Q3: Return of the Crowds
Full-capacity stadium concerts in American cities were a welcome sight this summer, and four of them land on the third quarter Hot Tickets chart. Continue Reading Q3: Return of the Crowds
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Q3 2021: Doors Are Open
Venue managers share stories from when they welcomed audiences back.
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Q3 2020: Same As It Ever Was (Sort Of)
RHAPSODIC: Queen + Adam Lambert perform Feb. 13 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. (Getty Images) Charts largely static, but a few shows enter the rankings 2020 Q3 Hot Tickets | 2020 Q3 Top Stops | 2020 Q3 Top Stops North America Analyzing the state of the live entertainment industry for third quarter recaps sounds like an impossible task since the bulk of the live business is either nonexistent or scaled back considerably compared with previous years. But since our analysis is based on shows that occurred from the beginning of the chart year (Nov. 21, 2019) through the end of Q3 (Aug. 19, 2020) and not just during the third-quarter period, we are still able to create our standard Hot Tickets and Top Stops rankings. It does mean that all of the events appearing on the charts happened before the March 15 industry shutdown, because grosses and ticket counts from… Continue Reading Q3 2020: Same As It Ever Was (Sort Of)
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Q3 2019: Stones and Spice
The Spice Girls, performing at Ireland’s Croke Park in May, grossed more than $78 million in a tour of eight stadiums. (Getty Images) And the grosses look nice, as old faves and a couple of newer faces rule through Q3 Heading up the list of top-grossing concerts ranked on Hot Tickets is San Francisco’s annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, held this year at Golden Gate Park on the second weekend of August. This year’s three-day festival took in $29.6 million from 205,500 purchased tickets, setting a box office record in gross revenue for the Bay Area event. The 2015 edition of the festival, however, still stands as the one with the most sold tickets at 212,024. • Spice Girls tours are rare, but they make a splash when they happen. Take this year’s tour, which grossed more than $78 million from almost 700,000 sold tickets at a mere… Continue Reading Q3 2019: Stones and Spice
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