Tour. Commercial reception Dates for the Drowned World Tour were limited to cities in Europe and North America. For many weeks prior, Arthur Fogel from Live Nation attempted to book dates in Toronto's Air Canada Centre, between the Sunrise, Atlanta, and Detroit gigs, though no free bookings were available; it became Madonna's first tour to completely skip over Canada. The first Barcelona concert attracted 18,000 people. Initially, only one concert was confirmed at London's Earls Court Exhibition Centre, but after the 16,000 tickets sold out in just fifteen minutes, promoters added five more dates, which were completely sold out in six hours; prices ranged between £40 and £85. With a million hits on the official website within the first 10 minutes, and an estimated 30 million attempts through ticket hotlines – which were attended by 265 operators – Madonna made history by having her London shows among the fastest selling of all time. In the United States, all concerts sold out in hours, with the four Los Angeles dates selling out in just seventeen minutes. With forty-seven concerts, and over 730,000 tickets sold in Europe and the United States, it was reported to have earned US$76.8 million ($ million in dollars), averaging at $1.6 million ($ million in dollars) per show; Drowned World became the highest-grossing concert tour of 2001 by a solo artist, as well as the fourth highest-grossing overall, only behind U2, 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. Broadcast and recording The concert on August 26, at The Palace of Auburn Hills, was filmed professionally and broadcast live on HBO as Madonna Live: The Drowned World Tour. It marked the third time Madonna worked with the network following the Blond Ambition and Girlie Show broadcasts; Nancy Geller, senior VP of original programming for HBO, stated that "it's a thrill for us to have Madonna back, because we know it is going to be a spectacular show, with that combination of her amazing talent and extravagant style". Hamish Hamilton directed the special, while production was in charge of Marty Callner. It scored 5.7 million viewers, and became the network's third-highest-rated prime-time concert special since 1997. It received two nominations at the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming and Outstanding Choreography, and won Best TV Concert at the 2002 AOL TV Viewer Awards. The special was released on VHS and DVD under the