I went to a Seal concert last night in Barcelona at Poble Espanyol. Poble Espanyol (http://www.poble-espanyol.com/pemsa/en.html) is a traditional Spanish village in the center of Barcelona. The village main purpose is to showcase Spanish history, culture, and architecture… and occasionally to have incredible concerts.
The village was packed last night with approximately 7,000 people paying an average of 40 Euros ($52 USD) per ticket. The crowd was well entertained as Seal performed songs from past and future albums. The concert was certainly well received and I think everyone had a great time.
The concert lasted for 2 hours. Before the concert even started all tickets were sold and before he sang the first song the concert had made approximately $364,000 ($52 x 7,000). I don’t know about you but I’m pretty impressed by the numbers. I don’t know of anyone personally that makes that much money from 2 hours work. The crowd went crazy with each song especially when he performed his hit song ‘Kiss From A Rose’.
Seal’s performance was excellent as he charmed the crowd. At one moment he bent over to sing to some screaming girls as they reached up to grab his hand and rub his head. He flashed some perspiration from his head in the crowd and they screamed even more. He had a great smile the entire time probably thinking … ‘I loooove this job. Oh yeah, and thanks for the cash!’
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Rohan Hall is the Founder/CEO of rSitez, Inc. (www.rsitez.com), a technology firm that helps entrepreneurs create custom, revenue-based social networking sites. He is the author of Stop Working, a book that teaches entrepreneurs how to use technology, globalization, and networks to build a global business. He has developed technologies for a wide range of entrepreneurs and Fortune500 clients including HP, Corning, Oracle, Honda and various others.