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Top 10 North American Concert Grosses - Irvine #6
Posted on Thu, Mar 23 2000 at 8:03 a.m. PST
by David T. <[email protected]>
Amusement Business chart from a. Chart is available at Billboard also:

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Reported through March 14, 2000@ Source: Amusement Business@

1. Cher, Lou Bega. Continental Airlines Arena. East Rutherford, N.J. Feb. 24. $983,424.

2. Elton John. Lawlor Events Center. Reno, Nev. Feb. 20. $729,900.

3. Britney Spears, LFO, Bosson. The Pyramid. Memphis, Tenn. March 12. $578,845.

4. KoRn, Stain'd. KeyArena, Seattle Center. Seattle, Wash. March 6. $368,662.

5. Bill Gaither and Friends Homecoming. Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Fort Wayne, Ind. March 10. $150,209.

6. Morrissey, Phantom Planet. Bren Events Center. Irvine, Calif. March 5. $142,500.

7. The Beach Boys, Glenn Super. Westbury Music Fair. Westbury, N.Y. Feb. 26-27. $128,396.

8. Dick Fox's Doo-Wop Extravaganza. Westbury Music Fair. Westbury, N.Y. March 4. $114,466.

9. The Pretenders, Paddy Casey. Roseland Ballroom. New York, N.Y. March 10. $105,168.

10. Brian McKnight. Seattle Paramount Theatre. Seattle, Wash. Feb. 28.$96,410.

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High Score for Steven...............

Diogo Neto <[email protected]>
Lisbon Portugal - Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 13:21:09 (PST) | #1


Not bad for a night's work :)

Grant <[email protected]>
Ing-ger-land - Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 13:40:45 (PST) | #2



Yes and he beat out The Beach Boys :-) Anyway this just goes to show how much Morrissey's fans love him since we are all there to support him when The record companys arent!! Viva Morrissey fans!(OH and Morrissey too! )

Unruly Girl
- Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 13:54:36 (PST) | #3


who the hell is Bill Gaither or Dick Fox?

mike <[email protected]>
st. louis MO - Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 14:03:35 (PST) | #4


I spear-ended Brittany last night...

I'm not the man you think I am
- Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 16:27:34 (PST) | #5


I think it's pretty amazing that Morrissey can make it into the top 10 of such a list (and almost in the top 5!) amongst these other so-called "hot" bands at the moment. The people who are going to his shows did not just spot him on MTV; they didn't just hear his new single on the radio; they haven't read up on him in People Magazine. Heck, most of the people I know wouldn't even be able to pick him out of a line-up!

His fiercely loyal fan-base is one to behold.

Lifeguard Posting
In The Arse of the World (aka CT) - Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 17:00:18 (PST) | #6


I was about to make a snidey comment that the reason Morrissey retained so much money is that he's a tight-arse. But then I realised it was gross money! Good for Steven! Bet the NME would like to ignore such a fact....that there's a market outside that little island, where people respect him like it was 1986.

Crimson
- Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 21:17:24 (PST) | #7


Yeah, out of this money he paid the band members $50 each, got Phantom Planet to pay him for the privledge of opening for such a god-like figure, and made quite a bit of coin. Of course, this tour isn't about the money, it's about wanting to sing!

sick of it all
hell - Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:00:59 (PST) | #8


After everyone is done patting themselves on the back about how well Morrissey has done in this insignificant polling of concert success, remember what the cost has been for the privilage of attending the shows. Fan, superfan, or mindless atomiton, the cost of his tickets are high. We shouldn't be celebrating Morrissey's "comeback" but our (the admirers) commitment to our love. After all, we are all he ever was.

nabshackle
- Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 13:03:15 (PST) | #9


6th! And the only decent musician on the list.

So what if the NME ignores that fact. No intellegent people read the NME these days anyway......

Rediffusion <[email protected]>
- Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 20:44:17 (PST) | #10


I read the NME. They are very amusing, even if they have bad taste in music.

Travis are boring Radiohead imitators
- Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 22:19:23 (PST) | #11


Damn thats a lot of cash to make for a 1 hour show. I cant feel sorry for him anymore. Why is he so sad all the time again? Wow, popular or not he got enough to live the good life. Say how come Morrissey dosent give to charity ever? All this talk about how bad the world is, why not spruce it up?
Hmmm.. it all makes sense and at the same time something loses meaning.

Moz be my sugar daddy
- Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 23:12:43 (PST) | #12


I knew someone would finally put Dick Fox and his Doo-Wop Extravaganza in their place!!! I'm glad Moz is doing so well... but, on that list???....and who ever thought that the Pretenders would fall behind Dick Fox??? I'm heading over to CD-Now.com right now and getting all the Dick Fox I can!!!
VIVA MOZ!

Skane <[email protected]>
- Sat, Mar 25, 2000 at 06:31:51 (PST) | #13


Sugar Daddy:

1. What makes you think Morrissey's "sad all the time?"

2. How do you know he doesn't give to charity? Maybe he just doesn't feel the need to be vocal about it.

Lifeguard Posting
In The Arse of the World (aka CT) - Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 22:04:00 (PST) | #14


Some Wally wrote: "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter to kingdom of Heaven."

Whilst Oscar wrote: "Charity creates a multitude of sins."

Within a contradiction is the safest place to be. Onya Moz.

"The Soul of Man Under Socialism". <[email protected]>
The deep, dark land of the Other...(Oz). - Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 23:42:14 (PDT) | #15



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