DEADICATED: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, seen here performing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 2019, cracked this week’s Hot Tickets chart with three shows at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre Dec. 2-4.. (Getty Images)

HOT TICKETS is a weekly summary of the top events and ticket sales as reported to VNPulse via Pollstar. Following are the top 20 concerts and events, the top 5 in each capacity category, that occurred Dec. 2-Jan. 8. Events appear once during the chart eligibility period.

More than 15,000
Capacity

10,001-15,000
Capacity

5,001-10,000
Capacity

5,000 or Less
Capacity
1) George Strait
Tickets Sold: 36,440; Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas; Gross: $7,965,322; Ticket Range: $50-$999; Promoter: Messina Touring Group/AEG Presents; Dates: Dec. 2-3; No. of Shows: 22) Billy Joel
Tickets Sold: 33,242; Venue: Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand; Gross: $5,467,521; Ticket Range: $63.81-$255.42; Promoter: Live Nation; Dates: Dec. 3; No. of Shows: 1

3) Daddy Yankee
Tickets Sold: 21,699; Venue: Amway Center, Orlando, Fla.; Gross: $3,382,345; Ticket Range: $76.06-$181; Promoter: Cardenas Marketing Network; Dates: Dec. 18-19; No. of Shows: 2

4) Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Tickets Sold: 20,483; Venue: Footprint Center, Phoenix; Gross: $1,559,740; Ticket Range: $24.99-$119.50; Promoter: in-house, Live Nation; Dates: Dec. 4; No. of Shows: 2

5) Keith Urban
Tickets Sold: 19,351; Venue: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney; Gross: $1,956,241; Ticket Range: $55.30-$124.49; Promoter: TEG Live; Dates: Dec. 5-6; No. of Shows: 2

 1) For King & Country
Tickets Sold: 8,368; Venue: Giant Center, Hershey, Pa.; Gross: $495,710; Ticket Range: $29.99-$175; Promoter: WJTL 90.3 FM; Dates: Dec. 3; No. of Shows: 12) Pentatonix
Tickets Sold: 7,882; Venue: North Charleston (S.C.) Coliseum; Gross: $533,234; Ticket Range: $25-$250; Promoter: NS2; Dates: Dec. 13; No. of Shows: 1

3) Pentatonix
Tickets Sold: 6,911; Venue: EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, Va.; Gross: $660,544; Ticket Range: $21-$270; Promoter: Live Nation; Dates: Dec. 19; No. of Shows: 1

4) Sebastian Maniscalco
Tickets Sold: 6,893; Venue: SNHU Arena, Manchester, N.H.; Gross: $721,563; Ticket Range: $49.75-$170.75; Promoter: Outback Presents; Dates: Dec. 4; No. of Shows: 1

5) Five Finger Death Punch, Brantley Gilbert
Tickets Sold: 5,714; Venue: Resch Center, Green Bay, Wis.; Gross: $666,137; Ticket Range: $18.50-$149.50; Promoter: FPC Live, Live Nation; Dates: Dec. 3; No. of Shows: 1

 1) Cirque Dreams “Holidaze”
Tickets Sold: 20,548; Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.; Gross: $534,120; Ticket Range: $25; Promoter: in-house; Dates: Dec. 28-30; No. of Shows: 32) Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Tickets Sold: 12,881; Venue: Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio; Gross: $984,023; Ticket Range: $32.50-$122.50; Promoter: Live Nation; Dates: Dec. 2; No. of Shows: 2

3) Nghtmre
Tickets Sold: 8,800; Venue: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco; Gross: $435,600; Ticket Range: $49.50; Promoter: Another Planet Entertainment; Dates: Dec. 2; No. of Shows: 1

4) Alan Walker
Tickets Sold: 8,704; Venue: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco; Gross: $482,761; Ticket Range: $45-$55; Promoter: Another Planet Entertainment; Dates: Dec. 3; No. of Shows: 1

5) Kane Brown
Tickets Sold: 7,637; Venue: Budweiser Gardens, London, Ont.; Gross: $484,971; Ticket Range: $64.11-$108.70; Promoter: AEG Presents; Dates: Dec. 3; No. of Shows: 1

 1) ‘Les Miserables”
Tickets Sold: 18,267; Venue: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis; Gross: $1,514,902; Ticket Range: $35-$154; Promoter: Broadway Across America, Hennepin Theatre Trust; Dates: Dec. 6-11; No. of Shows: 82) Atlanta Ballet “Nutcracker”
Tickets Sold: 7,561; Venue: Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta; Gross: $574,606; Ticket Range: $30-$157; Promoter: in-house, Atlanta Ballet; Dates: Dec. 9-11; No. of Shows: 5

3) “Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet”
Tickets Sold: 7,354; Venue: Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis; Gross: $534,349; Ticket Range: $22.50-$175; Promoter: Talmi Entertainment; Dates: Dec. 2-3; No. of Shows: 3

4) Joe Russo’s Almost Dead
Tickets Sold: 5,908; Venue: Riviera Theatre, Chicago; Gross: $297,662; Ticket Range: $38.50-$74; Promoter: Collectiv Presents, Jam Productions; Dates: Dec. 2-4; No. of Shows: 3

5) Nevada Ballet Theatre “The Nutcracker”
Tickets Sold: 5,771; Venue: The Smith Center, Reynolds Hall, Las Vegas; Gross: $487,919; Ticket Range: $30.95-$180.95; Promoter: in-house; Dates: Dec. 9-11; No. of Shows: 4
The weekly Hot Tickets chart is compiled by Pollstar. For more information, e-mail Teamboxoffice@pollstar.com or click here to submit your Box Office data now.