Celine Dion enters top spot for North American Concert Tours

[boyblackuk]

From Canadian Press guys....excellent news and a big difference from the number 1 spot

 

Celine Dion moves into top spot in North American concert tours

5 hours ago

 

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city (in U.S. dollars) and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

 

TOP 20 CONCERT TOURS

 

1. (New) Celine Dion; $4,607,183; $126.41.

 

2. (1) Kenny Chesney; $1,743,601; $65.41.

 

3. (2) Coldplay; $1,674,011; $83.71.

 

4. (4) The Police; $1,542,921; $100.81.

 

5. (3) Neil Diamond; $1,485,927; $86.58.

 

6. (5) Dave Matthews Band; $1,099,901; $49.13.

 

7. (6) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; $1,082,550; $63.37.

 

8. (New) Radiohead; $1,031,209; $48.08.

 

9. (7) Rascal Flatts; $917,900; $50.49.

 

10. (8) Jonas Brothers; $756,571; $41.53.

 

11. (9) Jack Johnson; $745,103; $39.32.

 

12. (10) Journey; $687,514; $49.64.

 

13. (11) "American Idols Live"; $610,120; $60.68.

 

14. (12) Rush; $550,009; $61.28.

 

15. (13) John Mayer; $528,836; $39.29.

 

16. (15) Motley Crue; $493,330; $44.98.

 

17. (18) Brad Paisley; $454,420; $34.71.

 

18. (17) Counting Crows / Maroon 5; $450,597; $38.26.

 

19. (19) Def Leppard; $422,577; $60.97.

 

20. (20) "Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival" Slipknot / Disturbed; $401,936; $33.45.

[wolfepaw]

Boy, Celine really kicked everyone else's butt, didn't she?

[ThisTime]

Big time! 3 million ahead of everyone !

[stevo]

Yeeha

[SarahJB5]

YAY!!!! Awesome that she's #1...doesn't surprise me one bit...I'd like to think I contributed A LOT to her being in the #1 spot :giggle: with 5 shows in just over a week, hehe!!!

[Nmj]

shes "taking Chance" with those prices lol

 

Great Job Celine & Team!!

[destin139]

Thats awesome! She totally owned everyone else!! Congrats Celine! Although to be honest it doesnt really suprise me!

[Lou555]

Also for her 8 sold out Montréal shows alone, there was a revenue of 25 millions dollars!!! Congrats Céline!

 

Sources : http://www.cyberpresse.ca/arts/spectacles/...celine-dion.php

[xo1hrt4celineox]

sweeeeet! Celine rocks! ... although on a technical point, she's sooo far ahead because her tix price is double almost everyone elses (except the police) but even if you cut her total in half to even it out, she still ahead by half a mil! I suppose it also says something though that people are willing to pay for her tickets

[Black Kitten]

it didn't surprise me, but what can we expect for someone as big as celine? Celine and Madonna will always be the queens of tour. i'm so proud of her.

 

I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E!!!

[celinerific]

She is on a rollll! Way to go Celine!

Also notice that her average ticket price is the highest of all the rest LOL

We love her too much.

[cdclore]

Also take into consideration that her ticket prices are a great deal higher than most others.

[bronzey]

Woooah.

[celine_rox]

dang hahaha

COOL

[stevethefan]

Great news! She really is way above everyone else on that list. Now I don't feel so bad about the high ticket prices.

[CelineHayatiAna]

WOW!!!

[A New Day Has Come]

About friking time I say Celine deserves to be number 1 this year and stay at number 1 hopefully.

[VinnyT.]

that's great

[Der_Griffon]

Yep, that's fab!

But the American leg of Madonna's tour is beginning soon, and since she had some major success in sales in Europe, probably she'll beat Celine to the first place.

Let's wait and see.

[stevo]

Celine has many more dates than Madonna though doesn't she?

[Der_Griffon]

Yes, she does, but Madonna made over 100,000,000$ only in Europe and it's already been predicted that the Sticky and Sweet tour will surpass the record tour gross of Confessions tour... ANd if that is true, then Celine doesn't stand a chance, unfrotunately Edited October 3, 2008 at 09:14 AM by Der_Griffon

[stevo]

curses

[Bellamy]

No, Madonna can't win. Celine had much more than $100,000,000 in Euro and Asia... already. And many more dates for the US.

[kathy4]

that is great congratulations to celine on her tour being number one.

[WaterFromTheMoon]

wow that's really great - wish her a lot more success with the tour!

[Der_Griffon]

No, Madonna can't win. Celine had much more than $100,000,000 in Euro and Asia... already. And many more dates for the US.

 

I couldn't be so sure about it, especially if her tour grosses are higher than the record breaking ones from the Confessions tour.

I know that we now really need Celine to be number 1 in anything, but i'd just wait and see. Naturally, I'll be happier if Celine stays at the top.

[stevo]

The thing is the media will just say Madonna's was Number One or Year's Highest Grossong Tour just because. So it matters not unfortunately

[Edwin]

Awesome, I'm glad her tour is doing great here

[Teodora]

That's amazing! Even more amazing when you see that people paid so much more too see her than anybody else. I think she'll make double on this tour compared to her Vegas show, and tha't in just one year!

[Nmj]

no way vegas will make more