A new record in ticket sales rates

Tixdaq is a statistics and information-gathering organization that focuses on ticket sales data. The company has recently released figures about the sale of Michael Jackson concert tickets at the O2 arena in London. The organization’s research shows that for the first time, a single artist topped three weekly ticket sales charts at once (average ticket price, ticket sales volume, and ticket resale volume). The charts published in the British magazine Music Week show an artist’s popularity for staging concerts. In the past week, with all tickets for the King of Pop’s concerts in London selling out, Michael Jackson achieved the highest average ticket price and the highest ticket resale volume. Steve Machin, CEO of Tixdaq, said: "The most expensive tickets for Michael Jackson’s record-breaking concerts in London were 75 pounds. Even now, this demand is unprecedented, and it’s reflected in our charts. We’re seeing many of these tickets being resold at their market price. Last week, the average price of resold tickets for Michael Jackson’s concerts was over 200 pounds. What’s most interesting to us is the strength of Michael Jackson’s concert ticket sales. In the average price chart, Madonna is somewhat close, but the volume of Michael Jackson’s concert ticket sales and the resale volume went beyond the competition in last week’s charts. Source: eMJey / responsesource.com