Austin City Limits, Ozzfest among year's top-grossing concerts

Austin City Limits, Ozzfest among year's top-grossing concerts
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From Billboard:

Top 10 North American concert grosses reported through Oct. 7, 2008:

1. $11,767,838. Austin City Limits Music Festival. Zilker Park. Austin, Texas. Sept. 26-28.

2. $3,450,775. Elton John. MTS Centre. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sept. 19-20.

3. $3,335,362. Ozzfest. Pizza Hut Park. Frisco, Texas. Aug. 9.

4. $3,204,635. Elton John. Halifax Metro Centre. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sept. 26-27.

5. $2,854,920. Neil Diamond. Hollywood Bowl. Hollywood, Calif. Oct. 1-2.

6. $2,150,517. Elton John. Mile One Centre. St. John's, Newfoundland. Oct. 2-3.

7. $1,783,505. New Kids On The Block, Natasha Bedingfield. TD Banknorth Garden. Boston. Sept. 26, 28.

8. $1,774,014. Elton John. Brandt Centre. Regina, Saskatchewan. Sept. 16-17.

9. $1,148,125. Farm Aid. Comcast Center. Mansfield, Mass. Sept. 20.

10. $1,129,991. Elton John. Moncton Coliseum. Moncton, New Brunswick. Sept. 28.

Archived Comments

Posted by Vanesa @ 8:06 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008

Ozzfest in Frisco is the #3 grossing event in NORTH AMERICA so far this year!!! Bet Jim gets on Ozz duty again next year...

Posted by Vanesa @ 8:07 PM Wed, Oct 15, 2008

Ozzfest in Frisco is the #3 grossing event in NORTH AMERICA so far this year!!! Bet Jim gets on Ozz duty again next year...

Posted by Mike @ 12:56 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008

WOW! this has to be horribly wrong. coachella? bonnaroo?

Posted by Dan B. @ 1:29 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008

Ummm this obviously omits many concerts.....

if ozzfest is a concert, then so is the Ultra Music Festival which easily comes in at #2 here in ticket sales alon

Posted by Dan B. @ 1:29 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008

Ummm this obviously omits many concerts.....

if ozzfest is a concert, then so is the Ultra Music Festival which easily comes in at #2 here in ticket sales alon

Posted by Kurt O @ 1:49 PM Fri, Oct 17, 2008

Come on guys, here is your own article, stating that 07's Lollapalooza was #2 @ $9.8m. The '08 version was sold out for all three days, so I'm sure that number is higher for '08.

http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/columnists/tchristensen/stories/DN-lollapalooza_0805gl.ART.State.Edition1.4d91436.html

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