Originally Posted by
reese
I saw the show at the Great Woods ampitheater in Mansfield, MA. She attracted 9,000 people, which is not bad at all. But she had attracted 15,000 just two years before to the same venue for the WORKIN' OVERTIME tour. Later in 1991, I believe Billboard published an article mentioning the tours that promoters lost the most money on that year and Diana's was amongst them. After that, whenever I've seen her it has been in a concert hall.
Just like RTL. if it had been sold as a lesser event, or booked into smaller venues, it would’ve been considered a big success. But they paid half a million upfront plus additional talent and ticketing fees so they had to sell a lot of tickets just to breakeven. If the guarantee was 200,000, they would’ve made money at every stop. It’s just how it is booked.
That said, I thought the FBTP concert was fantastic. She gave a generous sample of songs from the new album: CHANGE OF HEART, WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME, BLAME IT ON THE SUN, WAITING IN THE WINGS, YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT, and the title track. I really liked most of them and felt she had a sure winner on her hands.
Perhaps if it had been her return-to-Motown album [instead of WORKIN' OVERTIME], it might have done better. In any event, I think it is one of her best albums.
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