August brings with it both National S'mores Day (August 10) and Toasted Marshmallow Day (August 30). Why aren't those both on the same day? I digress...here are the top live events coming up in August:
Concerts
Madonna: The Material Girl is continuing her epic world tour this fall, kicking off the North American leg in Philadelphia, PA, on August 28. Dates continue through November 20 in Miami, at which point she will take on South America.
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Festivals: The festival season is in high gear in August, with Lollapalooza taking place Aug. 3-5; Warped Tour and Mayhem Festivals running until Aug. 5; Fresh Music Festival continuing through Aug. 11; Peach Music Festival playing Aug. 10-12; and Electric Zoo Festival on stage Aug. 31-Sept. 2.
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Keith Urban: The country legend has several dates across the US and Canada starting August 19 in Halifax, Canada, and continuing through Sept. 2 in Gilford, NH.
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Other Concerts in August:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kelly Clarkson, Big Time Rush and American Idol Live continue their respective tours.
- The Honda Civic Tour with Linkin Park and Incubus revs up August 11.
- Gotye becomes somebody we...still know...kicking off his tour Aug. 22.
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Just a few short years ago, the UFC was financially struggling and trying to avoid having to fold up their business, while the WWE was at the top of their game, raking in millions for their Pay-Per-View events both in television sales and ticket sales.
Fast forward to today and the WWE is still raking in millions, but the UFC has had an incredible turnaround in mainstream success surpassing the WWE in demand for their Pay-Per-View events both on television (UFC routinely has more Pay-Per-View buys) and in the stands.
I decided to do a comparison of the next three Pay-Per-View events for both the WWE and the UFC to see just how big the difference is in demand for tickets for both organizations. I looked at sales on the TicketNetwork Exchange for WWE's Night of Champions (Sept. 18), Hell in a Cell (Oct. 2) and Vengeance (Oct. 23), and compared them to UFC 135 (Sept. 24), UFC 136 (Oct. 8) and UFC 137 (Oct. 29). The results were even more lopsided than I thought they would be.
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