Posted on August 1st, 2009
MAASTRICHT, Niederlande — Mit 554.242 verkauften Tickets und einem Umsatz von 57,4 Millionen US-Dollar steht der niederländische Violinist und Orchesterleiter Andre Rieu auf Platz 4 der Top 25 der bestverkauften Tourneen. Die Liste wird vom führenden Billboard Magazine erstellt, dem wöchentlichen US-Fachblatt für die Musik- und Entertainmentbranche. Gemäß Billboard Magazine ist Rieu, gemessen an seinen Verkaufszahlen, der erfolgreichste männliche Künstler …
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Posted on July 27th, 2009

André Rieu is the world’s most successful male touring artist of the first half of 2009, according to Billboard magazine. The leading music industry publication has published an overview of the 25 best selling tours and Rieu ranked number 4. With 554,242 tickets sold and $57.4 million in gross revenue, only Madonna, Tina Turner and Britney Spears had more revenues …
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Posted on July 27th, 2009
Met een aantal van 554.242 verkochte tickets en een omzet van $57.4 miljoen staat André Rieu op de 4de plaats in Billboard’s ‘Top 25 best selling tours’ van de eerste helft van 2009. Volgens het toonaangevende Billboard Magazine is Rieu daarmee de best verkopende mannelijk wereldwijd. Alleen Madonna, Tina Turner en Britney Spears bleven hem voor.
Missie geslaagd
Rieu, die ook al …
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Posted on March 17th, 2009

Supporters van Ajax kunnen morgen voor aanvang van de wedstrijd Ajax-Olympique Marseille meedeinen op de klanken van André Rieu.Aangezien Ajax morgenavond haar 109-jarig bestaan viert, heeft de club de Limburger uitgenodigt om het publiek voor de achste finale in de UEFA Cup alvast in hogere sferen te brengen.
Eerder deed Rieu dat al in 1995 tijdens de gewonnen halve finale van …
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Posted on January 5th, 2009

New York, NY, January 5th, 2008 -With an incredible number of 714,617 tickets sold and a gross revenue of US$76.9 mln Andre Rieu clinched the 8th position in Pollstar’s top 10 of worldwide touring acts. At 59, Rieu is still burning from ambition and his next goal is to definitively conquer the USA.
Pollstar, the organization that keeps track of the …
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Posted on December 19th, 2008

New York, NY, December 18th, 2008 – Violinist, conductor and showman André Rieu achieved two major milestones this week. First, Billboard Magazine announced Rieu as the number one Top Selling Classical Artist of 2008 in the USA. Second of all Rieu’s newest DVD ‘Live in Australia’ set unprecedented sales records and outsold Pink and AC/DC.
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Posted on December 12th, 2008

Promo video for the World Stadium Tour. Premiere of the World Stadium Tour in Toronto with the biggest stage ever to go on tour; a full-size reproduction of the Empress Sisi’s castle in Vienna, the Schönbrunn Palace! Imagine yourself in Vienna for a Night with André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra.
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Posted on December 10th, 2008
Video: André Rieu World Stadium Tour
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Posted on November 19th, 2008

In the first week of his Australian Tour, chart-topping violinist André Rieu broke classical concert records when he packed Melbourne’s Telstra Dome with 89,000 of his fans. At the last of his three Melbourne concerts, on November 15th, Rieu sold out the Dome and played for an unprecedented 38,605 classical concertgoers.
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Violinst/conductor Rieu was touched by what he experienced: “We’ve played …
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Posted on November 19th, 2008

Rieu en zijn Johann Strauss Orkest sluiten daarmee een succesvolle eerste week in Australië af, waarin zij optraden tijdens de finale van de Australische Dancing with the Stars en een live optreden gaven voor de Today show. Rieu’s populariteit in Australië blijft groeien. Rieu staat op dit moment met 15 albums in de dvd top 40 en houdt de plaatsen …
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Posted on March 28th, 2008
For André Rieu and his Johan Strauss Orchestra this is the national première of the World Stadium Tour, after its spectacular world première in Toronto, Canada and its more recent European première in Düsseldorf.
The gigantic stage is a faithful copy of the famous Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, better known as the castle of the Empress Sissi, and only just fits …
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Posted on December 15th, 2007

The full-size copy of the world-famous Schönbrunn Palace, familiar from the film Sissi, after the eponymous Viennese Empress, made a huge impact on the audience. The stage took 100 sea containers to transport and is 125 metres wide and 35 metres high, encompassing two ice rinks, fountains and on a separate second level, an original Viennese ballroom. Horses and carriages, …
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