Wow so Pollstar has to rely on the artist if the promoter or venue doesn't report anything. And if they can't find out they just pretend the date grossed $0. This just invalidated all Pollstar receipts ever.
Wow so Pollstar has to rely on the artist if the promoter or venue doesn't report anything. And if they can't find out they just pretend the date grossed $0. This just invalidated all Pollstar receipts ever.
I don't think what he said necessarily implies that. He seems to be saying that they have to make estimates for unknown dates.
if the tables were turned and this thread was about Beyoncé there would be navy members swarming all over it, stop. And not to mention that whomever sent that email clearly had beyoncé on their mind since that's the only other name that was brought up
Lmao did you guys just skip over the part where the editor ADMIT that he only had a handfull of dates reported but utilized her full itinerary to analyze the data? Pretty much, the numbers reported were divided by the total number of dates (54) as opposed to the actual number of dates reported. This is why he claims that her ranking would have been stronger if they had been privy to more info. Anyways, all this time I thought that Pollstar was some official source that had 1st hand knowledge of tours and grosses instead of having to rely on agencies like Billboard does
The haters lack a college education i supppose. Do you honestly think Rihanna's weakest market in America which averaged around $1M per date, she would be worse off with the Europe dates and worse off than Loud Europe average
*Cackles hysterically* The haters didnt use common sense I guess *giggles hysterically . Look at the average amount of people per show. which is 13k *giggles hysterically* , I guess theyre forgetting how several 60-80k dates would skew that average upwards. *cackles hysterically*
if the tables were turned and this thread was about Beyoncé there would be navy members swarming all over it, stop. And not to mention that whomever sent that email clearly had beyoncé on their mind since that's the only other name that was brought up
Well that's funny since Beyonce name was NOT mentioned when the person ask for the information, Brad was simply making a comparison.
DesertRain well the tittle clearly says "Rihanna team refuse to cooperate"
Did YOU guys skip over the part where Rihanna's reps refused to provide accurate information for whatever reason.
Lol they didn't provide info at all and Live Nation along with the Venues provided very limited information so I guess they're all in on some conspiracy
Even if her numbers were $21M from North America, which they clearly werent, $30M is still under-estimated for Europe hunnies. Rihanna's stadium dates alone would be close to $30M Do the math : Avg ticket price x sold out max capacities according to various sources