DEF LEPPARD, JUDAS PRIEST On This Week's 'Hot Tours' List

October 7, 2011

DEF LEPPARD and HEART have topped this week's Billboard.com "Hot Tours" rankings with ticket sales from 32 performances from the two bands' joint "Mirror Ball" tour. The four-month summer trek of the U.S. and Canada included stops primarily at outdoor amphitheaters and arenas. The DEF LEPPARD/HEART ranking is based on ticket totals from concerts that occurred from July 27 to September 24. During that time period, show grosses topped $14.5 million from 278,392 sold seats. Included among the shed and arena dates on the schedule were performances at state fairs in Iowa (August 13),Kentucky (August 19) and Minnesota (August 26).

Artist/Event: DEF LEPPARD & HEART
Total Gross: $14,572,714
Show Dates: July 27 - September 24
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)"
- Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati (1/0)
- First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Ill. (1/0)
- Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, N.Y. (1/0)
- Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Va. (1/0)
- Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (1/0)
- PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, N.J. (1/0)
- Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, Mo. (1/0)
- Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, Ind. (1/0)
- Iowa State Fair, Des Moines (1/0)
- Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto (1/0)
- DTE Energy Music Center, Clarkston, Mich. (1/0)
- Freedom Hall Coliseum, Louisville, Ky. (1/0)
- First Niagara Pavilion, Burgettstown, Pa. (1/0)
- Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, N.Y. (1/0)
- Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (1/0)
- Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul (1/0)
- Sprint Center, Kansas City (1/0)
- Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, Englewood, Colo. (1/0)
- USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, Utah (1/0)
- Hard Rock Casino Presents The Pavilion, Albuquerque (1/0)
- Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion, Phoenix (1/0)
- MGM Grand Garden, Las Vegas (1/0)
- Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, Calif. (1/0)
- Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, Calif. (1/0)
- Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, Calif. (1/0)
- Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Marysville, Calif. (1/0)
- Sleep Country Amphitheater, Ridgefield, Wash. (1/0)
- White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, Wash. (1/0)
- BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. (1/0)
- New Orleans Arena, New Orleans (1/0)
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas (1/0)
- AT&T Center, San Antonio (1/0)
Total Attendance: 278,392
Capacity: 558,465

Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST
Total Gross: $2,911,100
Show Dates: August 9 - September 15
- O2 World, Berlin (1/0)
- Arena Anhembi, So Paulo, Brazil (1/0)
- Citibank Hall, Rio de Janeiro (1/0)
- Chevrolet Hall, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (1/0)
- Ginsio Nilson Nelson, Braslia, Brazil (1/0)
Total Attendance: 35,843
Capacity: 72,108

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