Originally posted by BelfastBoy:Just as a random contribution/observation,from watching the new Coldplay documentary-however elaborate and expensive their 'Head Full Of Dreams' touring production must've been to transport,they had no problems going to central/south America,India,the far East,and Australia.
Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
It's a matter of willingness + money. Not only willingness, and not only money.
Originally posted by BelfastBoy:[..]
U2 can afford to tour Australasia,they can afford to tour anywhere.They'd definitely s
Originally posted by markreed:U2 can't make a break even with a one off set of dates indoors in Aus/NZ/etc. The cost of rehearsals, gearing up a tour, and staging, staff, travel, means that it costs a lot before the first show.
As I understand it, the money U2 had laid down for 360 before they played the first show was somewhere in the region of $30m. Ei and TJT was probably less, but not enormously so.
For example, Neil Tennant from Pet Shop Boys once said "I realised during the middle of the 44th show we had just entered profitability on this tour".
Vertigo 2006 was an oddity really - the tour was meant to roll on near enough immediately after a two week break into stadiums in April 2006, and was only delayed several months for well known health reasons. Rescheduling the shows no doubt reduced their profit level considerably. Any Aus/NZ dates would likely have to be in stadiums and include Japan.
Originally posted by ddarroch:[..]
Well, I'm not sure what you'd consider a one off set of dates indoors. But I see no reason why e+i continuing in oz couldn't make a profit. Plenty of big artists tour indoors in oz. Did you see my link earlier, for artists that have toured in Sydney's 21,000 seat arena? A few pages back, so probably not.
Lots of indoor shows for some very poular acts.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainment_events_at_the_Sydney_Super_Dome
As mentioned earlier, it's about money & willingness. I think they'd still turn a profit. But is the willingness of the band to tour there. Importantly, is the willingness of Live Nation to reduce it's share of the profit there.
Though the profit may be larger for a stadium tour, & importantly, the schedule would be a lot less demanding for the band - Sydney could probably cater for at least two stadium gigs, or at least six arena gigs.