AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (Top40 Charts/ Palace Sports & Entertainment) - DTE
Energy Music Theatre remained the top selling and most attended amphitheatre in the world for the 17th consecutive year in 2007 according to the year-end charts of two leading entertainment trade publications, Pollstar and Billboard. In addition, The Palace was listed as number one for hosting the most shows in Billboard's year-end list of Top 10 Venues.
DTE Energy Music Theatre's 61 events and more than 634,000 in attendance earned it the top spot on Pollstar's Top 100 Worldwide Amphitheatre Venues chart in its 2007 Year End Ticket Sales rankings. The venue also topped the Total Attendance and Number of Shows categories in Billboard's Top 10 Amphitheatres list in the publication's 2007 Year End Charts.
Now in its 20th year of operation, The Palace upheld its hard-earned place as one of the world's top arenas by hosting the most shows and attracting the second highest total attendance of all venues listed on Billboard's Top 10 Venues of 15,001 or more. It was listed as the 11th best-selling U.S. arena in Pollstar's Top 100 Worldwide Arena Venues list.
Palace Sports & Entertainment's (PS&E) two renowned Michigan venues combined to host 21 concerts listed in Billboard's Top 25 Tours for 2007 (see attached list).
Combined with their sister venue, Meadow Brook Music Festival, the three facilities hosted 49 of the Top 100 Worldwide Tours on Pollstar's Year End Ticket Sales list. In addition, three other tours on the Top 100 list are currently scheduled to perform at The Palace this year: Bon Jovi on February 20, Three Days Grace/Breaking Benjamin on March 21 and Celine Dion on September 26.
PS&E's high ranking attendances and number of events help propel the organization to a number 16 listing for tickets sold on Pollstar's Top 100 Worldwide Promoters chart.
"In the 20 years we've run The Palace, and in the 17 summers we have operated DTE Energy Music Theatre, we have worked hard to provide the concert programming to satisfy our area's love of live music," said Tom Wilson, President and CEO of Palace Sports & Entertainment (PS&E). "Through all of the challenges our area has faced, we are grateful to the concert-goers and sponsors who have continued to support the shows at our venues. Without their enthusiastic patronage, we would be unable to host the quantity and quality of concerts which has earned us our honors."
PS&E ownership includes The Palace and DTE Energy Music Theatre, as well as the management of Meadow Brook Music Festival on the campus of Oakland University. Combined, PS&E's Michigan venues average 300 events and 3.5 million guests annually.
The Palace has been voted Arena of the Year eight times by Performance magazine, twice by Pollstar magazine and is listed annually among North America's top-grossing arenas. Voted "Best Outdoor Concert Venue" in Pollstar's 2000 Readers' Poll, DTE Energy Music Theatre has been listed as the nation's most attended amphitheater by Amusement Business/Billboard each of the 17 years of PS&E ownership.
BILLBOARD'S TOP 25 TOURS APPEARING AT
THE PALACE OR DTE ENERGY MUSIC THEATRE
The Palace and DTE Energy Music Theatre combined to host 21 of the 25 concert tours listed on Billboard magazine's Top 25 Tours chart in its "The Year in Music & Touring 2007" Year-End Charts.
Rank Show Date Venue
1 The Police July 17, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
2 Genesis September 30, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
5 Rod Stewart January 23, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
6 Cirque du Soliel's Delirium January 24, 25, 27, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
7 Roger Waters September 18, 2006 The Palace of Auburn Hills
8 Tim McGraw & Faith Hill July 11, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
9 Christina Aguilera April 9, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
10 Rascal Flatts July 20, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
11 Dave Matthews Band August 23, 2007 DTE Energy Music Theatre
12 Josh Groban February 23, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
13 Billy Joel May 4, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
14 Aerosmith September 8, 2007 DTE Energy Music Theatre
15 Trans-Siberian Orchestra December 26, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
17 Toby Keith July 5-6, 2007 DTE Energy Music Theatre
18 Eric Clapton April 5, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
19 High School Musical The Concert January 16, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
21 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band November 5, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
22 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band December 20, 22, 28 and 30, 2006 The Palace of Auburn Hills
23 Gwen Stefani June 1, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
24 John Mayer July 5, 2007 The Palace of Auburn Hills
25 Rush August 28, 2007 DTE Energy Music Theatre
The tours were ranked by gross and included dates submitted between November 15, 2006 and November 13, 2007.
