Tickets to see separate concerts by music icon Elton John and country star Keith Urban are on sale throughout the weekend ending May 26, as compiled by TicketNews.
Sir Elton has several Canadian stops on his North American tour in the onsales for the weekend, including stops in Calgary and Edmonton, on sale Monday morning. Country crooner Urban also has tickets on sale this weekend, including a concert at Konocti Harbor in Kelseyville, CA.
Several other musical acts have concerts available throughout the weekend, including hard rockers Nine Inch Nails, who have a show at the Mohegan Sun Arena on sale Saturday morning, and 70’s legends KISS, who have a concert at Konocti Harbor in Kelseyville, CA on sale Sunday morning. Pop artist Gavin DeGraw’s tour stop in Joliet, Illinois goes on sale today, while 80’s rockers Heart have a performance at the House of Blues in New Orleans on sale Sunday. In addition to having several Canadian tour stops on sale this weekend, the always popular Madonna has multiple tour dates in presale beginning Monday, including shows in Las Vegas, San Diego, and Denver.
The weekend also boasts several Disney theater productions selling new blocks of tickets. Disney’s three Broadway productions, “The Lion King,” “Mary Poppins,” and the recent Tony nominee “The Little Mermaid,” all have new tickets on sale beginning this weekend. Also on sale this weekend are tickets to the Cotto vs. Margarito boxing match set for the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. The fight is touted as being one of the best of the year.
“Onsales” is a ticketing industry term describing when tickets initially go on sale to the general public. Each week, tickets are released by promoters, venues and others to dozens of events, but the number of tickets available can vary significantly between locations.
THIS WEEK’S ONSALES
| Date | Event | Venue | City | State |
| Thursday | Aimee Mann | Music Hall of Williamsburg | Brooklyn | NY |
| Thursday | Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte | Tsongas Arena | Lowell | MA |
| Thursday | Chris Brown | Dodge Arena | Hidalgo | TX |
| Thursday | Kellie Pickler | Paramount Arts Center | Ashland | KY |
| Thursday | Les Miserables | Winter Garden Theatre | Toronto | ON |
| Thursday | NBC’S Last Comic Standing Live Tour | Assembly Hall | Champaign | IL |
| Thursday | NBC’S Last Comic Standing Live Tour | Topeka Performing Arts Center | Topeka | KS |
| Thursday | NBC’S Last Comic Standing Live Tour | Lyric Opera House | Baltimore | MD |
| Thursday | NBC’S Last Comic Standing Live Tour | TN Perf Arts Ctr Andrew Jackson Hall | Nashville | TN |
| Thursday | RBD | Ford Center | Oklahoma City | OK |
| Thursday | Rock the Bells | Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts | Mansfield | MA |
| Thursday | Steve Winwood | River Rock Show Theatre | Richmond | BC |
| Thursday | War | Carter Barron Amphitheatre | Washington | DC |
| Friday | Alejandro Fernández | Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk | Universal | CA |
| Friday | Alice Cooper | Orpheum Theatre Sioux City | Sioux City | IA |
| Friday | B.B. King | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom | Hampton | NH |
| Friday | Backstreet Boys | Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville | CT |
| Friday | Bill Engvall | Evergreen State Fair | Monroe | WA |
| Friday | Bill Kreutzmann Trio | Culture Room | Ft Lauderdale | FL |
| Friday | Bow Wow | Trocadero | Philadelphia | PA |
| Friday | Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte | Kool Haus | Toronto | ON |
| Friday | Cinderella, Warrant | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom | Hampton | NH |
| Friday | Cinderella, Warrant | House of Blues Dallas | Dallas | TX |
| Friday | CPR FEST: PUDDLE OF MUDD, SHINEDOWN, P.O.D | Mississippi Coast Coliseum | Biloxi | MS |
| Friday | Creedence Clearwater Revisited | Evergreen State Fair | Monroe | WA |
| Friday | Demi Lovato | House of Blues Cleveland | Cleveland | OH |
| Friday | Gavin Degraw | Rialto Square Theatre | Joliet | IL |
| Friday | Hot Chip | The Wiltern | Los Angeles | CA |
| Friday | Hot Chip | 9:30 Club | Washington | DC |
| Friday | Hot Chip | Variety Playhouse | Atlanta | GA |
| Friday | Hot Chip | Terminal 5 | New York | NY |
| Friday | Hot Chip | Trocadero | Philadelphia | PA |
| Friday | Hot Chip | The Palladium Ballroom | Dallas | TX |
| Friday | Hot Jam 7 featuring: Keishia Cole, Rick Ross, Ray J | XL CENTER | Hartford | CT |
| Friday | Jakob Dylan | Saint Andrews Hall | Detroit | MI |
| Friday | Louis C.K. | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom | Hampton | NH |
| Friday | Making the Band 4 | Neal S Blaisdell Concert Hall | Honolulu | HI |
| Friday | Marco Antonio Solis | Madison Square Garden | New York | NY |
| Friday | Monster Madness | Evergreen State Fair | Monroe | WA |
| Friday | Motorhead | The Pageant | St Louis | MO |
| Friday | NBC’S Last Comic Standing Live Tour | Dreamcatcher at Viejas Casino | Alpine | CA |
| Friday | Pat Benatar | House of Blues Dallas | Dallas | TX |
| Friday | Punk Rocks 2008:NOFX,The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Morrison | CO |
| Friday | Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band | Potawatomi Casino/Northern Lights Theater | Milwaukee | WI |
| Friday | Rock the Bells | International Centre | Toronto | ON |
| Friday | Sebastian Bach | Dreamcatcher at Viejas Casino | Alpine | CA |
| Friday | Suzanne Vega | Birchmere | Alexandria | VA |
| Friday | Suzanne Vega | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom | Hampton | NH |
| Friday | Weird Al Yankovic | Evergreen State Fair | Monroe | WA |
| Friday | Willie Nelson | Arnolds Park Amusement Park | Arnolds Park | IA |
| Saturday | Heart | House of Blues New Orleans | New Orleans | LA |
| Saturday | Joel Osteen | Pengrowth Saddledome | Calgary | AB |
| Saturday | Madonna | BC Place | Vancouver | BC |
| Saturday | Madonna | Air Canada Centre | Toronto | ON |
| Saturday | Madonna | Centre Bell Centre | Montreal | QC |
| Saturday | Moe | Lifestyle Communities Pavilion | Columbus | OH |
| Saturday | Monty Python’s Spamalot | Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts | Vancouver | BC |
| Saturday | NBC’S Last Comic Standing Live Tour | Grove of Anaheim | Anaheim | CA |
| Saturday | Nine Inch Nails | Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville | CT |
| Saturday | The Dandy Warhols | Showbox SoDo | Seattle | WA |
| Saturday | Travis Tritt | Trump Marina | Atlantic City | NJ |
| Sunday | Keith Urban | Konocti Harbor | Kelseyville | CA |
| Sunday | Kiss | Konocti Harbor | Kelseyville | CA |
| Sunday | UFC 87: Seek and Destroy | Target Center | Minneapolis | MN |
| Monday | Elton John | Pengrowth Saddledome | Calgary | AB |
| Monday | Emmylou Harris | Friends of the Arts : Planting Fields Arboretum | Oyster Bay | NY |
| Monday | Kenny G. | Friends of the Arts : Planting Fields Arboretum | Oyster Bay | NY |
| Monday | New Mexico State Fair PRCA Rodeo w/concerts | New Mexico State Fair | Albuquerque | NM |
| Tuesday | Disney Live! Winnie the Pooh | Assembly Hall | Champaign | IL |
| Tuesday | Disney Presents the Lion King | Minskoff Theatre | New York | NY |
| Tuesday | Disney’s the Little Mermaid | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | New York | NY |
| Tuesday | Donna Summer | Seneca Allegany Events Center | Salamanca | NY |
| Tuesday | Mary Poppins | New Amsterdam Theatre | New York | NY |
| Tuesday | Madonna Presales Oakland, Atlanta, Las Vegas, San Diego, Denver | Various | Various | |
| Tuesday | Summer Jam | Glens Falls Civic Center | Glens Falls | NY |
