The Week in TicketCity Search – July 30th

By a squeaker this week Gaga returns to the top of the countdown. It was very close. Almost had to check for hanging chad. How’s the decade old humor working for you? While the top 2 spots haven’t changed much for months, the number three this week goes to the WWE, who spent a lot time in our backyard recently. They’re on their way to other markets, so probably won’t be figuring so strongly in the countdown next week.

The big ManU tour culminated in a game against the “MLS All-Stars”, pushing MLS into the top 10 this week. It was between them and searches for Manchester United directly, so I give it them this week. Rounding out the top 5 is Drake, who has joined the populous fraternity of countdown entrants who appear and disappear from one week to the next.

Leading off the lower 5 is John Mayer, who has been touring most of the summer and made a few appearances on the countdown. Following him is the Jonas Brothers, who have not posed any threat to the esteemed Mr. Bieber’s dominance of the top 2 spots. I wondered a while back if they would, and that question has been answered with a resounding ‘no.’ The initial pop for Dave Matthews Band has cooled a bit, as they fall from 3 to 9, leading to the Dallas Cowboys who sneak in at #10 this week as the NFL preseason rapidly approaches.

Current
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Last
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1 2 Lady Gaga
2 1 Justin Bieber
3 4 WWE
4 - MLS
5 - Drake
6 - John Mayer
7 8 Longhorns Football
8 - Jonas Brothers
9 3 Dave Matthews Band
10 - Dallas Cowboys

The Week in TicketCity Search – March 12th

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While March hasn’t yet been officially diagnosed with any mental disorders, the NCAA basketball conference tournaments figure heavily in this weeks countdown. The Big 12, Big East, and SEC all put in appearances as last minute shoppers jockey for seats to the championship games. Those opportunities are quickly evaporating, as Saturday brings the conference games to close and Sunday is the NCAA Tournament selection show. So, gentlemen, start your brackets… specifically the one to your left…

Taylor Swift did remain atop the countdown, and John Mayer surged a bit to #2. The esteemed Mr. Bieber put in his poorest performance in recent memory, dropping to the bottom five to join the WWE and a couple of countdown newcomers. The more notable of the two new entries to the countdown is, of course, Conan O’Brien, whose recently announced comedy tour is a very sudden, very big hit before the first show has even gone on the books.

The other countdown newcomer is the country music group Lady Antebellum, whom Wikipedia informs me is made up of 3 people, 2 of whom aren’t ladies at all. I have to say I find that a little disappointing. In any case, they’re playing both the Houston and Austin Rodeos in almost back to back performances, which is no doubt helping to fuel the interest on our site.

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1 1 Taylor Swift
2 4 John Mayer
3 - Houston Rodeo
4 - Big 12 Tournament
5 8 Big East Tournament
6 3 Justin Bieber
7 9 WWE
8 - Conan O’Brien
9 10 SEC Tournament
10 - Lady Antebellum

The Week in TicketCity Search – March 5th

Things nearly return to normal in the top 5 as the Vancouver Games are behind us. Though it seems some folks are already setting their sights a couple years into the future and investigating what our friends in England will be doing in 2012 in London. Taylor Swift returns to a familiar position, top of the countdown, followed by newcomer and sudden-very-hot-ticket Phoenix.

Phoenix is a French alternative rock band who’ve been touring on their most recent album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which received a 2009 Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album. I realize our page for them is “Phoenix The Band”, but that’s because Phoenix “The City in Arizona” was around before they were a garage band in suburban Paris in 1995, and, more importantly, before they became famous.

The esteemed Mr. Bieber returns to #3, while John Mayer climbs to number #4. The bottom five shows signs of what’s to come, as 2 conference championships appear, the Big East and the SEC. Certainly they may post bigger showings next week, before some form of March Madness / Final Four terms take over. It is is March, after all. Calibash heads up a couple notches, while the Dave Matthews Band peaks in at 7 and the WWE and the upcoming Wrestlemania hold steady at 8 this week.

Current
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Keyword
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1 3 Taylor Swift
2 - Phoenix
3 5 Justin Bieber
4 7 John Mayer
5 1 Summer Games
6 8 Calibash
7 - Dave Matthews Band
8 - Big East Tournament
9 9 WWE
10 - SEC Tournament

The Week in TicketCity Search – February 26th

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Again the quadrennial winter sports competition is the week’s winner by a huge margin, thanks to the many various ways people searched for it, though none included “quadrennial winter sports competition”, sadly. Elton John bolts to the top of the week’s concert performers, kicking the esteemed Mr. Bieber from the #2 slot down to 5, while Taylor Swift held steady at #3.

Entering the chart at #4 is Chromeo, whom Wikipedia informs me is an “electrofunk” duo from Montreal, Canada consisting of “Dave 1″ and “P-Thugg”. In doing so, Wikipedia is also subtly informing me that I am getting old. Chromeo played a gig in Vancouver during those aforementioned games, which probably lead the spike in interest. Right now we don’t list any more events, but Chromeo fans can sign up to receive updates if more become available.

The Black Eyed Peas drop back into the countdown at #6 after a short break, followed by John Mayer who has shown some staying power over the past few weeks. This week’s other new entry is Calibash, which is a concert put together by Los Angeles radio station Latino 96.3. Again, no tickets are up right now, but keep checking back.

Current
Rank
Last
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Keyword
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1 1 Winter Games
2 6 Elton John
3 3 Taylor Swift
4 - Chromeo
5 2 Justin Bieber
6 - Black Eyed Peas
7 4 John Mayer
8 - Calibash
9 5 WWE
10 7 Michael Bublé

John Mayer is on Tour!

Wow! I knew working at TicketCity was going to be awesome but it is even better than expected- I just landed some great seats to the John Mayer concert in Austin on March 8th thanks to our wonderful VP of Purchasing, Lou Chaump. (Yes, we are hiring!)

I saw John Mayer in Dallas during his last tour and I promise you it was one of the best live shows I have ever been to.  His light show is fantastic, the crowd is outrageous, and his band is unbelievable.  I remember one of my favorite parts of the show was when John and his guitarist stood back to back and played at the same time on the same guitar! It was very impressive.

If you have not seen John Mayer live, I highly recommend doing so…QUICK! He is on a national tour now through April 10th, 2010 so don’t miss out on a truly amazing show!

There are 12 days left until the show so here are 12 fun facts about John Mayer:

1. John decided he wanted to learn to play the  guitar at the age of 8 after watching Michael J. Fox play “Johnny B. Goode” in Back to the Future

2. One of his biggest musical influences is Stevie Ray Vaughan

3. John first played guitar at age 13 and played his first blues club performance at 15

4. After high school graduation, John Mayer spent 15 months working as a full-service gas station attendant for $7 an hour in order to save up to buy a 1996 Stevie Ray Vaughan signature Stratocaster – a guitar he still uses to this day

5. John spent two semesters at Boston’s Berklee College of Music then dropped out to pursue music in Atlanta, Georgia

6. His first record label, Aware Records, found him after his performance at music festival South by Southwest in early 2000

7. Mayer earned his first #1 single with the song “Daughters”

8. John has won 5 Grammy awards since 2003

9. He is a collector of watches

10. His past girlfriends include Jennifer Love Hewitt, Vanessa Carlton, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelley & Jennifer Aniston

11. His Twitter account, @JohncMAyer has over 3 million followers!

12. John has released 4 studio albums: Room for Squares (2001), Heavier Things (2003), Continuum (2006), Battle Studies (2009)

Expect a blog with lots of pictures 3/9!