I would have read the threads you are talking about (trust me)-you have nothing but a fuzzy memory and SUBJECTIVE OPINION. Pollstar statistics and Billboard statistics are as official as it is going to get. I'm done with this.

Buzz, whatever you read certainly WAS NEVER ACCEPTED AS FACT. There are no facts in this sordid scenario. The fact is Gnr never claimed sold out shows in US venues where the upper levels were closed off. NEVER. They may have told a few white lies about why they cancelled a few shows, but you cannot prove that it was purely because of sales. Let's face it, they should not have been touring yet in those small market cities-shitty planning by shitty management. I am 99% certain that the gross sales figures per night for the 2006 US tour were around $500,000 at an average ticket price of $59. They averaged about 8500 per show which is the same as what they averaged on the 2002 US tour. Although I don't have a link to the site where I got that-either pollstar or billboard, I have been down this road so many times before that I have the numbers memorized. 8500 per show in today's climate is fairly good, obviously not great, but good. 

Anyhow, it certainly isn't where Axl wants to be as this would be the stratosphere he should be in....2006 best selling tours-I believe these figures are from worlwide shows
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/ … _tours.jsp

and here is thread from htgth with some numbers for 2006 us tour-North America numbers-Pollstar
http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/boar … ic=42078.0

I am not even mentioning the successful European tour of 2006 and the successful 2007 tour. Plus, in 2006, they headlined multiple large festivals where they definitely would have been paid big bucks. These tours served three purposes...
1. To generate income to pay band salaries
2. To generate income to pay the recording costs that the band had to incur since being cut off by the record company in 2004.
3. To promote the newest version of the New band.:haha:

overall, the touring of 2006 and 2007 was a success. Some people over inflate the success, but most people these days  underestimate the success and criticize because they are pissed off that they didn't release an album or they want a reunion or whatever their personal agenda is. :wtf:

Awesome Movie here...A Streetcar Named Desire-Brando
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_lToyPAUyE

then On the Waterfront
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prXXOxCP … re=related

you gotta admit that is pretty funny! He is a bizarre dude...:haha: