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18-532: The tour grossed nearly $ 50 million and was witnessed by close to 950,000 people. 60 of the 65 reported shows were sold-out. It was fifth highest grossing of any genre in North America, and the leading country music tour, during 2000. An estimated 1 million people attended the shows. The pairing of the musically divergent couple led to Pollstar giving the tour its second-most important Concert Industry Award, that of Most Creative Tour Package for 2000. This

36-456: A "voice [that] comes across as thin ... exposing...absolutely nothing in resembling personality." Her rendition of Janis Joplin 's " Piece of My Heart " came in particular for poor notices. One newspaper mentioned "her face full of Revlon", and indeed it was later reported that her makeup kit for the tour was a 300-pound case on seven wheels, designed specifically for her at $ 4,000 cost. Other writers praised Hill, saying she "belted it out with

54-422: A catwalk and raised podiums on either side of the stage and a riser from below for performer entrances. It took almost 100 roadies to move the production from city to city. The show was presented as two self-contained sets. Hill would perform first, followed by a short intermission and then McGraw would take the stage. In a sense Hill was still an opening act for McGraw, as the applause generally indicated that

72-408: A concert before the featured act, or "headliner" . Rarely, an opening act may perform again at the end of the event, or perform with the featured act after both have had a set to themselves. The opening act's performance serves to "warm up" the audience, making it appropriately excited and enthusiastic for the headliner. In rock music , the opening act will usually be an up-and-coming group with

90-401: A smaller following than the headliner. On long concert tours , different opening acts may be used for different legs of the tour. In comedy, a warm-up comedian or crowd warmer is a stand-up comedian who performs at a comedy club or before the filming of a television comedy in front of a studio audience . More rarely, a comedian will open for a music concert. Their role is to make

108-649: A venue consultancy founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff , in July 2017. Pollstar holds an annual award ceremony to honor artists and professionals in the concert industry. Founded in 1981 in Fresno, California , Pollstar is a trade publication that covers the concert industry in the United States and internationally. They supply information to professional concert promoters, booking agents, artist managers, facility executives and other entities involved in

126-418: The "Go Your Own Way" ending, with the couple singing from opposite ends of the stage, "a little unclear on the concept: Country music's most happily marrieds were singing a bitter breakup song from rock's most famous divorce album to end their show." Some critics reacted unfavorably to Hill's performance, criticizing her as a "vacuous and wooden entertainer", "lack[ing] identity [and singing] cotton candy", with

144-467: The CIC – Concert Industry Consortium, it brings together a mix of talent buyers, venue managers, artist agents and managers. Conference speakers have included Garth Brooks , Jon Bon Jovi , Eddy Cue , Michael Rapino , and Nicki Minaj . Since 1990, the publication has given annual Pollstar Awards to companies, venues, artists, tours, and executives in the live entertainment business. The first awards show

162-451: The audience feel integral to the show and encourage reactions during the show. They usually work alone and perform a comedy routine while also possibly explaining aspects of the show. In a television recording, they will also perform during commercial breaks . Some warm-up routines before talk shows involve giving prizes to audience members. The use of warm-ups in comedy dates back before television to radio shows. In sports, an undercard

180-418: The best of them", and praising her performance of her "There Will Come a Day". Hill McGraw Hill/McGraw Performed at select shows Keith Urban served as an unannounced opening act at some shows. The Warren Brothers also opened some shows. Pollstar Pollstar is a trade publication for the concert and live music industry. The publication was purchased by Oak View Group ,

198-550: The live entertainment business. Pollstar produces a weekly print magazine for industry professionals and publishes on their website. Pollstar previously operated a separate website for professionals, but later announced it would merge the site with Pollstar.com. Today, Pollstar has an office in London and correspondents in six countries. The magazine is a member of the Associated Press (AP). Its subscribers receive

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216-405: The majority of the audience was clearly there to see McGraw. The couple's music was very different at this stage of their careers, as Hill was exploring pop, techno and programmed drums, and 1960s retro sounds, while McGraw stuck to his more mainstream country approach. After McGraw's set, a video montage was presented of the couple's family, then the two returned to close the show with five duets;

234-495: The show closer was a rendition of Fleetwood Mac 's " Go Your Own Way ". CMT News wrote that "Go Your Own Way" represented "a clear-cut declaration of where country music finds itself today, aimed at Gen-Xers and baby boomers and drifting more into the pop realm than ever before." Rolling Stone said that in the show, "McGraw and Hill provided an interesting contrast in the differences between country and not country, pop country and pop pop." The San Francisco Chronicle found

252-677: The tour was extended into the end of the year. The opening night at the Philips Arena in Atlanta was sold out, but so many fans showed up looking to get in that the local promoter opened up a section behind the stage and let the fans in. At the Madison Square Garden show in New York City – where a local radio host proclaimed the show the biggest country concert ever to hit the city – McGraw's father Tug McGraw

270-526: The weekly magazine and access to its online databases. In May 2018, Pollstar announced it was moving its headquarters from Fresno to Los Angeles. The following month, co-founder and editor-in-chief Gary Bongiovani retired from the publication. Pollstar also produces Pollstar Live!, a three-day concert industry conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , CA. Originally titled

288-459: Was hosted by Penn Jillette at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Initially, winners were chosen by industry voters and, to a lesser extent, by the magazine's subscribers. Since 2019, Pollstar has used box office performance to choose the winners. Opening act An opening act , also known as a warm-up act , support act , supporting act or opener , is an entertainment act (musical, comedic, or otherwise), that performs at

306-430: Was in attendance, as was New York Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens , who appeared onstage to bring Tim McGraw a Bud Lite . After the tour concluded, McGraw toured on a solo basis, but Hill did not, until the couple staged their next joint production, the more elaborate and even more commercially successful Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 . The show featured a unique 360 degree endstage that allowed for full arena capacity, with

324-432: Was not the first time the two had toured together: Hill was McGraw's opening act on his 1996 Spontaneous Combustion Tour, which is where they first met. The Soul2Soul Tour was in support of their most recent albums at the time, McGraw's A Place In The Sun and Hill's mega-success Breathe . The tour was originally set to run July through October, however, following unexpected success (the opening leg grossed $ 18 million),

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