Michael Jackson is one of the best to ever do it. Why? Selling out shows in London in a matter of hours is quite impressive.
Billboard reports that a total of 750,000 tickets have been sold, following the pre-sale opened to the public.
The average rate of a ticket was selling at 40,000 an hour when they became available to the general public at 7am GMT yesterday. Flocks of fans from around the word were buying tickets in person at the venue.
"We often talk about unprecedented demand, but this week we have witnessed a live entertainment phenomenon," said Chris Edmonds, managing director, Ticketmaster U.K., in a statement. "We have seen a truly amazing level of interest and demand for tickets from fans from across the world for the Michael Jackson shows at the O2 over the last three days. "This was undoubtedly the busiest demand for tickets for an event which we have ever experienced."
Randy Phillips, president and CEO of AEG Live, added: "The last week has been the most astonishing I have seen in my career in the entertainment business."
Meanwhile, U.K. entertainment retailer HMV is reporting that sales of Michael Jackson's greatest hits album "King Of Pop" (Sony Music Entertainment) have shown a four-fold increase at HMV stores in the U.K. and Ireland and online following the announcement of his O2 concerts. Sales for "Thriller" (Legacy/Epic) are up by 80%.
Is he the greatest entertainer ever?
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Tickets sold at a rate of 11 per second, 657 per minute and nearly 40,000 an hour. Yeah that qualifies him as the best!
ReplyDeleteI heard at his press conference that he pulled a MF DOOM! Jacko got imposters!
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