Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour Is The #1 Hot Tour

by WeAreTheWorld. Sun Mar 10, 2013 10:18 pm

Cirque's Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour Tops Hot Tours

By: Bob Allen
March 08, 2013

EXCERPT:

Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, Cirque du Soleil's touring production that has been playing arenas in North America and Europe since October 2011, owns the No. 1 ranking on this week's Hot Tours tally with grosses reported from venues in Russia and Switzerland. The theatrical concert production that features the music of the late King of Pop began its European leg last fall following a yearlong trek through North American markets.

The tour has appeared in three Russian cities since the launch of the European trek on October 12. The first engagement was in Saint Petersburg in November with four performances at the Ice Palace, the city's 12,000-seat ice hockey arena. The Immortal Tour spent the rest of 2012 on the road in Germany, Austria and Spain but returned to Russia at the beginning of this year with three performances in the city of Kazan. A run of six shows followed in Moscow at the Olimpiyskiy, an arena built for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The Moscow shows generated more than $9.9 million in ticket revenue from over 76,000 sold seats.

The Swiss venue that hosted Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson tour was Zürich's Hallenstadion with $2.8 million in revenue from a three-night run of shows. The Immortal tour played at the arena on Feb. 13-15 with attendance from all three performances surpassing 20,000.

Weekly .com Boxscores - March 6, 2013:

Act: MICHAEL JACKSON IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR-CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
Total Gross: $18,387,247
Show Dates: Nov. 9-Feb. 15
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts): Ice Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia (4/0) TatNeft Arena, Kazan, Russia (4/0) Olimpiyskiy, Moscow (6/0) Hallenstadion, Zürich (3/0)
Total Attendance (Capacity): 145,088 (160,602)

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