Archive for September, 2008

AC/DC Extends Black Ice World Concert Tour

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

New AC/DC concert dates for their 2008-09 “Black Ice” world tour. Tickets for these dates will go on sale over the next two weeks.

Dec 20
Ft Lauderdale, Florida
BankAtlantic Center

Dec 21
Tampa, Florida
St Pete Times Forum

Jan 5
Cleveland, Ohio
Quicken Loans Arena

Jan 7
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mellon Arena

Jan 9
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Rogers Centre

Jan 11
Cincinnati, Ohio
US Bank Arena

Jan 13
St Louis, Missouri
Scottrade Center

Jan 15
Omaha, Nebraska
Qwest Center

Jan 17
Fargo, ND
Fargodome

Jan 19
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Xcel Center

Jan 21
Kansas City, Missouri
Sprint Center

Jan 23
Dallas, Texas
American Airlines Center

Jan 26
Tulsa, Oklahoma
BOK Center

Jan 28
Little Rock, Arkansas
Alltel Arena

Jan 30
Memphis, Tennessee
FedEx Forum

Jan 31
Nashville, Tennessee
Sommet Center

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Top 20 Concert Tour Tickets This Summer

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

Here are the top 20 hot concert tour tickets according to industry magazine Pollstar. 

The chart below shows the top concerts, the position the concert held last week, average total gross receipts and average ticket price.

1. (1) Kenny Chesney; $2,100,589; $73.91.
2. (2) Coldplay; $1,674,011; $83.71.
3. (3) Neil Diamond; $1,601,822; $86.61.
4. (4) The Police; $1,305,493; $91.64.
5. (5) Dave Matthews Band; $1,229,128; $49.49.
6. (6) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; $1,155,079; $66.75.
7. (7) Rascal Flatts; $951,319; $47.37.
8. (8) Jonas Brothers; $790,259; $44.28.
9. (9) Journey; $650,078; $53.26.
10. (10) John Mayer; $598,370; $41.37.
11. (11) “American Idols Live”; $574,080; $57.58.
12. (12) Rush; $558,484; $64.08.
13. (14) James Taylor; $521,789; $51.00.
14. (13) Tim McGraw; $497,620; $48.46.
15. (15) Motley Crue; $479,521; $42.41.
16. (17) Brad Paisley; $428,881; $34.80.
17. (18) “Vans Warped Tour”; $400,701; $27.00.
18. (19) “Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival” Slipknot / Disturbed; $383,959; $32.18.
19. (20) Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; $373,038; $68.58.
20. (New) Steely Dan; $322,185; $75.34.

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AC/DC 2008 Black Ice Concert Tour Dates

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Australia hard-rockers, AC/DC, will embark on their first concert tour in seven years beginning this October in the United States.   

The band’s world concert tour is expected to last well into 2009 with AC/DC planning to hitting the UK, South America, Canada, Japan, Australia and other countries around the globe. 

Following is AC/DC’s initial concert tour itinerary.

October

28th 
Wilkes Barre, PA 
Wachovia Arena

30th 
Chicago, IL 
Allstate Arena

November

1st
Chicago, IL
Allstate Arena

3rd 
Indianapolis, IN 
Conseco Fieldhouse

5th 
Detroit, MI 
Palace of Auburn Hills

7th 
Toronto, Ontario 
Rogers Centre

9th 
Boston, MA 
TD Garden

12th
New York, NY 
Madison Square Garden

13th 
New York, NY 
Madison Square Garden

15th 
Washington, DC 
Verizon Center

17th 
Philadelphia, PA 
Wachovia Center

19th 
East Rutherford, NJ
IZOD Center

21st 
Columbus, OH 
Schottenstein Center

23rd 
Minneapolis, MN 
Xcel Energy Center

25th 
Denver, CO 
Pepsi Center

28th 
Vancouver, British Columbia 
General Motors Place

30th 
Tacoma, WA 
Tacoma Dome

December

2nd 
Oakland, CA 
ORACLE Arena

4th
Oakland, CA 
ORACLE Arena

6th 
Los Angeles, CA 
The Forum

8th
Los Angeles, CA
The Forum

10th 
Phoenix, AZ 
US Airways Center

12th 
San Antonio, TX 
AT&T Center

14th 
Houston, TX 
Toyota Center

16th 
Atlanta, GA 
Philips Arena

18th 
Charlotte, NC 
Time Warner Cable Arena

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