Andre Rieu is Top 10 Touring Act

Andre Rieu is top 10 Touring act

With 300,000 Tickets Sold for 2009 Already Rieu is on his way to Become a Fixture in the Touring Charts

NEW YORK, January 5/PRNewswire/ -- With an incredible number of 714,617 tickets sold and a gross revenue of
US$76.9 mln Andre Rieu clinched the 8th position in Pollstar's top 10 of
worldwide touring acts. At 59, Rieu is still burning from ambition and his
next goal is to definitively conquer the USA.

Pollstar, the organization that keeps track of the concert industry just
published their annual ranking of the top 10 worldwide concert tours. The
list is topped by Madonna with a gross of US$281.6 mln. The top three is
completed by Celine Dion, with a gross revenue of US$236.6 mln and Bon Jovi,
with US$176.3 mln.

After almost making the top 10 in the past few years, Rieu debuts at
number 8, with a gross revenue of US$76.9 mln. For his 71 shows, Rieu sold
714,617 tickets in 2008. The average of 10,065 tickets is without a doubt the
highest a classical artist has ever seen.

With over 300,000 tickets already sold for concerts in 2009, Rieu is on
its way to become a fixture in the worldwide touring charts. Andre Rieu has
scheduled 35 concerts throughout the USA and Canada in April, May and June.
He also rolled out plans to tour Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Germany,
France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and of course his home country the
Netherlands.

The success of Rieu was driven by strong ticket sales in Europe and
Australia for his World Stadium Tour - Rieu's extravagant tour with a full
size reproduction of Empress Sisi's Castle, the biggest stage ever to go on
tour. The top 10 accomplishment is only firing up Rieu's ambitions. He is
hunting for more success and bigger things. "The USA is next on the list.
It's my goal to tour the States with the Schonbrunn Castle. The success there
hasn't kept up with the success in Europe, Asia and Australia, and we're
going to do everything possible to conquer the USA and sell out football
stadiums," according to Rieu.

Rieu's benchmark for success lies in Australia, where he virtually owns
the charts. Rieu has positions one to six in the Music DVD Top 50 and a total
of 21 records in the top 50. Rieu recently reached 100x platinum sales in
Australia for his CD's and DVD's.

Top 10 worldwide concert tours

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Gross
Rank Millions (US$) Artist
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1 $281.6 Madonna
2 $236.6 Celine Dion
3 $176.3 Bon Jovi
4 $165.8 Bruce Springsteen
& The E Street Band
5 $120.6 The Police
6 $94.8 Neil Diamond
7 $86.6 Eagles
8 $76.9 Andre Rieu
9 $72.2 Kenny Chesney
10 $71.9 Coldplay

(source: http://www.pollstarpro.com)

Tour dates Rieu - USA/Canada 2009

Date City Venue

4-17-2009 Toronto Air Canada Centre
4-18-2009 Ottawa Scotiabank Centre
4-19-2009 Montreal Bell Centre
4-20-2009 Syracuse, NY War Memorial At Oncenter
4-21-2009 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
4-23-2009 New York City, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
4-24-2009 Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard
4-25-2009 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
4-26-2009 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
4-27-2009 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
4-28-2009 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
5-14-2009 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
5-15-2009 Wilkes-Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
5-16-2009 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
5-17-2009 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
5-18-2009 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
5-19-2009 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
5-21-2009 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
5-22-2009 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Theatre
5-23-2009 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
5-24-2009 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
5-25-2009 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
5-26-2009 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
6-12-2009 Vancouver General Motors Place
6-13-2009 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
6-14-2009 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena
6-16-2009 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
6-17-2009 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
6-18-2009 Fresno, CA SaveMart Center
6-19-2009 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
6-20-2009 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
6-22-2009 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Pavilion
6-23-2009 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena
6-24-2009 Las vegas, NV Orleans Arena
6-25-2009 Salt Lake City, UT Usana Amphitheatre

For Hi-Res images and more background info visit:
http://press.andrerieu.com

Source: Andre Rieu Studios

Contact: For more information, interview- & TV-appearances contact: USA/Canada: Marthijn Graafland in New York at +1-646-717-3370 or marthijn.graafland@andrerieugroup.com; Australia & Europe: Kerstin Cornelis at pr@andrerieugroup.com

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