Originally posted by Opacho

It doesn't mean four thousand showed up, it means four thousand paid for tickets. When a show for a major pop girl doesn't sell out, they give away tickets. Not saying that's what happened here, just that that could explain, if true, why the arena was full.



Madonna has done it.

But that's not how it works. They don't "change" anything. What happens is that instead of putting out 13,000 tickets (full capacity) to sell, they put out, say 4,000. If those 4,000 tickets sell then they put up another 4,000. They keep doing this until no more tickets are being bought. That way no matter what is sold. the tickets have technically sold 100% of what was offered. You guys who keep thinking arena capacity equates to how many tickets should be sold are naive and don't understand how it works.

Originally posted by Dark_Lorde

Oh you're right it well.

What people don't understand is that billboard don't have people sitting at the gates of a show counting attendance. Billboard is official but it's a REPORTING agency. It doesn't "investigate" They REPORT what's told to them by the artists management. etc

So you know what, if Katy did only sell 64 percent of tickets - good on her for owning up to it and reporting it. There's nothing worse than an artist that changes the capacity of their show so they can get the words "sold out" from billboard.

Originally posted by ♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚

Hopefully katy didn't have to give out tickets

Originally posted by Miichael

I bought tickets for Gaga's Birmingham show, it sold out in minutes.

Originally posted by Dark_Lorde

I don't understand what this has to do with Madonna.

Anyways, you're right. That's what happens but again, it still comes back to integrity. If the 64 percent thing is true from this very sketchy source, good on her for reporting the true numbers.

Originally posted by ♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚

And why are you confident that those receipts are incorrect?

Originally posted by Blade

Due to the high demand she added a 2nd date which is also doing well.
Buy a ticket to that show too and experience not only the touring act of this generation but the ARTIST of this generation TWICE.

Originally posted by Opacho

It doesn't mean four thousand showed up, it means four thousand paid for tickets. When a show for a major pop girl doesn't sell out, they give away tickets. Not saying that's what happened here, just that that could explain, if true, why the arena was full.



Madonna has done it.

But that's not how it works. They don't "change" anything. What happens is that instead of putting out 13,000 tickets (full capacity) to sell, they put out, say 4,000. If those 4,000 tickets sell then they put up another 4,000. They keep doing this until no more tickets are being bought. That way no matter what is sold. the tickets have technically sold 100% of what was offered. You guys who keep thinking arena capacity equates to how many tickets should be sold are naive and don't understand how it works.

Originally posted by Samuel

... I wouldn't believe any major act would only have 4k people show up to their show.

Originally posted by Miichael

But after Uncle @ XF and DH @ BRIT Awards, Katy has a reputation in this country for being a poor live performer. I don't mean any shade by this, but when people talk about singers who cannot sing live, her name is always mentioned. I wouldn't be surprised if these promo performances had a negative affect on her ticket sales.

Originally posted by Samuel

If that'd happened someone would've at least tweeted or posted about it somewhere and it'd probably already be a 20-page thread. The stats are clearly incorrect.