LEONARD IS TOP 10 and not no.44. Pollstar has it wrong!
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:21 am
I wonder if many people checked the Pollstar pdf that had the details of how they calculated Leonard was the 44th highest grossing tour act of 2009.
When I saw the headline I immediately thought it had to understate the situation as Leonard has consistently played to large crowds throughout the year.
Look at the following:
Pollstar state that leonard was ranked 44th with $21.3m ticket sales.
I have no problem with the average ticket price listed in their calculations at $100.95 nor the average attendance at 4,912 nor the average concert 'take' of $495,888.
However the total attendance of 211,228 is quite patently wrong! I went to a fair number of the concerts last year and there were 48,000 in Israel, circa 12,000 at Barcelona and aproaching 10,000 if not more at San Jose.
The poll has only allowed for 43 concerts in 2009 and I think the correct number is around 103 so I can only assume that perhaps this ranking refers to North American concerts only?
Either the list is plain incorrect due to an omission or it is restricted to North American concerts. If the latter I quite accept that other artists who have performed worldwide will have been similarly 'penalised' or understated but given the number of major venues where Leonard performed throughout Europe and Australasia to very large crowds I think we can safely assume that Leonard was in the top 15 grossing acts worldwide if not the top ten.
For whats its worth Robert Kory told me the latest figures that he had seen since the tour began was 800,000 which would accord with circa 500,000 for 2009 and not 211,228 as Pollstar indicates.
But most importantly of all...............whatever the gate the unprecedented success of this tour which has morphed from small venues in Eastern Canada to a neverending World Tour paying to sellout crowds in some of the largest and unique venues throughout the world has ensured it will quite genuinely be accorded legendary status when the history of Rock and Roll and Popular music is next updated.
And no Pollstar table will tell you that this is a legendary tour wherever Leonard is ranked - to understand that you must read the reviews or attend the concerts.
Without a doubt what we have been privilaged to attend over the last 21 months is quite simply unique and unprecedented.
When I saw the headline I immediately thought it had to understate the situation as Leonard has consistently played to large crowds throughout the year.
Look at the following:
Pollstar state that leonard was ranked 44th with $21.3m ticket sales.
I have no problem with the average ticket price listed in their calculations at $100.95 nor the average attendance at 4,912 nor the average concert 'take' of $495,888.
However the total attendance of 211,228 is quite patently wrong! I went to a fair number of the concerts last year and there were 48,000 in Israel, circa 12,000 at Barcelona and aproaching 10,000 if not more at San Jose.
The poll has only allowed for 43 concerts in 2009 and I think the correct number is around 103 so I can only assume that perhaps this ranking refers to North American concerts only?
Either the list is plain incorrect due to an omission or it is restricted to North American concerts. If the latter I quite accept that other artists who have performed worldwide will have been similarly 'penalised' or understated but given the number of major venues where Leonard performed throughout Europe and Australasia to very large crowds I think we can safely assume that Leonard was in the top 15 grossing acts worldwide if not the top ten.
For whats its worth Robert Kory told me the latest figures that he had seen since the tour began was 800,000 which would accord with circa 500,000 for 2009 and not 211,228 as Pollstar indicates.
But most importantly of all...............whatever the gate the unprecedented success of this tour which has morphed from small venues in Eastern Canada to a neverending World Tour paying to sellout crowds in some of the largest and unique venues throughout the world has ensured it will quite genuinely be accorded legendary status when the history of Rock and Roll and Popular music is next updated.
And no Pollstar table will tell you that this is a legendary tour wherever Leonard is ranked - to understand that you must read the reviews or attend the concerts.
Without a doubt what we have been privilaged to attend over the last 21 months is quite simply unique and unprecedented.