Commons Conundrums

An article showed up in today’s Chronicle Herald about Halifax’s Mayor Peter Kelly enlisting the help of a New York promoter to seek concerts for the Halifax Commons.  Events Halifax is complaining that they have been usurped.  One of the promoter’s representatives stated:

 The president of Creative Entertainment Group confirmed Wednesday that she has a "written contract" with Halifax to pursue acts on the city’s behalf. But Sharon Kim-Dion, speaking from New York, was tight-lipped about what concerts she is trying to land.

"It’s a written agreement but only for very specific artists," she said. "And those artists are the kind that can fill the Commons space," that is, those that can attract more than 40,000 people.

"There’s only about half a dozen artists in the world that can fill that kind of venue."

It’s a "very informal" agreement, Ms. Kim-Dion said.

Only half a dozen artists in the world could attract more than 40,000 people?  Off the top of my head, here are some biggies from the entertainment world:

1)  David Bowie

2)  U2

3)  Madonna

4)  Rolling Stones

5)  The Eagles

6)  Pink Floyd

7)  Bruce Springsteen

8)  The Police

9)  Paul McCartney

10)  Faith Hill/Tim McGraw

11)  Billy Joel

12)   Spice Girls

13)  Garth Brooks

14)  Neil Diamond

15)  Led Zeppelin when they finally kick off a reunion tour

16)  Bon Jovi

17)  Hillary Duff

18)  Hanna Montana

19)  Gwen Stefani

20)  Tragically Hip

21) Van Halen

22)  An East Coast-themed extravaganza featuring artists such as Great Big Sea, Signal Hill, Sons of Maxwell with the Dropkick Murphys thrown in for good measure

23)  Iron Maiden – ok maybe this is more of a personal bias – but they could at least hit around 20,000 seats

Any artists I missed?  Please add them in the comments section.