The PopMart journals...

Jason Mayfield (ironman@saltmine.radix.net)
Fri, 17 Apr 1998 13:43:25 -0400 (EDT)


Well, it's over. Who would have thought a year ago when the dates were
announced that I'd be fortunate enough to have such adventures. I've
forwarded some of my diaries to some of you, and others have just heard of
the travels.

During the ZooTV tour, lots of noise was made about the numbers and stats.
"So many miles of cable, so many thousand watts of power to run the show,
X hundred thousand dollars a day to keep it on the road." Well, without
much ado, my year in PopMart:

First show: April 25, 1997, Las Vegas Nevada
Last show: March 21, 1998, Johannesburg South Africa
Totals shows: 29 in 9 countries

Most expensive ticket: 160 Real (about $148.12) for 1/30/98 Sao Paulo
Cheapest ticket: $28.12 in Santiago. (I didn't write the local price
down...forget what I paid the scalper.) This doesn't include the few free
tickets I lucked out on.

Total miles traveled: 100,436 by train, plane, and minibus full of
hippies

Frequent flier miles earned: 74,961 on Northwest, 24,442 on United,
10,362 on American

Total hotel bill: $1589.34 (avg $55/show...not bad)

Total airfare bill: $5707 (not including company paid trips back for
meetings)

Total bill for a year in pop: Just over $14,200, or about $500 per show.
I think I need to come up with a way to make some money fast before the
next tour.... ;-)

And worth every penny. :)

Jason, never coming down