Jay-Z Earns $9 Million in Two Weeks of Touring
Billboard Boxscore made a recent tally of 2010's top grossing shows thus far, and Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 tour took eight of the top 35 spots. Of the eight, Jiggaman's best-selling show closed out at #10 overall after it grossed $1,322,831.
To give some added perspective on how much an artist can make in two weeks of touring, Jay-Z's tour, which featured Jeezy and Trey Songz, grossed a total of $9,731,218 between March 11-24. Hov's recent deal with concert-giant Live Nation, who famously signed him to a "360 deal" worth a reported $150 million, and also organized his 2008 tour with Mary J. Blige, which grossed $34.5 million, is likely responsible for the rapper's high live performance profits.
"With everything else going on in his career, maybe he hadn't focused on tours as much as he could have," a Live Nation VP told Billboard. "But we always knew he was an amazing live artist and the kind of artist we could work with to get to where we needed to be on the live side."
Jay's next day is his headlining gig at California's Coachella Festival, which takes place on April 16, before he heads out to Europe and Japan.
http://www.theboombox.com/2010/04/06/jay-z-earns-9-million-in-two-weeks-of-touring
JAY-Z, MARY J. BLIGE TOUR GROSSES MORE THAN $9 MILLION IN FIRST EIGHT DATES, SELLING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
LOS ANGELES, CA April 4, 2008 - Live Nation, the world’s largest live music company, announced today that JAY-Z and Mary J. Blige’s “Heart of the City” tour has sold out seven of the first eight dates on its North American trek, grossing more than $9.1 Million dollars thus far and averaging more than 12,000 music fans per night. With dates quickly selling out across the country, the tour is on track to gross in excess of $33 Million dollars over the 28 performances currently scheduled across the U.S. and Canada.
Highlights from the tour thus far include Wednesday night’s $1.5 Million gross at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, nearly $1.7 Million at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center, and a whopping $1.8 Million in ticket sales at East Rutherford’s Izod Center. In addition the “Heart of the City” stop in Baltimore’s 1st Mariner Arena was the second highest grossing concert of all time for the venue, topped only by the Rolling Stones.
The tour still has its strongest markets to come, including three dates at Madison Square Garden in New York, JAY-Z’s hometown, and a Los Angeles appearance at the world famous Hollywood Bowl and a two night stand at Chicago’s United Center. The tour culminates on May 8th in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The “Heart of the City” tour has received rave reviews on every stop, and today’s Toronto Star summed up the general sentiment perfectly when they said: “The men in the audience pumped their fists and rhymed along, while the women dug for their inner gangsters at what was undeniably one of the most thrilling hip hop performances this city has witnessed.”
http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/19/194146/News/JAY-Z_MARY_TOUR_GROSS_TO_DATE.pdf
Billboard Boxscore made a recent tally of 2010's top grossing shows thus far, and Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 tour took eight of the top 35 spots. Of the eight, Jiggaman's best-selling show closed out at #10 overall after it grossed $1,322,831.
To give some added perspective on how much an artist can make in two weeks of touring, Jay-Z's tour, which featured Jeezy and Trey Songz, grossed a total of $9,731,218 between March 11-24. Hov's recent deal with concert-giant Live Nation, who famously signed him to a "360 deal" worth a reported $150 million, and also organized his 2008 tour with Mary J. Blige, which grossed $34.5 million, is likely responsible for the rapper's high live performance profits.
"With everything else going on in his career, maybe he hadn't focused on tours as much as he could have," a Live Nation VP told Billboard. "But we always knew he was an amazing live artist and the kind of artist we could work with to get to where we needed to be on the live side."
Jay's next day is his headlining gig at California's Coachella Festival, which takes place on April 16, before he heads out to Europe and Japan.
http://www.theboombox.com/2010/04/06/jay-z-earns-9-million-in-two-weeks-of-touring
JAY-Z, MARY J. BLIGE TOUR GROSSES MORE THAN $9 MILLION IN FIRST EIGHT DATES, SELLING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
LOS ANGELES, CA April 4, 2008 - Live Nation, the world’s largest live music company, announced today that JAY-Z and Mary J. Blige’s “Heart of the City” tour has sold out seven of the first eight dates on its North American trek, grossing more than $9.1 Million dollars thus far and averaging more than 12,000 music fans per night. With dates quickly selling out across the country, the tour is on track to gross in excess of $33 Million dollars over the 28 performances currently scheduled across the U.S. and Canada.
Highlights from the tour thus far include Wednesday night’s $1.5 Million gross at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, nearly $1.7 Million at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center, and a whopping $1.8 Million in ticket sales at East Rutherford’s Izod Center. In addition the “Heart of the City” stop in Baltimore’s 1st Mariner Arena was the second highest grossing concert of all time for the venue, topped only by the Rolling Stones.
The tour still has its strongest markets to come, including three dates at Madison Square Garden in New York, JAY-Z’s hometown, and a Los Angeles appearance at the world famous Hollywood Bowl and a two night stand at Chicago’s United Center. The tour culminates on May 8th in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The “Heart of the City” tour has received rave reviews on every stop, and today’s Toronto Star summed up the general sentiment perfectly when they said: “The men in the audience pumped their fists and rhymed along, while the women dug for their inner gangsters at what was undeniably one of the most thrilling hip hop performances this city has witnessed.”
http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/19/194146/News/JAY-Z_MARY_TOUR_GROSS_TO_DATE.pdf
