It was announced on Friday that U2 is adding a 2nd show in Toronto before the 1st show sells out, or even goes onsale.  The two shows will go on sale at the same time starting today, March 30th.  If you are one of the lucky ones to get tickets to one of these congrats!! But if you don’t, there are several other cities that U2 is visiting and you can get your tickets to all of them at TicketCity.com or by calling us at 1-800-SOLD OUT!

Michael Jackson tickets went onsale at 2am CST this morning.  I was one of the lucky few to be a part of this memorable experience, but was unfortunately not one of the many that was able to buy any tickets.  If you didn’t know about when these 45 shows in London went on sale, or if you were like me, and were unable to secure tickets, visit us at www.Ticketcity.com or call one of our dedicated sales staff at 1-800-SOLD OUT to get your hands on a few of these hot seats!

There are a ton of events going on right now, but what are the top events globally?  What are the sports, concerts and theater that everyone wants to see?  Below is a quick look at some of the most searched terms/events/categories on the TicketCity.com website.

TOP TICKET SEARCHES:
* Concert Tickets – Tons & tons & tons of people are looking for tickets to their favorite artist or performer.  Our main Concert Tickets page is one of the highest traffic pages on our website.  Because of that we are going to be releasing some new features soon to make it easier to find information on your favorite concert performer.  The most searched genre on our concert tickets page is “Rock music”, followed closely by “Country music”.  A few of the top performers right now are: AC/DC, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen, Jonas Brothers, Leonard Cohen, Sugarland, Taylor Swift & the shows at the Houston Rodeo.  Others that are starting to draw more traffic are: Michael Jackson and U2.  U2 has announced they will be touring the globe in Fall.  The one-time “King of Pop” is playing a series of shows in London; there are rumors about him setting up a series of shows in the United States.

* Sports Tickets – The NFL & College Football are the two most popular sporting events on our website.  Both are out-of-season right now but still drawing large traffic numbers as people search for ticket deals for the 2009 football season.  Dallas Cowboys tickets has been a particularly hot search term, mostly due to the fact that the Cowboys are moving into a new stadium for the upcoming season.  Fans of the Cowboys want to see the new “Jerry World” and are trying to find the best deals on tickets.
The largest traffic these days is being split between College Basketball (a speciality of TicketCity) and NBA Tickets.  In the college segment most people are searching for conference tournament tickets; the most demand is for Big 12 Tournament Tickets & Big East Tournament Tickets, although demand for the ACC Tournament is solid as well.  The NCAA Tournament regional sites are just now starting to draw some interest, although the real buying will not pickup until the NCAA Tournament teams are announced.
On-site demand for NBA tickets is all about the top teams, the most searched terms are Cavs, Celtics, Lakers & Spurs.
The Major League Baseball season is starting in a few weeks, so the traffic is building for that.  Most people searching for baseball are either looking for World Baseball Classic tickets or for New York Yankees tickets.  Other popular search terms are Cubs, Dodgers, Mets and Red Sox.
The demand for NHL tickets is light compared to the other categories, but there are still quite a few queries for the top teams.  Earlier this year, NHL searches were at an all-time for the NHL Winter Classic played at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Spring is not just about team sports, it is also major sporting events.  The two biggest events in that spectrum are both drawing a ton of traffic right now; both The Masters and the Kentucky Derby are two of the most searched terms on the site.  Demand for Masters has been increasing steadily since Tiger Woods returned to the course in late February.

* Theater Tickets - Across the board the demand (and searches) for Broadway Tickets have been down slightly.  But there are still many individual shows that are getting a ton of traffic.  Leading that group is Wicked.  Demand for Wicked tickets has been strong for well over a year and it remains one of the top draws on Broadway.  Right behind Wicked right now in searches is Shrek the Musical.  The other, non-Broadway, theater show that has been burning up the charts is Flight of the Conchords.  Search traffic and demand for this hit show has been unexpectedly huge.

So there is a quick look at what is hot at TicketCity right now.  If you are looking for tickets for one of these shows, or any other, please call 1.800.880.8886 to speak with one of our talented Sales Associates.  Or you buy online at TicketCity.com.

After a 15 year hiatus, Leonard Cohen is taking the US Stage again.  This go-round he is making his way to the Michael and Susan Dell Hall in Austin, Texas. 

Tickets went on sale this morning and sold out in about 10 minutes.  Websites were running slow and not letting people empty their shopping carts, while people were getting very aggravated at the ticket window when no tickets were available at the box office. 

If you were one of the few to get tickets today, feel grateful.  Very Grateful!! But if you were one of the many who were unable to obtain this hot, sold-out event, no need to fret.  TicketCity.com was able to get a few tickets for this show, so you might be in luck.  If you call us at 1-800-SOLD OUT or visit TicketCity you might be able to secure the tickets that you have been trying to get.  But don’t waste time, because these tickets will go as fast as they did from the box office!  Don’t waste another minute, and get your tickets to Leonard Cohen TODAY!!!

In lieu of the fact that TicketCity.com is not going to be selling wristbands, I feel that it is necessary to get the word out on how to purchase them on your own! 

There are some funky rules though, so BEWARE!!

ADVANCED WRISTBANDS:
>This year ALL the advanced wristbands are going to be sold online.
>There is NO LOTTERY THIS YEAR
>These are on a first-come, first serve basis, until they sell out (of the initial round of 4000 – yes four thousand – wristbands) or March 9, 2009, whichever happens first.
>After these run out or after March 9th, the wristbands are list priced at $180 each but all the info below is still required (besides area address)
>Max of two (one for the AREA RESIDENT and one for a guest)
>Purchaser must be one of the wristband recipients and must provide:
-Your info: Name, phone number, valid credit card number and expiration with a local billing address (all the Austin zips work as well as Bastrop -78602 and Bretram – 78605), drivers license number (or government-issued ID number)! And that’s just for yours!
-Guests information must include: separate name and email
>Each person may only purchase TWO wristbands, although if you succeed in purchasing more than two, you will be charged but only the person originally on the guest wristband will be able to use it!! (LAME!! So if I were you I wouldn’t push your luck and stick with two!!!)

****ALL WRISTBANDS ARE ASSIGNED BY NAME AND ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE AND NO-REFUNDABLE (SO…make sure the person you put down, isn’t a flake… because you can’t give it to anyone else)

PICKUP:
>Each person must pick up their individual wristband that will be fastened to them at that time and not removed until the end of the festival
>You must present a valid drivers license or government issued ID
>You can’t pick up your guest or any other person’s wristband
>Don’t tamper with the wristband, because they will become invalid

AND NOW FOR THE FINALE!!!

If you still want to get some…I mean two…ONLY TWO…..BUY THEM!!

There are so many great performers that are scheduled to perform at the 2009 Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tennessee from June 11th thru 14th.  The big names of this festival include Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish, the Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, and Wilco.  Also with Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Elvis Costello and many more, this festival will be nothing short of memorable and lets not forget….FUN!!

The 2009 Bonnaroo will also be feature some exclusive festival performances as of yet.  Bonnaroo will host Springsteen’s only North American festival performance of the year and the reunited Phish have Bonnaroo as the only festival stop in their plans for 2009.  But for all you Phish fans out there, don’t expect this jam band to just play for an hour and you won’t see them again!  Phish is scheduled to play a two-set performance and a late evening set on two separate nights.  The Beastie Boys will also be playing their only confirmed date of the year so far at this festival. 

Other confirmed acts for the festival include Ben Harper with his new band Relentless7, TV on the Radio, Gov’t Mule, Merle Haggard, Andrew Bird, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Mars Volta, Paul Oakenfold, MGMT, Bon Iver, Animal Collective and Erykah Badu.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 7th at Bonaroo.com. This is your chance to be a part of this melting pot of various musical stylings.  Each band different than the next.  Allowing you to not only hear the bands you know and  love, but to become acquainted with some that you might not be so familiar ALL AT ONE TIME!  So pack up your car, bring your gas card and your sleeping bag to begin the road trip of a lifetime to the middle of nowhere Tennessee where you will partake in one of the most rediculously fun  experiences of your life!

And always remember, if you can not find the tickets you need to this great event, call us at 1-800-SOLD-OUT or visit TicketCity.com to get your hands on these 4-day passes.

April 14th,2009 is a huge day for the Dave Matthews band.  Not only is the first day of their 2009 tour, but it is also the day that they release their long awaited new yet-to-be-titled studio album.  This is the first album that they have released in 4 years, so the album and the concert are destined to be a hot sellers.

I’m not positive that the whole tour is announced at this time, but the dates that are already scheduled are as follows:

Tue / Apr 14 / Madison Square Garden / New York, NY with The Roots
Wed / Apr 15 / IZOD Center / East Rutherford, NJ with The Roots
Fri / Apr 17 / John Paul Jones Arena / Charlottesville, VA with Old Crow Medicine Show
Sat / Apr 18 / John Paul Jones Arena / Charlottesville, VA with Old Crow Medicine Show
Mon / Apr 20 / Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham / Pelham, AL with Old Crow Medicine Show
Wed / Apr 22 / TWC Music Pavilion / Raleigh, NC with The Avett Brothers
Fri / Apr 24 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre / Charlotte, NC with The Avett Brothers
Sat / Apr 25 / Vanderbilt Stadium / Nashville, TN Special Show, support to be announced soon!
Tue / Apr 28 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park / Alpharetta, GA with The Avett Brothers
Wed / Apr 29 / Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park / Alpharetta, GA with The Avett Brothers
Fri / May 1 / Cynthia L. Woods Mitchell Pavilion / The Woodlands, TX with The Avett Brothers
Sat / May 2 / Superpages.com Center / Dallas, TX with The Avett Brothers
Tue / May 5 / Journal Pavilion / Albuquerque, NM with The Avett Brothers
Wed / May 6 / Cricket Wireless Pavilion / Phoenix, AZ with The Avett Brothers
Fri / May 8 / MGM Grand Garden Arena / Las Vegas, NV with Jason Mraz
Sat / May 9 / MGM Grand Garden Arena / Las Vegas, NV with Jason Mraz

Tickets for most of these shows go onsale January 15th.  So mark your calendars!  But if you don’t get tickets or you don’t want to “Get In Line,” you don’t have to “Say Goodbye” to see them on tour.  Ticketcity.com won’t “Let you Down.”  ”What Would You Say” to looking on ticketcity.com to find those tickets when they sell out?!  We are sure to have what you are looking for!  And if you are worried about paying “Too Much,” remember, you “Pay For What You Get” and Dave Matthew’s Band is definitely worth it!

Billy Joel and Elton John,which happen to be the most successful and longest-running concert duo in pop history, come together for their Face 2 Face tour starting in Jacksonville, FL on March 2, 2009.  The concert features them playing piano and singing a series of duets, but also each performer will have a set with there own band featuring both musicians greatest hits and select classics.  To finish off the night, the two phenominal performers will come back together, bands in tow for a final encore to top off the night.

Don’t miss your chance to be one of the first to get your Face 2 Face tickets with Elton John and Billy Joel.  There is a presale for this amazing show is going on as we speak, but it ends tonight December 5th at 10pm. So you better hurry because great seats are going fast.

Getting tickets has never been easier and Ticketcity has the info you need.

All you need to do is use the Password ‘PIANO’ when you enter to buy your presale tickets and you are set.

If all presale tickets are sold out have no fear, because they go onsale to the general public on December 6th at 10am EST.

A tour that is…..On the dawn of Britney’s 27th Birthday and the release of her sixth studio album “Circus,” Spears announced a new world Tour.  Her single “Womanizer” has already become a number one hit and I’m going to be bold enough to say that it won’t be her last from this album.  Tickets go onsale the weekend of Dec 6th, but we have the presale code available for you at Ticketcity.com. 

If you want to obtain tickets before the general public does, the presale password is IHEARTBRIT.  Just go to the appropiate site to purchase the tickets (most are sold on ticketmaster) and type in this password to be the first to get these hot seats!!

If you aren’t quite sure if she’s coming to a city near you, here is her current tour schedule:

March, 2009

3 New Orleans, La.– New Orleans Arena
5 Atlanta, Ga. — Philips Arena
7 Miami, Fla. — American Airlines Arena
8 Tampa, Fl a. — St Pete Times Forum
11 Uniondale, N.Y. — Nassau Coliseum
13 Newark, N.J — Prudential Center
16 Boston, Mass. — TD Banknorth Garden
18 Toronto, Ont. — Air Canada Center
20 Montreal, Que. — Bell Center
24 Washington D.C.– Verizon Center
26 Uncasville, Conn. — Mohegan Sun
27 Pittsburgh, Pa. — Mellon Arena
30 Houston, Texas — Toyota Center
31 Dallas, Texas — American Airlines Center

April, 2009

2 Kansas City, Mo. — Sprint Center
3 Minneapolis, Minn. — Target Center
6 Edmonton, Alb. — Rexall Place
8 Vancouver, B.C. — GM Place
9 Tacoma, Wash. — Tacomadome
11 Sacramento, Calif. — Arco Arena
12 San Jose, Calif. — HP Pavilion
14 Salt Lake City, Utah — Energysolutions Arena
16 Los Angeles, Calif. — Staples Center
19 Anaheim, Calif. — Honda Center
24 Glendale, Ariz. — Jobing.Com Arena
25 Las Vegas, Nev. — MGM Grand Garden
28 Chicago, Ill. — Allstate Arena

You better be quick to get your presale tickets, because they are going fast!  And don’t worry too much about most of the tickets that you can get.  With all of her concerts being set up “in the round,” (meaning in the center of the arena) most of the seats will give you a great view of the stage! 

If you are unable to get tickets or you are like me and just aren’t satisfied with anything but the best, make sure to check out the inventory that we are carrying for each of these shows by calling 1-800-SOLD-OUT or by visiting us online at Ticketcity.com!!

Springtime means it’s rodeo time again, and the Houston Rodeo is just around the corner. Tickets for the 2008 Houston Rodeo go on-sale January 12th at 10AM through Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. You will be able to buy individual tickets for all 21 shows at the rodeo. And if you cannot find the tickets you need through the public on-sale, then you can buy tickets here.

The Houston Rodeo is one of the premier entertainment events in the state of Texas. Every March the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Association brings in some of the biggest music superstars to play at rodeo. Each night for 3 weeks there are rodeo events, followed by a concert. And all of this great entertainment takes place within the friendly confines of Reliant Stadium.

Lineup for 2008 Houston Rodeo
March 3 – Tim McGraw
March 4 – Faith Hill
March 5 – Kevin Fowler
March 6 – Alan Jackson
March 7 – John Legend
March 8 – Martina McBride
March 9 – Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana
March 10 – Sugarland
March 11 – Rascal Flatts
March 12 – John Fogerty
March 13 – Toby Keith
March 14 – Clay Walker
March 15 – Brad Paisley
March 16 – Duelo & Los Horoscopos de Durango
March 17 – Miranda Lambert
March 18 – Big & Rich
March 19 – Fergie
March 20 – Dierks Bentley
March 21 – Pat Green
March 22 – Brooks & Dunn

Click here to buy 2008 Houston Rodeo tickets at TicketCity.com. Or call 1-800-SOLD-OUT (765-3688) to buy Rodeo tickets over the phone. There are a ton of great shows to choose from, so don’t miss it. Buy Houston Rodeo tickets today!