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On The Road: Boxscore Includes Dion's Vegas Gig [Link]
By RAY WADDELL
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, Billboard has changed its way of thinkin' regarding Celine Dion's perennially sold-out performances at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace, the one-of-a-kind venue built to showcase the songstress during a three-year run.
Until now, we have viewed Dion's Vegas engagement as an event rather than a tour, so we did not run it in our weekly Boxscore chart. From now on, though, Dion's numbers from the Colosseum will be featured in Boxscore.
In short, because the show is ticketed, held at a venue and promoted like a concert, it must be a concert. That will no doubt please promoter Concert West, where co-president John Meglen has long maintained that the only difference between Dion's Vegas engagement and a regular concert is that the people travel instead of the artist.
Whichever way one looks at it, Dion is destined to be one of the top attractions of the year. From March 25 through Aug. 24, she grossed almost $44.4 million from 80 sellouts that drew 327,088 fans.
By RAY WADDELL
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, Billboard has changed its way of thinkin' regarding Celine Dion's perennially sold-out performances at the Colosseum at Caesar's Palace, the one-of-a-kind venue built to showcase the songstress during a three-year run.
Until now, we have viewed Dion's Vegas engagement as an event rather than a tour, so we did not run it in our weekly Boxscore chart. From now on, though, Dion's numbers from the Colosseum will be featured in Boxscore.
In short, because the show is ticketed, held at a venue and promoted like a concert, it must be a concert. That will no doubt please promoter Concert West, where co-president John Meglen has long maintained that the only difference between Dion's Vegas engagement and a regular concert is that the people travel instead of the artist.
Whichever way one looks at it, Dion is destined to be one of the top attractions of the year. From March 25 through Aug. 24, she grossed almost $44.4 million from 80 sellouts that drew 327,088 fans.
2003 Date Gross Attend Capacity Shows Sellouts 25/03 - 10/08 38,821,000 285,965 285,965 70 70 13/08 - 17/08 2,788,263 20,559 20,559 5 5 20/08 - 24/08 2,789,769 20,564 20,564 5 5 27/08 - 31/08 2,751,709 20,306 20,306 5 5 03/09 - 07/09 2,797,916 20,552 20,552 5 5 10/09 - 14/09 2,793,702 20,541 20,541 5 5 17/09 - 21/09 2,796,690 20,570 20,570 5 5 24/09 - 28/09 2,788,549 20,487 20,487 5 5 02/10 - 05/10 2,242,614 16,436 16,436 4 4 22/10 - 26/10 2,768,628 20,403 20,403 5 5 29/10 - 02/11 2,217,495 16,379 16,379 4 4 05/11 - 09/11 2,790,197 20,564 20,564 5 5 12/11 - 16/11 2,790,299 20,583 20,583 5 5 19/11 - 23/11 2,794,303 20,519 20,519 5 5 26/11 - 30/11 2,789,271 20,564 20,564 5 5 10/12 - 14/12 2,757,746 19,928 19,928 5 5 Total 2003 79,478,151 584,920 584,920 143 143 2004 Date Gross Attend Capacity Shows Sellouts 30/12 - 03/01 2,835,743 20,579 20,579 5 5 07/01 - 11/01 2,591,199 18,520 18,520 5 5 14/01 - 18/01 2,745,795 19,829 19,829 5 5 21/01 -.25/01 2,824,797 20,444 20,444 5 5 28/01 - 29/01 1,098,000 7,988 7,988 2 2 06/02 - 08/02 1,703,724 12,344 12,344 3 3 03/03 - 07/03 2,837,325 20,546 20,546 5 5 10/03 - 14/03 2,842,461 20,518 20,518 5 5 17/03 - 21/03 2,817,354 20,459 20,459 5 5 11/04 Benefit concert for Opportunity Village 1 1 14/04 - 18/04 2,836,146 20,556 20,556 5 5 21/04 - 25/04 2,832,118 20,532 20,532 5 5 28/04 - 02/05 2,811,213 20,451 20,451 5 5 05/05 - 09/05 2,662,550 19,474 19,474 5 5 26/05 - 30/05 2,617,132 19,151 19,151 5 5 16/06 - 20/06 2,750,465 20,151 20,151 5 5 23/06 - 27/06 2,653,447 19,629 19,629 5 5 30/06 - 04/07 2,578,615 19,358 20,500 5 0 07/07 - 11/07 2,189,180 16,439 17,656 5 0 14/07 - 18/07 2,603,548 19,465 19,490 5 4 25/08 - 29/08 2,444,384 18,142 19,692 5 1 01/09 - 05/09 2,038,719 15,039 17,345 5 2 08/09 - 12/09 2,357,056 17,633 18,338 5 2 23/09 - 26/09 2,165,933 15,900 16,231 4 1 29/09 - 03/10 2,707,556 19,911 19,911 5 5 06/10 - 10/10 2,820,699 20,450 20,450 5 5 03/11 - 07/11 2,670,980 19,624 19,624 5 5 10/11 - 14/11 2,746,076 20,231 20,231 5 5 17/11 - 21/11 2,464,233 18,246 19,986 5 1 24/11 - 28/11 2,486,192 18,714 20,168 5 2 01/12 - 05/12 2,155,285 15,947 19,614 5 0 08/12 - 12/12 2,034,309 15,100 18,420 5 0 Total 2004 77,922,234 571,370 588,827 150 109 2005 Date Gross Attend Capacity Shows Sellouts 28/12 - 01/01 2,831,105 20,532 20,532 5 5 06/01 - 09/01 1,822,693 12,955 15,204 4 0 12/01 - 16/01 2,523,843 18,703 19,837 5 2 20/01 - 23/01 2,037,815 15,138 16,436 4 2 26/01 - 30/01 2,590,080 19,065 20,740 5 1 03/02 - 06/02 2,094,436 15,454 16,592 4 1 03/03 - 06/03 2,246,511 16,367 16,367 4 4 09/03 - 13/03 2,645,147 19,215 19,215 5 5 16/03 - 20/03 2,745,778 19,851 19,851 5 5 23/03 - 27/03 2,827,489 20,491 20,491 5 5 20/04 - 24/04 2,698,333 19,688 19,688 5 5 28/04 - 01/05 2,208,206 16,336 16,336 4 4 04/05 - 08/05 2,716,392 19,777 19,777 5 5 18/05 - 22/05 2,801,332 20,381 20,381 5 5 26/05 - 29/05 2,190,018 16,096 16,096 4 4 01/06 - 05/06 2,528,743 18,445 19,422 5 2 15/06 - 19/06 2,542,461 18,832 20,692 5 1 22/06 - 26/06 2,474,845 18,312 19,828 5 2 30/06 - 03/07 2,017,322 14,956 15,640 4 2 06/07 - 10/07 2,285,145 17,156 18,929 5 1 14/07 - 17/07 2,071,341 15,470 15,825 4 2 20/07 - 24/07 2,710,412 20,156 20,479 5 4 24/08 - 28/08 2,523,781 18,846 20,334 5 2 01/09 - 04/09 1,961,143 14,488 16,592 4 0 07/09 - 11/09 2,366,862 17,692 20,678 5 1 21/09 - 25/09 2,631,211 19,569 20,599 5 1 28/09 - 02/10 2,690,500 19,939 20,200 5 3 26/10 - 30/10 2,649,396 19,366 20,182 5 3 02/11 - 06/11 2,624,766 19,184 20,740 5 1 09/11 - 13/11 2,791,907 20,353 20,353 5 5 23/11 - 27/11 2,673,651 19,791 20,492 5 4 30/11 - 04/12 2,049,691 15,271 16,438 4 2 28/12 - 01/01 2,826,144 20,520 20,520 5 5 Total 2005 81,398,499 598,395 625,486 155 94 2006 Date Gross Attend Capacity Shows Sellouts 05/01 - 08/01 2,194,085 15,509 16,592 4 1 11/01 - 15/01 1,996,584 19,027 20,740 5 1 19/01 - 22/01 2,036,653 15,115 16,592 4 1 25/01 - 29/01 2,685,555 19,774 20,740 5 3 23/02 - 26/02 2,247,948 16,329 16,329 4 4 01/03 - 05/03 2,551,751 18,736 20,740 5 2 08/03 - 12/03 2,573,899 18,723 20,740 5 2 16/03 - 19/03 2,084,267 15,138 16,592 4 1 22/03 - 26/03 2,713,642 19,812 20,740 5 4 12/04 - 14/04 1,685,279 12,279 12,279 3 3 26/04 - 30/04 2,574,296 18,830 20,740 5 2 03/05 - 07/05 2,915,056 19,281 20,740 5 2 17/05 - 21/05 2,701,584 19,760 20,580 5 3 25/05 - 28/05 2,100,954 15,559 16,592 4 2 31/05 - 04/06 2,588,717 18,803 20,740 5 2 07/06 - 11/06 2,520,208 18,573 20,740 5 2 22/06 - 25/06 2,144,766 15,846 16,592 4 2 28/06 - 02/07 2,540,328 18,737 20,740 5 1 05/07 - 09/07 2,563,488 19,011 20,740 5 2 10/08 - 13/08 2,153,029 16,202 16,592 4 3 16/08 - 20/08 2,542,741 19,001 20,740 5 2 23/08 - 27/08 2,532,336 18,865 20,740 5 2 31/08 - 03/09 2,000,533 15,152 16,592 4 2 06/09 - 10/09 2,541,386 19,016 20,740 5 1 20/09 - 24/09 2,706,550 20,156 20,740 5 3 28/09 - 01/10 2,208,297 16,339 16,592 4 3 04/10 - 08/10 2,810,242 20,499 20,740 5 4 26/10 - 29/10 2,221,851 16,320 16,320 4 4 01/11 - 05/11 2,696,628 19,364 20,740 5 3 08/11 - 12/11 2,797,451 20,409 20,740 5 4 22/11 - 26/11 2,758,242 20,234 20,740 5 4 28/12 - 31/12 2,261,870 16,404 16,592 4 3 Total 2006 77,650,216 572,803 608,896 147 78 2007 Date Gross Attend Capacity Shows Sellouts 03/01 - 07/01 2,744,598 19,596 20,740 5 2 11/01 - 14/01 2,265,230 16,151 16,592 4 2 17/01 - 21/01 2,629,046 19,543 20,740 5 3 24/01 - 28/01 2,547,908 18,721 20,740 5 2 28/02 - 04/03 2,844,928 20,733 20,733 5 5 08/03 - 11/03 2,217,115 16,273 16,592 4 3 17/03 - 18/03 1,146,537 8,296 8,296 2 2 12/04 - 15/04 2,251,246 16,359 16,359 4 4 18/04 - 22/04 2,856,473 20,690 20,690 5 5 26/04 - 29/04 2,293,960 16,592 16,592 4 4 02/05 - 06/05 2,850,497 20,631 20,631 5 5 16/05 - 20/05 2,861,782 20,713 20,713 5 5 24/05 - 27/05 2,293,021 16,592 16,592 4 4 30/05 - 03/06 2,787,637 20,330 20,740 5 3 13/06 - 17/06 2,852,913 20,647 20,740 5 4 21/06 - 24/06 2,294,297 16,592 16,592 4 4 27/06 - 01/07 2,866,956 20,740 20,740 5 5 16/08 - 19/08 2,294,524 16,592 16,592 4 4 22/08 - 26/08 2,863,760 20,711 20,711 5 5 29/08 - 02/09 ? ? ? 5 ? 05/09 - 09/09 2,867,617 20,740 20,740 5 5 20/09 - 23/09 ? ? ? 4 ? 26/09 - 30/09 2,867,979 20,740 20,740 5 5 10/10 - 14/10 2,876,278 20,740 20,740 5 5 29/11 - 02/12 2,760,848 16,592 16,592 4 4 05/12 - 09/12 3,457,546 20,740 20,740 5 5 12/12 - 15/12 2,755,100 16,562 16,562 4 4 Total 2007 65,347,796 462,616 468,239 122 99 Total 2003-2007 381,796,896 2,790,104 2,876,368 717 523
- The totals don't include the two weeks missing.
- The gross total for 2003 and 2003-2007 aren't exact numbers because Billboard published a rounded gross figure for the shows that were reported but not published before the criteria changed.
Edited by Leo, 16 February 2010 - 06:57 AM.
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