Thursday, November 1, 2007

82 bucks for a Timberlake ticket

Here's this week's top 20 concert tour listing, courtesy of Pollstar. Wanna get mad? Look at those average ticket prices. Good gosh ...

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses.
1. (1) Justin Timberlake; $1,724,905; $82.64.
2. (2) Kenny Chesney; $1,583,354; $61.27.
3. (3) Dave Matthews Band; $1,321,558; $47.89.
4. (New) Mana; $1,221,236; $73.73.
5. (4) Tim McGraw / Faith Hill; $1,104,803; $87.75.
6. (6) Beyonce; $849,016; $93.33.
7. (5) Rascal Flatts; $826,560; $54.67.
8. (New) Toby Keith; $677,644; $50.68.
9. (8) Josh Groban; $665,622; $78.63.
10. (7) Nickelback; $664,581; $44.90.
11. (11) Michael Buble; $629,661; $81.09.
12. (9) Rush; $620,432; $56.88.
13. (11) “Projekt Revolution” Linkin Park; $542,426; $39.91.
14. (12) Def Leppard; $518,865; $46.19.
15. (13) John Mayer; $499,575; $43.98.
16. (14) American Idols Live; $453,562; $59.30.
17. (15) Brad Paisley; $442,401; $38.38.
18. (17) Stevie Wonder; $404,671; $73.11.
19. (16) “Vans Warped Tour” $402,342; $27.04.
20. (19) Bob Dylan; $285,612; $55.16.