Copyright 2007, Nielsen Business Media, Inc All rights reserved Boxscores should BOXSCORE Concert Grosses be submitted to Bob Allen. Nashville. rose, GROSS/ ARTIST(S) Attendance FOR MORE BOXSCORES GO TO. Venue, Date Promoter BILLBOARD.BIZ $1,823,020 KEITH URBAN, THE WRECKERS

C anad.an, ($1,838,797 Recall Place, Edmonton, Alberta, $79.09 24,842 Blues Sept. 21 -22 two se lots House of $1,720,562 KEITH URBAN, THE WRECKERS ($1769852 Canadian`, Pengrowth Saddledome, $77.29 24,260 House Calgary, Alberta, Sept. 18 -1ta two sellouts of Blues iiLRAY WADDELL rwaddell @billboard.com $1,401,205 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND $95/$65 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford. 15,290 Live Nation, Metropolitan Entertainment Group Conn., Oct. 2 sellout $1,186,301 JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTHONY ($1)60753 Canadian) Bell Centre, Montreal, Oct. ü2 11,422 Gillett Entertainment Group, Live Nation $83.67T69/P(11608 ,ellc,ut The promoters initially put up seven shows. $1,130,405 TONY BENNETT,K.D. LANG, JOHN LEGEND, JAMES TAYLOR "On our first day on sale we had rolled into 15 Radio City Music Hall, New York, 11,922 MSG Entertainment, AEG Live by says. Sept. 8 -9 :wo sellouts APrince lunchtime," Meglen "The [London] $1,126,820 AVENTURA record was Pink Floyd, 14 at Earls Court, so ,580,; ì . Madison Square Garden, 16,462 Latino Music that first day we had already broken the record." 545 New York, Sept, 1 8.637 Among After two weeks with no tickets available, $948,662 KEITH UREAN, THE WRECKERS ($976,532 :;.anadian) demand built again, "then we relaunched the General Motors Place 13,001 House of Blues $79.17 Vancouver, Sept. 16 sellout final six shows," Meglen says. "Every show $840,424 ROD STEWART Thieves was sold out. Every seat." (59; Olympiahalle, Munich Oct. 12 9,313 United Promoters $1o6S 90 sellout Affordable Pricing Drives Production was center stage, in- the -round, $803,348 ROO STEWART Demand For Prince's and other 02 bookings forced four load -outs ( 566.344) The Ahoy, Rotterdam, The 9,522 Mojo Concerts and load- back -ins. "But all we did was strike $92.20/$78.02 Netherlands, Oct. 14 sel lout London Run the stage, pull down most of the PA stacks, then $634,982 AKON, RII4ANNA, KARDINAL OFFISHALL, RAY LAVENDER 110 ($635237 Canadian) 10,427 run our lighting rig on long chains up into the $64.47/549.48 Bell Centre, Montreal, Sept.24 Gillett Entertainment Group, Live Nation sel lout Last year, Madonna did eight Wembleys, Billy ceiling, out of the way," Gongaware says. "We WAVEFES1: MICHAEL MCOONALD, INDIA.ARIE & $585,044 OTHERS Joel did 12 Gardens and Luis Miguel did 30 even had the Stones in during the middle of $129.75/$29.75 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, 6,663 Another Planet Entertainment, Nederlander Sept. 28 -29 9,283 two. shows Concerts Auditorio Nationals. our run, with no problems for either of us." $558,312 FALL OUT BOY, GYROSCOPE, JACK'S ,MANNEQUIN This year, it's all about the Purple One Multiples are the most profitable of all con- ($644.226 Australian) $62.79 Acer Arena, Sydney, Sept. 25 9,761 Blue Murder 10,057 knocking down 21 02s. certs, particularly when not attached to a full - Prince's remarkable 21 -night August/ blown tour. Prince producers outsourced lights $549,663 BRAD PAISLEY, RODNEY ATKINS, TAY _OR SWIFT $49.50/$20 Riverbend Music Center, 21,974 Live Nation September run at the new 02 in London and sound, "so we had very little in the way of Cincinnati, Oct. 5 eilout grossed more than $22 million and drew shipping, trucking or even hotel and travel $540,681 DEF LEPPARD, STYX, FOREIGNER 351,527 people, according to Billboard Box - costs for our crew," Gongaware says. "We 585/527.50 White River Amphitheatre, 12,092 Live Nation Auburn, Wash., Sept. 26 19,602 score. AEG Live subsidiaries Concerts West brought maybe 15 crew people from the U.S.A. $527,983 K -EARTH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT: THE DOOBIE BROTHERS & OTHERS and Marshall Arts promoted the stand. Everyone else was local, so cost savings over a Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, $1251529 9,315 Live Nation, K-EARTH 101 FM Irvine, Calif., Sept. 15 15,988 Paul Gongaware, who runs Concerts West typical touring situation were substantial. And $527,166 DAVE MAT -HEWS BAND, THE WAILERS when you play 21 nights in any arena, $65/545 Stephen C. O'C7nnell Certe- 8,977 Fantasma Productions you can cut a sweet Gainesville, F13, Sept. 11 E.50J pretty deal." Even so, a 21 -date stand is not with- $494,190 ROBI DRACO ROSA 575/$40 Coliseo de Pua to Rico, 1-ata 6,495 Dueño Promotions out its challenges. "When the artist tells Rey, Puerto Rio, Sept. 26-29 6.233 two -ho the world he's doing 21, we needed to $492,978 LIVE, BREAKING EEVJAMIN, THREE DAYS GRACE & OTHERS Tweeter find a way to get there," Gongaware says. $65/$39.50 Cente- at the Waterton`, 14,321 Live Nation Camden, N.J., 5 -pt. 23 "In the end, we could have done more." $491,800 BRAD PAISLEY, ROCNEY ATKINS, TAYLOR SWIFT Similarly, such a mammoth booking $49 75/$20 Verizon Wirelees Amphitheater, 15,105 Virginia Beach, Va., Oct.. 1ì.5C0 Live Nation lends itself to marketing opportunities. $489,689 RUSH "Distributing 2.9 million copies of his 20 ($506,778 Canadian) Colisée Pepsi, Québec City, E,604 Gillett Entertainment Group, Hoase of Blues new CD free with the Sunday Mail $76.82/$62.33/$43 Sept. 14 7000 newspaper or 350,000 -plus CDs given CI $485,398 STEVIE WCNDER Charter One Pavilion, Chi_ago to ticket holders at the gig, those are E,566 Live Nation, LN Touring JV Sept. 10 7274 the real benefits," Meglen says. "It's m$482,018 HILARY DUFF about finding new ways to get the Air Canada Centre, Toron o, 8,802 Live Nation Sept. 8 lout artist's music into the ears of people - $479,040 RUSH lots of people." Riverbend Musi: Center, 10,776 Tie Next Adventure (A Live Nation Company) Cincinnati, Sept. 1 5,435 The AEG Live London team says $476,120 BRAD PAISLEY, RODNEY ATKINS, TAYLOR SWIFT more than 95% of the audience came Scotiabank Place, Ottawa 7992 Live Nation from London. "That was the real sur- Sept. 7 saaout prise to us," Gongaware says. "We orig- $473,390 AEROSMITN, JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS Borgata Casino Atlantic Cit.,- inally thought of it like Vegas, letting 3.017 Live Nation, in -house N.J., Sept. 22 3041' the fans from all over Europe come to MAZE FEATURING FRANKIE BEVERLY, TEENA MARIE Prince, but it was all about London and Boardwalk Hal, Atlantic City 7942 P'atinum Prodt.ctions N.J., Oct. 7 the new 02 arena." $469.916 SCREAMFEST '07: T. .,T-PAIN, CIAR& YUNG JOC & OTHERS Asked what they learned from the ex- HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calf., 10,383 AEG Live with John Meglen, for - Aug. 31 -.590 says the reason the sit perience, Gongaware says, "We could write a down was pretty simple: "Prince wanted to book, but the big thing was probably the re- $467,260 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, 7,635 AEG Live play London. Our philosophy with him is to inforcement of our beliefs about ticket price. Conn., Aug. 27 ti 564 maximize the returns from any given market." We were at £31.21, about $62 U.S." DEF LEPPARD, STYX, FOREIGNER $465,630 It helps when dealing with an artist who By pricing conservatively, the pair believes $70/574 Cricket Wireless Pavilion, 13,949368 Live Nation Phoenix, Sept. 20 - "loves to work," Gongaware says. "So we have lightning could strike again for Prince in Lon- $465,075 LUIS MIGUEL the luxury of not thinking in terms of 40 or don. "His shows were so powerful, so totally $115,, S10 Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen, 13,684 Live Nation 111 Devore, Calif., Sept. 23 19136 50 dates. We just go play out each market. It engaging to the audience, that we'll be able to $463,661 RUSH takes longer, but with live shows being the go back to London and do this again -and 581/530.50 Germain Amphitheater, 10,241 The Next Adventure (A Live Nation Company) main revenue source for artists today, we be- again," Meglen says. "Lots of people Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 2 12 891 want to lieve it's a relevant philosophy." go see a great live show. When you make it $4,952 DEF LEPPARD, STYX FOREIGNER so London was a case of the promoter having that most to 59957.50/555.50 Reno can afford go, they will. We're ` Events Center, Reno, Nev, 5,4413 Live Nation Sept. 16 6,18 to deliver what the artist says he can do. lucky to have an artist who can see that and $457,210 TIESTO, KEVIN SHIU ($481345 Canadian) "Prince went into London and did a press con- doesn't view ticket price as a competition with General Motors Place, 6,060 Ami Seaton ® $8074%$71.24/556 -99 Vancouver, Aug. 25 }. S97 ference to launch the shows. He stood up there his peers." -. $455,873 NICKELBACK, PUDDLE OF MUDD, FINGER ELEVEN and told the world he was going to do 21 shows For 24/7 touring news $59/518.75 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 12,963 Live Nation in London," Virginia Beach, Va., Aug. 28 Meglen says. "Everyone there was .biz and analysis, see telling us eight, maybe 10." billboard.biz /touring. ®$455,310 STEVIE WONDER $125/559.50 Harvey's Outdoor Amphitheater, 6,350 Another Planet Entertainment Lake Tahoe, Nev, Aug. 25 ,e'.. Ost

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