Check out the top 20 Concert tours!
Check out the list of the Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
Taylor Swift is close to being #1 but about a 1/2 a million behind the Eagles.
TOP 20 CONCERT TOURS
1. (2) Eagles; $2,001,264; $108.38.
2. (3) Taylor Swift; $1,449,246; $64.41.
3. (4) James Taylor / Carole King; $1,356,147; $79.45.
4. (6) Michael Buble; $943,572; $82.29.
5. (5) Walking With Dinosaurs; $877,225; $41.58.
6. (7) Nickelback; $805,174; $60.57.
7. (8) Maxwell / Jill Scott; $697,475; $85.22.
8. (9) Iron Maiden; $636,588; $53.38.
9. (New) Tool; $608,366; $57.58.
10. (10) Brooks & Dunn; $574,989; $45.60.
11. (11) Justin Bieber; $523,230; $46.05.
12. (12) Star Wars: In Concert; $415,469; $50.41.
13. (14) Sugarland; $357,028; $39.74.
14. (16) Carrie Underwood; $342,015; $49.02.
15. (15) Neil Young; $338,276; $121.26.
16. (17) Conan O’Brien; $276,692; $61.34.
17. (18) Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band; $221,530; $62.85.
18. (19) Norwegian Wood Festival / Mark Knopfler; $216,560; $86.81.
19. (20) Daughtry; $199,049; $38.49.
20. (New) Rob Zombie / Alice Cooper; $193,395; $48.07.
Taylor Swift Takes A Break From The Spotlight
February 9, 2010 by imusicdaily
Filed under Celebrity, Music
In an effort to avoid overexposure, Scott Borchetta, head of Taylor Swift’s record label, announced that Swift will be taking a break from the spotlight.
“She was on an amazing writing spree through December and January, and we were able to go in and cut all those things,” Borchetta says. “If she writes something great between now and July, it will go on the record. She’s been extraordinarily prolific the last six months.”
After winning the Country Music Award for Entertainer of the Year and the youngest artist in history to win a Grammy for Album of The Year, with over 10 million albums sold and 23 songs in the top 40 on the charts, I’d say Swift is already overexposed. The negative reaction to Swift’s Grammy win was probably the deciding factor to keep Swift out of the spotlight.
How long will Swift be laying low? Her third album is due out by the end of the year and her first single is expected to make its way to radio sometime in September, so if you want to catch a glimpse of Swift, you’ll have to track her down on her world tour.
Do you thank Taylor Swift is overexposed?
Taylor Swift Saturday Night Live Monologue (VIDEO)
Each of the famous men in Taylor Swift’s life earned name drops in her inaugural Saturday Night Live monologue over the weekend. The country singer sang about ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas, her rumored boyfriend Taylor Lautner, and the man who ambushed her at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, rapper Kanye West, as she opened the long-running sketch comedy series on Saturday night.
“If you’re wondering if I might be dating the werewolf from ‘Twilight’ I’m not going to comment on that in my monologue,” Swift sang, before mouthing “Hi Taylor,” and blowing Lautner, 17, a kiss.
“You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye [West]. But there’s nothing more to say because everything’s okay…I’ve got security lining the stage,” the songstress teased.
And poor Joe Jonas really got an earful: “You might think I’d bring up Joe, that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I’m not gonna mention him in my monologue,” Taylor continued. “Joe, I’m doing real well—tonight I’m hosting SNL!”
