Concert Pulse: Eric Church Logs $2.9M Average; Disturbed, John Prine, Hombres G Enter

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The big news on the Global Concert Pulse chart this week is Eric Church, who entered the chart at No. 2 with a whopping $2.9 million average gross per market appearance.
Church reported eight market appearance with an average ticket price of $97.62 and an average attendance of 29,729 per market appearance. 
Pollstar wrote about Church’s Messina Touring Group-produced Double Down tour in this week’s Boxoffice Insider. The run staged multiple nights in Kansas City, Mo.; Detroit; Minneapolis; Boston; St. Louis, Mo.; and Omaha, Neb. Its total gross currently sits at $21 million with 208,422 seats sold. 
Disturbed was the next new entry on the chart, at the No. 34 position. The rockers averaged a $439,726 gross per market appearance with an average of 7,243 tickets. Plenty of shows topped the $500K mark, including stops in Laval, Quebec; Uncasville, Conn.; and Minneapolis. 
Disturbed is topping the lineup of Rocklahoma this year with another new entry to this week’s chart, Shinedown, who came on at No. 41.
Latin act “Huevos Revueltos” / Hombres G re-entered the chart at No. 51 with an average gross of $285,550. The band was averaging 8,641 tickets per market appearance with an average price of $33. 
John Prine also found his way back onto the chart this week, at No. 73, with an average gross of $187,806. 
Prine was featured on the cover of Pollstar and Holly Gleason wrote a glowing review of his performance at Ryman Auditorium last year.
Other new entries on the chart include Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons (No. 48); Rezz (No. 76); TobyMac (No. 83); Lake Street Dive (No. 89); Lily Allen (No. 96); Chris Tomlin (No. 98); and John Crist at lucky No. 100.
Pollstar’s weekly Global Concert Pulse chart tracks average gross among reports submitted in the last few months. If you would like to submit reports to Pollstar’s Boxoffice Department, click here.
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