2007 Top Songs

This post is not about music. This post is the first of monthly 30-day reports regarding the activities and traffic statistics for the music website 2007topsongs.com.

The domain 2007topsongs.com was created on 03-Feb-07, during a Saturday morning breakfast in Los Angeles, California. The site was built with Wordpress and it became active by one o’clock in the afternoon on February 3, 2007.

The chart seen here is a screenshot from the websites Google analytics account. The date range is 2/3/2007 - 3/3/2007 with the first date being the day the site was created.

The graph shows some interesting results. As you can see on the chart to the left, there was little traffic for the first week of this sites life online. After a spider came to visit, traffic began to increase from search engine referrals. Throughout the month, more spiders visited, and traffic continued to increase. On Saturday, February 3, there were 8 visits, according to analytics. Nearly all of those visits probably came from the developers of the site. On Saturday, March 3, 349 visits were reported (30 days later).

According to the report, there were total of 4606 visits made to the web site over the 30 day period. There were 11,680 page views reported to analytics.

Looking at the Geo Map Overlay (the graph with the world map) you can see that the great majority of traffic is coming from the United States. There is some activity noted in Australia, with little activity appearing elsewhere in the world.

The top 40 cities of the world appearing in the order of most traffic to least traffic were Los Angeles, Venice, Toronto, Houston, Montreal, Ottawa, Brisbane, New York, Chicago, Miami, Calgary, Saint Louis, Dallas, Philadelphia, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Adelaide, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Perth, Portland, Sydney, Las Vegas, Cincinnati, Melbourne, Brooklyn, Cleveland, San Diego, Auckland, Columbus, Kansas City, Louisville, Makati, Manila, London, Vancouver, London, Halifax, Seattle, and Buffalo.

Google was the number one reported search engine driving traffic, with America Online (AOL) coming in at number two. Direct navigation was the third most popular reported method of getting to the web site.

Thank you to everyone that’s been visiting the web site. We plan to add more top song related content, better features, and some useful tools, so that your visits to the web site will be worthwhile.

Dates for the 2007 Ozzfest tour are not yet available. We’ll update this page when tour info comes available.

According to news reports, tickets for the 2007 edition of Ozzfest will be free. The tour is expected to include 25 dates and it will kick off on July 7th in Los Angeles, California. Ozzfest will be headlined by Ozzy Osbourne, and will include many other acts. Ozzfest is expected to offer shows in cities such as Albuquerque, Phoenix, Kansas City, St Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Dallas, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, San Antonio, Pittsburgh, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Charlotte, Atlanta, West Palm Beach, Los Angeles and Nashville.

Keep up to date on the latest info related to Ozzy Osbourne and the Ozzfest tour via these RSS feeds…

Evanescence, a two-time Grammy-winning band, is on tour in 2007. The band was founded by singer Amy Lee and former guitarist Ben Moody. The band released their first full-length album, Fallen, in 2003, selling more than 14 million copies worldwide. The band released The Open Door, in 2006.

Evanescence 2007 Tour Schedule and Dates…
Wednesday, March 7 —– West Hollywood, CA —– Key Club
Friday, March 16 —– Fresno, CA —– Selland Arena
Saturday, March 17 —– Las Vegas, NV —– Palms Casino Resort
Monday, March 19 —– Las Cruces, NM —– Pan American Center
Wednesday, March 21 —– Oklahoma City, OK —– Ford Center-OK
Thursday, March 22 —– Council Bluffs, IA —– Mid America Center
Friday, March 23 —– Cedar Rapids, IA —– U.S. Cellular Center
Sunday, March 25 —– North Little Rock, AR —– Alltel Arena
Tuesday, March 27 —– Louisville, KY —– Louisville Gardens
Wednesday, March 28 —– Nashville, TN —– Gaylord Entertainment Center
Friday, March 30 —– Norfolk, VA —– Constant Convocation Centre
Saturday, March 31 —– Hartford, CT —– New England Dodge Music Center
Monday, April 2 —– Reading, PA —– Sovereign Center
Wednesday, April 4 —– Providence, RI —– Dunkin Donuts Civic Center
Thursday, April 5 —– Glens Falls, NY —– Glens Falls Civic Center

Below is some external RSS content related to the band Evanescence…

I am excited about this tour!

No word yet on what locations the 2007 Van Halen Tour will be held at. I’ll post a list of the 40 cities along with ticketing information to this post when I get updated info.

You have to figure Van Halen will play Madison Square Garden in NYC and the Staples Center in Los Angeles during their summer reunion tour. No idea as to what other stadiums they’ll be playing. I checked the Staples center calendar and no dates are listed yet for summer shows. Same goes for MSG (yet the Police are already listed for two dates - Aug 1, 2007 and Aug 3, 2007 - tickets are on sale as of Feb 20th).

The Live Earth concert tour (a 24 hour event) is scheduled for 07/07/2007 and will feature an estimated 100 top musical acts.  According to news reports, Live Earth concerts will take place in Brazil, Shanghai, Japan, Johannesburg, London, Sydney, and the United States (East Coast). Live Earth is expected to be broadcast worldwide on MSN, people can go to http://liveearth.msn.com for more information regarding internet broadcasts.

Artists that have been announced for the events include: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Paolo Nutini, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, AFI, Melissa Etheridge, Pharrell, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Black Eyed Peas, Korn, Corinne Bailey Rae, Duran Duran, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, Maná, Bloc Party, Snow Patrol, Keane, Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw

Get more information on the Live Earth Website.

Some new US dates have been announced for the Rod Stewart 2007 tour. Cities recently added to the tour include Houston, Kansas City, San Antonio, Dallas, Des Moines, Winnipeg and St. Paul. Here is a list of dates and cities that were added to the tour…

April 10 —– Houston, TX
April 13 —– Kansas City, MO
April 14 —– Des Moines, IA
April 17 —– San Antonio, TX
April 18 —– Dallas, TX
April 24 —– Winnipeg
April 25 —– St. Paul

As of this posting, Rod Stewart is currently in New York City, preparing to play at the infamous Madison Square Garden on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2007. Below is a list of tour dates along with cities and arenas Rod Stewart will be playing at. Check the hyperlinks on arenas (for those that are available) if you want more information about a tour date near you.

Feb 14 2007 —– New York City —– Madison Square Garden
Feb 16, 2007 —– Buffalo —– HSBC Arena
Feb 17, 2007 —– Pittsburgh —– Mellon Arena
Feb 20, 2007 —– Wilkes-Barre —– Wachovia Arena
Feb 21, 2007 —– New York —–  Madison Square Garden
Feb 23, 2007 —– Ottawa —– Scotiabank Place
Feb 24, 2007 —– Montreal —–  Bell Centre
March 2, 2007 —– Cleveland —– Quicken Loans Arena
March 3, 2007 —– Chicago —– United Arena
March 6, 2007 —– Edmonton —–  Rexall Place
March 7, 2007 —– Calgary —– Pengrowth Saddledome
March 9, 2007 —– Portland —–  Rose Garden
March 10, 2007 —– Vancouver —– GM Place
March 12, 2007 —– Seattle —– KeyArena
March 15, 2007 —– San Jose —–  HP Pavilion
March 17, 2007 —– Las Vegas —– MGM Grand Garden Arena
March 20, 2007 —– Los Angeles —–  STAPLES Center
March 22, 2007 —– Los Angeles —–  STAPLES Center
March 24, 2007 —– San Diego —– Cox Arena
March 27, 2007 —– Phoenix —– Jobing.com Arena
March 28, 2007 —– Fresno —– Save Mart Center
March 30, 2007 —– Reno —– Lawlor Events Center
March 31, 2007 —– Sacramento —– Arcos Arena
April 2, 2007 —– Denver —– Pepsi Center
April 3, 2007 —– Omaha —–  Qwest Center
April 10, 2007 —– Houston —– Toyota Center
April 11, 2007 —– Oklahoma City —– Ford Center
April 13, 2007 —– Kansas City —–  Kemper Arena
April 14, 2007 —– Des Moines —– Wells Fargo Arena
April 17, 2007 —– San Antonio —–  AT&T Center
April 18, 2007 —– Dallas —– American Airlines Arena
April 20, 2007 —– Green Bay —– Resch Center
April 21, 2007 —– Bradley Center —– —– Bradley Center
April 24, 2007 —– Winnipeg —–  MTSÂ Centre
April 25, 2007 —– St. Paul —–  Xcel Energy Center
April 27, 2007 —– Little Rock —–  Alltel Arena
May 1, 2007 —– St. Louis —– Scottrade Center
May 2, 2007 —– Cincinnati —– US Bank Arena
May 4, 2007 —– Raleigh —– RBC Center
May 7, 2007 —– Rochester —– Blue Cross Arena
May 9, 2007 —– Manchester —– Verizon Arena
May 15, 2007 —– London, ON —– Labatt Centre

We’ll update this page with more information regarding the Rod Stewart 2007 tour as we get it. Rod Stewart rocks!

The Police have announced a 2007 world tour, reuniting after two decades apart, for a global tour that begins May 28th in Vancouver.

The Police are expected to tour (mostly in arenas) from North AmeriCanada to Europe, back to the United States and then to South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Details on all shows will be posted here in the coming weeks.

The Police tour is being sponsored by Best Buy and the Police are planning to donate proceeds of the tour to Water Aid, an international charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.

Tour Dates and Venue information we currently have…

May 28, 2007 —–  Vancouver, BC Canada —– GM Place
Jun 06, 2007 —–  Seattle, WA  —–  Key Arena
Jun 09, 2007 —–  Denver, CO  —–  Pepsi Center
Jun 15, 2007 —–  Las Vegas, NV US MGM Grand  —– Garden Arena
Jun 16, 2007 —–  Manchester, TN  —–  Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Jun 18, 2007 —–  Phoenix, AZ  —–  US Airways Arena
Jun 26, 2007 —–  Dallas, TX  —–  American Airlines Center
Jun 30, 2007 —–  New Orleans, LA  —–  New Orleans Arena
Jul 02, 2007 —–  St. Louis, MO  —–  Scottrade Center
Jul 22, 2007 —–  Toronto, ON Canada  —– Air Canada Centre
Jul 25, 2007 —–  Montreal, QC Canada  —– Bell Centre
Jul 28, 2007 —–  Boston, MA  —–  Fenway Park
Aug 01, 2007 —–  New York City, NY  —–  Madison Square Garden
Aug 03, 2007 —–  New York City, NY  —–  Madison Square Garden

We hope to be including info for these cities soon…
Chicago, IL
Columbus, OH
Detroit, MI
Edmonton, AB
Hartford, CT
Los Angeles, CA
Miami, FL
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
San Jose/Oakland, CA
Tampa, FL
Washington, D.C./Baltimore, MD

The Police rose to become one of the most popular groups in the world in the early 1980s and even though there was never an official break-up, each band member pursued his own solo career after their Synchronicity tour ended in March 1984.The Police performed as the opening act of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on February 11, 2007.