Pollstar has the numbers in.
Worldwide the Top 3 tours are AC/DC, Tina Turner, and Britney Spears
1. AC/DC- $150.6 million (Figures are from 61 shows in 57 cities; avg. ticket price $86.39)
2. Tina Turner-$83.5 million (Figures are from 52 shows in 22 cities; avg ticket price $121.65)
3. Britney Spears- $74.6 million (Figures are from 48 shows in 33 cities; avg ticket price $95.04)
4. Bruce Springsteen- $60.7 million
5. Eagles- $60.2 million
North America:
1. Britney Spears- $61.1 million (Figures are from 37 shows in 30 cities)
2. Fleetwood Mac- $54.8 million (Figures are from 53 shows in 52 cities)
3. Elton John/ Billy Joel- $52.1 million (Figures from
4. Eagles- $42.8 million
5. Celion Dion- $42.6 million
ACDC looks like they'll have the Top Tour for 2009 Worldwide and Britney with the Top North American Tour with the 2nd N.A. leg starting after the European leg.
Go ahead Britney. From the shows they tallied so far are her first leg of the N.A. leg (37) + 8 shows in London + 2 shows in Dublin + 1st show in Paris= 48 shows
Props to Tina Turner still doing her thing. Her tour is over now but the diva proved she can put some fannies in the seats.
Also Britney is the youngest person in the Top 5 tours...check her out!!!
http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/a...09/678172.aspx
The top 25 can be found at:
http://www.pollstarpro.com/SpecialFe...dwideTours.pdf