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| Headline | Concert Flops 1991 - released 1992 |
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Micky
Jan-05-2007, 13:55 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
 | Paul´s was one of the most successful....NICE ONE! |
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David
Jan-06-2007, 13:44 GMT
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Germany
 | Hey Micky........what are you reffering too? |
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Mimi
Jan-06-2007, 14:34 GMT
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Austria
 | Newspaper articles on the front page.. |
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matthewsemple
Jan-06-2007, 22:07 GMT
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United Kingdom
 | Concert Flops 1991 - released 1992
For the first time the tour-flops of the year were published. On top of the list are great names like Whitney Houston and Diana Ross. About 60 percent of the concerts 1991 were in deficit. Reasons are too high demands of the stars, higher costs for the events and the recession.
The most successful tours were those of veterans Paul Simon and Grateful Dead. |
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matthewsemple
Jan-06-2007, 22:10 GMT
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United Kingdom
| So the Born At The Right Time Tour was a huge success. I have not heard that before but judging from the number of dates, I guess that makes sense. I went to a concert in Birmingham in May 1991 that was added as an extra date because the other shows had sold out so quickly.
The Old Friends Tour must be the most lucrative of all the Paul Simon or S&G tours as some dates rated as the most highest grossing concerts ever, with many taking over $1,000,000 a night. |
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Micky
Jan-06-2007, 23:27 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
| Plus there was the extra date in Sheffield. We had a new Areana open that same day. The Queen opened it and Paul performed that night. It doesn´t appear anywhere when the dates are listed for the UK. And I know it happened because I was there...la la la la laaaah...it was excellent. Although the NEC concert last year had the edge! |
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matthewsemple
Jan-06-2007, 23:54 GMT
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United Kingdom
| I have a cutting from NME that mentions this event. Opened by the Queen and then with a performance by Paul Simon. Sorry but it does not get much better than that!
Was this the 30th May 1991? This date is listed in the Live section. The extra NEC date I attended is not listed, though. I saw Paul Simon at the NEC on 17th May 1991 but the Live section only has 14th May. |
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matthewsemple
Jan-06-2007, 23:58 GMT
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United Kingdom
| Mentioned here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallam_FM_Arena |
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Matthew Evans
Jan-07-2007, 01:50 GMT
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United Kingdom
| Micky there is a plaque at Sheffield Arena that says something like "The first artist to play at Sheffield Arena was Paul Simon." and the date. |
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Micky
Jan-07-2007, 02:10 GMT
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USA - United Staates America
| Yep that was the date...And there´s a plaque...cool. Next time I´m in Sheffield I´ll see if I can get a pic to post here.
Wow, great it got a mention somewhere.
I have interview clippings that were done just before, and all his date are there, but this one. That´s including dates after the event. So I think that Paul was specially asked because he was in the UK.....Pretty nice I think...And I was there..ahhhh |
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Klausi
Jan-07-2007, 08:36 GMT
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Germany
| Nearly all Old Friends-dates grossed more than 1 Million Dollars resp. Euros. The average ticket price was above 100 and the venues mostly 15.000 plus.
It had to be though, since S&G`s guarantee was 1 Million Dollars/Euros per show, insiders say the share was not 50/50 but in favour to Simon. |
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matthewsemple
Jan-07-2007, 17:55 GMT
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United Kingdom
| Paul Simon tickets cost more than Art Garfunkel´s at their solo shows so it makes sense for them to pay Paul more - after all he wrote all the songs and he has to play the guitar as well as sing ;) |
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Mimi
Jan-07-2007, 19:45 GMT
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Austria
| Paul Simon gets the royalities from the concerts because he is the writer of the songs. So it makes sense that he has a bigger share of the income. |
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matthewsemple
Jan-07-2007, 21:18 GMT
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United Kingdom
| Hyde Park must have been a bumper date. Most tickets were £40 each (with a small number at £60) and 50,000 people attended. That means they grossed over £2,000,000 which at the time would have been about $3,500,000 - holy cow, Artie! |
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Kat
Jan-10-2007, 23:00 GMT
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United Kingdom
| I went to the NEC concert ... in Birmingham on the 11 Nov? It was AMAZING! I havn´t been to a Paul S. concert before, I loved it so much! It was a shame cause none of my friends like Paul Simon but of course I went to his concert and came back and couldn´t stop talking about it! Ah well... It was great! |
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