Carrie Underwood performs at Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum on Feb. 3. (Photo courtesy of Greensboro Coliseum)
Carrie Underwood and her The Storyteller tour have snared four spots on our Hot Tickets chart this week with four sold-out performances. The Storyteller tour began Jan. 30 at Jacksonville (Fla.) Veterans Memorial Arena with more than 13,500 fans in attendance, grossing $857,000 in ticket sales. The AEG Live-promoted tour continued on to Infinite Energy Arena, Duluth, Ga., Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum and KFC YUM! Center, Louisville, Ky., grossing $2.4 million in ticket sales alone for the three sold-out nights. Underwood will make nine stops before traveling to the United Kingdom to headline this year’s Country to Country March 11-12.
Jennifer Lopez took a break from American Idol to kick off her Las Vegas residency, Jennifer Lopez: All I Have, on Jan. 20 at The Axis at Planet Hollywood. With six sold-out shows under her belt in January, Lopez grossed more than $5.1 million at the Caesars Entertainment, Live Nation, Red Mercury, and FUSE-promoted nights, with ticket sales ranging from $54 to $412. Lopez will continue to appear at The Axis throughout 2016 with four legs scheduled, ending in December.
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 Jan. 12-Feb. 9.
15,001 or More Seats | 10,001-15,000 Seats | 5,001-10,000 Seats | 5,000 or Fewer Seats |
1) Cirque du Soleil Varekai 2) Madonna Rebel Heart Tour 3) Carrie Underwood 4) Carrie Underwood 5) Wisin | 1) Kevin Hart 2) Disney on Ice presents Frozen 3) Carrie Underwood 4) Carrie Underwood 5) Jeff Dunham | 1) Jennifer Lopez 2) Jennifer Lopez 3) Brad Paisley 4) I Love The 90’s 5) Ben Hur Shrine Circus | 1) Motown The Musical 2) Riverdance 20 Years 3) Matilda 4) Florida Grand Opera: Norma 5) The Cleveland Orchestra Tchaikovsky’s Winter Romance |
The Weekly Hot Tickets chart is compiled by Rob Ocampo. To submit reports, e-mail HotTickets@venuestoday.com or fax to (714) 378-0040. |