Chapter 1654 1654 Three Hours
October 25th, this is an ordinary and unusual Friday, because it was just the most ordinary year in 1996, without any holidays and no anniversaries; The "Rain" world tour is about to kick off today, not only ringing the tour alarm clock to the death of glory, but also indicating that the ultimate battle of the battle of the century is about to be staged.
Since the official announcement of the live tour of Glory to the Dead, the whole of North America has been in a state of repressed restlessness. This restlessness has been surging with the advancement of time, and ushered in the first day on October 18th. This eruption also allowed all the media to truly see the explosive power of the young volcano, as well as the influence of today's glory to death.
October 18 is the day when the tickets for the "Rainstorm" World Tour concert will be sold. The first batch of tickets will be sold in Los Angeles on the 25th and 26th, but no one will forget that the venue of Los Angeles will be held. It's a rose bowl, which can accommodate 105,000 people!
This also means that the first batch of tickets sold is as many as 210,000!
Because of the inclusion of the Maracana Stadium in the "Rainstorm" world tour, people's attention has been cast towards the Guinness World Records venue. The first performance is a large venue with a level of 100,000 people. There are only a handful of top superstars who are qualified to hold concerts in the Rose Bowl. Whether the market appeal of Glory to Death can reach the standard of the Maracana Stadium, maybe Rose Ticket sales for the bowl will give clues.
Two days earlier, there was a long queue at the entrance of the Rose Bowl, and there were also long queues at the entrance of the other twenty-five ticket offices in Los Angeles. Such a noisy grand occasion even surpassed the scene of the first day of the Battle of the Century. !
Because people know that there is no problem with buying singles at any time and anywhere, and there is no limit to the sales of singles; but the concert is different, although this world tour of glory to death will last for six months and spread to all corners of the world , but there are only two Rose Bowl games in Los Angeles. If you miss this stop, you have to go to other cities to join the carnival. Not to be missed.
210,000 tickets sounds like a huge number, but in fact, for the more than 12 million people in the Greater Los Angeles area, it is not worth mentioning at all, and they will be sold out in a blink of an eye.
Therefore, forty-eight hours ago, tents had already been set up at the gates of the ticket offices, just to be able to snap up tickets as soon as possible, not to miss the concert to the death of glory. Even though there are 26 ticket offices in the whole city of Los Angeles, and there are 38 ticket offices in the entire Greater Los Angeles area, there are still crowds at the entrance of each ticket office.
Take the Rose Bowl as an example. In just 48 hours, the team gathered more than 5,000 people and surrounded the entire building. The grand occasion when it was held, but compared to the situation at the time, today is not only the rose bowl, but the whole city is boiling.
Even at the ticket office farthest from downtown Los Angeles, there were at least 1,000 people gathered at the entrance. The magnificent scene not only broke the grand occasion when the tickets for "Road to Glory" were sold three years ago, but also broke with ease. After the frenzy on the first day of the Battle of the Century a month ago, it also easily broke the wave of movie viewing in the first week of "Independence Day" three months ago, making Los Angeles, the second largest city in North America, completely reached a boiling point, like a volcano. Generally blow out.
The official ticket sales at 9:00 a.m. on the 18th had not yet started, and people had already predicted that the sales of tickets would be terrifying, but when the clock hit exactly 9:00 a.m., the sales frenzy still surprised everyone.
In three hours, in just three hours, a total of 210,000 tickets for the two concerts of the Rose Bowl were sold out!
Such a sales speed directly shocked the world! Although people have already guessed it, the sales of tickets for the Glory to Death concert should not be a problem. The Rose Bowl is a venue for 100,000 people. No matter how difficult it is to sell, it is not on the same level as the Maracana Stadium. And in terms of the current appeal of Glory to Death, there is no doubt that the Rose Bowl, as their birthplace and home, has an attendance rate of 80%; but only for three hours? Tickets sold out? Such a speed can no longer be described as terrifying, it is simply a miracle!
As one of the largest concert venues in the world, the Rose Bowl can be said to be one of the top performance venues besides the Maracana Stadium, and also one of the most difficult performance venues. The venue for the World Cup final, which can accommodate 150,000 people, is the ultimate challenge for any singer to stand here - as for the Maracana Stadium, it is not something they can imagine. the height of.
There are 105,000 people in one session and two performances in two days, with a total of 210,000 tickets. Although it is nothing under the base of the population of 10 million in the Greater Los Angeles area, there are listeners who are willing to arrive at the scene to watch the concert. That's a small fraction, and even fewer listeners willing to get to the door in line forty-eight hours in advance with their tents on.
So, if 210,000 tickets can be sold, this is already a feat, even the top presences like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, can't be in the North American market now He patted his chest and said that 210,000 tickets in two days can reach 100% attendance, and if it exceeds 90%, it can be considered a successful concert.
But now, the first stop of the Glory to Death World Tour is not only sold out, but in just three hours!
A comparison can be made. The "Road to Glory" tour concert in Los Angeles chose the Hollywood Bowl. This venue can accommodate 17,000 people. It held two performances in total and nearly 35,000 tickets. Glory to death took three days to announce the sale. For a fledgling band, such a result is already very strong, which has attracted an exclamation from the media.
Similarly, to make another comparison, Oasis Band’s concert tour that was forced to die not long ago, most of the venues chosen were venues with 10,000 people, the ticket sales were basically completed within five days, and the attendance rate was as high as % eighty. For a British rock band, the results can be said to be excellent, and even in the United States, it can be regarded as an outstanding level of first-line singers. Without the Gallaghers' rhetoric, the sponsors wouldn't have pulled their money, and their tour could have gone on.
So what about Glory to Death now?
Three hours, 180 minutes, 38 ticket offices, 210,000 tickets. After this set of data is compared together, it becomes even more appalling. Even though the upsurge of the Battle of the Century has just been experienced a month ago, everyone has a clear understanding of the powerful appeal of Glory to Death now, but at this moment , people were once again shocked.
Even more terrifying is that after all the ticket outlets announced that the tickets were sold out, the enthusiasm of the fans was still not satisfied, and a large number of fans gathered in front of the Rose Bowl Square - many of them were told at other ticket outlets that the tickets were sold out. After that, fans who came to the Rose Bowl to buy tickets with a glimmer of hope, but the ticket sales of the Rose Bowl have also come to an end. All these fans gathered, strongly calling for a temporary extra performance of the live kingdom, so that the glory of death will be on the 27th, and another performance will be performed at the Rose Bowl.
Such a voice quickly got the response of many fans!
Although it is said that Glory to Death will go to San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle and other cities to hold tours, these cities are not far from Los Angeles - especially San Francisco, California is also the North American mainland for this Glory to Death tour, The only state that has arranged two cities, it can be seen that Glory to the Dead attaches great importance to the California market; but even so, fans are still reluctant to give up, because they clearly know that when Glory to the Dead leaves the city and goes to the next one In the city, ticket sales will still be so crazy, they need Glory to the Dead to stay in Los Angeles for an extra show, and they need to make the Glory to the Dead World Tour start the first stop with the brightest, hottest and most beautiful gesture.
Young volcanoes in the entire Greater Los Angeles area took action, and this action was immediately supported by many people, such as Tom Hanks, "Last time I missed the concert of glory to death, this time I missed it again, God, Colin has been completely disappointed in me, I need another chance to make up for it. Of course, if Hugo will give me four tickets, I will be more than happy to accept it.”
Just Tom Hanks, but also Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, etc., have all said in public , I hope that Glory to the Dead can add a show in Los Angeles, because they didn't have time to buy tickets, and the panic buying frenzy of fans is too hot.
Both EMI Records and Live Nation's Los Angeles offices were quickly surrounded by fans, who held up the "Extra" sign and conveyed their ideas in the most direct and enthusiastic way.
This is a rare sight in the history of touring - maybe the Beatles have experienced such treatment - the concert itself has not started, people have not yet experienced the wonderful performance, just because the tickets are sold out, plus The voice of the field has already come. This not only shows the popularity of Glory to Death today, but also shows people's trust in Glory to Death: Everyone firmly believes that Glory to Death will not live up to their expectations!
In the end, due to the enthusiasm of the fans, the live country officially announced that on October 27th, Glory to Die will have an extra stage of its first tour in Los Angeles.
What's even more incredible is that the 105,000 tickets for the extra show were officially launched on the 20th, but they were once again announced to be sold within 100 minutes!