U2 head list of Top 25 tours of 2011
Written by admin on December 22, 2011 – 12:11 pm -| The list of top 25 most lucrative music tours of 2011 features a diverse group of artists, old and new, with multiple genres represented, including hard rock, country, rap and pop. Top of the pile is U2 with their 360° tour, which was the highest-grossing tour of all time.
In 2011 alone, 2.8 million people saw the tour on its American and African legs, with ticket sales totalling $293 million. |
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Stadium rockers Bon Jovi took the second spot with their 68-date Bon Jovi Live tour which played to 1.8 million people and earned $192 million.
The top five is rounded out by the reunited Take That, whose 29-date UK stadium tour earned an impressive $185 million; Roger Waters’ 92-date tour of The Wall, which earned $150 million; and Taylor Swift’s 89-date Speak Now tour of Europe, Asia and North America which earned $97 million.
Here’s the top 25 list in full:
- U2 – 360° ($293 million)
- Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi Live ($192 million)
- Take That – Reunion ($185 million)
- Roger Waters – The Wall Live ($150 million)
- Taylor Swift – Speak Now ($97 million)
- Kenny Chesney – Goin’ Coastal ($84.5 million)
- Usher ($75 million)
- Lady Gaga ($72 million)
- André Rieu ($67 million)
- Sade ($53 million)
- Michael Bublé – Crazy Love ($50 million)
- Eagles – Long Road Out of Eden ($50 million)
- Katy Perry – California Dreams ($49 million)
- Lil Wayne ($46 million)
- Justin Bieber – My World ($44 million)
- Glee Live! In Concert! ($40 million)
- New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys ($40 million)
- Journey ($40 million)
- Britney Spears – Femme Fatale ($37 million)
- Iron Maiden – Final Frontier ($33 million)
- Kylie Minogue – Aphrodite World ($32.5 million)
- Neil Diamond ($31 million)
- Enrique Iglesias ($30 million)
- Jason Aldean ($28 million)
- Toby Keith – Locked and Loaded ($27 million).
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