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[Davey84]

wasn't China even more expensive??!!

[Julian]

VinnyT., on Jan 25 2008, 01:30 PM, said:

pepillo90, on Jan 25 2008, 01:03 PM, said:

OMG!!!! They're crazy!

yes I'm afraid they will cancel it very soon

I am sure that they have to cancel it. Same like barbra one or two years ago! She didnt sold tickets in italy because of the high prices and moved to germany ( the country she dont want to visit until then)

[VinnyT.]

Davey84, on Jan 25 2008, 02:31 PM, said:

wasn't China even more expensive??!!

No, on TC cat 1 is 255 euros VS cat 1 for Milan 275 euros.  

Milan is officially the most expensive tickets of the whole World Tour. And Italy is not as rich as Germany or Switzerland.

[mirage]

somewhere i understand that the price is based on some factors...
but 345 euros... really think that her 99 tour, no venue was THAT expensive...

think she should better do 3 times milan, for a cheaper price, then 1 evening for 345 euro... :S
thats why i think she should do more in Amsterdam

[maxceline]

VinnyT., on Jan 25 2008, 01:30 PM, said:

pepillo90, on Jan 25 2008, 01:03 PM, said:

OMG!!!! They're crazy!

yes I'm afraid they will cancel it very soon

OMG!!!      i'm scared!!!!  

[Bellamy]

VinnyT., on Jan 26 2008, 12:27 AM, said:

Davey84, on Jan 25 2008, 02:31 PM, said:

wasn't China even more expensive??!!

No, on TC cat 1 is 255 euros VS cat 1 for Milan 275 euros.  

Milan is officially the most expensive tickets of the whole World Tour. And Italy is not as rich as Germany or Switzerland.

Chinese earn much less than Italian though. And the stadiums in China can hold about 50K people. How large is the Milan stadium?

[Love,]

With all the mega stadiums and arenas around the world on this tour, Celine has the potential to sell around 2.5 million seats!     


She has the potential to beat Madonna's record of the Confessions Tour which was composed of 60 shows, 1.2 million people in attendance, and grossing $260.1 million.

Celine has the potential to have the Highest Grossing Tour by a Female Artist if she beats Madge on this one...

Edited by Love,, 26 January 2008 - 02:22 AM.

[Prince Whiskers]

Are you channeling RLAAMJR., Sophoan?

[Love,]

manuel morriso, on Jan 26 2008, 01:15 AM, said:

Are you channeling RLAAMJR., Sophoan?

LMAO! I cannot believe you just said that!
Is that supposed to be a lame joke?     

*sighs

I calculated all the arena and stadium seats at full capacity, and made research, Mr. Punching Pussy!

Edited by Love,, 26 January 2008 - 03:31 AM.

[becomplete]

manuel morriso, on Jan 26 2008, 10:15 AM, said:

Are you channeling RLAAMJR., Sophoan?

Too bad for RLAAMJR., his user name is now used by the whole forum community synonymous to exaggeration. We've told him, now he is our forum joke! Just post his name and everyone knows immediately what is meant

[VinnyT.]

Bellamy, on Jan 26 2008, 05:43 AM, said:

VinnyT., on Jan 26 2008, 12:27 AM, said:

Davey84, on Jan 25 2008, 02:31 PM, said:

wasn't China even more expensive??!!

No, on TC cat 1 is 255 euros VS cat 1 for Milan 275 euros.  

Milan is officially the most expensive tickets of the whole World Tour. And Italy is not as rich as Germany or Switzerland.

Chinese earn much less than Italian though. And the stadiums in China can hold about 50K people. How large is the Milan stadium?

It's not a stadium anymore but it's an arena "datch forum" and it hosts 11.200 people a very intimate concert.
No one in Italy asked so much nor Madonna nor Led Zeppelin..she is the first one!let's see what it will happen..but i think it will be a complete FLOP

[Prince Whiskers]

$260M is such a high bar and I don't see Celine surpassing it. Even if she does, Madonna will find a way to reclaim the record.

[CelionDion]

Love,, on Jan 26 2008, 03:12 AM, said:

With all the mega stadiums and arenas around the world on this tour, Celine has the potential to sell around 2.5 million seats!     


She has the potential to beat Madonna's record of the Confessions Tour which was composed of 60 shows, 1.2 million people in attendance, and grossing $260.1 million.

Celine has the potential to have the Highest Grossing Tour by a Female Artist if she beats Madge on this one...

That would be great  

[Cheerfuljane]

VinnyT., on Jan 25 2008, 01:21 PM, said:

mirage, on Jan 25 2008, 02:15 PM, said:

345 euros!?!?!? OMG OMG...

they are crazy... nobody will go whahaha

yes i think it is the highest price of the whole tour for cat 1!

VinnyT., on Jan 25 2008, 04:27 PM, said:

Davey84, on Jan 25 2008, 02:31 PM, said:

wasn't China even more expensive??!!

No, on TC cat 1 is 255 euros VS cat 1 for Milan 275 euros.  

Milan is officially the most expensive tickets of the whole World Tour. And Italy is not as rich as Germany or Switzerland.

Nope - Category 1 tickets in Pretoria and Durban (South Africa) are 80 Euros more  

A THIRD WORLD COUNTRYYYY !!!!!  
And they're sold out   So I'm sure Italy will be fine

Edited by Cheerfuljane, 26 January 2008 - 05:47 PM.

[Filine]

I bet she will sell the Milan tickets...just like she sells everything...

[celínico_sin_remedio]

Celine will be performing in México,in the city of Guadalajara,on the 12th of December 2008,as said in a mexican wallpaper!!!     


A mexican businessman has sign with her a 2'5 million $ contract to perform there!!


The only thing left is see it in celinedion.com...we hope so!!!


THANKS TO MIGUEL (ONIX) FROM THE SPANISH SECTION FOR THE NEWS!     

[CSCfan]

Wow, that's excellent!

And the thing is....there's a gap between the last known/announced concert (Phoenix, USA - Dec 6th) and this one.... Mexico, Dec 12th. MAYBE she will give a show in Latin America or surrounding countries around that date too..

[Filine]

Oh that would be wonderful to all the latin american fans...

[nano]

wow...great news!!!!!

[Nando Férri]

That's why she won't come to Brazil. No one here wants to pay $2,5 milion to have her here. She doesn't have a known song since 2002...

[Bellamy]

Nando Férri, on Jan 28 2008, 11:59 PM, said:

That's why she won't come to Brazil. No one here wants to pay $2,5 milion to have her here. She doesn't have a known song since 2002...

So the complaining about Celine just want ignore Brazil... is not true. It's completely buisness decision, not even decided by herself.

[VintageCeline]

I got my tickets throught the post yesterday!

It feels real now. I am so excited! x

[ANewDay...]

Celine's 'Taking Chances' Sales Strong
January 23, 2008 - Touring

By Ray Waddell, Nashville

A five-year residency in Las Vegas and an unusually long lead-time between onsales and play dates seem to have had zero impact on demand for Celine Dion's upcoming Taking Chances world tour, which begins Feb. 14 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dion grossed a staggering $385 million at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in
Las Vegas, drawing nearly 3 million people to 717 shows that concluded Dec.
15.

The Colosseum stand was a collaboration between Dion and her husband/manager Rene Angelil, AEG Live touring arm Concerts West and its co-president John Meglen, and Caesars.

Largely driven by Dion's performances, the Colosseum has been the top-grossing venue of its size since it opened in 2003.

Concerts West is promoting the more-than 70 Taking Chances shows in North
America, partnering with such Live Nation promoters as Rick Franks in Detroit, Dave Marsden in Boston, and Jeff Trisler in Seattle, as well as the late Jon Stoll's Fantasma Productions in Florida.

"Sales are fabulous, grosses are through the roof already," Meglen tells Billboard.biz. "We've put up 37 shows in the U.S., and we're already over $50 million gross. In Canada we have 12 shows on sale and we're over $26.5 million there."

Dion is particularly hot in her home country of Canada in general and her native province of Montreal in particular. "Canada is off the charts in terms of ticket sales," says Dion's longtime agent Rob Prinz of United Talent. "We've sold out six Montreals already and we might end up with 10 or 12. There's a huge demand there and I don't know when it's going to end."

Adds Jacques Aubé, VP/director general for Gillett Entertainment Group, promoter of the shows at Bell Centre, "It's fantastic, hometown girl coming back after five years in Vegas. Six sold-out shows, 120,000 tickets in less than two hours. It's a Bell Centre record, that's for sure."

The long lead-time, more than a year in some cases, was geared to coordinate onsales with Dion's high media profile surrounding the release of her album last fall. The globe-spanning trek begins with a February run through South Africa starting on Valentine's Day at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg.

Stops include Dubai, Japan, Korea, Australia, the U.K. and Europe through the spring (including six nights at Palais Omnisports-Bercy in Paris in May), with the tour landing on North American shores Aug. 12 at TD Banknorth Arena in Boston.

[ANewDay...]

clearly, with this much BUZZ around both CELINE and TAKING CHANCES, i have absolutely no doubt that her album sales will be very impressive over the course of things...

more specifically, i read peoples' opinion time and time again in various threads within this forum, and there seems to have been so much worrying over sales as of late, and i felt it absolutely necessary to share this article...

CELINE, you have done it again, and we all love you!

- ANewDay...

Edited by ANewDay..., 29 January 2008 - 06:02 PM.

[Black Kitten]

my oh my... i can feel a much more success for the album in the future after reading this article.

[peo]

This is great news.

[changepas39]

oh great!!!!

[RLAAMJR.]

I know that the tickets are selling well 'cos when I went to the celinedion website,  there area lot of dates with sold out tickets already. I'm sure Celine Dion's DVD, TC and D'elles will continue to sell well this year and reach ( which is possible to happen for me ) my expectations.


here I go again. Somebody will react for sure.

[tal-sh2]

Oh, I'm so so so happy for her!
In my little dark place in my heart I doubt if I'll see Celine in the 'Top Gross Artists' chart, but We'll see her for sure!
Great!

Edited by tal-sh2, 29 January 2008 - 11:42 PM.

[rathnakumar]

Woo hoo!