The numbers are in from the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas and they made $5.3M. The show features a wide selection of artists including Harry Styles. Amongst the “others” was Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson (closest thing to a 1D reunion). Also from X-Factor UK is Little Mix proving that they can make it outside of the UK. They sold out their July concert in Sydney, Australia making almost $1M. Finally, we have the original Australian Idol in the UK. He opened for Westlife’s Shane Filan in Glasgow.
iHeartRadio Music Festival: Coldplay, The Weeknd, DJ Khaled, Miley Cyrus, Lorde, Harry Styles, Kings of Leon, Big Sean, Pink, Chris Stapleton & others
Sept. 22-23, 2017: Las Vegas, Nev.: T-Mobile Arena” 27,437 of 28,629 (2×96%): $5,354,577
Little Mix, Zoe Badwi
July 29, 2017: Sydney, Australia: Qudos Bank Arena: 13,748 of 13,748 (SOLD-OUT): $973,512
Shane Filan, Guy Sebastian
Sept. 21, 2017: Glasgow, U.K.: SEC Armadillo: 824 of 948 (87%): $44,079
In other news, BB is going rumoured to want to start counting youtube views when calculating the BB200 numbers. They already do that on the Hot 100. This will include user generated content. Coming soon: BB will count the number of times people sing a song in the shower.
