According to Billboard, AEG Live have successfully won the rights to promote the next Justin Timberlake tour, which will take place in venues worldwide next year. The AEG deal follows a bidding war between rival concert promoters, with Live Nation also reportedly keen to have what is sure to be one of the biggest contemporary artist tours of 2007.
Meanwhile an upcoming Christina Aguilera European tour has been given to different promoters in different territories, with Live Nation securing the rights to some of the dates. Aguilera, due to tour Europe from mid-November, with a North American tour in early 2007, is also likely to be one of the big sellers in the next twelve months.
Both Aguilera and Timberlake are booked by the Creative Artists Agency - who have worked with both AEG and Live Nation previously, through AEG promoted the 2003 Aguilera/Timberlake joint tour.