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Concert Pulse: Tim McGraw And Faith Hill Return, Khalid Enters At No. 30
Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP – Faith Hill & Tim McGraw
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw sing “The Rest of Our Life” during the CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Nov. 8.
The top of the Global Concert Pulse remains more or less intact, but a wave of new entries is making a splash near the middle and bottom of the chart.
The only change in the top five this week is at the No. 5 spot, at which Metallica has supplanted “Springsteen On Broadway.” The thrash masters are averaging $2.17 million grossed per market, just enough to edge out The Boss, whose stand at NYC’s Walter Kerr Theatre is averaging $2.12 million.
Springsteen’s average ticket price is way higher, at $507 per head, but Metallica moved many more tickets in its run throughout Europe, an average of 20,284 per market.
The Boss has Broadway booked into December, but he took sometime away from that stage to re-open New Jersey’s Asbury Lanes June 18.
The highest-charting new entry on the Concert Pulse is the “Soul2Soul” tour featuring Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. The married couple played three shows in the United Kingdom for the Country 2 Country Festival in March and they are now in the middle of another, full-blown North American leg.
Those numbers are below the couple’s averages last year, which led to them grossing $79.3 million and got them to No. 17 on the 2017 Top 100 Worldwide Tours. There is still plenty of tour left though, as the couple next stops at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., June 22. The duo is averaging 9,862 tickets per market and an $818,824 gross.
The next chart newcomer is Scorpions, which entered at No. 27 averaging $482,185 and 6,500 tickets moved. Scorpions canceled the final portion of its U.S. tour with Megadeth in 2017 because of singer Klaus Meine’s “severe laryngitis,” but the group did hit multiple cities in Mexico in May and has been rocking Europe consistently since March.
One artist whose numbers are doing a lot of talking is Khalid, who entered at No. 30. The R&B singer was averaging $441,407 per market, and 8,311 tickets per venue. For perspective, that is more tickets than established artists like Scorpions and Santana (No. 32), and the man is only 20 years old.
Odesza also hopped on the chart at No. 38. Half of the act, Harrison Mills, spoke to Pollstar last year about touring Odesza’s most recent album, A Moment Apart, saying: “When we make a live show, it’s a completely different process [from the album-making process]. We really consider it introverted versus extroverted experiences. One is community-based, one is a bit more intimate.” The electronic duo is averaging $248,537 per market and 5,903 tickets.
Also new to the Concert Pulse this week are: Chicago (No. 41); Walk Off The Earth (No. 68); Marti Pellow (No. 73); The Waterboys (No. 76); Greta Van Fleet (No. 83); X Ambassadors (No. 87); and a co-bill of Insane Clown Posse / Attila at No. 100.
“That co headline package was a pure example of a ‘mix bill’ working for both headliners and support act,” ICP’s agent, JJ Cassiere of the just-launched 33 & West, told Pollstar. “Cross breeding metal/rock/hip-hop was the goal and that was accomplished. Mix bills such as this tour need to be looked at more often.”