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Denim and Rhinestone Tour

ChoctawCountyAffair

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From what I've heard of the setlist the The Denim and Rhinestones Tour should have featured more of D&R. It makes sense for the Vegas residency to be more of a greatest hits show for casual fans or the general audience who happen to be there and want to catch a show. But I wished her mainline tours featured more of the album she's currently promoting because otherwise they all basically start to become a greatest hits tour.
100% agree. It's a crime that she didn't include Faster, Velvet Heartbreak or Pink Champagne. The album was pretty short so it should've been all included in the setlist
 

The Nanook

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But she did… they were included in the interludes. I believe Sidney (spelling?) sang a little bit of Wanted Woman too.
Playing those songs as interludes is obviously very different than Carrie actually singing the songs herself. It would be like advertising Reflection as featuring all her greatest hits then only playing JTTW, BHC, BA, GG, CB, etc. as instrumentals.
 

Hil

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Playing those songs as interludes is obviously very different than Carrie actually singing the songs herself. It would be like advertising Reflection as featuring all her greatest hits then only playing JTTW, BHC, BA, GG, CB, etc. as instrumentals.
This is the way every tour has been, and the way most tours for most artists are. Not every song from new albums are included. I'm sure there is a song all of us wish we could have heard, but the set list did flow very well and it all worked nicely.
 

txacar

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There's Keith, Miranda, Luke (at Resorts World) and Garth Vegas shows March-June 2023. I think that's a lot of country in Vegas at once, so doubtful Vegas part 2 happens early 2023.
Also, we know Carrie likes light summers, at least past the 4th of July.

I'm guessing there might be some Canada - Europe (and Oceania?) dates announced for a few weeks in April-June 2023, then the usual festivals/light schedule for July-August, then a Vegas Residency pt. 2 for Fall 2023.
You've probably seen this (from Carrie Official) by now, but just in case:

The REFLECTION: The Las Vegas Residency show dates going on sale Friday, Dec 9 at 10 a.m. PT are:

  • June 2023: 21, 23, 24, 28, 30
  • July 2023: 1
  • Sept. 2023: 20, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30
  • Nov. 2023: 29
  • Dec. 2023: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9
 

The Nanook

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6,000 is a sellout at Gainbridge Fieldhouse? She played to 8,000-9,000 there for Play On and Blown Away (and 11,000 for CP, but that was in the round). Maybe the D&R stage is bigger. I wonder how the average gross and ticket sales per show will compare to previous tours.
 

Eder Rodrigues

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6,000 is a sellout at Gainbridge Fieldhouse? She played to 8,000-9,000 there for Play On and Blown Away (and 11,000 for CP, but that was in the round). Maybe the D&R stage is bigger. I wonder how the average gross and ticket sales per show will compare to previous tours.

To be considered 'sold out', it is necessary that all available tickets have been sold, regardless of the maximum capacity of the venue. This means that even if you do not reach the maximum capacity of the venue, but sell all available tickets, the event will be considered 'sold out'
 

The Nanook

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Yeah and I'm wondering why only 6,000 seats were available at that venue. I get that "sold out" sounds better, but in terms of actual attendance I'd rather see 90% of 10,000 tickets sold than 100% of 5,000 tickets. Would be nice to see Carrie if not grow then at least maintain numbers that she's achieved in prior, comparable tours. Hope we get more stats.
 

carrieidol1

Active member
Yeah and I'm wondering why only 6,000 seats were available at that venue. I get that "sold out" sounds better, but in terms of actual attendance I'd rather see 90% of 10,000 tickets sold than 100% of 5,000 tickets. Would be nice to see Carrie if not grow then at least maintain numbers that she's achieved in prior, comparable tours. Hope we get more stats.
I don’t post here often but I still visit and read through the forum often. Anyway, I can answer this. Carrie’s previous two tours have been “in the round”, making virtually every seat available a viable seat, while also opening a lot more of the floor. If you look at how tickets are being sold this time around, you’ll see entire sections behind the main stage blocked out (not available for purchase). For so many reasons this was a smart decision - coming out of the pandemic they were relatively conservative with this tour, so they’re able to save themselves a lot of expense by scaling down (slightly) to account for lesser demand in an economically and socially challenging environment. This is also the reason for no international dates (yet). They’re playing it as safe as possible while staying very profitable by slightly scaling back the seating of the shows.
 

The Nanook

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I agree end-stage attendance shouldn't be compared with in-the-round, which is why I focused more on Play On and Blown Away sales figures. Though I'm not sure why you would scale down within a venue (i.e. reduce seat availability) if you've already committed to touring that arena—besides more easily achieving a "sell-out." I can't imagine there are significant, or any, variable costs from having 10,000 seats available compared to 8,000.

Interestingly, Carrie sold 9,979 seats (of 12,286 available) for D&R at the Rupp Arena in Lexington which is actually more than the 8,267/8,534 sold for Play On at the same venue. So who knows, not enough data on D&R's box-office yet to tell how it compares to past tours.
 
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