NASHVILLE |FROM: TODD BRODGINSKI/MITCH SCHNEIDER
ALANIS AND TORI TICKETS MOVE FAST ON INTERNET:
OVER 30,000 SOLD IN FIRST 72 HOURS;
HALF OF THE TICKETS TO LOS ANGELES SHOW SOLD VIA WWW.KROQ.COM
Tickets for the upcoming tour teaming ALANIS MORISSETTE with TORI AMOS sold briskly when they went on sale exclusively on the Internet Friday, May 21, with over 30,000 tickets sold in the first three days.
Tickets for the “5 1/2 Weeks Tour”–which kicks off August 18 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and wraps September 25 in Los Angeles–were made available to fans via the alanisandtori.com site and, in Los Angeles, on radio station KROQ’s website (www.kroq.com). Notably, approximately half of the tickets–7500 of the 15,416-seat venue–to ALANIS and TORI‘s performance at Irvine Meadows near Los Angeles were sold exclusively on the KROQ site. The “5 1/2 Weeks Tour” is being sponsored by MP3.COM and Best Buy.
Fans who visit alanisandtori.com–the official “5 1/2 Weeks Tour” site–will be able to stream rare or unreleased music from ALANIS and TORI and get more information on the trek, including exclusive chats, tour diaries, live music from the tour and behind-the-scenes snapshots.
“This is an exciting experiment in the ways technology and music fans are intersecting,” said Scott Welch, ALANIS‘ manager at Atlas/Third Rail Entertainment. “As a result, it’s bringing music fans closer to the artists and strengthening that bond.” TORI‘s manager Arthur Spivak noted, “We’re pleasantly surprised by the strong reaction from the fans and are excited to be part of this unprecedented alignment between MP3.COM and our artists.”
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