Billboard BS - Heavy Hitters and Warfield Curiosity

[Rob Allen]

"We know" that SHWesDD (which is what I'm calling this band now that seems clear who's running the debacle) increased the value of their stock first by bringing in a more credible tribute singer...and then by ditching the _Drama_ _FFH_ material, in favor of music more appreciated by the larger potential customer base. They managed to sell out more than one show on their last tour, grossing more than 100k at some shows (I know that seems a small number for a band calling itself Yes, but it is better than a lot of what came before for this band). But even though it would seem that there's good news on the concert ticket sales front, none has been reported to Billboard...before this week.

This week's BS chart features a number of legacy acts, some still *very* heavy hitters. It also features a number of listings for the Warfield Theater in SF, that suggest a sold out show might not always as it might appear.

Anway, here's the slice;


1
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Friends Arena
Solna, Sweden
May 4-5, 11, 2013
$16,332,099
164.325 /
164.325
3 /
3
$123.63, $108.64, $97.40, $82.42
Live Nation Sweden
2
The Rolling Stones
Staples Center
Los Angeles, Calif.
May 3, 20, 2013
$9,933,548
28.313 /
28.313
2 /
2
$600, $250, $150, $70
Concerts West/AEG Live
3
The Rolling Stones
Honda Center
Anaheim, Calif.
May 15, 18, 2013
$8,163,662
26.579 /
26.579
2 /
2
$600, $250, $150, $69.85
Concerts West/AEG Live
4
The Rolling Stones
MGM Grand Garden
Las Vegas, Nev.
May 11, 2013
$6,119,172
13.327 /
13.327
1 /
1
$750, $250, $150, $73.85
Concerts West/AEG Live
5
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Telenor Arena
Oslo, Norway
April 29-30, 2013
$5,836,045
43.918 /
43.918
2 /
2
$148.18, $130.75, $125.52
Live Nation Sweden
6
The Rolling Stones
Oracle Arena
Oakland, Calif.
May 5, 2013
$5,068,993
14.133 /
14.133
1 /
1
$600, $250, $150, $67.50
Concerts West/AEG Live
7
The Rolling Stones
HP Pavilion
San Jose, Calif.
May 8, 2013
$4,507,648
12.803 /
12.803
1 /
1
$600, $250, $150, $72
Concerts West/AEG Live
8
Paul McCartney
Amway Center
Orlando, Fla.
May 18-19, 2013
$3,798,540
26.261 /
26.775
2 /
0
$250, $57.50
Marshall Arts/Live Nation
9
Black Sabbath, Shihad
Rod Laver Arena
Melbourne, Australia
April 29-May 1, 2013
$2,924,400
20.527 /
20.600
2 /
0
$141.67, $104.35
Live Nation
10
Rihanna, A$AP Rocky
Barclays Center
Brooklyn, N.Y.
May 5, 7, 2013
$2,465,993
29.072 /
29.072
2 /
2
$145.50, $35


Ok, it's true that even there was an actual Yes working right now, they wouldn't be doing these kind of numbers.


28
Fleetwood Mac
BOK Center
Tulsa, Okla.
May 1, 2013
$938,420
9.563 /
9.563
1 /
1
$149.50, $49.50

or even these kind of numbers...


33
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Joe Walsh
Barclays Center
Brooklyn, N.Y.
April 16, 2013
$829,348
8.199 /
12.018
1 /
0
$125, $45


or these...


50
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Smithereens
Ford Center
Evansville, Ind.
May 16, 2013
$476,558
7.894 /
8.000
1 /
0
$114, $71.50, $49.50, $17


maybe something more along these lines?


56
Motley Crue, Big Wreck
General Motors Centre
Oshawa, Ontario
May 11, 2013
$341,903
4.246 /
4.703
1 /
0
$98.57, $78.76


or at least these?


61
Barry Manilow
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
Fort Wayne, Ind.
April 18, 2013
$242,076
5.191 /
6.144
1 /
0
$127.99, $87.99, $37.99, $7.99
Outback Concerts
62
REO Speedwagon and Styx, Ted Nugent
BOK Center
Tulsa, Okla.
May 8, 2013
$214,762
4.702 /
4.702
1 /
1
$59.50, $39.50


yeah, I know...HSWes toured with Styx and didn't seem to do quite this well...but certainly if it were Yes...*then* there might have been better numbers.


63
Bill Maher
Terrace Theatre
Long Beach, Calif.
May 11, 2013
$187,947
2.847 /
2.847
1 /
1
$69.50, $49.50


I'm just wantin' to believe that Yes would gross much better than Bill Maher...I'm not sure why.


All not intersting stuff, I'm sure...but less interesting still might be this business at the Warfield...what's the actual capacity of this place?


75
Marilyn Manson, Butcher Babies
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
Feb. 19, 2013
$107,663
2.384 /
2.384
1 /
1
$49.50, $39.50
Goldenvoice/AEG Live
76
Yes
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
March 5, 2013
$105,259
1.741 /
1.741
1 /
1
$79, $49
Goldenvoice/AEG Live


Somehow Manson jammed 600+ more tickets into that room...maybe it was the lower ticket prices...and the fact that MM *is* still in fact MM.


78
George Lopez, Brian Kellen, Cali Kingz
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
Feb. 16, 2013
$102,604
1.744 /
1.830
1 /
0
$62.50, $42.50
Goldenvoice/AEG Live


waitaminnit...here's another seating configuration...more than one show, but less than another.

<WTF, *George Lopez* comment _deleted_>


82
Alesso, Trevor Simpson
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
April 5, 2013
$91,401
2.350 /
2.350
1 /
1
$49.50, $37.50
Goldenvoice/AEG Live

86
The Specials, Little Hurricane, DJ Harry Duncan
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
March 23, 2013
$85,544
2.358 /
2.358
1 /
1
$47, $35
Goldenvoice/AEG Live

89
Knife Party
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
April 12, 2013
$83,764
2.105 /
2.350
1 /
0
$45, $39.50
Goldenvoice/AEG Liv

91
Ben Folds Five, Nataly Dawn
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
Jan. 31, 2013
$79,389
2.189 /
2.350
1 /
0
$45, $35
Goldenvoice/AEG Live

93
Rodriguez, The Giant Sand
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
April 23, 2013
$76,010
2.374 /
2.374
1 /
1
$45, $25
Goldenvoice/AEG Live
94
Ed Sheeran, Rizzle Kicks, Foy Vance
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
Feb. 8, 2013
$75,236
2.350 /
2.350
1 /
1
$35, $32
Goldenvoice/AEG Live

98
Porter Robinson, Penguin Prison, Seven Lions
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
Feb. 1, 2013
$73,005
2.374 /
2.374
1 /
1
$40, $25
Goldenvoice/AEG Live

102
A Day To Remember, Issues, Of Mice and Men
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, Calif.
April 15, 2013
$68,636
2.140 /
2.422
1 /
0
$37, $32
Goldenvoice/AEG Live


Same little theater, so many different seating capacities. *Versitile*.

So good news...SHWesDD sold better than both Knife Party *and* Ben Folds at the Warfield...I have some memory of Folds selling better that HSWes, so things are looking up...somehow.

Sadly though, SHWesDD using the Yes name is selling only marginally better than those acts, while other legacy acts are outpacing them by 2...4...8...10 times...and even more.


Rob "so are they actually doing any better?" Allen

[Tim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pToyPkrju1o

[Da Blue Guy]

On May 23, 9:44 pm, Tim <TiminM...@aol.com> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pToyPkrju1o

Is there one about tinfoil hats? That might be appropriate also. You
know, to block out those mind control rays.....