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Ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters‘ tour of “The Wall” is at the top of the chart for ticket sales of musical, theatre and sports events for the week ending May 16.

Ticket sales tracking company TicketNews announced Waters was #1 on its Top Combined Events  chart.

“The Wall” show has a huge lead over #2 on the list — with a 13.19 “power score” over the 4.83 score of Broadway show “Wicked.” Lady Gaga is third at 2.48; Justin Bieber is in fourth place at 2.29.

None of this is news to people who logged on at 10 a.m. May 10 when “Wall” tickets went on sale. Waters immediately sold-out many venues, and added a dozen shows to the tour by the end of the day to help meet demand.

TicketNews’ scores are based on sales from the TicketNetwork Exchange, the world’s largest secondary market exchange. Total ticket sales from the given event and total ticket sales within the category are used to calculate power scores.

On top of the eight new Roger Waters shows we told you about this morning (“Eight shows added to “Wall” tour”), another four have now been added to his “Wall” tour in four venues:

1. Sept. 23, United Center, Chicago, Ill.
2. Nov. 11, Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
3. Nov. 30, Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
4. Dec. 14, Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.

Ticket for these shows go on sale tomorrow at 9 a.m., local time.

Eight shows were immediately added to Roger Water’s tour of “The Wall” once general tickets went on sale this morning:

1. Sep 18, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2. Oct 1, TD Garden, Boston, Mass.
3. Oct 6, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.
4. Oct 13, Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, N.Y.
5. Oct 20, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
6. Nov 4, Izod Center, East Rutherford, N.J.
7. Nov 14, BankAtlantic Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
8. Dec 8, HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif.

Tickets are on sale of all of these additional venues.

General tickets for Roger Waters‘ tour of “The Wall” went on sale this morning at 10. If our experience buying tickets for his Montreal shows coming up Oct. 19-20 is any indicator, sales are brisk.

The first date sold out within 20 minutes, along with many sections for the second show.

What’s been your experience buying tickets? Post them as replies to this message.

Roger Waters has announced the band that will tour with him during his performances of “The Wall” later this year.

Drums:
Graham Broad

Guitars:
Dave Kilminster
G.E. Smith
Snowy White

Keyboards:
Jon Carin
Harry Waters

Lead vocals:
Robbie Wyckoff

Backing vocals:
Jon Joyce
Mark Lennon
Michael Lennon
Kipp Lennon

Smith, Wyckoff, and the Lennons (all cousins) are new to Waters’ lineup. Wyckoff will be singing lead vocals originally handled by David Gilmour.

Harry Waters is Roger’s son.

Roger Waters’ 35-date North American tour of “The Wall” announced yesterday will continue to Europe.

The news is contained in what is practically a footnote to a story posted at cbsnews.com yesterday.

The North American leg of the tour begins in Toronto Sept. 15 and concludes in Anaheim, Calif., on Dec. 15.

CBS also says the tour is likely to be Waters’ last. “I’m not as young as I used to be. I’m not like B.B. King, or Muddy Waters,” he says in the story.