Sunday, 25 May 2008
Weekend Ticketing: Madonna, Coldplay, Tina Turner, American Idols Live, Brad Paisley
Madonna [ tickets ]'s world tour to support her latest No. 1 album, "Hard Candy," will reach North American shores this fall, and tickets begin to roll out in the coming days.Saturday (5/17) on-sales are planned in Boston and Chicago, while Monday (5/19) on-sales are set for New York City and East Rutherford, NJ.[Click to search for Madonna tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *British alt-rockers Coldplay [ tickets ] will soon dive into a full North American outing to support their forthcoming album, "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends."Tickets hit the market Friday (5/16) for the tour's Phiadelphia (via comcasttix.com) and Oklahoma City stops. Saturday (5/17) on-sales are set for Washington, DC; Hartford, CT; Auburn Hills, MI; Cleveland, OH; St. Paul, MN; Kansas City, MO; Glendale, AZ; and Las Vegas.[Click to search for Coldplay tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *Rock and soul legend Tina Turner [ tickets ] has booked her first tour dates in more than seven years, and tickets continue to hit the market in new cities.On-sales begin Monday (5/19) for shows in Los Angeles; Anaheim, San Jose and Sacramento, CA; as well as Kansas City, MO; Minniapolis, MN; Orlando, FL; Atlanta; Washington, DC; Newark, NJ; Uniondale, NY; and Hartford, CT.[Click to search for Tina Turner tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *The Top 10 contestants from the seventh season of Fox-TV talent show "American Idol"--Carly Smithson, Brooke White, Syesha Mercado, David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro, Chikezie Eze, Kristy Lee Cook, Michael Johns and Ramiele Malubay--will take to the road this summer for the "American Idols Live [ tickets ]" tour.Tickets hit the market Friday (5/18) for the tour's stop in Toronto, and Sunday (5/19) on-sales are planned for Los Angeles and Anaheim, CA. On-sales begin Saturday (5/18) for all of the other shows on the itinerary.[Click to search for American Idols Live tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *Country star Brad Paisley [ tickets ] has unveiled a mammoth summer schedule that features a few special guests--including Jewel--who'll join him on the road.Tickets hit the market Friday (5/16) in Hartford, CT; and Virginia Beach, VA. Saturday (5/17) on-sales are set in Dallas; while on-sales begin Monday (5/19) in Louisville, KY.[Click to search for Brad Paisley tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *Ticket on-sale information for many other artists--including Bon Jovi [ tickets ], Steely Dan [ tickets ], Rascal Flatts [ tickets ], Tony Bennett [ tickets ] and B.B. King [ tickets ]--is available at LiveDaily's Ticket Report.* * *Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available from Ticketmaster and Ticketmaster.com, as well as the venue box office. On-sale dates and/or times are subject to change. Ticketmaster is LiveDaily's parent company.