Lance Bass Helps Hairspray Score Better Volume

By Stacey Willets

TicketNews announces its exclusive weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 7/02/07 – 7/08/07.

OVERALL TOP 10 EVENTS

Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Boston Red Sox 2 2 Jersey Boys 3 5 The Police 4 6 Chicago Cubs 5 3 New York Yankees 6 4 Nickelback 7 n/a Detroit Tigers 8 9 Dave Matthews Band 9 8 Toby Keith 10 n/a

Nickelback takes Kenny Chesney’s number seven spot this week, knocking the country music artist out of the rankings. Toby Keith replaces Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s Soul2Soul tour at the number ten position.

TOP 10 SPORTS EVENTS

Event This Week Last Week Boston Red Sox 1 1 Chicago Cubs 2 2 New York Yankees 3 3 Detroit Tigers 4 4 St. Louis Cardinals 5 6 Bernard Hopkins vs. Winky Wright 6 n/a MLB All Star Game 7 5 Pepsi 400 8 n/a Atlanta Braves 9 n/a Dallas Cowboys 10 n/a

The upcoming Hopkins vs. Wright fight debuts at number six this week.

The Pepsi 400 wins the race to make it into the Sports Top Ten before event time. It takes number eight in the rankings by the time they wave the checkered flag.

TOP 10 THEATRE EVENTS

Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Jersey Boys 2 2 Lion King 3 3 Monty Python’s Spamalot 4 4 Mary Poppins 5 7 Grease 6 5 Phantom of the Opera 7 6 Hairspray 8 n/a High School Musical 9 n/a Pageant of the Masters 10 n/a

Whether it’s due to *NSYNC’s Lance Bass joining the Broadway cast or a star-studded movie premiere just around the corner, Hairspray makes a move up in the theatre rankings. The musical finds its way to number eight on the Top Theatre chart and advances three places to number seven in the Top New York City Theatre rankings.

Pageant of the Masters, a unique presentation of “living pictures,” debuts in the number ten spot.

TOP 10 NEW YORK CITY THEATRE EVENTS

Event This Week Last Week Wicked 1 1 Jersey Boys 2 2 Lion King 3 3 Mary Poppins 4 5 Grease 5 4 Monty Python’s Spamalot 6 7 Hairspray 7 10 Legally Blonde 8 9 Phantom of the Opera 9 8 The Color Purple 10 n/a

TOP 10 CONCERT EVENTS

Event This Week Last Week The Police 1 1 Nickelback 2 8 Dave Matthews Band 3 3 Toby Keith 4 6 Soul2Soul: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill 5 4 Michael Bublé 6 n/a Rascal Flatts 7 9 Beyoncé 8 n/a Céline Dion 9 n/a Kenny Chesney 10 2

Michael Bublé, Beyoncé, and Céline Dion replace Rush, Jimmy Buffett, and Bon Jovi in the Top Concerts rankings.

A couple of strong on sales this weekend launch Nickelback from number eight to number two.

While Toby Keith and Rascal Flatts rise through the rankings, Kenny Chesney drops eight places from number two to number ten.

TOP 10 LAS VEGAS SHOWS

Event This Week Last Week Céline Dion: A New Day 1 1 Elton John: The Red Piano 2 6 Cirque Du Soleil: The Beatles: LOVE 3 2 Cirque Du Soleil: “O” 4 3 Monty Python’s Spamalot 5 5 Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular 6 7 Le Rêve 7 n/a David Copperfield 8 n/a Bette Midler 9 n/a Toni Braxton: Revealed 10 n/a

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