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U2 leads most-requested concert tickets for 2005.

NEW YORK, NY Thursday Dec.22.2005 /FantasyMusicLeague.com/ –
U2 tickets were the most wanted for 2005.

Ticketmaster just released the year-end results of the most-requested shows and events of the past year, and U2 led the way, beating out the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, and the New England Patriots, among others.

According to Ticketmaster, U2’s Vertigo Tour was the No. 1 most requested event and the No. 1 most requested concert of 2005, making U2’s Vertigo Tour the most in-demand ticket of the year.

Ticketmaster based its ranking of the nation’s most requested events on online page views, information requests, and ticket sales through Ticketmaster
sales channels between January 1st to November 30th, 2005.

Here are the Most Requested Events and Most Requested Concerts of 2005, according to Ticketmaster:

2005 MOST REQUESTED EVENTS

01. U2
02. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
03. ROLLING STONES
04. PAUL MCCARTNEY
05. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
06. COLDPLAY
07. NEW YORK YANKEES
08. RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
09. BON JOVI
10. KENNY CHESNEY

2005 MOST REQUESTED CONCERTS

01. U2
02. ROLLING STONES
03. PAUL MCCARTNEY
04. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
05. COLDPLAY
06. BON JOVI
07. KENNY CHESNEY
08. EAGLES
09. ELTON JOHN
10. NINE INCH NAILS

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Coldplay’s “Til Kingdom Come” (Capitol). Coldplay’s beautiful “Fix You” is a pledge of devotion, but this bonus track on the “X&Y” album is an even more intimate statement that may be played at weddings for years. Chris Martin wrote it with Johnny Cash in mind as the singer.

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All went according to plan with a debut album, 2001’s “Is This It,” selling a solid million in the U.S. and collecting international accolades. But a second album, 2003’s “Room on Fire,” stalled at half the sales, and even supporters started to question the band’s will to lead while watching Coldplay do the hard work to achieve the status some wanted for the Strokes. To make matters worse, such other upstarts as Franz Ferdinand and the Killers walked through the commercial door the Strokes opened.

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Also we shouldn’t be surprised that Coldplay’s X&Y, a chart-topping album on both sides of the Atlantic, afforded these Brit rockers the biggest Rock Band of the Year accolade ahead of U2. It’s fairly understandable that Chris Martin’s position as the world’s premier blue chip rock star will not be in doubt as long as Coldplay’s album sales does the business for EMI.

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Amazon.com today released its “Best Of 2005 List” which includes the best selling, most positively reviewed, most wished for, and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2005. The black 2GB iPod nano was the fourth best selling product–as counted by total units sold–behind Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (books), X&Y by Coldplay (music), and Star Wars Episode III- Revenge of the Sith (DVD). The 20GB iPod was No. 4 on its list of products that appeared most often on the Wish Lists of Amazon.com customers in 2005, while the 512MB iPod shuffle was fourth on its list of products most frequently purchased as gifts by Amazon.com customers in 2005–behind the aforementioned Harry Potter book and Coldplay album and the complete first season of Lost.

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Off the Wall is counting down to a fresh new year of funky tube treats …

Make your annual trip to “The Twilight Zone” (9 a.m. today till Monday morning at 6 a.m., Sci Fi) … In their own bizarre world are the loopy lads of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” (tonight, 1 p.m.-5 a.m., BBC America) … Love the past with “I Love the ’70s” (today, 3-8 p.m., VH1) and “I Love the ’80s Strikes Back” (tonight, 8 p.m.- 1 a.m., VH1) … Overnight music kicks off with “Yanni: Live at Royal Albert Hall” (tonight, at 8 p.m., WLIW/21), before moving on to Coldplay (9 p.m. and midnight), Peter Gabriel (10 p.m.), Marvin Gaye (11 p.m. and 2:30 a.m.) and the Grateful Dead (1 a.m.) … Explore pop music’s origins in the entire series “Soundtrack of the Century” (today, 10a.m.- 4:40 a.m., WNET/13) … Pummeling is the point on “Best of UFC” (tonight, 9 p.m.-midnight, Spike) … Larry David rages through last season’s episodes of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (late tonight, 12:05-5:30 a.m., HBO).

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3. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

The two-day event that spawned a multitude of regional music fests was never more powerful. Coldplay also elevated the festival to new levels of commercial esteem by using the festival to preview its “X&Y” CD, ranked the best album of 2005 by Amazon.com customers. The closing night set by angst-ridden Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails also ensured that this Coachella was one of the most musically powerful.

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Thirteen liveDaily critics were asked to list their 10 favorite albums of 2005, and six placed “Z” on their list, as close to a consensus as we got this year. Coldplay (music)’s “X&Y” appears on five lists, making it a clean sweep for the last three letters of the alphabet.

Critics Picks: liveDaily’s top albums of 2005

1. My Morning Jacket, “Z” (ATO)
2. Coldplay, “X&Y” (Capitol)
3. Kanye West, “Late Registration” (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
4. The White Stripes, “Get Behind Me Satan” (V2)
5. Beck, “Guero” (Geffen)
6. Bright Eyes, “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning” (Saddle Creek)
7. Queens of the Stone Age, “Lullabies to Paralyze” (Interscope)
8. Shelby Lynne, “Suit Yourself” (Capitol)
9. Spoon, “Gimme Fiction” (Merge)
10. M.I.A., “Arular” (XL/Interscope)

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Finally, Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay’s Chris Martin have not yet officially announced her second pregnancy, but it seems inevitable. A source has even revealed to the National Enquirer that the couple is already considering names for their upcoming little arrival. Gwyneth has supposedly let Chris choose the name for their son and he’s chosen Capone.

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