The Best Damn Tour appears to be selling well in many places!!!

[Avrillover4ever]

[Attention moderators/admins: Please do NOT merge this thread with any negative and/or mostly false threads spreading rumours of low ticket sales. This thread is meant to focus positively on the truth for a number of venues. Thank you!]

Contrary to false Internet rumours being spread by people with a specific negative agenda, concert dates for The Best Damn Tour are selling well in many places. The focus here will be on the U.S. and Canada for the moment. Perhaps someone in Europe could look into ticket sales there, but I do see that an additional date has been added for Glasgow because the first one sold out.

To prove that North American ticket sales are nowhere as bleak as some bloggers would have you believe, search for at least two tickets on the Ticketmaster website for the U.S. or Canada. Note that searching for a single ticket is not a good indicator of how much of the venue has sold, since those individual seats are only tiny "holes" of availability in the audience seating pattern. If you're going by yourself or don't mind not sitting with your friends, this could be a great way to get closer to the stage. However, given that most people will be going in groups of two or more, be sure to search for at least two tickets to get a better idea of how close the venue is to being sold out.

Keep in mind that some venues are far larger than others, so selling 10,000 seats in a 21,000 seat arena still may be viewed nearly as favorably as selling out 10,000 seats in a 10,000 seat arena. Yes, operating costs will probably be higher for the larger venues, but be careful not to perceive lack of sellout as "a failure" or indicator of poor ticket sales. Only the tour management knows exactly where their break-even point is, so don't buy into the negative trash gossip you may have read somewhere on the Internet.

For example, check out best availability of two adjacent seats for the following venues. The red "X" is only an approximate estimate of the seating location, but it quickly indicates the section. If the section is far from the stage, then that venue is likely selling quite well. Simple...


For the April 29th concert in Las Vegas, the best pair of tickets on Ticketmaster is on the upper casino level. Being Vegas, this concert could easily still sell out.





The Vancouver concert for March 7 seems to be selling briskly, despite the huge size of the venue (nearly 14,000 seats for a concert)
The best pair of tickets currently available on Ticketmaster are in the Balcony Level, towards the back.





The best availability for a pair of tickets at the Honda Center in Anaheim for the May 3rd concert is in the corner on the side of the stage in the Upper Level Terrace.

[Lewymocha Original]

Thanks for posting.

The Belfast show is nearly sold out I heard in Ireland.

Haven't heard a thing about Dublin.

[Avrillover4ever]

For the April 12th concert at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, unless the Ticketmaster website is having problems despite several search attempts, there appears to be exactly ONE general admission floor ticket left. A search for TWO tickets, anywhere at any price, results in a message that there are no tickets available.


The April 13th concert in Manchester, NH, only has pair ticket availability in the Upper Section. This concert might actually sell out.




The April 11th concert in Uniondale, NY, has sold a lot more tickets than some would have you believe, although it looks unlikely to sell out their upper level, since the venue holds over 17,000 people.




The April 20th concert in West Palm Beach has plenty of upper level seats left, but keep in mind that the capacity for this venue is over 19,000.




It is true that the April 19th concert date for Tampa is absolutely nowhere near selling out, but that venue holds a maximum of 20,000 people (9500 are reserved seats). Similarly, the April 18th concert date for Atlanta is absolutely nowhere near selling out, but that venue holds a maximum of 21,000 people. There are still great seats and standing general admission left at both of these venues.

[-Unwanted-]

Thanks!!

[Mass]

That's a good thing. So it's selling, but not as fast. But atleast it's selling.

[Lewymocha Original]

Basically if she had booked smaller venues the tour would be sold out

[Avrillover4ever]

The April 7th concert in Toronto (concert seating capacity of 19,800) seems to have only single seats left. Multiple search attempts for a PAIR of adjacent seats results in a message that there are no such tickets left. Unless this is a Ticketmaster server error, this venue is basically SOLD OUT.


The April 24th concert in Hidalgo, TX, appears to be nearly sold out. Only ticket pair availability is in the back of the arena.




The April 26 concert in Dallas seems to be selling decently, especially given that it has a capacity of over 20,000.





I could go on, but the Ticketmaster ticket service is currently down for maintenance. If you didn't see your city status given, feel free to look it up and add to this thread.

[Avrillover4ever]

Originally Posted by Lewymocha Old Style

Basically if she had booked smaller venues the tour would be sold out

EXACTLY!!! Thankfully her tour company did NOT do that so that as many fans as possible would have a chance to see her concert. If they had booked only 2,000 seat auditoriums but had the semi-useless bragging rights to say that every concert everywhere sold out, that could have left over a hundred thousand fans without tickets. Now THAT actually WOULD be a really sad situation indeed!!!

I would say things are looking pretty damn great right now for this tour, wouldn't you??!

[Madina]

I believe in Av.It will be kick ass tour