By Stacey Willets
TicketNews announces its exclusive weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 7/09/07 – 7/15/07.
OVERALL TOP 10 EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week
Wicked 1 1
Boston Red Sox 2 2
Jersey Boys 3 3
Chicago Cubs 4 5
New York Yankees 5 6
The Police 6 4
Nickelback 7 7
Rascal Flatts 8 n/a
Beyoncé 9 n/a
Dave Matthews Band 10 9
Rascal Flatts and Beyoncé replace the Detroit Tigers and Toby Keith this week, joining three other bands to fill the bottom half of the Top Events chart with concerts.
TOP 10 SPORTS EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week
Boston Red Sox 1 1
Chicago Cubs 2 2
New York Yankees 3 3
Detroit Tigers 4 4
Dallas Cowboys 5 10
US Open Tennis 6 n/a
Atlanta Braves 7 9
St. Louis Cardinals 8 5
Buffalo Bills 9 n/a
Baltimore Orioles 10 n/a
Major League Baseball still has a strong grip on the Top Sports chart, taking seven of the ten spots this week, but football sales are beginning to pick up. The Dallas Cowboys jump five spots, from ten to five and the Buffalo Bills debut at nine.
TOP 10 THEATRE EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week
Wicked 1 1
Jersey Boys 2 2
Lion King 3 3
Grease 4 6
Mary Poppins 5 5
Phantom of the Opera 6 7
Radio City Christmas Spectacular 7 n/a
Legally Blonde 8 n/a
Monty Python's Spamalot 9 4
Cirque Du Soleil: The Beatles: LOVE 10 n/a
Radio City Christmas Spectacular makes an appearance on the chart at the number seven spot long before the holiday season.
Spamalot makes a Sir Robin-like retreat from the number four spot to number nine.
TOP 10 NEW YORK CITY THEATRE EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week
Wicked 1 1
Jersey Boys 2 2
Lion King 3 3
Grease 4 5
Mary Poppins 5 4
Radio City Christmas Spectacular 6 n/a
Legally Blonde 7 8
Hairspray 8 7
Phantom of the Opera 9 9
Monty Python's Spamalot 10 6
TOP 10 CONCERT EVENTS
Event This Week Last Week
The Police 1 1
Nickelback 2 2
Rascal Flatts 3 7
Beyoncé 4 8
Dave Matthews Band 5 3
Toby Keith 6 4
C´line Dion 7 9
Soul2Soul: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill 8 5
Kenny Chesney 9 10
Aerosmith 10 n/a
Rascal Flatts and Beyonc´ are the big movers this week, advancing four places each to put them at three and four, respectively.
TOP 10 LAS VEGAS SHOWS
Event This Week Last Week
Céline Dion: A New Day 1 1
Cirque Du Soleil: The Beatles: LOVE 2 3
Elton John: The Red Piano 3 2
Cirque Du Soleil: "O" 4 4
Barry Manilow: Music and Passion 5 n/a
Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular 6 6
Monty Python's Spamalot 7 5
Bette Midler 8 9
Cirque Du Soleil: KÀ 9 n/a
David Copperfield 10 8
Barry Manilow and KÀ return to the chart, replacing Le Rêve and Toni Braxton.
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