Ticket Center News

Shakira has expanded her North American tour to include seven new concerts across the United States. Her concerts open in Uncasville, Connecticut on September 17 at the Mohegan Sun Arena and will end in Rosemont, Illinois on October 29 at the Allstate Arena.

Ticket went on sale May 14 for the new performance with most dates offering a limited number for under $10 and the remainder of the tickets going all the way to $149.50 according to dates and venues.

Shakira’s Staples Center concert sold out in only 24 hours after tickets became available according to Live Nation, the tour producer. Due to the popularity of the show at the Staples Center, another date was added for the Los Angeles area. This time the venue will be the Honda Center in Anaheim and the date October 25 only 25 miles from Los Angeles.

This tour is Shakira’s first tour in around three years. Her last headlining tour was the 2006-2007 Oral Fixation Tour, which included two extended legs in Mexico along with her gigs in Canada and the United States.

 
Itinerary at this time includes
Uncasville, CT at the Mohegan Sun Arena on September 17  
New York, NY at Madison Square Garden on September 21 
Dallas, TX at the American Airlines Center on October 1 
San Antonio, TX at the AT&T Center on October 2 
Houston, TX at the Toyota Center on October 8 
San Diego, CA at the San Diego Sports Arena on October 15 
Oakland, CA at the Oracle Arena on October 22 
Los Angeles, CA at the Staples Center on October 23  
Anaheim, CA at the Honda Center on October 25 
Rosemont, IL at the Allstate Arena on October 29

Around a dozen new dates have been added to Roger Waters The Wall Live tour for his North American tour for this fall. The extended play dates even include some two and three night gig for some venues, which was announced on May 10 with ticket sales beginning at that time.

The tour now offers 48 dates starting with a three-night run in Toronto, Canada at Air Canada Centre for September 15, 16, & 18. The North American tour will end in Anaheim, California at the Honda Center with a two-night gig for December 13 & 14.

At the first part of May, Waters publicized his plans for a 30th anniversary tour for Pink Floyd’s classic album “The Wall”. The upcoming tour will feature cover-to-cover performances of the album, with a revamping of multimedia staging. This tour began in May and all market presale tickets had two price tier options with each tier offering multiple floor and lower level seating areas. Buyers were only assured a set within that tier without providing exact seating locations which will be revealed with the ducats are distributed on the night of the show.

Highlights of the extended tour dates include:
Chicago, IL at the United Center on September 20 – 21, 23  
Pittsburgh, PA at the Consol Energy Center on September 26 
Cleveland, OH at the Quicken Loans Arena on September 28 
Boston, MA at the TD Garden on Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 
New York, NY at Madison Square Garden on October 5 – 6 
Buffalo, NY at HSBC Arena on October 8  
Washington, DC at the Verizon Center on October 10 
Uniondale, NY at the Nassau Coliseum on October 12 – 13 
Ottawa, ON at ScotiaBank Place on October 17 
Montreal, QC at Bell Centre on October 19 – 20 
East Rutherford, NJ at the Izod Center on November 3 – 4 
Philadelphia, PA at the Wachovia Center on November 8 – 9, 11  
Sunrise, FL at the Bank Atlantic Center on November 13 – 14  
Los Angeles, CA at Staples Center on November 29 – 30
San Jose, CA at the HP Pavilion on December 6, 8

Maroon 5 will be on tour again this summer with around 30 dates announced for a North American. A few names offering support include Kris Allen, Guster, and Owl City. The tour starts off on July 30 in Saratoga Springs, New York at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center and ends in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on August 29 at the Trib Total Media Amphitheatre.

At this time, only sixteen gigs have been announced but new dates are promised. The supporting artists are divided in this manner; Guster will be present from July 30 to August 1, Owl City from August 4 through August 15, and Kris Allen from August 19 through August 29. Other acts include Ry Cuming on July 30 through August 4 and VV Brown from August 5 through the remainder of the summer tour.

Tickets went on sale on May 14 for dates scheduled with more dates to be announced at the end of May and during June. Ticket prices range from gigs but range in most cases $25 to $65. Maroon 5 has his third studio album in production and is awaiting its release, “Hands All Over,” which is scheduled for release on September 21. The album in 2007 was “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long” and in 2002 Songs About Jane.

Highlights of the tour include on July 31 in Gilford, NH at the Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion, on August 1 in Uncasville, CT at the Mohegan Sun Arena, August 4 in Toronto, ON at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, August 5 in Clarkston, MI on the DTE Energy Music Theatre, August 6 in Noblesville, IN at the Verizon Wireless Music Center, August 7 in Canandaigua, NY at the CMAC, and August 21 in Alpharetta, GA at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

Limp Bizkit, the 90’s nu-metal band announced a huge North American tour, the first in about 10 years. Performances for select gigs include Ice Cube, Redman, and Method Man.

The tour will be a blend of rap/rock with their visit stopover in Holmdel, New Jersey at the PNC Bank Arts Center on July 3. Limp Bizkit did have one gig on May 23 prior to the launch of the summer tour in Columbus, Ohio at the Rock on the Range. The last concert announced for North America will be on August 15 in Auburn, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre with the next leg of the tour heading oversees for their European tour.

Tickets went on sale on May 15 in most markets with the range being $25 to $55 in the majority of cases and according to venues.

The original band, Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto and DJ Lethal, reunited in 2009 with most of their live tours centered in the European markets like the 2009 Unicorns N’ Rainbows Tour.

The group is supporting their new album, Gold Cobra; however, no release date has been announced. One single has been streamed from their official website, Why Try with announcements of other songs expected in the summer.

Highlights of the summer North America tour include:
Time Warner Cable Amphitheater on July 5 in Cleveland, OH 
PNC Pavilion at Riverbend on July 7 in Cincinnati, OH 
Rock Fest on July 18 in Cadott, WI 
Susquehanna Bank Center on July 27 in Camden, NJ 
Virginia Beach Amphitheater on July 28 in Virginia Beach, VA 
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on August 2 in Maryland Heights, MO 
Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone on August 3 in Bonner Springs, KS 
Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on August 5 in Englewood, CO 
Cricket Wireless Pavilion on August 7 in Phoenix, AZ

The Dave Matthews Band has been touring for close to two decades, but think it is time to take a year’s break. The only sad part of it all are the fans that are use to the annual gigs, which has become a tradition.

On their official website, the group has posted, “We feel lucky that our tours are a part of so many people’s lives, and wanted to give everyone as much notice as possible,” and went on to say, “We’re excited to make this summer one of our best tours yet, and look forward to returning to the road in 2012.”

They gave the announcement just prior to beginning their 2010 summer tour. The tour will hit 51 venues beginning with the Comcast Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut for a two-night stand on May 28 & 29 and will end on September 15 in St. Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center.

Pollstar named the Dave Matthews Band the #1 touring artist of the past decade. In only 10 years from 2000 to 2009, the band brought in close to $259 million with tickets sales of 11.6 million. During this same time period, Billboard Boxcore estimated the group drew $505 million and 11.2 million tickets, which does not include any gigs at festivals.

More than likely due to the economy, 2010 tickets sales have been down, but still debuted at the #1 event ticket overall during the week of February 28 but dropped to #11 in March. Last year many venues were sold out, but this is not the case this touring round. A year break may just be what the band needs and hopefully the economy will turn around, which will certainly get a rise in ticket sales.