Author: Bob Allen

Hot Tickets: March 21, 2019

Eric Church plays Minneapolis’ Target Center as part of his Double Down Tour. (Courtesy Messina Touring Group) Louis Messina is the promoter with the golden touch: Eric Church’s, two shows at Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum, topped our 10,001-15,000-capacity chart this week with a combined gross of $2,972,763, attendance of 31,570 and a ticket range of $29-$149. The Messina Touring Group/AEG Presents shows are the latest in a long string of successes for the Nashville-based promoter. Topping the 5,000-or-less chart is the show that never rests: the Shen Yun Performing Arts show that seems to play in every city in the world every year. The version that hit The Smith Center at Reynolds Hall in Las Vegas, grossed $1,211,060 from seven shows, with 9,635 attending. The price range for tickets was $80-$220. The show was promoted in-house. HOT TICKETS is a weekly summary of the top events and ticket sales as reported… Continue Reading Hot Tickets: March 21, 2019

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Live! Roundup: Church Off and Running With Double Down Tour

Eric Church’s Double Down tour features a Friday and Saturday night performance in a different city every week. (Getty Images) Eric Church began 2019 with the launch of his Double Down tour that spans the first half of the year booked for two-night engagements at venues in 18 North American cities. Generally, the tour schedule features a Friday and Saturday performance in a different city every week. Although most of the shows will be staged in arenas, the country superstar added a stadium date, May 25 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium, as part of Memorial Day weekend. As he did on the Holdin’ My Own trek in 2017, Church will forgo opening acts and perform marathon sets for each show, drawing from his six studio albums. The first five dates on Church’s 2019 tour all rank among the 10 highest-grossing Hot Tickets this month in the category for venues with more… Continue Reading Live! Roundup: Church Off and Running With Double Down Tour

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