Weekend Ticketing: 'NSync, AC/DC, Joel & John, matchbox twenty, U2
On previous tours, 'NSync tended to put tickets for nearly all shows on sale simultaneously. However, for the group's spring-summer tour, ticket on-sales are expected to be rolled out a few markets at a time. Fans in five markets will have a shot at buying 'NSync tickets this weekend.
Tickets to upcoming shows in Miami and Tampa go on sale on Friday (2/9) at 5 p.m. Eastern Time. Meanwhile, Saturday (2/10) ticket on-sales are planned in Jacksonville, Fla.; Jackson, Miss.; and Hershey, Pa.
Ticket on-sale dates--and even some new shows--continue to surface for the co-headlining tour of piano men Billy Joel and Elton John . On Saturday (2/10) at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, tickets hit the market for an April 24 show in Atlanta and a May 13 show in Cincinnati. At 10 a.m. Central Time, tickets go on sale for the tour's April 14 show in Memphis, Tenn., and the May 15 show in Minneapolis.
Another slew on ticket on-sales are set to roll out for AC/DC's North American tour in the coming days. On Friday (2/9) at 10 a.m. Central Time, tickets go on sale for the tour's stop in St. Paul, Minn. On Saturday (2/10) at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, tickets go on sale for shows in Boston; Charlotte, N.C.; Greenville, S.C. and Cleveland.
On Saturday at 10 a.m. Central Time, tickets go on sale for shows in Fargo, N.D., and Nashville. A 9 a.m. Pacific Time ticket on-sale is set for the Portland gig, and a noon Pacific Time on-sale is planned for the Sacramento, Calif., show.
It has been more than a year since he last toured, but James Taylor will be on the road again in 2001. Among the first dates to surface is a July 26 appearance at Post Gazette Pavilion near Pittsburgh. Tickets for the show are scheduled to go on sale at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday (2/10).
Tickets for matchbox twenty's tour stop in Memphis will go on sale at 5 p.m. Central Time on Friday (2/9), and tickets for shows in Quad Cites, Ill., and El Paso, Texas, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Central Time on Saturday (2/10). Everclear and Lifehouse will also be on the bill in each city.
Buffalo, N.Y., fans will get their chance to buy U2 tickets on Saturday (2/10) at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. Ticketing in Buffalo will be handled by Tickets.com and its affiliates.
Ticket on-sale information for many other shows is available at liveDaily's Ticket Alert.
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