Summer is in full swing full of festivals, arena tours and the American Idol Live concert (for which this thread topic was originally created). The biggest result this week was from Coachella – that renowned festival in the valley sold 198K tickets which brought in $84M in revenue. I wonder how much more they made at the merch festival. Nobody I recognized from our blog was there.
But, Voice contestants did make their way onto the also huge Stagecoach Festival. Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton were two of the headliners, but Cassadee Pope and The Swon Brothers were also there for a coll $22M in ticket sales.
Lots of results from country acts. Chase Rice from Survivor opened three shows for Kenny Chesney while American Idol Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery opened for Rascal Flatts. For two of those five concerts, the Voice’s RaeLynn was the first opener. She also participated in a radio concert in Boston.
Finally, we have the Idols at the Ryman in Nashville. Long gone are the days when the Tour would have been one of the larger events reported. Here is how they traditionally did in Nashville:
Season 12: 2,469 of 3,176 $137,755
Season 11: 7,249 of 7,934 $400,179
Season 10: 13,192 of 13,192 $676,020
Season 6: 5,720 of 9,560 $363,742
Season 5: 12,889 of 14,345 $675,515
Season 3: 3,027 of 6,316 $141,863
Season 1: 5,790 of 11,668 $188,008
*Not all years had all concerts reported.
Stagecoach: California’s Country Music Festival: Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Jake Owen, Dierks Bentley, The Band Perry & others [including Cassadee Pope and The Swon Brothers]
April 24-26, 2015: Indio, Calif.: Empire Polo Field: 70,000 of 70,000 (3xSOLD-OUT): $21,879,744
Kenny Chesney, Eric Church [Philadelphia], Brantley Gilbert [Philadelphia], Jake Owen [Cleveland, Canandaigua] Chase Rice, Old Dominion [Philadelphia]
July 11, 2015: Philadelphia, Pa.: Lincoln Financial Field: 55,131 of 55,131 (SOLD-OUT): $5,952,700
July 9, 2015: Cleveland, Ohio: Quicken Loans Arena: 12,151 of 13,300 (91%): $756,562
July 8, 2015: Canandaigua, N.Y.: CMAC Performing Arts Center: 14,772 pf 14,772 (SOLD-OUT): $696,270
Rascal Flatts, Scotty McCreery, Ashley Monroe [Hartford, Bristow, Virginia Beach], RaeLynn [West Palm Beach, Tampa]
June 14, 2015: Hartford, Conn.: XFINITY Theatre: 19,887 of 21,000 (95%): $549,863
June 13, 2015: Bristow, Va.: Jiffy Lube Live: 14,937 of 19,000 (79%): $479,833
July 11, 2015: West Palm Beach, Fla.: Coral Sky Amphitheatre: 15,756 of 19,000 (83%): $468,557
July 12, 2015: Tampa, Fla.: MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre: 13,856 of 19,000 (73%): $435,449
June 12, 2015: Virginia Beach, Va.: Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach: 13,497 of 19,000 (71%): $429,449
Country 102.5 Street Party [including RaeLynn]
May 31, 2015: Boston, Mass.: House of Blues: 6,540 of 7,292 (90%): $163,500
American Idols Live
July 17, 2015: Nashville, Tenn.: Ryman Auditorium: 1,525 of 2,258 (68%): $101,833
