Chart Scene: Tim McGraw’s ‘Standing Room Only Tour’ Earns Top Debut On LIVE75

With box-office reports submitted from his “Standing Room Only Tour,” Tim McGraw secures the highest-ranked debut on LIVE75 based on sold tickets at 17 concerts on the tour that land in the chart’s eligibility time frame. The total number of tickets sold was 177,363, which averages 10,433 per show to take the No. 15 position on the chart.

His best-attended performance, though, produced a ticket count of 13,329 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 20. It was one of two concerts with over 13,000 tickets sold, as he also filled 13,140 seats at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on March 29. Those two shows also have the highest grosses reported on the tour so far, with the St. Paul venue scoring a $1.56 million box-office haul and Seattle’s arena taking in $1.49 million.

The country veteran’s headlining tour, set in North American arenas, kicked off on March 14 and is booked at 45 venues through the end of June. Three of the shows are set in Canadian venues including Vancouver’s Rogers Arena which welcomed the tour on March 27 and drew a crowd of 10,040. The 42 U.S. arenas booked on the tour will all host McGraw for a single performance. Country artist Carly Pearce is the tour’s opening act throughout the run.

On the Artist Power Index, the top-ranked debut at No. 17 belongs to Irish singer-songwriter Hozier who kicked off the 2024 extension of his “Unreal Unearth Tour” on April 20 at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek. He is booked at venues in North America through early June and again in late July with a string of European dates in between.

The tour supporting his third studio album, released last August, launched in the UK in June of last year and included headlining dates and festival appearances in both Europe and North America through the remainder of 2023. Among his shows reported last year, the top ticket tally was recorded in his home country with 24,980 in attendance for one performance at Dublin’s Malahide Castle on June 30. Stateside, the most tickets were sold for his two shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado in October, attended by a total of 18,691 fans. The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, however, had the best ticket count for a single U.S. show with 17,353 sold for a sellout Nov. 4.

Other artists debuting this week on the Artist Power Index include Canadian performer Tate McRae who joins Hozier in the top 20 with the launch of her “Think Later World Tour.” Then, Colombian artist Feid enters with the 26th ranking after beginning his “Ferxxocalipsis Tour” booked in North America through July.

Kenny Chesney makes his first APX appearance this year at No. 27 following the opening night of the “Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour” that began on April 20 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, his traditional stadium tour launch site. His performance drew a massive crowd of 60,529 to set a new personal best in attendance for the country star at the stadium. It was his first concert to top the 60,000 threshold in ticket sales there, surpassing a 2022 show that previously held his Tampa attendance record with 58,369 fans present during his “Here and Now Tour.”

Finally, Wiz Khalifa is the fifth performer to debut on the Artist Power Index, landing at No. 32 based on four concerts. Included was his April 20 event at Red Rocks Amphitheatre with Flatbush Zombies as well as a “Red Rocks Pre-Party” show the previous night at Denver’s Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom.