JAY-Z tour with U2: Five stops... 500,437 tickets.... $60,917,182

JAY-Z tour with U2: Five stops... 500,437 tickets.... $60,917,182

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Jay-Z, the world's top earning rapper Jay-Z and the world's top earning tour band U2 will join together for a tour of Australia and New Zealand later this year. The two artists will host the concerts to support the launch of Live Nation Australia, which opened this past July and his headed up by Luke Hede and veteran promoter Roger Field. The tour will kick off at Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium on November 25th and make stops in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney. The final performance will take place at Perth's Subiaco Oval and mark's the first time U2 has played in Perth since 1998. According to Billboard, tickets will be priced at $39.90 and that almost 45% of the tickets will be priced under $100.

The boxscores just came out:http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/chart...ntboxscore.jsp

1
U2, Jay-Z
Subiaco Oval
Perth, Australia
Dec. 18-19, 2010$13,910,989
108,706 / 108,7062 / 2
$284.71, $27.86
Live Nation Global Touring

2
U2, Jay-Z
ANZ Stadium
Sydney, Australia
Dec. 13-14, 2010$13,695,929
107,155 / 107,1552 / 2
$286.97, $29.91
Live Nation Global Touring

3
U2, Jay-Z
Etihad Stadium
Melbourne, Australia
Dec. 1, 3, 2010$13,460,407
105,312 / 105,3122 / 2
$281.59, $28.96
Live Nation Global Touring

4
U2, Jay-Z
Suncorp Stadium
Brisbane, Australia
Dec. 8-9, 2010$11,031,839
85,745 / 85,7452 / 2
$283.76, $28.95
Live Nation Global Touring

5
U2, Jay-Z
Mt Smart Stadium
Auckland, New Zealand
Nov. 25-26, 2010$8,819,418
93,519 / 93,5192 / 2
$232.89, $30.31
Live Nation Global Touring