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Celeb News: BB: Summer's Hottest Tours!
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BB: Summer's Hottest Tours!
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From A(dele) To Z(ac Brown) In theaters, arenas and stadiums, top superstars are driving a $1 billion season for live music.
ADELE
Label: XL/Columbia
Promoters: Live Nation, AEG Live (for most U.S. Dates)
Agencies: International Talent Booking (Europe), William Morris Endeavor (North America)
Never before has an artist toured after selling 3.4 million albums in one week -- the tally for Adele’s record-setting debut of 25, sales of which now total 8.6 million, according to Nielsen Music. Her European tour, which opened Feb. 29 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has brought viral moments -- selfies with a lookalike fan in Birmingham, England, and tongue-in-cheek twerking at London’s 02 Arena. “She has never sounded better vocally, and her personality is as large a force as ever,” says Kirk Sommer, partner and co-head of music at William Morris Endeavor, which booked the North American tour, opening July 5 in St. Paul, Minn.
BEYONCÉ
Label: Parkwood/Columbia
Promoter: Live Nation
Agency: Creative Artists Agency
Some 111.9 million viewers watched Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7, according to Nielsen, with its halftime show featuring Coldplay, Bruno Mars and the electrifying Beyonce. So it was no surprise that when tickets for Bey’s North American tour went on sale in late February, almost every date sold out -- despite the superstar is playing only stadium shows. “It’s a great accomplishment,” says Arthur Fogel, president of Live Nation Global Touring and chairman of Live Nation Global Music, of the singer’s solid sweep of stadium shows, supporting new album Lemonade. Following North America, Beyonce then will play Europe through late July.
JUSTIN BIEBER
Label:Schoolboy/Raymond Braun/Def Jam
Promoter: AEG Live
Agency: CAA
Compared to the shows that Justin Bieber played to promote 2012's Believe album, his fan base for his current Purpose World Tour "has grown dramatically," says Rob Light, CAA partner, managing director and head of music. "On the last tour, you could argue that 90 percent of the audience was teenage girls. Now it's an unbelievable mix: teenagers, girls in their 20s, women in their 30s, men; it's a true cross-section rock audience." Stage effects -- a rising transparent cage, a trampoline, indoor rain -- are highlights of the North America arena run, which will wrap July 18 and 19 at New York's Madison Square Garden.
COLDPLAY
Label: Parlophone/Atlantic/AG
Promoters: SJM Concerts (United kingdom), Live Nation (rest of the world)
Agencies: Paradigm Talent Agency (United states), X-Ray Touring (rest of the world)
SELENA GOMEZ
Label: Interscope/IGA
Promoters: Live Nation, AEG Live, Beaver Productions, C3 Presents
Agency: WME
For Selena Gomez's North American tour, opening May 6 in Las Vegas, "an entirely new creative team is onboard, including Baz Halpin, who is one of the top tour directors, lighting designers and set designers in the business," says WME partner John Marx, the *singer's agent for tours. Halpin is president/CEO of Silent House Productions, whose credits include recent tours by Taylor Swift and Pink and Katy Perry's Super Bowl halftime show in 2015. With bigger production, Gomez is going for the largest live audience of her career, playing at least 79 shows in 27 countries, says Marx.
MUDCRUTCH
Label: Reprise/Warner Bros.
Promoters: VARIOUS
Agency: WME
ZAC BROWN BAND
Label: John Varvatos/Southern Ground/Big Machine Label Group/Republic
Promoters: Live Nation, AEG Live
Agency: CAA
HALSEY
Label: Astralwerks
Promoters: Live Nation, AEG Live (for most U.S. dates)
Agency: Paradigm Talent Agency/AM Only
KENNY CHESNEY
Label: Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville
Promoter: Messina Touring Group/AEG Live
Agency: Morris Higham Management
RIHANNA
Label: Westbury Road/Roc Nation
Promoter: Live Nation
Agency: WME
As Rihanna brings her tour to European stadiums this summer for shows through late August, she can relish a review from another pop culture star. "It's the most profoundly psychosexual hour-and-a-half I have ever enjoyed," wrote Lena Dunham in her Lenny Letter newsletter after attending Rihanna's concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on April 2. "From the moment she appeared in celestial white to Moan 'Stay' 'til her Helmut Newton-tinged grindathon finale of 'Kiss It Better,' I knew I was in the presence of otherworldly greatness."
STING and PETER GABRIEL
Label: Cherrytree/Interscope (Sting), Real World (Gabriel)
Promoter: Live Nation
Agencies: CAA (Sting), WME (Gabriel)
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full @ http://www.billboard.com/articles/ne...y-selena-gomez
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PEOPLE Magazine:
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Purpose World Tour: Justin Bieber
"Two months into it, and he already feels beat," a source tells PEOPLE. "He's not losing it, though. He's just trying to find ways to focus."
Revival World Tour: Selena Gomez
Gomez's hot-as-hell tour is the true definition of "revival," as she leans into a new, edgier persona and pushes herself artistically and vocally. She's also not taking s--- from anyone.
Formation World Tour: Beyoncé
Ever since she dropped the single "Formation" – and then the surprise album Lemonade – buzz around her tour has been building. (As could be expected, tickets to her summer tour sold out almost instantly.)
MMXVI World Tour: Dixie Chicks
Delirium World Tour: Ellie Goulding
Anti World Tour: Rihanna
Though initially delayed due to production problems, the Barbadian singer's tour kicked off in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 12.
Adele Live 2016
The tour has been epic, and not just because of her powerhouse vocals. Kicking off her tour in Ireland in March, she helped a woman to propose to her boyfriend in front of an 11,000-strong audience – on Leap Day.
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I can't wait to see the Queen live
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My taste:
Adele
Beyonce
Rihanna
Justin Bieber (maybe)
Coldplay (maybe if they came to Canada)
Selena Gomez
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I see my faves
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Can't wait to see Bey in June. 
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Halsey 
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Halsey up there with legends 
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Halsey 
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Coldplay would have the biggest tour of the Year bookmark me 
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I'm seeing Gwen Stefani and Blink-182 this summer!
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I wanna see Adele, Bey & Selena! <3
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Already saw Rihanna, not interested in seeing the others.
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As Rihanna brings her tour to European stadiums this summer for shows through late August, she can relish a review from another pop culture star. "It's the most profoundly psychosexual hour-and-a-half I have ever enjoyed," wrote Lena Dunham in her Lenny Letter newsletter after attending Rihanna's concert at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on April 2. "From the moment she appeared in celestial white to Moan 'Stay' 'til her Helmut Newton-tinged grindathon finale of 'Kiss It Better,' I knew I was in the presence of otherworldly greatness."
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Already saw Rihanna, not interested in seeing the others.
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I already seen Rih and Bey 
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Bey outgrossing everyone after the next legs anounced.
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Gonna see Selena on Friday!
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Me too, and Selena.
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Can't wait for Selena and DNCE to come to Melbourne!!!
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