(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) —
TicketsNow.com, the online marketplace for secondary event tickets, saw U2's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," grab the top sales spot in February, with nearly one in five music tickets sold on the site belonging to the Irish rock band. Also topping the list were baseball tickets for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees while Wicked held on to its top spot for theater tickets, making it the fourth most popular event on the site overall.
Top February Events Overall:
1 U2
2 Boston Red Sox
3 New York Yankees
4 Wicked
5 Houston Rodeo
6 Chicago Cubs
7 The Lion King
8 Miami Heat
9 Los Angeles Lakers
10 Alicia Keys
Top February Sports Ticket Sales:
1 Boston Red Sox
2 New York Yankees
3 Chicago Cubs
4 Miami Heat
5 Los Angeles Lakers
Top February Concert Ticket Sales:
1 U2
2 Houston Rodeo
3 Alicia Keys
4 Maroon 5
5 Green Day
Top February Theater Ticket Sales:BR,
1 Wicked
2 The Lion King
3 700 Sundays
4 Phantom of the Opera
5 Monty Python's Spamalot
–Bob Grossweiner and Jane Cohen