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 Frontman Geddy Lee at Smirnoff Music Centre in August (Brandon Thibodeaux / Special to DMN) ... in Texas, anyway. Billboard's Boxscore lists the top-grossing concerts in August, and I noticed a little trend. Of the top 35 concerts listed, only four were in Texas — but three of the four shows were old schoolers Rush. Yes, they have a new album, Snakes & Arrows, but I still think of them as classic. I can't dissassociate Rush from my childhood wrestling-watching ways, when Kerry Von Erich would come out to "Tom Sawyer." RAWK! Rush's Aug. 11 show at Smirnoff came in at No. 20, with more than 13,000 in attendance. |
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Posted by Mike Daniel @ 2:21 AM Fri, Sep 28, 2007
More often than not, Christy, a Texas show doesn't even appear in Boxscore! The state simply doesn't draw well for concerts in general; data in "Pollstar" bears that out even better. An exception to that is classic rock acts with large fan bases such as Rush, which can command high ticket prices for 'evening-with' shows without an opener. Genius!