'Tis the Season and Theater Seats are the Hottest Tickets in Town!

'Tis the Season and Theater Seats are the Hottest Tickets in Town!

Wicked, Spamalot and Lion King are the Top Three Overall Tickets According to the November TicketsNow Entertainment Index

CHICAGO, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Wicked Witch of the West" may be dead, but Broadway's #1 musical, Wicked, is alive and kicking! Celebrating its second year on Broadway, Wicked has held on to the top spot for theater tickets for 11 consecutive months, according to the November TicketsNow Entertainment Index.

In the concert category, three veteran rock acts are battling for the top spot on the chart. U2 still holds on at #1, Bon Jovi follows close behind in the #2 position, and the Rolling Stones remain at #3. The Piano Man entered the top 10 at #4, while Gwen Stefani hangs on to the #5 spot.

According to TicketsNow, the world's largest marketplace for premium event tickets, sports fans experienced a wave of football fever last month as the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, and San Diego Chargers accounted for four of the top five best-selling sporting events.

Following are the category leaders for November:

Top November Events Overall
1 Wicked 6 Bon Jovi
2 Monty Python's Spamalot 7 Dallas Cowboys
3 The Lion King 8 Rolling Stones
4 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 9 The Odd Couple
5 U2 10 700 Sundays

Top November Sports Ticket Sales
1 Dallas Cowboys
2 New England Patriots
3 Los Angeles Lakers
4 Seattle Seahawks
5 San Diego Chargers

Top November Concert Ticket Sales
1 U2
2 Bon Jovi
3 Rolling Stones
4 Billy Joel
5 Gwen Stefani

Top November Theater Ticket Sales
1 Wicked
2 Monty Python's Spamalot
3 The Lion King
4 Radio City Christmas Spectacular
5 The Odd Couple

About the TicketsNow Entertainment Index

The TicketsNow Entertainment Index tracks proprietary secondary ticket sales on a monthly basis to provide a snapshot of entertainment trends for sports, music, and theater events nationwide.

About TicketsNow

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Alan Taylor Communications for TicketsNow
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Source: TicketsNow

CONTACT: Max DeFilippis of Alan Taylor Communications for TicketsNow,
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