Author: Bob Allen

Duos and Dancers: Live Dates in December

Posted by | Jan 26, 2021 | ,

LIVE! ROUNDUP Two tours delivered 13 of the 20 highest-grossing concerts and events reported on the final Hot Tickets of 2020. Australian Christian music duo For King & Country hit the chart with eight concerts, and Americana artists Koe Wetzel and Read Southall scored with five. For King & Country’s shows came as part of its “A Drummer Boy” Christmas drive-in tour supporting a holiday-themed album released in late October. It was a continuation of the duo’s post-shutdown touring efforts in U.S. cities, staged primarily in drive-ins since July. With the latest tally of December events, the group’s overall box-office gross jumped to just over $3 million from 47 reported shows since the summer. During the last half of the year, more than 70,000 fans attended For King & Country’s concerts. Wetzel and Southall toured with an acoustic show during their December trek, which included socially distanced performances at venues… Continue Reading Duos and Dancers: Live Dates in December

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Disney ‘Dreams Big’ With Return to Arena Ice

Posted by | Dec 23, 2020 | ,

LIVE! ROUNDUP Disney on Ice returned in November with the launch of a new socially distanced and reduced-capacity arena tour of “Dream Big” beginning with an opening run at American Airlines Center in Dallas, No. 1 on Hot Tickets. The arena hosted 13 performances of the production Nov. 6-15 with overall attendance of 31,244, averaging just over 2,400 a show. Event producer Feld Entertainment implemented extra health safety standards that included pod seating for small groups, distance requirements, face coverings and touch-free payment while in the venue. Christian music duo For King & Country hits the chart with nine November shows set primarily in outdoor drive-in environments. The top grosser was a two-show stint Nov. 28 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, ranked third with $178,653 in sales. On the road stateside this year through Dec. 20, the Australian brothers’ tour supports their first Christmas album, “A Drummer Boy… Continue Reading Disney ‘Dreams Big’ With Return to Arena Ice

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Year End 2020: Charts and Analysis

Year End 2020: Charts and Analysis

Posted by | Dec 23, 2020 | ,

HEAT CHECK: A security officer checks the temperature of a fan at the Vive Latino festival March 14 at Foro Sol in Mexico City, one of 2020’s highest-grossing events. (Getty Images) Change of Course Promising start to 2020 no match for the pandemic In the early weeks of 2020, live entertainment seemed to be poised for an extraordinary year with first-quarter ticket revenue showing slight increases over the same period a year earlier. Box-office tallies from concerts and live events in 2019 ultimately topped $11 billion globally, so optimism was high with hopes for a record-setting year, perhaps even reaching $12 billion. The onset of the pandemic in March charted a very different course for 2020. At the end of the challenging year, final worldwide gross figures from reported events totaled about $2.5 billion, less than a quarter of what occurred the previous year. YEAR END CHARTS:    HOT TICKETS —… Continue Reading Year End 2020: Charts and Analysis

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Roll With the Punches: The Alamodome Brings on the Fight

Posted by | Nov 29, 2020 | ,

On Halloween night, San Antonio’s Alamodome welcomed boxing fans inside for the first “Fight Night” since the shutdown of live entertainment eight months ago. Four bouts were featured, including the main event with Gervonta Davis facing Leo Santa Cruz for both the World Boxing Association lightweight and super featherweight titles, a rarity in boxing where titles in two weight classes are on the line. Davis was ultimately the winner with a knockout victory in the sixth round. The Premier Boxing Champions event drew a crowd of 9,024 at the stadium, which had instituted social distancing precautions and lowered the number of tickets available for purchase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fights produced a gross of $1,451,475 to earn the No. 1 ranking on this month’s Hot Tickets chart. The event was also made available on Showtime pay-per-view.   Hot Tickets: December 2020  

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Y2K’s Millennium-Size Draws, Venues and Ticket Prices

Y2K’s Millennium-Size Draws, Venues and Ticket Prices

Posted by | Nov 29, 2020 |

BIG PHISH: Phish had the biggest single-show crowd among Y2K concerts, drawing 75,000 to its Big Cypress show in Florida. (Getty Images) People are often able to tell you where they were and what they were doing when one of life’s major historical events occurred. For those who remember the arrival of 2000 and the commemoration of the new millennium, the Y2K phenomenon was such a moment. All over the world, people welcomed the 21st century in a myriad of ways. Some attended private parties with friends or headed outdoors for fireworks. Many rang in the new year out on the town at clubs, and some paid top dollar for a once-in-a-lifetime concert experience. The box-office archives contain 147 concerts that occurred during the final week leading up to New Year’s Eve 1999 with audiences of all sizes — from 60 tickets sold to 75,000. Grosses compiled during that week… Continue Reading Y2K’s Millennium-Size Draws, Venues and Ticket Prices

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