Thursday, July 16, 2009

Panic in Orange Beach, Birmingham's Crawfish Boil grosses make Billboard chart - Just Coasting - al.com

Panic in Orange Beach, Birmingham's Crawfish Boil grosses make Billboard chart - Just Coasting - al.com: "Two of the nation's 10 highest-grossing concerts this year happened in Alabama?

Hold on there, podner.

This much is true: Once a week, Billboard, the leading music industry publication, publishes its Boxscore, a report of top concert grosses. Among domestic events, the current chart lists the Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil, which took place in Birmingham May 1-2, at No. 3, with a take of $980,907.

And at No. 6 among domestic events we find Widespread Panic's April 17-19 stand in Orange Beach, with a reported gross of $830,037."