You gotta be tough to handle an audience comprising several hundred concert industry pros and this year’s host, insult comic Lisa Lampanelli, was more than up to the task.

All joking aside, the awards honored the cream of the concert biz for their 2006 accomplishments.

And the winners are:

Major Tour Of the Year:

Tim McGraw/Faith Hill

Most Creative Tour Package:

Def Leppard/Journey

Most Creative Stage Production:

Madonna

Best New Touring Artist:

Panic! At the Disco

Music Festival Of the Year:

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival

Int’l Music Festival Of the Year:

Reading/Leeds Festival

Nightclub Of the Year:

House Of Blues Chicago

Theatre Of the Year:

Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk

Best New Major Concert Venue:

John Paul Jones Arena

Red Rocks Award Best Small Outdoor Venue:

Greek Theatre, Los Angeles

Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue:

Hollywood Bowl

Arena Of the Year:

Madison Square Garden

International Theatre Of the Year:

Royal Albert Hall

International Arena Of the Year:

Wembley Arena

Nightclub Talent Buyer Of the Year:

Greg Siegel / The Wiltern, Avalon

Independent Promoter Of the Year:

Arny Granat & Jerry Mickelson

Jam Productions

Talent Buyer Of the Year:

Susan Rosenbluth / AEG Live/Concerts West

Facility Exective Of the Year:

Marilyn Hauser / Palace Of Auburn Hills

Bill Graham Award Promoter Of the Year:

Brian O’Connell / Live Nation

International Promoter Of the Year:

Phil Bowdery / Live Nation UK

Booking Agency Of the Year:

Creative Artists Agency

Boutique Booking Agency Of the Year:

Little Big Man Booking/Paradigm

UK Booking Agent Of the Year:

Neil Warnock / The Agency Group

Third Coast Agent Of the Year:

Brian Hill

Monterey Peninsula Artists/Paradigm

Bobby Brooks Award Agent Of the Year:

Marc Geiger / William Morris Agency

Personal Manager Of the Year:

Bob McLynn

Artist Development Executive Of the Year:

Harlan Frey / Roadrunner Records

Road Warrior Of the Year:

Dale “Opie” Skjerseth

Lighting Company Of the Year:

Upstaging

Sound Company Of the Year:

Clair Brothers/Showco

Staging/Equipment Company Of the Year:

All Access Staging & Productions

Transportation Company Of the Year:

Rock-It Cargo

Video Company Of the Year:

Screenworks