![]() Whether you’re a talent buyer for the best 300-capacity room in the country or arranging transportation for the biggest tours traversing the globe, there’s an area in which your specialized knowledge makes your vote vitally important for you and your peers. None of these tours happen, of course, without the hard work of those behind the scenes – the agents, managers, promoters, talent buyers, marketers, production teams and venue professionals that bring these amazing talents to stages of all sizes and locations. Given the last few years marked by pandemic, economic and political chaos, comedy has provided the masses with relief in what’s considered a new “golden era” and is reflected by nominated tours by Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Gabriel Iglesias, John Mulaney, Kevin Hart and Sebastian Maniscalco. The year saw massive outings from artists including Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee (on what the reggaeton star says will be his final tour), Grupo Firme, Karol G, Pepe Aguilar and Rosalía all conquering stadiums and arenas and earning nominations. The Latin Tour of the Year category deserves special notice in 2022, as the genre continues to explode on a global scale. The category is more multi-genre than ever. ![]() But those stadiums and arenas are being filled by relative newcomers across genres like Bad Bunny, Harry Styles, Morgan Wallen and The Killers, and we are here for it.Įlton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour” joins Bad Bunny’s “World’s Hottest Tour,” Coldplay’s “Music of the Spheres World Tour,” Def Leppard/Mötley Crüe’s “The Stadium Tour,” Harry Styles’ “Love On Tour,” and Morgan Wallen’s “The Dangerous Tour” for Major Tour of the Year. Not that long ago, many of us were asking who was going to fill those arenas and stadiums once those artists left the scene.įortunately, some like The Rolling Stones and Elton John continue to mount blockbuster tours. ![]() Longtime attendees and voters may notice important changes in top categories – for example, in the Major Tour and Rock Tour of the Year categories, only two nominees can be considered to have been superstars at the peak of the Classic Rock era. If you expect to receive a ballot and don’t by the opening of the voting period, please be sure to check your spam folder. Subscribers should watch their email inboxes for a link to a Survey Monkey ballot – each unique invitation is tied to each email address, so no sharing. 21-23, have been revealed in more than 45 categories among the concert industry’s top tours, artists, venues, executives, support companies and more.Īmong them are the traditional, including Bobby Brooks Award for Agent of the Year and Bill Graham Award for Promoter of the Year and the irreverent, like the awards for “Best Hang” and “Life of the Party.”Īs in past years, a select committee of concert industry and entertainment professionals came together to consider and then winnow down the largest list of nominees in Pollstar history – more than double the number of nominations than in past years. Nominees for the annual awards, which will be announced during the Pollstar Live! Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Feb. And it should be a lot less stressful and a lot more fun. While we’re all probably a little relieved to have election season behind us, another one – for recipients of the 34th Pollstar Awards in February – is now upon Pollstar subscribers.
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