gets a good reception,expect to see it in a limited number of theatres.

I think the tour could have been much more succesful not based on those shows, which all sold out but the fact that she could have played a lot more venues. It's a damn shame she skipped Detriot this time round.

VinnyM27 said:

OMG she skipped her own home? WHat was she thinking? And the irony is the "Drowned World Tour" that was on HBO was filmed from Detroit

How many of the dates were sellouts? Does anyone know?

I am so happy to hear this! Madonna is awesome, my respect for her has grown over time.
I used to think of her what people think about britney.

Her and Prince are more than just Musicians or Artist, they transend all of that. They are Icons
and legends in their own time. They have connected so deeply with so many people its staggering. They are in a genre all their own, these numbers reflect and verify that.

What new artist out in the last ten years could pull this off? NONE!
[This message was edited Thu Aug 12 11:10:06 2004 by Littlewing]

who cares, she still is an a$$hole!!

with those same tired ass dance moves fom the 80's, she she be ashamed of herself to sell tickets for $300 for what?? to see some washed up has been??

her music is about as good as her fake english accent/movie career/ and singing all put together!!

nothing sexy about a late forty year old trying to act like she's 21!!!

bye Madonna, one word...."retirement".....please.

So are the shows avaliable on bootleg? CD or Video yet???

sextonseven said:

I follow B.B. Boxscore every week. All of her shows in the U.S. were sold out.

paisleypark4 said:

Yeah, there are some recordings out there. There are good video bootlegs, especially of the NYC shows since Madison Square Garden security was very relaxed at all of those shows. You can find some of them on file-sharing services like Winmx, Kazaa, Emule, BitTorrent, etc.

A fan recorded excellent quality (for a bootleg) and complete audio recordings of the shows in L.A., Worcester Massachusetts, and Atlanta. You can download the whole Atlanta show from this forum -LINK- in this thread "RIT Atlanta HQ mp3s" -LINK-, but you have to be registered and logged in there to access the tour section of the forum. The download links in the first few pages of that thread are probably all dead by now, but I re-posted download links for all of the Atlanta mp3s (in order) on page 7 of that thread. If any of the links are dead check back the next day to see if the links have been updated. I'll keep updating till that thread falls off the page.
[This message was edited Thu Aug 12 23:43:00 2004 by Slyguy]

U're kidding me....$300 for Madonna tickets?

If Prince, only slightly better musician, charged that much for a concert ticket...there
would be some cryin' up in here.

"U get the audience you deserve" ~ PRINCE

I dont like her never did she has made a lot of money out of this american tour but all her shows were not sold out ....her tickets were too expensive: her ego is too big : she is playing here in Ireland for the first time at the end of the month her tickets are still not sold out : the red hot chilli peppers played in same venue last year there tickets sold out in hours: Madonna tickets still available .....thats a bad sign her tickets have been struggling all over the world face it i dont think she is the queen of pop anymore..... her ego too big plus as a female performer shes too old....she is like cher now

apple2 said:

You're one of the people that i started this thread for

Say what you want,try to dispute those numbers,but Madonna is laughing all the way to the bank.

Revolution said:

if madonna gets the audience she deserves, and they paid 300 bucks to see her, she must have got a loyal audience.

DavidEye said:

Thanks but what i said is true she is not as popular as she was ...her concerts always sold out now they dont :she has too much competion now Britney: Beyonce etc Madge is too old too boring too obsessed with her sad trendy celebrity religion: its been talked about everywhere her concert tickets were not selling well she should retire soon....very soon

apple2 said:

that show was sold almost out everywhere. i'm sure, like every single other sold concert, on the night of the show a few tickets were released. this happens because press tickets are available, guest seats become available, etc. i know one of the philly shows wasn't sold out and one of the chicago shows wasn't sold out. as far as i understand, the rest were all sold out.

why is it such a big deal to you? if you don't like her, you don't like her...there's no sense in arguing something you're wrong about.

apple2 said:

http://www.Billboard.com/...xscore.jsp

SassierBritches said:

U like Madonna .....her concerts did not sell out the way they did b4 thats all face it she is too obsessed with her religion her tickets were too expensive ..... sorry but its true her kaballah crap is too much 4 a lot of her fans who does she think she is to charge that much 4 tickets ....?

"she should retire soon...very soon"


A Madonna tour in the U.S. tour grosses $79 million in only three months,and you say she should "retire"?

[This message was edited Fri Aug 13 7:20:30 2004 by DavidEye]

apple2 said:

i do like madonna but if you have ever read my posts on ol' girl in the past you would know that i am far from biased when it comes to her. anytime a performer sells out 4,5 or 6 shows EACH in new york, la, philadelphia, miami/ft.lauderdale, and any other city she tours in, i think they're doing very well.

if i'm not mistaken (davideye will tell me if i am, lol) this curent tour has played to more audiences than the girlie show...which was her at her zenith. i think the idea of retirement...especially since you're basing it on her religion...is not well thought out. besides, did you stop supporting prince when he became a practicing jehovah's witness?

.
[This message was edited Fri Aug 13 7:30:56 2004 by SassierBritches]

I'm not from USA so couldnt see the shows myslef but after all the reviews by NONbiased(obsessive prince fams who says madonna aint about the music at every fucking chance they got) attenders I'm waiting for the DVD. hope it comes sooner.

apple2 said:

Erm, yes they were. ALL 39 shows in the U.S. were sold out. That's a fact from Billboard Boxscore, not fiction from an obsessed Madonna fan. If you want to dispute that then take it up with Billboard Boxscore who confirmed those figures. Nobody can say if the shows for Europe are sold out till they actually take place and the box office receipts are counted. And since they release 100s of production seats the week of the show that they sell right up to the night of the show. A lot of people fom here were able to score extra tickets (often quite excellent) to Prince concerts with extra seats released by the venues at the last minute.
[This message was edited Fri Aug 13 9:07:14 2004 by Slyguy]

Slyguy said:

The criticism about unsold Madonna tickets didn't come from the places that sold them but greedy scalpers and does where the undsold tickets that the media keeps harping on. There was a big demand for them but considering Madonna toured less than 3 years ago, the huge prices they are asking for just isn't worth it.