StubHub Announces Top 10 Fall Concerts: Adele Takes #1 Spot, On Pace to Outsell Taylor Swift [Music News]

Adele

By Jack Barnes

StubHub has revealed its top 10 fall concerts, with Adele easily taking the top spot over the likes of Drake, Beyonce and Maroon 5.  Adele is also on track to surpass Taylor Swift’s sales figures from 2015, alluding to Adele’s impact as a timeless pop artist.  The Desert Trip (aka, ‘Oldchella’) joins Coachella as the year’s top-selling festival, drawing fans throughout the world for two memorable weekends headlined by classic rock artists such as The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

TOP 10 FALL TOURS*

1. Adele
2. Drake
3. Beyoncé
4. Maroon 5
5. Kanye West
6. Carrie Underwood
7. Temple of the Dog
8. Luke Bryan
9. Florida Georgia Line
10. Keith Urban

Fall Music Preview Highlights:

• Adele is outselling Taylor Swift’s fall 2015 tour dates by 40%, with a similar number of shows

and smaller venues

• Adele is the top seller this fall in terms of both overall sales and sales per show

• Median ticket prices per genre: POP (Adele, Beyoncé and Maroon 5) – $299; ROCK (Temple of

the Dog) – $217; HIP HOP (Drake and Kanye West) – $175; COUNTRY (Carrie Underwood, Luke

Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban) – $122

• Florida Georgia Line has been the best deal of the fall so far, with a ticket selling for $6 to the

group’s show at PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte on September 10th, while Drake has

commanded the highest price of a ticket with over $3,900 spent on a ticket for the artist’s show

at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on September 9th

• With only five shows in November, Temple of the Dog makes the top 10 with their highly

anticipated reunion tour, offering an average ticket price of $217

• While legacy acts were prevalent on StubHub’s top lists in 2015, Country acts dominate this fall’s

list with four of the acts and several falling just past the top 10.

About StubHub

At StubHub, our mission is simple: help fans find fun. We connect fans with their favorite teams, shows

and artists and introduce them to the ones they’ll love next. As the largest ticket marketplace in the

world, we enable fans to buy and sell tickets to tens of thousands of events, whenever they want,

through our desktop and mobile experiences, including our StubHub app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch

and Android. Offering a superior fan experience at its core, StubHub reinvented the ticket resale market

in 2000 and continues to lead it through innovation. Our industry firsts include the introduction of the

first ticketing application, the first interactive seat mapping tool and the first live entertainment rewards

program, Fan RewardsTM. Our business partners include more than 60 teams in MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and

NCAA, AEG, AXS and Spectra Ticketing & Fan Engagement. With the acquisition of Ticketbis in August

2016, throughout the world, StubHub provides the total end-to-end event going experience. StubHub is

an eBay company (NASDAQ: EBAY). For more information on StubHub, visit StubHub.com or follow

@StubHub on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or YouTube.com/StubHub.

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