Demand for tickets to the tour was high: the September 3 show at Sullivan Stadium in Massachusetts set a record for quickest sellout at that venue, a record matched by U2 and unsurpassed until The Who sold 100,000 tickets to two shows there in less than eight hours in 1989. Star magazine reported that, for one venue, Bowie sold $3 million in tickets to three shows in 90 minutes. The concert drew the largest crowd ever to see a concert in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the time. Advance sales for the Australian leg of the tour was $8.6 million, surpassing even Michael Jackson's advance sales for the Australian leg of his "Bad" concert tour (estimated at $4.5 million).
