Happy New Years everyone! May 2015 be a good year for you. This week, we actually do get a concert report. One never knows how the holidays may effect things. We have Mandisa opening for Casting Crowns in Reading, Daughtry doing a solo concert in Detroit, So You Think You Can Dance tripping the light fantastic in Richmond and Phillip Phillips headlining in Anaheim.
Casting Crowns, Mandisa, Sidewalk Prophets
Dec. 5, 2014: Reading, Pa.: Santander Arena: 4,983 of 6,590 (76%): $137,893
Daughtry
Nov. 20, 2014: Detroit, Mich.: Sound Board Theater at MotorCity Casino: 2,308 of 2,365 (98%): $109,813
So You Think You Can Dance Tour
Dec. 3, 2014: Richmond, Va.: Carpenter Theatre at Richmond CenterStage: 1,286 of 1,810 (71%): $78,940
Phillip Phillips, Saints of Valory
Dec. 10, 2014: Anaheim, Calif.: City National Grove of Anaheim: 1,173 of 1700 (69%): $40,698
Also worthy of note is BB announced that Vinyl sales were up a whopping 52% this year. Sales exploded from 6.1M last year to 9.2M this year. For the seventh straight year, the record for number of vinyl albums sold in a year during the SoundScan era (1991) has been broken. Jack White tops sales with 87K.
