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Rihanna’s #1 On Billboard’s Hot Tours Chart ‎

Natalie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:54:52 +0000

Manchester Arena and O2 Arena, the two largest indoor arenas in the U.K., dominate this week’s Hot Tours rankings with concert box office totals reported from the final quarter of 2011. Eight of the 10 top-grossing tours in this week’s tally are based on the reported grosses from these two arenas.

Rihanna is No. 1 with ticket sales revenue from the final European leg of her Loud Tour that began in June 2011 and wrapped in December. Included in her reported totals are seven headlining performances at O2 Arena during the final two months of 2011 (Nov. 13-15, Dec. 1, 20-22). More than 116,000 fans attended the seven London shows with tickets sales totaling £5.3 million ($8.5 US$). The Manchester Arena also reported three Rihanna concerts, adding £2 million ($3.1 US$) to the native Barbadian’s $12.6 million combined box office gross that lands her this week’s top ranking. In addition to these two U.K. arenas, the 15,000-seat O2 World in Hamburg, Germany also reported ticket sales from its Loud Tour performance on Dec. 4 that drew a sellout crowd of 13,409.

Rank

Artist/Event
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity)

RIHANNA

$12,690,654

Nov. 13-Dec. 4

O2 Arena, London (7/0)

Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (3/3)

O2 World, Hamburg (1/1)

178,594 (182,612)

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

$5,724,750

Nov. 7-15

O2 Arena, London (3/0)

Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (2/0)

74,717 (79,924)

PAUL McCARTNEY

$4,073,200

Dec. 5-19

O2 Arena, London (1/0)

Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0)

29,746 (31,513)

COLDPLAY

$2,972,880

Dec. 4-9

Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0)

O2 Arena, London (1/0)

34,735 (35,105)

LEE EVANS

$2,567,080

Nov. 8-12

Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (5/0)

53,391 (54,558)

BRAD PAISLEY

$1,868,639

Jan. 12-14

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich. (1/1)

Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wis. (1/0)

Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, Minn. (1/1)

35,788 (37,067)

BRYAN ADAMS

$1,783,092

Nov. 30-Jan. 18

Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0)

O2 Arena, London (1/0)

Gillioz Theatre, Springfield, Mo. (1/1)

28,545 (30,505)

ALAN CARR

$1,255,920

Nov. 5-6

O2 Arena, London (2/0)

26,136 (31,204)

JAY-Z & KANYE WEST

$1,217,610

Nov. 14

BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, Fla. (1/0)

11,826 (11,837)

BRITNEY SPEARS

$978,972

Nov. 6

Manchester Arena, Manchester, U.K. (1/0)

12,653 (13,644)

Rihanna’s LOUD Tour is the 7th top grossing world tour of 2011

Rodrigo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:28:59 +0000

The annual Pollstar ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is out! Rihanna’s LOUD Tour is at No. 7 with:

Gross: 90.0 million
Average ticket price: 74.95
Average tickets: 15,395
Total tickets: 1,153,846
Average gross: 858,750
Cities shows: 78/99

Rihanna is behind U2, Take That, Bon Jovi, Taylor Swift, Roger Waters and Elton John. Click here to see the full list.

The tour consisted of almost a hundred arena dates this year, including a record-breaking 10 sold-out London O2 dates due to demand, Rock In Rio headliner, and her first stadium concert in Barbados. The tour, featuring over two dozen of her biggest hits, was acclaimed by critics and applauded by fans.

Congratulations, RiRi!

Rihanna wraps up LOUD Tour

Rodrigo — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:27:39 +0000

The LOUD Tour is over!

Rihanna wrapped up her biggest tour to date tonight in London.

Since June 4, 2011, Rihanna has performed in the United States, Canada, Barbados, Finland, Norway, United Kingdom, Brazil, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Rihanna’s opening acts included J. Cole, B.o.B, Cee Lo Green and Calvin Harris. In a few shows she was joined by Drake, Jay-Z and Kanye West.

#LOUDtourMemories: Thousands of fans decided to share their memories today on Twitter. Check them out and share yours!

Click here to read more about the tour. Many backstage videos are also available on whosay.com/rihanna.

Rihanna Navy can’t wait to see you live again, RiRi!

Rihanna receives award for 10-date run at The O2 in London

Rodrigo — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:32:19 +0000

It’s been a good run of concerts for Rihanna, who last night was awarded with a an award in recognition of breaking the record for the most sell-out dates at the venue by a female artist.

Rihanna will have performed to more than 170,000 fans over 10 nights, beating Britney Spears who packed houses over eight nights in June, 2009, during her Circus world tour.

Sally Davies, events director at The O2, said: ‘We at The O2 felt that this amazing record could not pass unrecognised and as Rihanna has spent so much of her time in London at our venue, we wanted to give her something to remember us by. We hope to see her here again very soon.’

Rihanna Dresses Up As Madonna At Private Party In London

Rodrigo — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:26:36 +0000

Rihanna hosted a private party in London on Sunday (18th December) and dressed up as Madonna from her ‘Like A Virgin’ video.

The ‘We Found Love’ singer had just arrived in the capital in preparation for her final three shows of her ‘Loud’ tour and decided to put on a prom party for her tour crew and friends.

Rihanna tweeted:

I’m decked out in lace, sequins, a giant bow, and hair spray!!!!! #80sBaby

Rihanna To Film Final Three Shows Of Loud Tour For Live DVD

Rodrigo — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:38:42 +0000

Big news Navy! You’ve been begging for it & Rihanna heard you! The last three dates of the LOUD Tour at the O2 in London will be filmed for a concert DVD coming out in 2012!

LOUD Tour in Barcelona

Rodrigo — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:05:20 +0000

Princess RiRi performed in front of 18 thousand fans in Barcelona, Spain, last night (Dec. 14).