2012 Attendance Totals/Gross Tix Sales

[anthrax]

I love looking at stuff like this...

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/the-number-line-phish-attendance-and-gross-sales-2012/

[khalpin]

Thanks for the link.  I was having a conversation about this(ticket sales) today.  Looks like I was way off. 

[antelope19]

I love looking at stuff like this...

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/the-number-line-phish-attendance-and-gross-sales-2012/

Thanks for sharing. I'm a little surprised at how poorly attended some of those mid-west shows were.

[mbw]

alpine didnt look half empty the first night.  maybe people just got to spread out a little. 

eta:  the amount of money these guys make is redic.
how bout a little practice?  some new tunes?
if i hear about how hard it is because they have families and shit.....
cry me a river, its your job.

[jstepan]

I love looking at stuff like this...

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/the-number-line-phish-attendance-and-gross-sales-2012/

Thanks for sharing. I'm a little surprised at how poorly attended some of those mid-west shows were.

i was thinking the same thing. The heat was brutal during that run, esp deer creek. I wonder how much of a correlation there is between the heat and "day of" attendance.

[antelope19]

I love looking at stuff like this...

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/the-number-line-phish-attendance-and-gross-sales-2012/

Thanks for sharing. I'm a little surprised at how poorly attended some of those mid-west shows were.

i was thinking the same thing. The heat was brutal during that run, esp deer creek. I wonder how much of a correlation there is between the heat and "day of" attendance.

Could be. But we were staring at triple digits in both 2010 and 2011 MPP shows and that place was packed to the gills for all 4 shows.

[redrum]

I think it's funny how quick so many people say that "phish needs to practice"
When really no one has any idea. If they didn't practice, they wouldn't be playing coil, guelah, Reba, or name any other tune that isn't 3 chords, caspian or zero.
Oh ya you guys want them to practice jamming too right? Lol

Ya more new tunes would be great (if they were good)
But cry me a river it's your job?
Ok well when you've been at your job for 30years and still have tens of thousands of people coming and paying to see you and loving it then ill take your "they should practice more" suggestions seriously.

[mbw]

If they did practice, they wouldn't be botching the hell out of coil, guelah, Reba, or name any other tune for 4 years now.

fyp

Oh ya you guys want them to practice jamming too right?

fucking right!

But cry me a river it's your job?
Ok well when you've been at your job for 30years and still have tens of thousands of people coming and paying to see you and loving it then ill take your "they should practice more" suggestions seriously.

i wish my only job was to take playing music with my band seriously.

oh, and relax pal.

[redrum]

Lol at relax pal. I just think its funny that everyone always says they need to practice when no one knows how much they really do.

[DoW]

[McGrupp]

eta:  the amount of money these guys make is redic.

Those were just gross ticket sales figures. I'd be interested to see how much each band member nets at each show or each tour, and how much gets funneled to crew, venue, ticketmaster, promoters, managers, etc.

They still get paid well. I do know that much.

As for "they should practice more", said horse has been beaten to death. Where's rj with that list, though? I'm sure we can find plenty of reasons to beat it more.

[thechad]

They, most likely, have a set price.  That includes the band, their sound and lights, and all crew.  Securing the venue and all associated costs (insurance, security,ect...) are the promoters problems.  So, while I'm sure they would rather have every show sold out, if the show only sells half of the available tickets what they make doesn't change, it's the promoter who loses out.  I know for a fact that Ken Hayes who owns Great Northeast Productions made very little money on all of the festivals up to NYE 2000.

[whatapiper]

The pie has spoken, phish needs to spend more time out west and ignore the saturated markets for a couple years so they realize what they are missing.  Some of those numbers are pretty shocking really...

[antelope19]

eta:  the amount of money these guys make is redic.

Those were just gross ticket sales figures. I'd be interested to see how much each band member nets at each show or each tour, and how much gets funneled to crew, venue, ticketmaster, promoters, managers, etc.

They still get paid well. I do know that much.

As for "they should practice more", said horse has been beaten to death. Where's rj with that list, though? I'm sure we can find plenty of reasons to beat it more.

Why It Makes Sense to Beat a Dead Horse.

1. Sets an example for other horses that might be watching.
2. Aerobic workout.
3. Horse might not be really dead. (Isn't it better to be safe than sorry?)
4. Tenderizes the meat.
5. Horse is unable to fight back.
6. Provides a welcome relief for tension or anxiety. (Makes you feel good.)

[anthrax]

i'd say the band members take home a rather small percentage of gross ticket sales.  there are a TON of expenses and i'm sure a lot of people have their hands in the pot.  i wouldn't be surprised if they were splitting under 30% of the gross numbers.  which is still a TON of money, don't get me wrong.  but what these numbers don't show is the revenue generated on merch, livephish, and webcast sales.  historically, merch is where band members bank, and phish sells a hell of a lotta merch!