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One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 9:40am

my calculator says that this works out to about 15 million girls! yow

http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/398007-one-direction-1billion-where-we-a...

(related: U2 dropped their long awaited new single a
few weeks ago, and it made not the slightest
dent on radio or on the charts. Their single was
Mandela themed, they knowingly timed it for
release just before the plug was pulled on Mandela's
life support, and still... Nothing. The world really is
changing fast all of a sudden.)

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Reply #1 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 9:47am

I worked security at their show this summer in a just under 20K facility. Clean, family fun, not an f bomb in the place.
Lots of 35-50 women bringing their kids
Pretty meteoric for them to go to 60K + venues in that amount of time
They will have two nights @ The Razor here, that's a lot of ducats..

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #4 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 4:10pm

Lets say an average of $75 per ticket and 60,000 seats per show. That's 4.5 million a night. they'd need over 200 shows like that to get a billion. isn't happening but nice way to get some publicity. Amazing a group I have never heard or know much about even gets a stadium tour.

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #5 - Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 6:08pm

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 9:40am:

my calculator says that this works out to about 15 million girls! yow

http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/one-direction/398007-one-direction-1billion-where-we-a...

(related: U2 dropped their long awaited new single a
few weeks ago, and it made not the slightest
dent on radio or on the charts. Their single was
Mandela themed, they knowingly timed it for
release just before the plug was pulled on Mandela's
life support, and still... Nothing. The world really is
changing fast all of a sudden.)

Their new tune and album drops later, see below-

http://www.atu2.com/news/la-times-u2-album-in-april-new-song-called-invisible.ht...

*I don't know much about One'd erection and typically turn when I see them. My butthole is one direction.

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #6 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:07am

Some Guy wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 6:08pm:

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 9:40am:

(related: U2 dropped their long awaited new single a
few weeks ago, and it made not the slightest
dent on radio or on the charts. Their single was
Mandela themed, they knowingly timed it for
release just before the plug was pulled on Mandela's
life support, and still... Nothing. The world really is
changing fast all of a sudden.)

Their new tune and album drops later, see below-

http://www.atu2.com/news/la-times-u2-album-in-april-new-song-called-invisible.ht...

the U2 single that was released a couple weeks ago
and bombed, despite a nice lyrics video, is "ordinary
love", which not a few critics immediately labeled
as very ordinary indeed. this is in sharp contrast
to what mr. bono said at the release party: that
this extraordinary man Mandela deserved an
extraordinary tune and that that was what U2 had
come up with. apparently not.

if it had been a hit, you can be sure it would have
been on the new album. but now "ordinary love"
will just be politely forgotten and the hype will focus
on "invisible". after "ordinary love" quickly becoming
just "ordinary", they are really tempting fate naming
their next single "invisible"

related: Cohl and U2 have had to finally admit defeat
for their Spiderman on Broadway, the show closes in
January, years short of the break-even point. But
they are apparently going to try to see if they can
take it on the road into MSG-sized arenas. A Broadway
show in an arena, that seems like a tough sell to me,
especially given the mediocre reviews.

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #7 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:11am

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 4:10pm:

Lets say an average of $75 per ticket and 60,000 seats per show. That's 4.5 million a night. they'd need over 200 shows like that to get a billion. isn't happening but nice way to get some publicity. Amazing a group I have never heard or know much about even gets a stadium tour.

you're right, the numbers simply don't add up for a
one-year tour, but maybe this media report was
wrong about it being only a one-year tour. U2 and
the Stones hit their numbers over more than two
years I think, so maybe the 1D tour will extend into
2015 or even 2016.

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #8 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:16am

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:11am:

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 4:10pm:

Lets say an average of $75 per ticket and 60,000 seats per show. That's 4.5 million a night. they'd need over 200 shows like that to get a billion. isn't happening but nice way to get some publicity. Amazing a group I have never heard or know much about even gets a stadium tour.

you're right, the numbers simply don't add up for a
one-year tour, but maybe this media report was
wrong about it being only a one-year tour. U2 and
the Stones hit their numbers over more than two
years I think, so maybe the 1D tour will extend into
2015 or even 2016.

Don't kids forget about boy bands every 24 months or so?

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #9 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:21am

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:07am:

Some Guy wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 6:08pm:

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 9:40am:

(related: U2 dropped their long awaited new single a
few weeks ago, and it made not the slightest
dent on radio or on the charts. Their single was
Mandela themed, they knowingly timed it for
release just before the plug was pulled on Mandela's
life support, and still... Nothing. The world really is
changing fast all of a sudden.)

Their new tune and album drops later, see below-

http://www.atu2.com/news/la-times-u2-album-in-april-new-song-called-invisible.ht...

the U2 single that was released a couple weeks ago
and bombed, despite a nice lyrics video, is "ordinary
love", which not a few critics immediately labeled
as very ordinary indeed. this is in sharp contrast
to what mr. bono said at the release party: that
this extraordinary man Mandela deserved an
extraordinary tune and that that was what U2 had
come up with. apparently not.

if it had been a hit, you can be sure it would have
been on the new album. but now "ordinary love"
will just be politely forgotten and the hype will focus
on "invisible". after "ordinary love" quickly becoming
just "ordinary", they are really tempting fate naming
their next single "invisible"

related: Cohl and U2 have had to finally admit defeat
for their Spiderman on Broadway, the show closes in
January, years short of the break-even point. But
they are apparently going to try to see if they can
take it on the road into MSG-sized arenas. A Broadway
show in an arena, that seems like a tough sell to me.

it's over.

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #10 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:25am

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:16am:

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:11am:

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 4:10pm:

Lets say an average of $75 per ticket and 60,000 seats per show. That's 4.5 million a night. they'd need over 200 shows like that to get a billion. isn't happening but nice way to get some publicity. Amazing a group I have never heard or know much about even gets a stadium tour.

you're right, the numbers simply don't add up for a
one-year tour, but maybe this media report was
wrong about it being only a one-year tour. U2 and
the Stones hit their numbers over more than two
years I think, so maybe the 1D tour will extend into
2015 or even 2016.

Don't kids forget about boy bands every 24 months or so?

kinda. probably more accurate to say that they get
forgotten 24 months after their biggest chart success.
they've got 3 albums now, with the current one being
their biggest. so theoretically at least, this might just
be their prime 24-months coming up, to reap what
they have sown.

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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #11 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:30am

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:25am:

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:16am:

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:11am:

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 4:10pm:

Lets say an average of $75 per ticket and 60,000 seats per show. That's 4.5 million a night. they'd need over 200 shows like that to get a billion. isn't happening but nice way to get some publicity. Amazing a group I have never heard or know much about even gets a stadium tour.

you're right, the numbers simply don't add up for a
one-year tour, but maybe this media report was
wrong about it being only a one-year tour. U2 and
the Stones hit their numbers over more than two
years I think, so maybe the 1D tour will extend into
2015 or even 2016.

Don't kids forget about boy bands every 24 months or so?

kinda. probably more accurate to say that they get
forgotten 24 months after their biggest chart success.
they've got 3 albums now, with the current one being
their biggest. so theoretically at least, this might just
be their prime 24-months coming up, to reap what
they have sown.

Who is your favorite 1D member? Malcomb?? Seth??

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Rev 20 Redlights Rocks Off Regular Online Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,002	Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year Reply #12 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:36am Harry! the one that has been rumoured to both be the object of Georgia Jagger's affection AND to be the leading candidate to play Mick in Branson's Exile movie.
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Re: One Direction will surpass U2 and the Stones with their $1 Billion stadium tour this year
Reply #13 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:48am

Some Guy wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:30am:

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:25am:

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:16am:

Rev 20 Redlights wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 10:11am:

gimmekeef wrote on Dec 23^rd, 2013 at 4:10pm:

Lets say an average of $75 per ticket and 60,000 seats per show. That's 4.5 million a night. they'd need over 200 shows like that to get a billion. isn't happening but nice way to get some publicity. Amazing a group I have never heard or know much about even gets a stadium tour.

you're right, the numbers simply don't add up for a
one-year tour, but maybe this media report was
wrong about it being only a one-year tour. U2 and
the Stones hit their numbers over more than two
years I think, so maybe the 1D tour will extend into
2015 or even 2016.

Don't kids forget about boy bands every 24 months or so?

kinda. probably more accurate to say that they get
forgotten 24 months after their biggest chart success.
they've got 3 albums now, with the current one being
their biggest. so theoretically at least, this might just
be their prime 24-months coming up, to reap what
they have sown.

Who is your favorite 1D member? Malcomb?? Seth??

Putting your "to be greeted" status on the line?...lmao

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" Not that I follow them at all but I'm a good guesser & think after this tour, they all go solo, forever and then die. "

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Reply #16 - Dec 25^th, 2013 at 7:01pm

Joey wrote on Dec 25^th, 2013 at 1:58pm:

" Not that I follow them at all but I'm a good guesser & think after this tour, they all go solo, forever and then die. "

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