Is there a crisis in ticket sales?

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

Ok guys...it's Oct. 7 and there still isn't one sold out show? We're tickets this slow to sell in Europe during the Freddie years?

Usually much slower. And MUCH cheaper.

Man, you can’t compare it. There was no internet, you know?

If you look at the shows, there are only single seats left. Plus extra expensive special tickets. Doing better than ever in Germany, to be honest.

Hard to know what is sold out as they have added a lot of side seats with really poor views that skew what is really left. I read initially they were 90% sold out with singles and VIP seats left. Germany was really skewing the results of the sales as they were slower and Berlin in particular was poor. That has improved and I think it is amazing that a show for next summer is pretty much full. They added a show in England (I think I read that, so don't pounce on me if it isn't so!) so trying to pretend it hasn't sold well, just isn't true! I think most bands would be thrilled with the response. It doesn't have to be a sell out on Day one! The Asia tour is also pretty much sold out, so I think there is huge demand to hear them again. By the time the shows roll around I doubt there will be any empty seats There sure weren't many for the US tour, not an empty seat in Boston and that was about 20,000. The sky is not falling people!

Sealion wrote:

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

Ok guys...it's Oct. 7 and there still isn't one sold out show? We're tickets this slow to sell in Europe during the Freddie years?

Usually much slower. And MUCH cheaper.

Man, you can’t compare it. There was no internet, you know?

If you look at the shows, there are only single seats left. Plus extra expensive special tickets. Doing better than ever in Germany, to be honest.

Knebworth 1986 and Wembley sold out 7n minutes by phone reservations. Of course you see QAL bigger and better than Queen but as usual you are completely wrong in your QAL bubble

For the same Show over and over again each year they sell pretty well

runner_70 wrote:

Sealion wrote:

PrimeJiveUSA wrote:

Ok guys...it's Oct. 7 and there still isn't one sold out show? We're tickets this slow to sell in Europe during the Freddie years?

Usually much slower. And MUCH cheaper.

Man, you can’t compare it. There was no internet, you know?

If you look at the shows, there are only single seats left. Plus extra expensive special tickets. Doing better than ever in Germany, to be honest.

Knebworth 1986 and Wembley sold out 7n minutes by phone reservations. Of course you see QAL bigger and better than Queen but as usual you are completely wrong in your QAL bubble

I’m not calling anything bigger or better. That’s only your imagination. All I‘m doing is, I compare the sales of the gigs I went to in the 80s to today.

To add:
Knebworth and Wembley weren‘t your usual every day concerts. And it wasn’t just phone reservations. But, hey. You can just stay in your bubble.

You said they play to more people in Germany than ever. In 1986 there were mostly stadiums and open airs like Mannheim and Cologne which were packed. They played cologne stadium in 2006 with PR and there were 25.000. Last time with Lamebird there were not even 20.000 in a 45.000 stadium. Embarrassing . Thats why they wont do stadiums anymore. The one living in a dream world is you..."doing better in Germany than ever" could not be more wrong

runner_70 wrote:

You said they play to more people in Germany than ever. (...)

I never said that. I said, that they sell faster than ever.

I don’t even think, they sell better. I said, you cannot compare, how sales went in the 80s to today.
Because of the Internet. As I mentioned.

Someone else has mentioned that they played in front of the biggest US audience ever last week. You’re getting confused, man.

Backpeddling once again as usual after you been proved wrong

runner_70 wrote:

Backpeddling once again as usual after you been proved wrong

I only repeated, what I said before. It’s not my fault, that you mix up different members.

Sealion wrote:

Doing better than ever in Germany, to be honest.

There you have it. Says Sealion to me. The Statement is just completely wrong

runner_70 wrote:

Sealion wrote:

Doing better than ever in Germany, to be honest.

There you have it. Says Sealion to me. The Statement is just completely wrong

I see, you didn’t get the irony. I said that and said afterwards, that it’s impossible to compare.

Man, I‘m not a huge QAL fan. But you seem to think I am. I enjoy the collaboration for what it is. That’s all.

YOu're not only backpeddling you are drowning now with your "irony" remark lol