Concert tours from Madonna, Iron Maiden lead events rankings
Madonna’s once again dominated TicketNews’ exclusive events rankings for the week ending Sunday, March 1, marking four consecutive weeks at the top.
The 53-year-old mother of four is about to embark on the longest tour of her career, with 90 dates scheduled worldwide.
Within minutes of public onsales a number of outlets sold out, prompting additional shows at New York’s Yankee Stadium as well as venues in Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto. The concert on June 3 in Abu Dhabi, the singer’s first ever, sold out within an hour, leading to a second booking there as well.
Madonna kicks it off on May 29 in Israel, playing Tel Aviv’s Ramat Gan Stadium. North American performances begin on August 28 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. The tour is currently scheduled to wrap at Miami’s American Airlines Arena on November 19.
With public onsales starting this weekend for Iron Maiden’snew world tour, the band shot up in the secondary market ranks in no time, this week hitting at No. 4.
The legends of heavy metal open their Maiden England World Tour on June 21 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte, NC, and Alice Cooper joins the chaos for the first month of shows.
Other musical artists making the cut this week include two reunion tours, Van Halen in at No. 7 and the Beach Boys at No. 8.
The Jeremy Lin led New York Knicks were the sole sports entrant in the ranks this week, finishing at No. 6.
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