TOTAL LICENSING The Wiggles’ sponsorship partners sold 42,383; which is a 163% growth from 2017! 2019 will be the biggest concert tour in many years. ‘The Wiggle Fun Tour’ will be a full production featuring all The Wiggles hits from ‘Hot Potato’ to ‘Do the Propeller!’. The tour will travel to the USA in May/June 2019, coast to coast to 32 cities over six weeks. Canada will see them perform 80 shows in 30 venues across the country from Newfoundland to British Columbia.
important topic. The Wiggles have collaborated with Sesame Street and with Mother Goose Club to create playlists, and the Mother Goose Club live tour competition which generated 4000 entries in 7 days! Spotify has been an equally successful platform for The Wiggles with 2018 pulling in 65 million streams and growing rapidly. Similarly, TV streaming services worldwide have been another great triumph for The Wiggles, with Andrew Thomas, Director, Content (Kids and Family) with Hulu, confirming that “The Wiggles have been a spectacular hit on Hulu”.
The Wiggles are one of the hardest working and most successful musical groups in the world, touring the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand over the last year. Ticket sales in Canada doubled from last year to 90,000 ticket sales. In 2018 they played 348 shows, selling over 405,000 tickets. Parents cannot wait to get Wiggles tickets for their children. On the end of year arena tour alone, ticket presale sold 101,112 tickets within 24 hours! This is a 31% growth from 2017! The presale tickets for
Over the last seven years The Wiggles have produced six TV series: ‘Ready, Steady, Wiggle!’, ‘Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 2’, ‘Wiggle Town!’, ‘Emma!’, ‘Lachy!’ and ‘Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle!’. In the USA, these series have been broadcast on Universal Kids and Hulu, in Canada on Treehouse. Netflix has streamed The Wiggles in 191 countries. ‘Emma Series 2’ and ‘Wiggle Time’ (6 x 20 minute specials) will be available for Treehouse and Netflix in Canada and on Universal Kids and Hulu in the USA in the first half of 2019. There will be a number of premium video specials for 2019. One of the most exciting projects is ‘The Wiggles Big Ballet Day!’ which features stars of The Australian Ballet Company. The delightful narrative follows a child on a journey to see the ballet in a theatre for the first time. This will be available for release in the second half of 2019. A new Wiggles TV series will be available in early 2020 and is set to be the most exciting Wiggles series yet! The licensing program is growing rapidly. In 2019, The Wiggles will range a broad spectrum of The Wiggles and Emma! branded products - bicycles, apparel, puzzles & games, dolls, feeding range items, arts & crafts and, of course, musical toys. With so much excitement it is fair to say it really is a Wiggly, Wiggly World!
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