Zayn and Fifth Harmony performed at the KISS FM Wango Tango that sold-out to 21K+ fans and brought in almost $1.7M. X-Factor franchise-mates Little Mix performed two concerts in Manchester – one of which sold-out and another which nearly did. The Voice’s The Swon Brothers are opening for Idol’s Carrie Underwood for 9 concerts in this report – most of which sold-out. Bea Miller from the X-Factor US is opening for Selena Gomez and DNCE while Pentatonix is headlining in LA. Finally, we have our third X-Factor US alumni in Emblem3 who gave a concert in LA.
In other news, Beyonce is getting sued because the trailer for her HBO special is similar to some indie movie some guy put out at some time on youtube. There are nine similarities during 39 seconds of the 60 second trailer. Fulks wants all the profits stemming from the trailer including from the sale of the album. At the rate copyright suits are coming in, she’ll probably be sued for using the same 4 notes as somebody once did, having a similar vibe to another song and having the same chord progression of some song somebody once sang at the Knitting Factory in Spokane on a Tuesday night. She’s going to have to pay the profits for that album out like 5 times. People will go broke being successful artists. Serves her right – in a world where trailers exist, originality and uniqueness collide while one man will embark on a mission to change the world and although, things are not as they seem, there is one undeniable truth, no trailer has ever contained elements of another.
KIIS FM Wango Tango: Ariana Grande, Zayn, Demi Lovato, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony, Iggy Azalea, DNCE, Alessia Cara, The Chainsmokers, Kygo, Mike Posner, Gwen Stefani
May 14, 2016: Carson, Calif.: StubHub Center: 21,227 of 21,227 (SOLD-OUT): $1,672,407
23 Little Mix, Nathan Sykes, Jagmac
March 24, April 7, 2016: Manchester, U.K.: Manchester Arena: 28,047 of 28,403 (1xSOLD-OUT,1×97%): $1,394,470
Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, The Swon Brothers
May 28, 2016: Toronto, Ontario: Air Canada Centre: 17,499 of 17,499 (SOLD-OUT): $1,121,200
May 17, 2016: Rosemont, Ill.: Allstate Arena: 15,761 of 15,761 (SOLD-OUT): $1,028,181
May 24, 2016: Buffalo, N.Y.: First Niagara Center: 14,355 of 14,355 (SOLD-OUT): $907,410
May 15, 2016: Kansas City, Mo.: Sprint Center: 12,131 of 12,131 (SOLD-OUT): $815,966
May 18, 2016: Cleveland, Ohio: Quicken Loans Arena: 12,270 of 12,270 (SOLD-OUT): $815,190
May 27, 2016: Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Tire Centre: 10,467 of 10,467 (SOLD-OUT): $713,228
May 30, 2016: London, Ontario: Budweiser Gardens: 9,628 of 9,628 (SOLD-OUT): $632,121
May 12, 2016: Billings, Mont: Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark.: 8,771 of 9,855 (89%): $612,016
May 10, 2016: Casper, Wyo.: Casper Events Center: 6,395 of 7,507 (85%): $435,500
Selena Gomez, DNCE, Bea Miller
May 29, 2016: Uncasville, Conn.: Mohegan Sun Arena: 7,139 of 7,139 (SOLD-OUT): $465,290
Pentatonix, Us The Duo, AJ Lehrman
May 1, 2016: Los Angeles, Calif.: Microsoft Theater: 6,505 of 6,505 (SOLD-OUT): $389,308
Emblem3
May 24, 2016: Montreal, Quebec: Theatre Corona: 494 of 600 (82%): $11,321
