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Most Popular Touring Artist Of The Millenium · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: All right, producer Christen just handed me a list. I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if I should do it because you might
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  Speaker 1: storm off the set. Christine, what, Yeah, I'm sorry. By
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  Speaker 1: the way, we are one o six pointy seven Light FM,
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  Speaker 1: New York's Christmas station. Cubby here with Christine, Producer Christen.
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  Speaker 1: If you're new to our radio station, because maybe you're
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  Speaker 1: checking us out for Christmas music, Hey, make sure you
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  Speaker 1: hang around because when we flip back to our regular format,
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  Speaker 1: we do play like Taylor Swift and you two and
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  Speaker 1: Ed Sheeran and a lot of people I'm about to
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  Speaker 1: mention right here.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So Pollstar, a magazine, just released their top twenty five
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  Speaker 1: list based on worldwide ticket sales from two thousand and
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  Speaker 1: one through the end of this year. So these are
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  Speaker 1: the most popular touring artists of the millennium. And this
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  Speaker 1: is from Pollstar, so you get the whole millennium here. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: two thousand and one. This isn't like just last year.
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  Speaker 3: We're talking about a long time here, yes, So here
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  Speaker 3: are your top ten and how many tickets were sold? Oh, okay, okay,
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  Speaker 3: Number ten l to John Oh yeah, thirteen point eight
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  Speaker 3: four million tickets. Bon Jovie, Number nine thirteen point nine million,
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  Speaker 3: Metallica number eight fifteen point six million, Kenny Chesney at
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  Speaker 3: number seven with eighteen point two million, Bruce Springsteen and
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  Speaker 3: the Eas Street Band eighteen million, number six, Taylor Swift
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  Speaker 3: Christine eighteen point nine million tickets sold at number five,
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  Speaker 3: not number one, not number two, not number three, not
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  Speaker 3: number four. Taylor Swift.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, she just had the Eras tour like that sold
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  Speaker 2: out and that was like a two year tour.
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  Speaker 1: So the only thing I can think about is, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this is from one to this past year, so she
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  Speaker 1: didn't have the head start. Maybe maybe because obviously Elton,
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  Speaker 1: John Bon, Joey Mettalada, Kenny Chesney, Bruce Taylor, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, not Taylor but Bruce. They were all doing
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  Speaker 1: their things.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: In the early two thousands, Dave Matthews Band came in
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  Speaker 1: number four over Taylor Taylor ed Sheeran number three with
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  Speaker 1: nineteen point six million.
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  Speaker 2: Hold on he would do? He opened for Taylors.
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  Speaker 3: She actually a good point.
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  Speaker 2: She helps him get going well.
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  Speaker 1: He took over the number three spot and number two
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  Speaker 1: U two twenty point two million, And what is the
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  Speaker 1: most popular touring artist of the millennium from two thousand
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  Speaker 1: and one through the end of this year.
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  Speaker 3: Who is it?
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  Speaker 2: Madonna? I don't owe who.
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  Speaker 1: Not a bad guess?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 1: Coldplay? Number one?
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  Speaker 2: Coldplay.
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  Speaker 1: They've sold twenty four point eight million tickets. Coldplay.
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  Speaker 2: I love them, but they break up marriages and stuff.
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  Speaker 1: That's what they're known for.
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  Speaker 3: Five for sure.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, Taylor, Taylor is number one.
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  Speaker 1: She used to seeing her number one everywhere. It's weird,
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  Speaker 1: but it has to be the fact that it was
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  Speaker 1: again two thousand and one. She wasn't around, yeah, two
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  Speaker 1: oh three, and then maybe she was.
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  Speaker 2: When did she start making the scene with her.
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  Speaker 3: Consert six o seven when she was doing the country stuff? Yes?
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  Speaker 2: Was yeah, ten.
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  Speaker 1: Sometime?
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  Speaker 2: I mean yes, anyway, just look be happy though.
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  Speaker 3: Number five is.
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  Speaker 2: Not bad and she's okay. I think she's doing okay.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, but Coldplay, how about that?
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: We're coming right back with more sounds of the season
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  Speaker 1: next on LIGHTFM.