Phish All Over StubHub’s Ticket Report

Ticket broker StubHub published their Concert Ticket Annual Report today and Phish is all over it. I recently started a Facebook fan page for my other blog, YEMblog, and I wrote a note explaining my take on the report. Not only did Phish score a spot in the Top 10 Concert Tours but certain shows were listed on the most and least expensive concert tickets lists.

Here’s a brief excerpt of what I wrote…

First, you’ll note that Phish was ranked #3 by the ticket broker for Top Concert Tours Based on Gross Sales. If I’m reading this correctly, that means that U2 and Springsteen were the only artist with more tickets sold than Phish on StubHub.

Also of note is that the first two nights of Hampton each made the Highest Average Priced Concerts for concerts with a minimum of 1000 tickets purchased. Read that again…”1,000 tickets purchased.” The venue holds 13,800 and at least 1,000 tickets changed hands through just one broker. On the plus side, Phish scored all five spots on the Lowest Average Priced Concerts with a minimum 1000 tickets purchased, meaning that lots of scalpers took a bath on these concerts:

$29 – Phish on 11/18 at Cobo Arena

$44 – Phish on 8/11 at Toyota Park

Head to the YEMblog Facebook page for the entire essay.