Country Music Artists Feature Heavily in Billboard Touring Awards Finalists
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Country music tours are big business. The three finalists in the Billboard Touring Awards ‘Top Package’ category all represent the genre. Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw‘s Brothers of the Sun Tour, Jason Aldean‘s My Kinda Party Tour, and Taylor Swift‘s Speak Now Tour all made the final based on numbers reported to Boxscore from October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012.
While established rock acts Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, and Roger Waters drew the biggest crowds this year, the future looks good for country with Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum among the finalist for Breakthrough artists.
The finalists for the 2012 Billboard Touring Awards:
TOP TOUR
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Wrecking Ball
Madonna, MDNA
Roger Waters, The Wall Live
TOP DRAW
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Coldplay
Roger Waters
TOP COMEDY TOUR
Flight of the Conchords
Jeff Dunham
Michael McIntyre
TOP PACKAGE
Brothers of the Sun, featuring Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, and Jake Owen
My Kinda Party, featuring Jason Aldean with Luke Bryan, Lauren Alaina/Rachel Farley, DeeJay Silver
Speak Now, featuring Taylor Swift with Needtobreathe, Hunter Hayes, Danny Gokey, etc.
BREAKTHROUGH
The Black Keys
Lady Antebellum
Miranda Lambert
TOP BOXSCORE
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio, Calif., April 13-22
Lollapalooza, Chicago, Aug. 3-5
Roger Waters, Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, March 7-20
TOP FESTIVAL
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Lollapalooza
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, San Francisco
TOP ARENA
O2 Arena, London
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Staples Center, Los Angeles
TOP VENUE – UNDER 10,000 SEATS
Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City
NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles
Radio City Music Hall, New York
TOP VENUE – UNDER 5,000 SEATS
Beacon Theatre, New York
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Fox Theatre, Atlanta
TOP CLUB
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
The Fillmore, San Francisco
House Of Blues Houston
TOP AMPHITHEATER
Comcast Center, Mansfield, Mass.
Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, N.Y.
Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, N.J.
TOP PROMOTER
AEG Live
Live Nation Entertainment
T4F/Time For Fun
TOP INDEPENDENT PROMOTER (International)
Evenko (Canada)
Evenpro/Water Brother (South America)
T4F (South America)
TOP INDEPENDENT PROMOTER (U.S.)
Another Planet Entertainment
C3 Presents
Jam Productions
TOP AGENCY
Creative Artists Agency
Paradigm Talent
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
TOP MANAGER
Jon Landau Management (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
MFM/Mark Fenwick (Roger Waters)
Guy Oseary (Madonna)
CONCERT MARKETING & PROMOTION AWARD
Demi Lovato/Hallmark
Lady Antebellum/Lipton
Linkin Park/Honda Civic
Madonna/Smirnoff
Tim McGraw/Pennzoil
Zac Brown Band/Jack Daniel’s
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
The Apollo Theater
CREATIVE CONTENT AWARD
Michael Jackson Immortal by Cirque du Soleil
THE EVENTFUL FANS’ CHOICE AWARD
To Be Announced
THE ROAD WARRIOR AWARD PRESENTED BY SHELL ROTELLA
To Be Announced
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Neil Diamond
Liv Carter
She holds several certificates from Berklee College of Music, and a certificate in Positive Psychology from UC Berkeley.
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