Touring Award Nomination

Here are the finalists for the 2006 Billboard Touring Awards, to be presented Nov. 9 at New York's Roosevelt Hotel. The event caps the third annual Billboard Touring Conference.


TOP TOUR
Bon Jovi, Have A Nice Day
Madonna, Confessions
The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang

TOP DRAW
Bon Jovi
Madonna
The Rolling Stones

TOP PACKAGE
Kenny Chesney with Dierks Bentley, Sugarland/Carrie Underwood/Jake Owen
Def Leppard/Journey with Stoll Vaughn
Rascal Flatts with Gary Allan and Jason Aldean

TOP BOXSCORE
Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden, New York
Madonna at Wembley Arena, London
Luis Miguel at Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City

BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Nickelback
Brad Paisley
Shakira

TOP ARENA
Madison Square Garden, New York
TD Banknorth Garden, Boston
Wachovia Center, Philadelphia

TOP COMEDY TOUR
Larry the Cable Guy
Jerry Seinfeld
Ron White

TOP SMALL VENUE (Resident)
Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

TOP SMALL VENUE (Under 10,000 seats, Non-Resident)
Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City
Fox Theatre, Atlanta
Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, Calif.

TOP CLUB
House Of Blues, Anaheim, Calif.
House Of Blues, Atlantic City, N.J.
House Of Blues, Chicago

TOP AMPHITHEATER
Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, N.Y.
PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, N.J.
Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, N.J.

TOP FESTIVAL
Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin, Texas
Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, Tenn.
Lollapalooza, Chicago

TOP MANAGER
Angela Becker and Guy Oseary (Madonna)
Front Line Management
RPM Management/Borman Entertainment

TOP AGENCY
Creative Artists Agency
Monterey Peninsula Artists/Paradigm
William Morris Agency

TOP PROMOTER
AEG Live
HOB Concerts
Live Nation

TOP INDEPENDENT PROMOTER
Gillett Entertainment Group
Jam Productions
Outback Concerts


deb

Please tell me this is some kind of joke???

I thought the same thing Carli, although perhaps they were actually better with some of their other acts than with Bon Jovi.

madonna will beat jovi in the tour dept and the other one the stones will win

And you think that based on what?

deb

And I think the band being nominated means most likely the promoter of that band's tour will be nominated, it's just a natural extension. In the States, I didn't think AEG was any worse or better than Clear Channel.

deb

based on the fact that madonna has all the media hype and she was charging shit loads for tickets

and the stones because the stones heavily out weigh jovi in anything

Well, the Stones didn't sell out Giants and sold way less tickets to there Gillette stadium show then Bon Jovi did. I'm not sure who chooses the winner and on what criteria.

deb

it will be the same as every poll

the stones will always be untouchable

Maybe im biased cos I blame AEG for Hull!!! (and the fact that they didnt bother printing the tickets up until about 4 days before the gigs)