Pop Princess Britney Spears performs at The Axis at Planet Hollywood, Aug. 16. (Britney Spears/Facebook)
Britney Spears returned to The Axis at Planet Hollywood for the second half of her Britney: Piece of Me residency. The Axis offers attendees a nightclub-like experience with state-of-the-art light and sound effects. The Caesars Entertainment- and Live Nation-promoted event not only provides fans an opportunity to see the pop icon, fans are also able to get up-close-and-personal with the star. Ticket sales alone brought in nearly $500,000 per show for this leg of the residency. Tickets range from $54 to $525 for front row seats. Britney fans can also purchase a Meet & Greet Package for $2,525 or VIP Table Packages ranging from $3,150 to $5,150 for up to 6 guests to enjoy bottle service during the show. Spears grossed just below $5.5 million from 11 shows spanning Oct. 3-25. The Britney: Piece of Me show will continue at The Axis until Nov. 9 and then resume for its final two months at the end of December.
Sir Paul McCartney also returned to the stage this month to finish the American leg of his Out There! Tour. McCartney continues to sell out show after show, returning to our Hot Tickets chart twice this week with his performances Oct. 13 and 16. More than 14,000 fans gathered at American Airlines Center, Dallas, to see the former Beatle perform with tickets ranging from $60 to $254. In Nashville, Tenn., 14,500 fans came out to Bridgestone Arena, grossing almost $2.4 million in the process. Together, the Marshall Arts-promoted concerts brought in nearly $4.7 million. The four continent-spanning Out There! Tour continues on to South America on Nov. 10 to end where it began, in Brazil.
HOT TICKETS is a weekly summary of the top acts and ticket sales as reported to VT PULSE. Following are the top 20 concerts and events, the top 5 in each seating capacity category, which took place between Oct. 7-Nov. 4.
15,001 or More Seats | 10,001-15,000 Seats | 5,001-10,000 Seats | 5,000 or Fewer Seats |
1) PBR: World Finals 2) Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 3) Paul McCartney 4) Paul McCartney 5) Katy Perry | 1) Cirque du Soleil Quidam 2) Cirque du Soleil Quidam 3) Pearl Jam 4) Cirque du Soleil Varekai 5) Motley Crue | 1) Britney Spears 2) Eric Church 3) Marc Anthony 4) Cirque du Soleil Varekai 5) Lorde | 1) Phantom of the Opera 2) Shania Twain 3) Dirty Dancing 4) Donny & Marie 5) Jimmy Buffett |
| The Weekly Hot Tickets chart is compiled by Daniel Gray. To submit reports, e-mail HotTickets@venuestoday.com or fax to (714) 378-0040. | |||