Michael Jackson's concert film, This Is It, took the top spot at the box office taking in $21.3 million over the Halloween weekend.
The rockumentary, which consists of pieced together rehearsal footage for what would have been Jackson's comeback/farewell concert series in London, has made $101 million dollars worldwide since it's release on October 27.
The good returns has prompted Sony to keep the film, which was only intended for a 2 week theatrical run, in multiplexes everywhere until at least Thanksgiving.
Yet for how well the film has done, the record for highest opening weekend for a concert film still belongs to last year's Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: The Best Of Both Worlds Conert which took in $31.1 million.
You can read my review for This Is It here.
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U2 outdid themselves when their 360 tour stopped at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California on October 25 and broke the record for highest ever concert attendance for one headliner previously set by - U2.
The Irish quartet played to a packed house of 97,014 shattering their own previous record of 86,145 set in 1987 in Philadelphia for the Joshua Tree tour.
The concert was also streamed live on U2's You Tube channel where an estimated 7 million tuned in to witness the band plow through a retrospective set.
U2 will bring their epic record breaking tour back to the U.S. next summer. Dates are below.
- 06/06 - Anaheim, CA @ Angel Stadium
- 06/12 - Denver, CO @ Invesco Field
- 06/16- Oakland, CA @ Oakland Coliseum
- 06/20 - Seattle, WA @ Qwest Field
- 06/23 - Edmonton, AB - Commonwealth Stadium
- 06/30 - East Langsing, MI - Spartan Stadium
- 07/03 - Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
- 07/06 - Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
- 07/09 - Miami, FL @ Land Shark Stadium
- 07/12 - Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field
- 07/16 - Montreal, QC @ Venue TBA
- 07/19 - New York, NY @ New Meadowlands Stadium
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After taking a year long hiatus The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced plans for a new album.
"We're gonna write it for a while, it usually takes us a while," drummer Chad Smith said in an interview with Clash Magazine. Smith speculated that the record would be out "sometime next year, maybe this time [next year]".
The time off for the band has found bassist Flea working with Radiohead front man Thom Yorke and Smith drumming for the Sammy Hagar fronted super group Chickenfoot.
The LP in progress would be the first for The Chili Peppers since 2006's sprawling, and often boring, double album Stadium Arcadium.
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