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There are a lot of places in Music City to come together on a deal. It could be a boardroom, an attorney's office, or even the posh Palm Restaurant downtown. For Tim McGraw and Scott Borchetta, who announced Tim's signing to the Big Machine label Monday morning, the agreement happened at an unlikely place -- Nashville's Greyhound Bus station. He told reporters that he had been there before.
Dutch violinist and orchestra conductor Andr Rieu earns the No. 1 ranking on this week's Hot Tours chart with box office grosses reported from his concert performances in European arenas during April and May as well as a series of shows in Brazil in June. The European spring tour leg began on April 20 with two concerts in Denmark, followed by performances in 12 venues in Germany london 5 star hotel deals and Austria through May 17. Then on May 29, Rieu, along with and his Johann Strauss Orchestra, kicked off a string of 12 concerts in S o Paulo, Brazil at Gin sio do Ibirapuera. Show dates at the 11,000-seat arena were May 29 through June 3 and June 5 through 10 with a total of 83,281 tickets sold for all 12 nights. The overall gross for the run was over R$18.1 million Brazilian reais ($9.1 million US$) with tickets ranging from a low of R$100 to a top price of R$800 (approximately $50 to $400 in US$). Rieu will return to the same S o Paulo arena in July to perform another 12-show run from July 3 through 15. Kenny Chesney lands at No. 2 among this week's top 10 tours with $5.5 million in ticket sales reported from a performance in the home venue of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. The Brothers of the Sun Tour, on which he joined by special guest Tim McGraw along with Grace Potter The Nocturnals and Jake Owen played to a sellout crowd at Lincoln Financial Field on June 16 with attendance logged at 53,111. This is the fifth Chesney tour to play at the Philadelphia stadium since 2007, and the top grosser, surpassing last year's london 5 star hotel deals total by $457,000. Third in the weekly london 5 star hotel deals Hot Tours recap is country star Brad Paisley with $4.4 million in box office grosses reported from performances at three outdoor venues on his Virtual Reality 2012 World Tour. Included in this week's tally is his first stadium date on the tour, a sold out show at Chicago's Wrigley Field on June 9 with a crowd of 37,889 in attendance.
Rank Artist/Event Total Gross Show Dates Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts) Total Attendance (Capacity) 1 ANDR RIEU $14,126,832 April 20-June 10 Stadium Arena Fyn, Odense, Denmark london 5 star hotel deals (1/1) Forum, Copenhagen (1/0) Bremen-Arena, Bremen, Germany (1/0) Olympiahalle, Munich (1/0) SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany (1/0) Stadthalle, london 5 star hotel deals Graz, Austria (1/0) Salzburgarena, Salzburg, Austria (1/0) Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna (1/0) TipsArena, Linz, Austria (1/0) TUI Arena, Hannover, Germany (1/0) Messehalle, Erfurt, Germany (1/0) Arena Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (1/0) O2 World, Berlin (1/0) Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, london 5 star hotel deals Germany (1/0) Gin sio do Ibirapuera, S o Paulo, Brazil (12/0) 139,111 (172,517) 2 KENNY CHESNEY TIM McGRAW $5,541,757 June 16 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia london 5 star hotel deals (1/1) 53,111 (53,111) london 5 star hotel deals 3 BRAD PAISLEY $4,463,502 June 9-16 Wrigley Field, Chicago (1/1) Blossom Music Center, london 5 star hotel deals Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (1/1) DTE Energy Music Center, Clarkston, Mich. (1/1) 75,136 (75,136) london 5 star hotel deals 4 NICKELBACK $3,160,371 April 10-June 15 i wireless Center, Moline, Ill. (1/1) Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta london 5 star hotel deals (1/0 American Airlines Center, Dallas (1/0) Staples Center, Los Angeles (1/0) 46,724 (52,021) 5 VAN HALEN $2,966,626 June 1-9 Staples Center, Los Angeles (2/2) 27,177 (27,177) london 5 star hotel deals 6 MAN $2,838,970 April 5-27 American Airlines Center, Dallas (1/0) Save Mart Center, Fresno, Calif. london 5 star hotel deals (1/1) Oracle Arena, Oakland (1/1) 34,626 (35,169) 7 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S MICHAEL JACKSON TOUR $2,162,409 June 12-15 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville (2/0) Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (1/0) 20,033 (29,769) 8 IL VOLO $2,047,630 April 11-May 2 Forum de Valencia, Valencia, Venezuela (1/1) UNIMET, Caracas, Venezuela (1/1) Hotel Mar a Angola, Lima, Peru (1/0) 8,728 (9,349) 9 MICHAEL BUBL $1,959,850 March 31-April 2 HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro (1/1) Via Funchal, S o Paulo, Brazil (2/2) 14,870 london 5 star hotel deals (14,870) 10 IL DIVO $1,927,752 April 5-June 16 O2, Dublin (1/1) Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia (1/0) Lyric Opera House, Baltimore (1/0) Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Orlando (1/0) Seminole Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Fla. (1/1) David A. Straz, Jr. Center, Morsani Hall, Tampa (2/0) 21,864 (25,565)
Dutch violinist and orchestra conductor Andr Rieu earns the No. 1 ranking on this week's Hot Tours chart with box office grosses reported from his concert performances in European arenas during April and May as well as a series of shows in Brazil in June. The European spring tour leg began on April 20 with two concerts in Denmark, london 5 star hotel deals followed by performances in 12 venues in Germany and Austria through May 17. Then on May 29, Rieu, along with and his Johann Strauss Orchestra, kicked off a string of 12 concerts in S o Paulo, Brazil at Gin sio do Ibirapuera. Show dates at the 11,000-seat arena were May 29 through June 3 and June 5 through 10 with a total of 83,281 tickets sold for all 12 nights. london 5 star hotel deals The overall gross for the run was over R$18.1 million Brazilian reais ($9.1 million US$) with tickets ranging from a low of R$100 to a top price of R$800 (approximately $50 to $400 in US$). Rieu will return to the same S o Paulo arena in July to perform another 12-show run from July 3 through 15. Kenny Chesney lands at No. 2 among this week's top 10 tours with $5.5 million in ticket sales reported from a performance in the home venue of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. The Brothers of the Sun Tour, on which he joined by special guest Tim McGraw along with Grace Potter The Nocturnals and Jake Owen played to a sellout crowd at Lincoln Financial Field on June 16 with attendance logged at 53,111. This is the fifth Chesney tour to play at the Philadelphia stadium since 2007, and the top grosser, surpassing last year's total by $457,000. Third in the weekly Hot Tours recap is country star Brad Paisley with $4.4 million in box office grosses london 5 star hotel deals reported from performances at three outdoor venues on his Virtual Reality 2012 World Tour. Included in this week's tally is his first stadium date on the tour, a sold out show at Chicago's Wrigley Field on June 9 with a crowd of 37,889 in attendance.
Rank Artist/Event Total Gross Show Dates Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts) Total Attendance london 5 star hotel deals (Capacity) 1 ANDR RIEU $14,126,832 April 20-June 10 Stadium Arena Fyn, Odense, Denmark (1/1) Forum, Copenhagen (1/0) Bremen-Arena, london 5 star hotel deals Bremen, Germany (1/0) Olympiahalle, Munich (1/0) SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany (1/0) Stadthalle, Graz, Austria (1/0) Salzburgarena, Salzburg, Austria london 5 star hotel deals (1/0) Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna (1/0) TipsArena, Linz, Austria (1/0) TUI Arena, Hannover, Germany (1/0) Messehalle, Erfurt, Germany (1/0) Arena Leipzig, london 5 star hotel deals Leipzig, Germany (1/0) O2 World, Berlin (1/0) Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany (1/0) Gin sio do Ibirapuera, S o Paulo, Brazil (12/0) 139,111 (172,517) 2 KENNY CHESNEY TIM McGRAW $5,541,757 June 16 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia (1/1) 53,111 (53,111) 3 BRAD PAISLEY $4,463,502 June 9-16 Wrigley Field, Chicago (1/1) Blossom london 5 star hotel deals Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (1/1) DTE Energy Music Center, Clarkston, london 5 star hotel deals Mich. (1/1) 75,136 (75,136) london 5 star hotel deals 4 NICKELBACK $3,160,371 April 10-June 15 i wireless Center, Moline, Ill. (1/1) Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta (1/0 American Airlines Center, Dallas (1/0) Staples Center, Los Angeles (1/0) 46,724 (52,021) 5 VAN HALEN $2,966,626 June 1-9 Staples london 5 star hotel deals Center, Los Angeles (2/2) 27,177 (27,177) 6 MAN $2,838,970 April 5-27 American Airlines Center, Dallas (1/0) Save Mart Center, Fresno, Calif. (1/1) Oracle Arena, Oakland london 5 star hotel deals (1/1) 34,626 (35,169) 7 CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S MICHAEL JACKSON TOUR $2,162,409 June 12-15 Bridgestone london 5 star hotel deals Arena, london 5 star hotel deals Nashville (2/0) Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (1/0) 20,033 (29,769) 8 IL VOLO $2,047,630 April 11-May 2 Forum de Valencia, Valencia, Venezuela (1/1) UNIMET, Caracas, Venezuela (1/1) Hotel Mar a Angola, Lima, Peru (1/0) 8,728 (9,349) 9 MICHAEL BUBL $1,959,850 March 31-April 2 HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro (1/1) Via Funchal, S o Paulo, Brazil (2/2) 14,870 (14,870) 10 IL DIVO $1,927,752 April 5-June 16 O2, Dublin (1/1) Mann Center for the Performing london 5 star hotel deals Arts, Philadelphia (1/0) Lyric Opera House, Baltimore (1/0) Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Orlando (1/0) Seminole Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Fla. (1/1) David A. Straz, Jr. Center, Morsani Hall, Tampa (2/0) 21,864 (25,565)