The No. 2 ranking on Hot Tours belongs to The Pop Festival with $13.5 million in concert grosses, continuing the multi-act nature of this week's chart. Colombian pop star Shakira headlines the list of artists on the South America-based tour that also includes Train and Ziggy Marley . With totals from six markets reported by promoter Evenpro/Water Brother, the highest-grossing venue was Estádio do Morumbi in Săo Paulo, Brazil. Ticket sales from the March 19 performance topped 7 million Brazilian reais ($4.2 million US$) with more than 45,000 in attendance at the city's largest outdoor soccer stadium.
2 THE POP FESTIVAL: SHAKIRA, TRAIN & OTHERS
$13,516,890
March 12-27
Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia (1/0)
Centro de Eventos Fiergs, Porto Alegre, Brazil (1/0)
Estádio do Morumbi, Săo Paulo, Brazil (1/0)
Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasília, Brazil (1/0)
Estadio Fútbal Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela (1/0)
115,550 (137,700)
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