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The singer-songwriter’s career-spanning trek set a new playbook for superstar tours.
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Green Day is ready to take you on a “Holiday” next summer, as the band announced a massive stadium tour across North America, Europe and the U.K. Mark your calendars, as the presale will occur through Ticketmaster on Wednesday (Nov. 8) at 10 a.m. local time in North America and 9:30 a.m. GMT/10:30 a.m. CET for the EU/U.K. tour dates. General sale tickets will go live on Friday (Nov. 10) at 10 a.m. local time.
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The Saviors Tour will begin its North American leg on July 29, 2024, in Washington, D.C., then hit cities including Toronto, Montreal, Queens, Boston, Philadelphia, Hershey, Chicago and more until the final show on Sept. 28 in San Diego.
“It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for … taking The Saviors Tour on the road all summer long next year to celebrate 30 years of ‘Dookie,’ 20 years of ‘American Idiot’ + our new album ‘Saviors’!!!” the band captioned its Instagram post announcing the tour. “Swipe for dates.”
You’ll need a special code to gain access to the presale, which you can get when you sign up for the band’s mailing list by Tuesday (Nov. 7). If you get an early access code, you’ll receive it through the email you signed up with.
In case you miss out on the presale and general onsale, you’ll potentially have additional ways to score cheap tickets through resale sites such as VividSeats, StubHub, Seat Geek, TicketNetwork and Game Time.
For an additional discount, you can get $10 off Seat Geek ticket purchases of $250-plus with the code BILLBOARD10. Offer is valid on first purchases only.
You can expect a setlist fusing new and old music, as the band also announced they’ll be performing songs from new album Savior, as well as from classics such as Dookie and American Idiot in celebration of both albums’ 30th and 20th anniversaries.
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Doja Cat’s first-ever headlining arena tour is off to a strong start. After performing to a packed house at Crypto Arena in Los Angeles on Nov. 3, Doja will take the tour a little further south to Anaheim, Calif., where she will perform at the Honda Center on Monday (Nov. 6).
The Scarlet Tour, which opened to a sold-out crowd in San Francisco on Oct. 31, will hit two dozen cities over the next few weeks, including Las Vegas; Houston; Atlanta; Denver; Boston; Washington, D.C.; San Diego, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Newark, N.J. and Omaha, Neb.
Ice Spice and Doechii will join Doja on select dates. The tour wraps on Dec. 13 in Chicago.
Read on for ways to get tickets and cheapest prices.
Where to Get Tickets
Tickets for The Scarlet Tour were originally released in June via Ticketmaster. Fans who pre-registered got access to presale tickets on June 28. General onsale tickets went on sale on June 30.
If you missed the first ticket run, you still have time to secure passes to see the Grammy winner live. Tickets are available on sites like StubHub, Vivid Seats, Ticketmaster and Seat Geek.
TicketNetwork and Game Time also have affordably priced tickets. In fact, most of the resale tickets that we’ve found are priced well below $100.
How to Get Tickets on StubHub
StubHub is a solid choice for last-minute tickets. Right now, tickets are available for as low as $27 for select dates. However, the majority of cheap tickets range from around $40 to $75, while VIP passes can cost more than $600 depending on the concert date, location and ticket availability.
At StubHub, Tickets are selling quickly for tonight’s show in Anaheim, as well as concerts in Denver, Atlanta and Newark, N.J.
How to Get Tickets on Vivid Seats
Like the other ticketing sites, tickets at Vivid Seats are affordably priced. Tickets start at approximately $34. You’ll find a good number of tickets still available at Vivid Seats, but some concert in Anaheim, Toronto and Phoenix are selling out faster than other dates on the tour.
Vivid Seats also offers ticket deals for dates on the tour including Chicago, Toronto, Miami and Dallas.
How to Get Tickets on Seat Geek
Seat Geek has some of the cheapest ticket prices that we’ve seen online. Tickets to Doja’s tour are currently priced as low as $22, but most fall within the $30-$75 range. And VIP packages are priced from around $300 and up.
Looking for a discount? Save $10 on a purchase of $250+ with code BILLBOARD10. Offer valid on first purchase only.
What can fans expect to hear at The Scarlet Tour? The 24-track setlist includes “Agora Hills” “Paint the Town Red” “Demon,” “Tia Tamera,” “Woman,” “Say So,” “Need to Know,” “Shutcho,” “Ouchies” and “Wet Vagina.”
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Entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) will relocate its Nashville office in late 2025, occupying nearly 75,000 square feet across two floors in the mixed-used district Nashville Yards, being developed by Southwest Value Partners and AEG.
CAA’s new Nashville office, located at 955 Church Street in Nashville, will feature indoor-outdoor work spaces, listening lounges, private terraces on each floor, three levels of dining, retail and entertainment space, as well as meeting hubs and a large outdoor vegetated deck overlooking Nashville Yards. CAA employees will enjoy access to open plazas, courtyards, and green spaces; ample parking, valet, and executive car services; and proximity to the luxury Grand Hyatt Nashville and newly renovated Union Station Nashville Yards.
“Guided by our colleagues in Music, CAA opened our first office in Nashville in 1991, immediately making an impact on Music City that continues today,” said Howard Nuchow, co-head, CAA Sports, in a statement. “With more than 3,400 employees across 25 countries, CAA’s track record of success and growth in the representation of entertainment and sports talent and brands has solidified our leadership position around the world. The move to Nashville Yards demonstrates our commitment to Nashville and the Southeast, while providing our employees, clients, and guests an inspiring environment that captures the spirit of Nashville, one of the most significant sports and entertainment destinations in the world.”
CAA’s Nashville operations currently include more than 130 employees working in music touring, music brand partnerships, music marketing, digital media, sports, brand consulting, property sales, and CAA ICON. In the past year alone, CAA has booked top tours for Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Willie Nelson, Zac Brown Band, The Chicks and Carrie Underwood. The company has also worked to aid in raising up a new crop of headliners including Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Brett Young, Kelsea Ballerini, Carly Pearce, Whiskey Myers and Koe Wetzel, while expanding its roster with new signings including 49 Winchester, Warren Zeiders, Hailey Whitters, Luke Grimes, Wyatt Flores, Priscilla Block, Dylan Marlowe and Larry Fleet.
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Live Nation had another record-setting quarter as music fans swarmed to concerts and continued to spend on live entertainment amidst persistent inflation, high gas prices and a resumption in student loan repayments in the United States. The concert promotion and ticketing giant posted third-quarter revenue of $8.2 billion, up 32% from the prior-year period, the company announced Thursday (Nov. 2). Adjusted operating income (AOI) rose 35% to a record $836 million.
A year ago, revenue reached a then-record $6.2 billion as artists returned to the stage after pandemic layoffs. In 2019, the last full year before the pandemic shut down the global touring business, Live Nation posted third-quarter revenue of $3.8 billion — 54% below what the company reported Thursday. Some growth since 2019 stems from acquisitions such as OCESA, the Mexican concert promoter Live Nation bought in 2021 for $416 million. But m uch of the record-setting result comes from the high number of touring artists and greater fan spending.
“While we have benefitted from tailwinds for many years, it has accelerated due to the globalization of our business along with a fundamental shift in consumer spending habits toward experiences,” president/CEO Michael Rapino said in a statement. “With the majority of opportunity still untapped from Milan to Bogotá to Tokyo and beyond, we expect the industry will continue growing in 2024 and for years to come.”
Through the first nine months of 2023, Live Nation’s revenue increased 36% to $16.9 billion and AOI rose 33% to $1.7 billion. Both nine-month figures were greater than Live Nation’s revenue and AOI for full year 2022.
In the concerts division, third-quarter revenue rose 32% to $7 billion and AOI grew 21% to $341 million. The number of fans at Live Nation concerts also grew 21% overall — 34% in international markets and 13% in North America.
Venue Nation, Live Nation’s venue management company for venues it does not own, increased ancillary revenue at operated venues. At amphitheaters, ancillary per-fan revenue was up 10% to $40 year to date. At theaters and clubs, ancillary per-fan spending rose in the double-digits globally.
Ticketmaster revenue grew 57% to $833 million while AOI jumped 94% to $316 million. Total fee-bearing gross transaction value was up 36% to $10 billion, with North America growing 32% and international markets climbing 49%. The ticketing company had 17 million net new client tickets in the first three quarters of the year.
Sponsorship and advertising revenue rose 7% to $367 million in the third quarter, while the division’s AOI improved 11% to $250 million.
Through mid-October, Ticketmaster sold 140 million tickets to Live Nation shows, up 17% year-over-year and surpassing the 121 million tickets sold in full-year 2022. Over the same period, the company sold 257 million fee-bearing tickets, a 22% improvement, and expects to surpass 300 million fee-bearing tickets in 2023.
For full-year 2023, the company expects 55 million fans at Live Nation-operated venues, up from 49 million in 2022. Ticketmaster expects full-year margins to remain in the high 30s through the fourth quarter. Sponsorship and advertising margins are expected to remain in the low 60s.
Looking forward to 2024, event-deferred revenue — ticket sales for future events — was up 39% to $2.6 billion through mid-October. About half of 2024’s expected show count has been booked for large venues — amphitheaters, arenas and stadiums — which is up double digits from the same point in 2022.
Revenue up 32% to $8.2 billion.
Adjusted operating income is up 35% to $836 million.
Year-to-date operating cash flow of $762 million, down from $928 million in Q3 2022.
Year-to-date free cash flow (adjusted) of $1.3 billion, up from $996 million in Q3 2022.
Ticketmaster revenue up 57% to $833 million.
Sponsorship and advertising revenue up 7% to $367 million.
Earnings per share rose 28% to $1.78.
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The Oak View Group is working with Hamilton Urban Precinct Entertainment Group and officials of the city of Hamilton, Ontario on a plan to begin renovations on the 18,500-capacity FirstOntario Centre, a reimagined arena that will be the centerpiece in revitalizing the city as a music, sports and entertainment destination, 45 miles southwest of Toronto.
The $280 million renovation is spearheaded by Oak View Group who will transform the facility into an 18,000-seat capacity venue with a reimagined facade, premium seating, enhanced acoustics, improved sightlines, upgraded concourses, optimized clubs and suites and artist lounges. The newly modernized venue will accommodate shows unable to land an available date at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Scotiabank Arena is owned my Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, where Tim Leiweke, OVG Chairman & CEO, served as chief executive from 2013 to 2015.
Live Nation will serve as the arena’s booking partner and bring concerts and other live events to Hamilton. Work on the facility will begin in spring 2024, and the building is expected to open in fall 2025.
“Our timing is perfect,” says Leiweke, noting that billions of dollars in construction for ten projects in Hamilton is planned for the fast growing region. “It’s a great market as Toronto has run out space for new construction. We’re making a big bet but we feel great about it. We have a great team here in place, a lot of great companies that believe in us and we are feeling very optimistic.”
OVG recently worked with Louis Messina, promoter of the Taylor Swift tour, to sell sponsorships for the singer’s six night run in November 2024 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
“We already have a great infrastructure in place with a strong team up here,” said Leiweke. Besides Hamilton, Oak View Group recently completed renovations at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore and plans to complete work at Coop-Live arena in Manchester, U.K. later this year.
The Hamilton Arena Project was designed by Brisbin Brook Beynon Architects and is part of a larger downtown revitalization project known as “The Commons”, which includes the arena, renovated convention centre, the Art Gallery of Hamilton as well as new residential, office, and retail space development.
Leiweke tells Billboard the new facility “will completely transform the downtown area with its accessibility, technology forward improvements and priority on sustainability.”