Obama-Palooza

UPFRON1' Concert Grosses GROSS/ ARTIST(S) Attendance Venue, Date Ca0ac ty Promoter $7,695,920 JUAN GABRIEL (80.729.256 Auditorio Nacional, Mexico pesos) $4367 City, 176,216 193,660 producciones Sept. 10 -14, 24 -28, Oct. 1 -5, 8 -12 20 sows Juan Gabriel $7,606,820 ELTON JOHN $250/$175/$100 The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las 50,420 52. 13 Vegas, 22-25, 29-31, Nov.1, Caesars Palace, Concerts West /AEG Live Obama-palooza Oct 3, 6-9 shows 10 selloutss $2,997,423 BETTE MIDLER C3 Produces Victory Rally At Concert Site $25t`- The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, $95 19,411 21,251 five Concerts West/AEG Live Las Vegas, Nov. 11 -12, 14 -16 shows three sellos Nov. 4 was a historic night for the United a week before the election. They ran out quickly. $1,641,522 ABOUT US FESTIVAL: DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, BEN HARPER & OTHERS (3,039,630 Chácara do Jockey, Sao Paulo, 29,337 States, the city of Chicago and -on another "As people were coming in they were sep- $270.02/$3 Brazil, Sept. 28 30,000 Evenpro /Water Brother, Mondo Entretenimento level -for C3 Presents. arated, ticket holders from non -ticket hold- $860,480 R.E.M. (1,846,840 reales) Via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil, C3, an Austin -based promoter /event pro- ers," Jones says. "Ticket holders had to go 9,715 Evenpro /Water Brother, Mondo Entretenimento $232.96/$18.64 Nov. 10 -11 10.574 two shows ducer whose principals are Charlie Jones, through a couple levels of security, including $803,568 METALLICA, DOWN, THE SWORD Charles Attal and Charlie Walker, pro- magnetrons, if they were going to get within Rose Portland, Garden, Ore., 12,499 Frank Productions Nov. 1 duces Chicago's Lollapalooza and Austin's a certain distance from the stage. It was like 13,428 Austin City Limits Festival. the largest airport line you've $632,028 JOAN MANUEL SERRAT (8,089.445 Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City, 15,732 Erre Ele It now has another produc- ever seen." pesos) $40.17 Oct. 18 -19 19.366 two shows tion credit: Barack Obama's o nThe Obviously, security was tight, $525,192 JUANES (289.043440 Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, 11,222 election night victory rally in to $81.77/$1635 Evenpro/Water Brother Road thanks the combined efforts colon) San Jose, Costa Rica, Oct. 2 19 000 Chicago's Grant Park. RAY of the Chicago Police Depart- $523,511 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR ($66887Canad2n) "It was definitely one of the WADDELL ment, the U.S. Secret Service Air Canada Centre, Toronto, 13,216 $45.79/$3013 Oct. 26 sellout AEG Live coolest things I have ever been and private security. Even so, the $514,842 R.E.M. involved in," Jones says. "It was 10 (1,088,230 reales) crowd was "as peaceful as a Estádio Passo D'Areia, Porto 10,925 $141.93/$18 -92 Evenpro/Water Brother, Mondo Entretenimento a humbling experience and group of 240,000 people could Alegre, Brazil, Nov. 6 14,000 very emotional." possibly be," Jones $494,141 DEF LEPPARD, CHEAP TRICK, THE GALVATRONS says. ($726,688 Pushalan) Acer Arena, Sydney, Nov. 5 5,546 Andrew McManus Presents C3's relationship with the As for Grant Park, it will con- $1054046732 5.778 Obama campaign began during the Democ- tinue to be the site of further C3 productions $481,046 ROBIN WILLIAMS Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Pa., ratic Party presidential primaries, when C3 for years to come. The event producer said in 6,041 Live Nation, in -house Oct. 30 -31 6.113 two shows produced a few outdoor rallies in Texas. early November that it secured a deal with the $479,670 SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD, SYDONIA "Their campaign office is right across the Chicago Park ($772.802 District to produce 10 more Lol- Acer Arena, Sydney, Oct. 26 9,381 Blue Murder Australian) $55.64 9,477 Touring street from Grant Park and it's very well - lapalooza events at the park. $474,217 JUDAS PRIEST known that we produce Lollapalooza" in Grant The reason the extension runs for 10 events (1,111,620,000 pesos). ' Bima, Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 3 9,276 Evenpro /Water Brother Park, Jones says. "It was a natural fit." instead of 10 years is because the music fes- $98.12/$25.60 11,000 The election night rally was dif- $464,714 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, TAMI CHYNN AT Center, San &T Antonio, 7,515 Live Nation ferent from other C3 events not Change is gonna Oct. 17 8,339 only in its purpose but how quickly come: President - elect BARACK $464,484 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR it had to be put together. Those in- $57.50/537.50 Prudential Center, Newark, N.J., 9,502 AEG Live OBAMA speaks at Nov. 6 9.780 volved in the planning included election night rally. $463,492 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, TAMI CHYNN the Obama campaign and Chicago Bradley Milwaukee, Center, 7,757 Live Nation police, public works, sanitation Oct. 22 10,086 and the mayor's office. $460,538 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, TAMI CHYNN Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, 7,593 Live Nation, in -house "A lot of different organizations Ariz., Oct. 13 14.000 had to communicate on this one. $445,708 MCFLY '7 Via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9,456 12.000 two We just produced it on their behalf," $11319/$3172 Oct. 8 -9 shows one sellout Evenpro/Water Brother, Mondo Entretenimento Jones says. 20 $443,571 CELTIC THUNDER g Radio City Music Another factor that made the Hall, New York, 7,843 AEG Live Oct. 7 -8 9 59 two shows event unique was the hundreds of $441,578 JANET JACKSON media, VIPs and guests of the cam- $750/$ 129.0; Palace of Auburn Hills, 7,733 Live Nation, Palace Sports paign, staff, volunteers and other $79.50/570 Auburn Hills, Mich., Oct. 28 9.687 & Entertainment credentialed attendees. The press $441,103 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, 9,425 AEG Live were sequestered in one massive Nov. 10 10,415 tent, with desks, high -speed Inter- $439,850 LUIS MIGUEL net and everything else they needed Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie, 4,742 Texas, Oct. 16 sellout AEG Live to do their jobs. $439,755 BRAD PAISLEY, JEWEL, CHUCK WICKS One large video screen was situ- American Bank Center, Corpus $95/535 5,505 Live Nation ated directly by the stage for the Christi, Texas, Oct. 15 sellout crowd in lower Hutchinson Field $436,951 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR United Center, Chicago, Oct. 17 9,0 AEG Live, Jam Productions where the speech took place, and sello38ut the city and C3 placed Jumbotron $436,908 BRAD PAISLEY, JEWEL, CHUCK WICKS Verizon Wireless Music Center. 9,869 screens throughout Grant Park Pelham, Ala., Oct. 3 10.652 Live Nation for overflow. $436,896 JOURNEY, CHEAP TRICK "Where Barack Obama gave his $96/$51/$41/$31 Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, 9,256 Live Nation Oct. 4 14,441 speech could only hold 65,000- $434,155 CARRIE UNDERWOOD, LITTLE BIG TOWN 70,000 people, but there were close to a quar- tival couldn't be held in 2016 if Chicago were $55/535 BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 29 ?,5),,T AEG Live ter- million people there, so we had to provide to succeed in its bid to host that year's Sum- $433,970 MAXWELL, JAZMINE SULLIVAN services throughout the park so everybody mer Olympics. $100/$75/$55/ Radio City Music Hall, New York. 5,945 MSG Entertainment, Live Nation could see, hear and feel like they were part of A long-term contract will help C3 budget and $45 Oct. 9 sellout history," Jones says. make long -term deals with vendors and spon- 30 $432,075 MICHAEL BUBLÉ, NATURALLY 7 $75/549,50 Bi -Lo Center, Greenville, S.C., 6,912 CNN called the election for Obama at 10 sors. C3 also has a long -term deal for the Austin Oct. 4 sello2t Beaver Productions p.m. Central Time, and the president -elect City Limits Festival at Austin's Zilker Park. $431,975 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD, LADY GAGA took the stage about 45 minutes later. But the C3's 2005 transformation of Lollapalooza $80/$20 Time Warner Cable Arena, 8,134 Live Nation Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 30 13.300 masses had been at Grant Park for hours. from a tour that seemed to have run its course SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR "There were some people in line to make to a world -class festival is one of the biggest $418,241 $57.50/$37.50 Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif., 8,178 AEG Live sure they were right up next to the barricades success stories in live entertainment. Sept. 27 sellout that waited all day," Jones says. "Published Jones says that Lollapalooza "wasn't dead. $416,887 MAROON 5, COUNTING CROWS, AUGUSTANA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 12,230 Live Nation doors time was 8:30 p.m., and I think we got It was just asleep." Maryland Heights, Mo., Sept. 27 21.000 the doors open around 6." $416,554 KYLIE MINOGUE

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