By Stacey Willets
TicketNews announces its exclusive weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 8/27/07 – 9/02/07.
OVERALL TOP 10 EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Hannah Montana 1 1 Wicked 2 3 Van Halen 3 2 New York Yankees 4 6 Céline Dion 5 7 Bruce Springsteen 6 n/a Jersey Boys 7 5 Stevie Wonder 8 n/a Dallas Cowboys 9 4 Boston Red Sox 10 8
Hannah Montana tops the chart for a third straight week, handily outselling any other event.
Early birds have already begun to reserve tickets to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, which debuts at six on the Overall Top Events chart.
TOP 10 SPORTS EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week New York Yankees 1 2 Dallas Cowboys 2 1 Boston Red Sox 3 3 Green Bay Packers 4 4 New York Giants 5 9 Denver Broncos 6 5 Pittsburgh Steelers 7 n/a Chicago Cubs 8 10 Chicago Bears 9 8 San Diego Chargers 10 n/a
The New York Yankees take the lead in the American League Wild Card race, as well as in this week’s Top Sports rankings.
TOP 10 THEATRE EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Jersey Boys 2 2 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 3 3 Lion King 4 5 Grease 5 6 So You Think You Can Dance? 6 4 Cirque Du Soleil: “O”; 7 n/a Monty Python’s Spamalot 8 8 Young Frankenstein 9 n/a Blue Man Group 10 10
LOVE is replaced by another Cirque Du Soleil show, O, at the number seven spot.
Young Frankenstein wrapped up its run in Seattle this week and will now be heading to Broadway, preceded by some good and some glowing reviews.
TOP 10 NEW YORK CITY THEATRE EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Jersey Boys 2 2 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 3 3 Lion King 4 4 Grease 5 5 Young Frankenstein 6 10 Cirque Du Soleil: Wintuk 7 n/a Monty Python’s Spamalot 8 7 Mamma Mia! 9 8 Phantom of the Opera 10 n/a
Cirque Du Soleil’s Wintuk debuts on the top NYC Theatre chart at number seven and debuts at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden this November.
TOP 10 CONCERT EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week Hannah Montana 1 1 Van Halen 2 2 Céline Dion 3 3 Bruce Springsteen 4 n/a Stevie Wonder 5 4 Jimmy Buffett 6 5 Dave Matthews Band 7 6 Justin Timberlake 8 8 Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony 9 7 Maná 10 n/a
Bruce Springsteen debuts at number four on the Top Concerts chart and is likely to rise through the rankings as tickets are made available to the public and shows sell out.
TOP 10 LAS VEGAS SHOWS
Event This Week Last Week Céline Dion: A New Day 1 1 Cirque Du Soleil: “O” 2 3 Cirque Du Soleil: The Beatles: LOVE 3 2 Barry Manilow: Music and Passion 4 4 Elton John: The Red Piano 5 5 Bette Midler 6 7 Blue Man Group 7 6 David Copperfield 8 10 Cirque Du Soleil: Mystère 9 n/a Jubilee! 10 n/a
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