U2's Atomic Bomb Blasts Off; America's Pastime Still #1

U2's Atomic Bomb Blasts Off; America's Pastime Still #1

Trends from the TicketsNow Entertainment Index

CHICAGO, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Concert sales hit a high note in February, led by U2's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" tour, according to the TicketsNow Entertainment Index. TicketsNow.com, the world's largest and most secure online marketplace for secondary event tickets, saw U2 grab the top sales spot in February, with nearly one in five music tickets sold on the site belonging to the Irish rock band. Also topping the list were baseball tickets for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, as fans gear up for opening day. Wicked held on to its top spot for theater tickets, making it the fourth most popular event on the site overall.

Following are the category leaders:

Hello, Hello: Top February Events Overall 1 U2 2 Boston Red Sox 3 New York Yankees 4 Wicked 5 Houston Rodeo 6 Chicago Cubs 7 The Lion King 8 Miami Heat 9 Los Angeles Lakers 10 Alicia Keys

Baseball Scores a Home Run: Top February Sports Ticket Sales 1 Boston Red Sox 2 New York Yankees 3 Chicago Cubs 4 Miami Heat 5 Los Angeles Lakers

Rhythm and Rock (and a Rodeo): Top February Concert Ticket Sales 1 U2 2 Houston Rodeo 3 Alicia Keys 4 Maroon 5 5 Green Day

Lions and Witches and Phantoms, Oh My!: Top February Theater Ticket Sales 1 Wicked 2 The Lion King 3 700 Sundays 4 Phantom of the Opera 5 Monty Python's Spamalot

About the TicketsNow Entertainment Index

The TicketsNow Entertainment Index tracks proprietary secondary ticket sales on a monthly basis to provide a snapshot of entertainment trends for sports, concerts, and theater events nationwide.

About TicketsNow.com

Established in 1999, TicketsNow.com is the world's largest and most secure marketplace for premium event seating and tickets. More than 90% of all professional ticket agencies that list, buy, and sell secondary event tickets online utilize software developed by TicketsNow -- creating the most comprehensive database of secondary event tickets in the world. Named to the Inc. 500 index of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S., TicketsNow is the Official Premium Ticket Partner of USA TODAY, a member of the Better Business Bureau, and a founding member of the NATB, which promotes the highest level of ethics in the secondary ticketing marketplace. For more information, visit http://www.ticketsnow.com/ .

Contact: Christine Weil Zeno Group for TicketsNow.com 312.396.9778 christine.weil@ZenoGroup.com

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Source: TicketsNow.com

CONTACT: Christine Weil of Zeno Group for TicketsNow.com, +1-312-396-9778, christine.weil@ZenoGroup.com , or Jennifer Swanson of TicketsNow.com, +1-815-444-4923, jswanson@TicketsNow.com

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