Hot Tours: Elton John, Cirque Du Soleil, Ricardo Arjona

Sir Elton John, who is in his sixth decade of touring, take the No. 1 slot on Hot Tours this week with $2.7 million in box office grosses reported from two stops on his Greatest Hits Tour, currently on the road in North America through the end of April. Before beginning a slate of U.S. concerts in early March, John played a two-show run in Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional on March 2 and 3, drawing 19,000 fans. Ticket sales totaled more than 19.7 million pesos ($1.5 US$) at the Mexican capitol city's 9,600-seat national auditorium. The first U.S. date to be reported from the tour's final North American leg was a performance at Orlando's Amway Center on March 10. The show grossed more than $1.2 million at the box office with over 14,000 in attendance. The Greatest Hits tour kicked off in February of 2011, playing markets worldwide throughout last year and the beginning of this year. Following the current U.S./Canada trek, the legendary entertainer will return to Europe for dates booked in June and July.

Box office grosses from two U.S. arenas give the No. 2 ranking on the weekly Hot Tours recap to Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, the music and dance touring show from Cirque du Soleil. With 22,256 in attendance for concerts at Jacksonville's Veterans Memorial Arena (March 7-8) and Raleigh's RBC Center (March 10-11), the ticket sales total from four performances was $2.2 million.

Following in third place on this week's top 10 list is Guatemalan Grammy-winner Ricardo Arjona with a combined gross of $1.7 million from two nights at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. Located in the San Juan suburb of Hato Rey, the 18,500-seat arena hosted the Latin music star on March 2 and 3, drawing sellout crowds for both concerts. The total number of sold tickets for the two-show run was 26,973. Arjona's Metamorfosis World Tour launched in January in Mexico and will be playing North American markets through the end of March. A Latin American leg will follow in April, and a concert is booked in Costa Rica in August.