Buffett mentioned in USA Today

road_king_rob · Post by **road_king_rob** » October 18, 2005 10:41 am

USA Today article: "That old-time rock 'n' roll still reels in fans"
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news ... rock_x.htm

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » October 18, 2005 10:43 am

Pollstar's Bongiovanni agrees. "You don't expect everybody to tour at the level of a Jimmy Buffett, who has cultivated a fanatical following.

fanatical??? can you imagine........

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » October 18, 2005 10:45 am

ToplessRideFL wrote:
Pollstar's Bongiovanni agrees. "You don't expect everybody to tour at the level of a Jimmy Buffett, who has cultivated a fanatical following.

fanatical??? can you imagine........

Soooo, we are fanatical???

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » October 18, 2005 10:55 am

springparrot wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:
Pollstar's Bongiovanni agrees. "You don't expect everybody to tour at the level of a Jimmy Buffett, who has cultivated a fanatical following.
fanatical??? can you imagine........
Soooo, we are fanatical???

And I thought I was just nuts.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » October 18, 2005 11:23 am

land_shark3 wrote:
springparrot wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:
Pollstar's Bongiovanni agrees. "You don't expect everybody to tour at the level of a Jimmy Buffett, who has cultivated a fanatical following.
fanatical??? can you imagine........
Soooo, we are fanatical???
And I thought I was just nuts.

Have we finally be labeled??

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » October 18, 2005 11:28 am

springparrot wrote:
land_shark3 wrote:
springparrot wrote:
ToplessRideFL wrote:
Pollstar's Bongiovanni agrees. "You don't expect everybody to tour at the level of a Jimmy Buffett, who has cultivated a fanatical following.
fanatical??? can you imagine........
Soooo, we are fanatical???
And I thought I was just nuts.

Have we finally be labeled??

Looks like corporate America has taken hold of us.

z-man · Post by **z-man** » October 18, 2005 11:52 am

what I want to know what venue had unsold tickets!

the article says he only sold 99.7 % of the available tickets for 19 shows.

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » October 18, 2005 11:54 am

z-man wrote:what I want to know what venue had unsold tickets!

the article says he only sold 99.7 % of the available tickets for 19 shows.

I saw that too and couldn't figure it out.

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » October 18, 2005 11:57 am

someone wasn't trying.. probably had to be those Alpine folks.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » October 18, 2005 12:13 pm

The arena shows usually have tix left BEHIND the stage. I almost bought some once by accident.

Desdamona · Post by **Desdamona** » October 18, 2005 1:48 pm

Being "fanatical" is new to you?
Somehow I doubt that...
We are fans after all, and:
fan (noun) An ardent devotee; an enthusiast. [Short for fanatic.]

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » October 18, 2005 10:01 pm

z-man wrote:what I want to know what venue had unsold tickets!

the article says he only sold 99.7 % of the available tickets for 19 shows.

Weren't there several seats left for one of the Philly shows at the end? And has the Oct 29th show in Vegas sold out yet? (But maybe October Vegas shows aren't in these stats.) And, I think there were some late release tickets at Pittsburgh, as well.

Tropically Challenged · October 18, 2005 10:02 pm

All of the acts with 98% are really 100%. Math suks and USA Today took litteral numbers not actual numbers or vice versa. Maybe tickets held for band member and promoter guests we unused and released at the last minute and no one bought them. I once bought 5th row tickets the week of a show, tickets that were released to Ticketmaster at the end. When I saw the show, there were 10 empty seats next to me.

Tropically Challenged · October 18, 2005 10:06 pm

Here's the math: 99.7% x 24,300 = 24227.
24,300 - 24227 = 73
He averaged 73 unsold seats per show.

Tropically Challenged · October 18, 2005 10:08 pm

Oh, I forgot:
73 tickets for 19 shows = 1,387 unsold tickets total. HMMMM..Some of you may have missed out on some easy to purchase good seats....

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » October 18, 2005 10:12 pm

I thought the 99.7% stat was interesting.

USA Today wrote:Playing the percentages

Some veteran artists are stil making strong showings on the concert circuit... and a few who are slumping:

Artist............... % Tix sold .......No. of shows ......Avg. capacity
Van Morrison ......100 ....................7 ...................3,500
Jimmy Buffett.... 99.7 ....................19 .................24,300
Rod Stewart...... 98.9.................... 11 ..................9,000
Neil Diamond.... 98.4.................... 35 ..................14,100
Tom Petty........ 93.2 .....................33.................. 16,700
Bob Dylan......... 90.3.................... 35.................. 3,400

Headlining shows only; doesn't include festival appearances

Source: Billboard Boxscore, 2005 data published through Wednesday

I agree with the 98% stat thing. It's not like you can walk up to a TicketB@st@rd outlet a week before the show and pick up a couple of tix. Also Jimmy tours every year unlike some of the guys on the list, so it's not like people are saying, "He's not gonna tour again for another 3 years. I don't want to miss him." Jimmy also had the highest average concert venue capacity. He's not selling out small venues. He's selling out places like Citizen Bank Ballpark for 2 shows (over 40,000 per). All in all, it shows that Jimmy is one of best and most popular guys around.

Cool.