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AC/DC Tickets Selling Out IN Record Times

by Scott on September 25th, 2008

Fans responded enthusiastically to the first AC/DC world tour in eight years with 18 Black Ice World Tour concerts selling out in record time. Unprecedented fan response forced additional shows in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Oakland.  More info and tour dates after the fold…

Black Ice World Tour ticket sales highlights include:

-Chicago’s Allstate Arena concert sold out in minutes forcing the second show to go on sale, which also sold out over the weekend.
-Both Madison Square Garden concerts sold out in minutes.
-Vancouver’s General Motors Place concert sold out in 4 minutes, a record for that venue.

-San Antonio fans purchased more tickets in one day for AC/DC than for any other artist in that market’s history.

-Tickets for Toronto’s Rogers Centre sold faster than any stadium concert in the venue’s history.

“The tremendous fan response to AC/DC is evidenced by record breaking ticket sales this weekend,” said Columbia Records co-Chairman Steve Barnett.  “Along with the worldwide success of the No Bull DVD re-release, it’s obvious that fans are anxiously awaiting the October 20^th release of the new album, Black Ice.”

“AC/DC’s fans came out in force this weekend to get tickets to the band’s upcoming ‘Black Ice’ tour,” said David Marcus, Ticketmaster’s senior vice president, Music.  “A live AC/DC event promises to be a legendary rock show.  We’re glad Paperless Ticket™ helped fan club members and fans get tickets at face value for designated seats.”

The Black Ice World Tour opens on October 28th at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA.   The worldwide tour - the band’s first since 2001 - promotes Black Ice, AC/DC’s latest studio album. Black Ice will be released on October 20th and sold in the US exclusively at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, and www.acdc.com. The album is currently available for pre-order at www.walmart.com and www.acdc.com.

Tickets to AC/DC’s Black Ice World Tour are available through Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster charge-by-phone, Ticketmaster retail outlets, or at ACDC.com.  Specific market on sale dates and times are listed at Ticketmaster.com’s AC/DC page.   Fans ordering tickets through Ticketmaster.com will have an exclusive opportunity to pre-order AC/DC’s Black Ice album in connection with their ticket purchase.

Additional appearances throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, will be announced shortly.

No Bull: The Directors Cut - a newly edited, comprehensive HD DVD of AC/DC’s famed July 1996 Plaza De Toros De Las Ventas concert in Madrid, Spain was released on September 9^th and reached  the top of the music DVD sales charts in 10 countries.  The DVD debuts at #1 on the DVD sales charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.  It’s #3 in Belgium and #4 in Austria and the United Kingdom.

The first single from Black Ice, “Rock ‘N’ Roll Train” was released to radio on August 28 and immediately went to #1 at Rock Radio.  The video for “Rock ‘N’ Roll Train” premiered September 19th on www.acdc.com and www.vh1.com.  

Upcoming shows in the Black Ice World Tour include:

• October 28 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
• October 30 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
• November 1 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
• November 3 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
• November 5 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
• November 7 Toronto, ONT Rogers Centre
• November 9 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
• November 12 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
• November 13 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
• November 15Washington, D.C.  Verizon Center
• November 17 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
• November 19 East Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center
• November 21 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
• November 23 Minneapolis, MN Xcel Energy Center
• November 25 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
• November 28 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
• November 29 Seattle, WA Key Arena 
• November 30 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
• December 2 Oakland, CA ORACLE Arena
• December 4 Oakland, CA ORACLE Arena
• December 6 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
• December 8 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
• December 10 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
• December 12 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
• December 14 Houston, TX Toyota Center
• December 16 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
• December 18 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena

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