the buzz log
Summer Musical Tours of Duty
Aside from the people who waited for Kanye West's Bonnaroo gig, everyone loves a music festival. True, with all the comebacks, reunions, and geezers onstage, some summer concerts look more like golden oldies variety shows—but you know what, baby boomers and family events are in.
Slather on the sunblock, take out a small loan to gas up the van, and get on a musical trip with the top 10 searched summer music festivals of '08. Appropriately, the Warped Tour, which started Friday, kicks off this list. Oh, and West fans, you get a second chance at Essence. Bring an alarm clock.
Are You Ready to Rock?
The tour doesn't begin until July, but metalheads are slamming the search box for Ozzfest tickets. And one big change from last year's festival is the reason—free admission. In preparation for last week's opening of the virtual ticket window, fans drove queries for "livenation.com/ozzfest" up by 7,217%.
Since then, we've seen a rise in headbanging interest for "ozzfest 2007 bands" (+1,164%) and "ozzfest 2007 tour dates" (+1,121%), as well as more "ozzfest tickets 2007" and "free ozzfest tickets."
Devotees of harsh vocals and shredding guitars aren't as interested in dialing up info on main stage bands Ozzy Osbourne, Lamb of God, Static-X, and Lordi (winner of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest). But once those golden tickets are secured, we predict that metaldom will focus on preparing their hearty hails for beloved bands and getting set to rock on.
top movers
| Rank | Subject | 1-Day Move |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nidal Malik Hasan | Breakout! |
| 2 | Fort Hood Shooting | Breakout! |
| 3 | Tyrannosaurus Rex | Breakout! |
| 4 | Fort Hood | 43518% |
| 5 | Tropical Storm Ida | 4377% |
| 6 | Willie Aames | 3325% |
| 7 | Shannon Dedrick | 3299% |
| 8 | Gretchen Rossi | 2702% |
| 9 | Epic Mickey | 2583% |
| 10 | Lee Harvey Oswald | 1907% |
top leaders
| Rank | Subject | Move | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danica Patrick | +194 | 207 |
| 2 | Fort Hood | +185 | 185 |
| 3 | Angelina Jolie | +114 | 164 |
| 4 | Rihanna | +39 | 157 |
| 5 | New York Yankees | +54 | 154 |
| 6 | Alicia Keys | +139 | 153 |
| 7 | +1 | 153 | |
| 8 | NFL | +6 | 138 |
what's the buzz?
A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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