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Hey North American Fans,

We have some exciting news. We have been working on our upcoming North American tour and we are excited to announce the first of many upcoming dates.

We’ll keep you posted as we find Backstreet Boys tickets and more tour dates. For now, there are only a few dates available.

Our friends over at wikipedia have a nice list of past Backboys tour info:

• We Wanna Be With You Tour (1995–1996)
• Backstreet Boys - Live In Concert Tour - (1996–1997)
• Backstreet’s Back Tour (1997–1998)
• Into the Millennium Tour (1999–2000)
• The Black & Blue Tour (2000–2001)
• Up Close & Personal Tour (March/April 2005)
• The Never Gone Tour (2005–2006)
• Unbreakable Tour (2008–2009)
• This Is Us Tour (2009– Spring 2010)

We’ve been promising a Lady Gaga tickets update for weeks and now it’s here! Here goes: we told you months ago that the Haus of Gaga would be back on U.S. soil touring the big arenas.  Our promises were confirmed by ladygaga.com. We had everything we needed to know about a new leg of the Lady Gaga tour except the dates.  Now, the dates are in too.

Lady Gaga Monster Ball Tour Dates:

June 28 – Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
July 1 – Boston, MA - TD Garden
July 4 – Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall
July 6 – New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
July 11 – Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
July 14 – Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
July 15 – Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
July 17 – St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
July 20 – Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
July 22 – Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
July 25 – Houston, TX - Toyota Center
July 28 – Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
July 31 – Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
Aug. 3 – Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
Aug. 11 – Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
Aug. 13 – Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand
Aug. 16 – San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
Aug. 19 – Portland, OR - Rose Garden
Aug. 21 – Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
Aug. 23 – Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
Aug. 26 – Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
Aug. 30 – St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
Sept. 1 – Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center
Sept. 4 – Detroit, MI - The Palace Of Auburn Hills
Sept. 5 – Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
Sept. 7 – Washington, DC - Verizon Center
Sept. 8 – Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena
Sept. 14 – Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
Sept. 16 – Hartford, CT - XL Center
Sept. 18 – Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
Sept. 19 – Raleigh, NC - RBC Center

Here are our most popular Gaga posts

Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, Ohio State and UC Santa Barbara from the Midwest Region as well as Xavier, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and Oakland  from the South Region will play their Round 1 games on Friday March 19. Round 1 winners will return to the Bradley Center on Sunday the 21st to play Round 2 games.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets for Round 1 & 2 are sold as “sessions” — or as a strip. Session tickets get fan in to two games — one early and one later. Officials then clear the arena and ready it for the second session (of two games) later in the day. An “All Sessions Strip” is a ticket to all the games at a venue.

There are currently hundreds of All Sessions Strips for the NCAA Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 at the Bradley Center available.

Lowest price Bradley Center Strips = $300
Bradley Center Strips average = $437

The winner of this bracket advances to Midwest Regional

The winner of this bracket advances to South Regional

Christian

Villanova, Robert Morris, Richmond, St. Mary’s from the South Region as well as Tennessee, San Diego State, Georgetown and Ohio from the Midwest Region will play their Round 1 games on Thursday March 18. Round 1 winners will be back at the Dunkin Donuts Center on Saturday to play Round 2 games.

The top overall seed in the NCAA tournament, Kansas will be playing at the Ford Center — making the Oklahoma City one of the hotter NCAA tournament tickets.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets for Round 1 & 2 are sold as “sessions” — or as a strip. Session tickets get fan in to two games — one early and one later. Officials then clear the arena and ready it for the second session (of two games) later in the day. An “All Sessions Strip” is a ticket to all the games at a venue.

There are hundreds of All Session Strips for the NCAA Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 at the Dunkin Donuts Center available.

Lowest price Providence Strips = $270
Providence Strips average = $458

The winner of this bracket advances to Midwest Regional

The winner of this bracket advances to West Regional

Christian

Michigan State, New Mexico State, Maryland and Houston from the Midwest Region as well as Texas A&M, Utah State, Purdue and Siena from the South Region will play their Round 1 games on Friday March 19. Round 1 winners will be back at the Spokane Arena on Sunday the 21st to play Round 2 games.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets for Round 1 & 2 are sold as “sessions” — or as a strip. Session tickets get fan in to two games — one early and one later. Officials then clear the arena and ready it for the second session (of two games) later in the day. An “All Sessions Strip” is a ticket to all the games at a venue.

There are currently hundreds of All Sessions Strips for the NCAA Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 at the Spokane Arena available.

Lowest price Spokane Strips = $100
Spokane Strips average = $438

The winner of this bracket advances to Midwest Regional

The winner of this bracket advances to South Regional

Christian

Kansas, Lehigh, UNLV and Northern Iowa from the Midwest Region as well as BYU, Florida, Kansas State and North Texas from the Western Region will play their Round 1 games on Thursday March 18. Round 1 winners will be back at the Ford Center on Saturday to play Round 2 games.

The top overall seed in the NCAA tournament, Kansas will be playing at the Ford Center — making the Oklahoma City one of the hotter NCAA tournament tickets.

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament tickets for Round 1 & 2 are sold as “sessions” — or as a strip. Session tickets get fan in to two games — one early and one later. Officials then clear the arena and ready it for the second session (of two games) later in the day. An “All Sessions Strip” is a ticket to all the games at a venue.

There are currently less than 1,000 All Session Strips for the NCAA Tournament Rounds 1 & 2 at the Ford Center available.

Lowest price Oklahoma City Strips = $269
Oklahoma City Strips average = $489

The winner of this bracket advances to Midwest Regional

The winner of this bracket advances to West Regional

Christian

There are currently 1,500 SEC Tournament Tickets to the Sommet Center in Nashville. SEC Championship Game tickets start at $100 and average $431 each - more than double any other tournament championship game.

The FanSnap ticket search engine can still help fans find best value tickets easy. FanSnap helps fans find ticket listings from 50+ ticket websites totaling more than 17 million sports, theater and concert tickets to 80,000 events. Using FanSnap dynamic maps, fans can zoom in and view tickets by row, compare tickets and select the best value tickets available online.

Conference Tournament Championship Games currently average:
SEC Tournament Championship Game = $431
Big East Tournament Championship Game = $173
Big 12 Tournament Championship Game = $151
ACC Tournament Championship Game = $101
PAC-10 Tournament Championship Game = $55
Big Ten Tournament Championship Game = $101

Where SEC Tournament Tickets searches are coming from:
1. Kentucky
2. Tennessee
3. Georgia
4. Mississippi
5. Indiana

Searches for NCAA Tournament Tickets are increasing across the SEC. Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi St. and Vanderbilt all expect invitations to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

With Big East Tournament tickets prices down and supply increasing, now is a great time for Georgetown, Marquette, Notre Dame and West Virginia fans to find outstanding values.

The FanSnap ticket search engine makes finding best value tickets easy. FanSnap helps fans find ticket listings from 50+ ticket websites totaling more than 17 million sports, theater and concert tickets to 80,000 events. Using FanSnap dynamic maps, fans can zoom in and view ticket by row, compare tickets and select the best value tickets available online.

Conference Tournament Championship Games currently average:

SEC Tournament Championship Game =        $431
Big East Tournament Championship Game =  $173
Big 12 Tournament Championship Game =     $151
ACC Tournament Championship Game =       $101
PAC-10 Tournament Championship Game =  $55
Big Ten Tournament Championship Game =  $101

Where Big East Tournament tickets searches are coming from:

1.     New York
2.     New Jersey
3.     Pennsylvania
4.     Connecticut
5.     Massachusetts

The mix of searches is starting to shift to states where teams are winning. Searches for NCAA Tournament Tickets are also increasing in those states as fans of teams doing well in the conference tournaments get more confident their team will get an invitation to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Big East Tournament Bracket

The second hottest NCAA Conference Tournament ticket just got hotter. Here are the matchups for the Big East Tournament (tickets) in Madison Square Garden (New York, NY), March 9-13, 2010. Tickets to see your team play for the Big East title start at $4.

Of course, if your team isn’t St. John’s or South Florida, we can still help you find best value tickets to the sessions you want. Click the link to get to the Big East Tournament tickets page, select the matchup / session you want and then look for the blue stars on the map. Those are the best value tickets — the tickets priced lower than the tickets around them. Make sure you also click on the map to zoom in so you can compare tickets by row.

Your favorite PTPer,

Christian

ACC Tournament Bracket

Here’s how ticket availability and prices look by session:

Boston College vs Virginia and Wake Forest vs Miami (ACC Tournament: Session 1)
Thu, Mar 11 at 12:00PM
1,000+ tickets
Lowest price tickets = $7
Average price = $39

Georgia Tech vs North Carolina and Clemson vs NC State (ACC Tournament: Session 2)    Greensboro
Thu, Mar 11 at 7:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $14
Average price = $46

Duke vs TBD and Virginia Tech vs TBD (ACC Tournament: Session 3)
Fri, Mar 12 at 12:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $40
Average price = $145

Maryland vs TBD and Florida State vs TBD (ACC Tournament: Session 4)
Fri, Mar 12 at 7:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $39
Average price = $139

ACC Tournament Semifinals (Session 5)
Sat, Mar 13 at 1:30PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $62
Average price = $209

ACC Tournament Championship Game (Session 6 )
Sun, Mar 14 at 1:00PM
1,000+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $55
Average price = $152

ACC Tournament (Full Strip - All Sessions)
800+ tickets available
Lowest price tickets = $208
Average price = $495

That got us to thinking.

Both are less traditional tours birthed from television shows, albeit under very different circumstances. One is a brand new show with lots of buzz and and seemingly endless numbers of fans that can’t get enough of their singing. The other one of the longest running shows on television with a very public shake up.

Which tour will be more popular?

Both tours will be in New York within a few days of each other. Glee is performing three shows at Radio City Music Hall on May 28 and 29. Conan O’Brien will be performing at Radio City on June 1.  There are three Glee Live! events, at Radio City in two days. Conan has one. Here’s how it breaks down.

Glee Live in New York
4,000 tickets available
Lowest price ticket = $90
Average price for a ticket = $220.

Conan O’Brien in New York
1,000 Conan O’Brien tickets available
Lowest price = $113
Average price for a ticket = $230.

The edge goes to O’Brien.

2010 “Glee Live! In Concert!” dates:
May 18 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
May 20, 21, 22 - North Hollywood, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
May 25 & 26 - Chicago, IL - Rosemont Theatre
May 28 & 29 - New York City, NY - Radio City Music Hall (a.m. and p.m. shows on May 29)

Conan O’Brien’s “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” tour dates:
April 12 - Eugene, OR - Hult Center for the Performing Arts
April 13 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
April 16 - Spokane, WA - INB Performing Arts Center
April 17 - Enoch, AB, Canada - River Cree Resort & Casino
April 18 - Seattle, WA - Seattle Center - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall
April 22 - San Francisco, CA - Nob Hill Masonic Center
April 24 - Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheater
April 29 - San Diego, CA  - San Diego Civic Theatre
April 30 - Phoenix, AZ  - Dodge Theatre
May 1 - Las Vegas, NV - The Pearl Concert Theatre @ The Palms
May 4 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort & Casino
May 5 - San Jose, CA - San Jose State University Events Center
May 6 - Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
May 9 - Boulder, CO - Mackey Auditorium
May 10 - Denver, CO - Ellie Caulkins Opera House
May 13 - Dallas, TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium- SMU Campus
May 14 - Austin, TX - Austin Music Hall
May 15 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
May 16 - Kansas City, MO - Midland Theatre
May 18 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
May 19 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
May 22 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
May 30 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Spa & Resort - Event Center
June 1 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
June 4 - Boston, MA - Wang Theater
June 6 - Uncasville, CT Mohegan - Sun Arena
June 7 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
June 8 - Washington, DC - Constitution Hall
June 11 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 14 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre