Zac Brown Band performs at Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan., April 2. (Photo by Alex Matthews)
Following their 55-stop Jekyll + Hyde tour in 2015—their largest North American Stadium tour to date—Zac Brown Band announced in February a show at Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan., for April 2. With 7,000 fans in attendance, the Madison House Presents-promoted event grossed just under $495,000 with ticket prices ranging from $40 to $80. Zac Brown Band will be heading out on their next North American tour in May. The Black Out Sun Tour will kick off on May 19 at Xfinity Center, Mansfield, Mass., with supporting act Drake White & The Big Fire.
Rihanna kicked off her Samsung Galaxy-sponsored tour, The AntiWorld Tour, in March of 2016. The Barbadian superstar had two stops in Montreal at Bell Centre over April 6-7. The evenko and Live Nation-promoted nights saw nearly 21,000 fans in attendance, grossing more than $1.46 million in ticket sales alone. Fans on the West Coast can catch Rihanna as she finishes her tour with Travis Scott, before heading to Europe with supporting act Big Sean.
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 March 22-April 19.
15,001 or More Seats | 10,001-15,000 Seats | 5,001-10,000 Seats | 5,000 or Fewer Seats |
1) Guns N’ Roses 2) Red Sox vs. Blue Jays 3) Rihanna 4) Justin Bieber 5) Justin Bieber | 1) Carrie Underwood 2) Zac Brown Band 3) Mike Epps 4) Brantley Gilbert 5) Metric, Death Cab for Cutie | 1) Carrie Underwood 2) Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago 3) Carrie Underwood 4) Duran Duran 5) Pentatonix | 1) Disney’s Beauty & the Beast 2) Riverdance 3) Je Caryous Johnson presents Married But Single 4) Florida Grand Opera: The Passenger 5) Riverdance |
| The Weekly Hot Tickets chart is compiled by Monique Potter. To submit reports, e-mail HotTickets@venuestoday.com or fax to (714) 378-0040. | |||