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Monday, May 25th, 2009He heading image says it all really. AC/DC have sold out big time Down Under with their “Black Ice Tour”. Congrats guys!
Stats from Undercover.com.au
Demand for the AC/DC tickets around Australia has been incredible.
In Melbourne, 110,000 tickets for the shows sold out in less than one hour. In Perth, the Subiaco Oval show sold out in [...]
AC/DC Tour Tickets On Sale Monday!
Thursday, May 21st, 2009AC/DC Down Under In 2010
Sunday, May 10th, 2009AC/DC “Black Ice Tour” concert dates for 2010 as confirmed thus far:
January 30th in Wellington
February 6th in Auckland
February 11th in Melbourne - Etihad Stadium
February 18th in Sydney - ANZ Stadium
February 25th in Brisbane - Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre
March 2nd in Adelaide - Adelaide Oval
March 6th in Perth - Subiaco Oval
Setlist likely to be:
Rock n Roll Train (from Black Ice, 2008)
Hell Ain’t a Bad Place [...]
Britney Spears another week on top of the world - Circus is ‘Global Album of the Week’
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Britney Spears has continued her form from last week, having the best selling album in the world for he second consecutive week with “Circus”.
In second place was Beyonce with her double-disc “I Am.. Sasha Fierce” followed by AC/DC’s “Black Ice”, Take That’s “The Circus” and P!nk’s “Funhouse” respectively.
See this weeks sales figures:
#1 Britney Spears - [...]
Biggest selling albums in the USA in 2008
Friday, January 2nd, 2009To top off a fantastic year of music Nielsen SoundScan has released the biggest sellers of 2008 in their end of year report.
In a year that became the most successful in American music history, Lil Wayne’s new album “Tha Carter III” was the biggest selling record of the year in the USA, selling 2,874,000 copies in 2008.
Coldplay had the second [...]
Happy New Year.. Looking back at 2008
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Here I take a look at some of the significant commercial releases and music events of 2008:
Grammys 08
Amy Winehouse took home 5 Grammy Awards in early February. From the Grammys onwards, Winehouse’s album “Back to Black” sold 5 million copies in ‘08, meaning her album, originally released in 2006, was the second biggest album of [...]
Biggest Selling Album In The World - Charts in!
Sunday, December 28th, 2008As previously reported, Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” is 2008’s biggest selling release. The second biggest SELLING album this year isn’t actually an album RELEASED this year, or last year for that matter!
In an astonishing second place, with sales of 5 million worldwide, is none other than Amy Winehouse!
Her “Back To Black” album, released in late [...]
The Circuses share glory with ‘Global Album Of The Week’ title
Friday, December 26th, 2008Britney Spears’ “Circus” and Take That’s “The Circus” have both topped this weeks Global Album Chart - the albums selling 412,000 copies each this week! That means Britney FINALLY has the biggest selling album in the world, a whole THREE WEEKS after her set was released. The last two weeks prior she was beaten by Japanese groups [...]
AC/DC top the ‘Biggest Selling Artists of 2008′ in the USA
Monday, December 22nd, 2008As I expected, AC/DC sold more albums in the United States of America during the course of 2008. Their new album “Black Ice” has gone ballistic sales-wise, while their back catalogue has also performed amazingly on the Catalogue charts.
Lil Wayne, Taylor Swift and Metalica were also expected inclusions atop the list.
The world’s three biggest selling acts [...]
AC/DC tickets sell like hot cakes!
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Tickets for a concert Vienna concert by Aussie rockers AC/DC have sold out within minutes.
The concert is set for May 24 at the Ernst Happel Stadium which seats 50,000 spectators! Further to the reaction to ticket sales promoters are said to be considering a second concert for Vienna.
AC/DC also sold out their concert at Scotland’s Hampden [...]