During the current economic crisis, there are some things that Americans will still spend their money to buy -- and it appears that among those items are tickets for the American Idol concert tour.
The tour, which features current American Idol Kris Allen and nine finalists, is reportedly selling 82 percent of tickets and has grossed $11.2 million which is about the same as last year's tour at the same point.
The first 19 shows of this tour averaged 9,456 attendees per city, very close to last year's 9,771 for the same period, according to Billboard Boxscores.
In the industry aboout 40 percent of tickets go unsold, Billboard senior touring editor Ray Waddell told USA Today. "They're doing better than average," he explained. "These are baby acts on their first national tour, even if they have had the best exposure you can get."
The tour numbers may be helped by the fact that both American Idol Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert were favorites with a huge fan base, and several of the other finalists developed significant followings as well. Also, there is the theory that it is helpful that seven of the top ten performers are guys since Idol concerts tend to draw a high percentage of girls.
"Adam Lambert may have lost to Kris Allen on 'American Idol,' but judging by the summer tour, the competition for the hearts of the fans (and critics) is still on," reported Newsday.
Twitter messages and online reviews reveal that fans have overwhelmingly been thrilled with the tour performances. And word-of-mouth reviews from one fan to another could also have an impact on ticket sales.
Besides Allen and Lambert, Idol finalists performing are Allison Iraheta, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Joy, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre. Sphere: Related Content
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