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Top 25 Tours of 2010 - Billboard.com

demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,824
edited December 2010 in Other Music
No PJ on that list. :(

http://www.billboard.com/features/top-2 ... 4022.story

Concert attendance may have hit a low and tour cancelations may have been common this summer, but in 2010, many touring bands and soloists still made it work. Rock, pop, country, oldies, international -- artists of all genres hit the road and came back with full pockets to prove it. Watch videos from the year's top 25 tours, and relive your moment in the front row. (Artists are ranked by total gross earnings, according to Billboard Boxscore, from Nov. 22, 2009 through Nov. 20, 2010.)

1
BON JOVI
Total Gross: $146,507,388 Number of Shows: 69
Total Attendance: 1,591,154 Number of Sell-Outs: 69
Setlist Essential: "It's My Life"


2
U2
Total Gross: $131,502,369 Number of Shows: 22
Total Attendance: 1,312,784 Number of Sell-Outs: 22
Setlist Essential: "Beautiful Day"


3
AC/DC
Total Gross: $122,633,027 Number of Shows: 28
Total Attendance: 1,155,998 Number of Sell-Outs: 19
Setlist Essential: "Back in Black"


4
LADY GAGA
Total Gross: $116,227,987 Number of Shows: 122
Total Attendance: 1,362,993 Number of Sell-Outs: 101
Setlist Essential: "Telephone"


5
BLACK EYED PEAS
Total Gross: $81,579,114 Number of Shows: 82
Total Attendance: 1,263,625 Number of Sell-Outs: 82
Setlist Essential: "I Gotta Feeling"


6
JAMES TAYLOR & CAROLE KING
Total Gross: $62,326,410 Number of Shows: 54
Total Attendance: 693,271 Number of Sell-Outs: 23
Setlist Essential: "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"


7
EAGLES
Total Gross: $62,166,344 Number of Shows: 40
Total Attendance: 587,165 Number of Sell-Outs: 12
Setlist Essential: "Life's Been Good" (With Joe Walsh)


8
METALLICA
Total Gross: $61,947,556 Number of Shows: 33
Total Attendance: 700,219 Number of Sell-Outs: 13
Setlist Essential: "Fade to Black"


9
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Total Gross: $61,247,906 Number of Shows: 57
Total Attendance: 1,052,312 Number of Sell-Outs: 25
Setlist Essential: "Crash Into Me"


10
PAUL McCARTNEY
Total Gross: $55,760,403 Number of Shows: 21
Total Attendance: 394,186 Number of Sell-Outs: 20
Setlist Essential: "Live and Let Die"


11
MICHAEL BUBLE
Total Gross: $52,887,642 Number of Shows: 60
Total Attendance: 650,223 Number of Sell-Outs: 47
Setlist Essential: "Haven't Met You Yet"


12
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
Total Gross: $47,395,108 Number of Shows: 134
Total Attendance: 1,061,120 Number of Sell-Outs: 51
Setlist Essential: "Christmas Canon"


13
TIM McGRAW
Total Gross: $44,782,598 Number of Shows: 71
Total Attendance: 880,688 Number of Sell-Outs: 29
Setlist Essential: "Live Like You Were Dying"


14
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
Total Gross: $44,696,605 Number of Shows: 46
Total Attendance: 657,610 Number of Sell-Outs: 16
Setlist Essential: "Free Fallin'"


15
TAYLOR SWIFT
Total Gross: $40,312,810 Number of Shows: 47
Total Attendance: 643,168 Number of Sell-Outs: 45
Setlist Essential: "You Belong With Me"


16
ANDRÉ RIEU
Total Gross: $39,992,285 Number of Shows: 86
Total Attendance: 444,996 Number of Sell-Outs: 10
Setlist Essential: "The Second Waltz"


17
BRAD PAISLEY
Total Gross: $38,638,839 Number of Shows: 62
Total Attendance: 842,679 Number of Sell-Outs: 32
Setlist Essential: "Tick"


18
GEORGE STRAIT & REBA McENTIRE
Total Gross: $36,666,304 Number of Shows:27
Total Attendance: 439,698 Number of Sell-Outs: 13
Setlist Essential: "Troubadour," George Strait


19
JUSTIN BIEBER
Total Gross: $35,600,276 Number of Shows: 62
Total Attendance: 739,533 Number of Sell-Outs:57
Setlist Essential: "Baby"


20
NICKELBACK
Total Gross: $35,035,196 Number of Shows: 41
Total Attendance: 497,072 Number of Sell-Outs: 16
Setlist: Essential: "How You Remind Me"


21
PHISH
Total Gross: $33,240,962 Number of Shows: 43
Total Attendance: 658,243 Number of Sell-Outs: 21
Setlist Essential: "Prince Caspian"


22
MILEY CYRUS
Total Gross: $33,126,226 Number of Shows: 23
Total Attendance: 337,408 Number of Sell-Outs: 13
Setlist Essential: "Party in the U.S.A."


23
RASCAL FLATTS
Total Gross: $31,465,481 Number of Shows: 54
Total Attendance: 630,126 Number of Sell-Outs: 14
Setlist Essential: "What Hurts the Most"


24
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Total Gross: $29,743,522 Number of Shows: 81
Total Attendance: 608,319 Number of Sell-Outs: 39
Setlist Essential: "Before He Cheats"


25
TIËSTO
Total Gross: $28,626,366 Number of Shows: 110
Total Attendance: 525,894 Number of Sell-Outs: 45
Setlist Essential: "Sweet Dreams"
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  • SG GhazSG Ghaz Posts: 148
    That list is (mostly) fucking pathetic.. Humanity makes me sad :cry:
    Manchester & London 2009
    Dublin, Belfast & Werchter 2010
    Amsterdam 1 & 2 & Oslo 2012
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Bon Jovi huh?

    U2 would have done more shows if Bono hadn't gotten hurt.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,824
    I want to know if they included festival show's in this list because this is an error. The Black Eyed Peas played here @ the Halifax Commons last summer and didn't sell out. Was that show even accounted for?

    :?
  • joshmassjoshmass Posts: 72
    69 shows in a year...wow

    and look at the money these bands are getting :shock:
    "this is Eddie saying I am a rhinoceros and my skin is 2 feet thick"
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    joshmass wrote:
    69 shows in a year...wow

    and look at the money these bands are getting :shock:


    thats GROSS earnings. take out of that hire of the venue, security, the building of the stage if required, insurance, flooring(terraplas) if needed*, absorbing credit card fees on purchase of tix, promoters percentage.......




    * the flooring for last years australia pj tour cost $700000
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • DB247136DB247136 Posts: 13
    Anyone know what Pearl Jam's numbers for the 2010 tour were?
  • KH71368KH71368 Florida Posts: 65
    It is pretty crazy that Tiesto is in the top 25. He only plays nightclubs, but he does charge $150 a pop. I always wonder who the hell plays $150 to see him play a cd. Do Do Do Do Do Do Do.
  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    What a depressing list and the Jovi at the top makes it even worse. It has been confirmed what I always thought that generally the public have no taste! :?
  • scottstappsucksscottstappsucks Posts: 991
    joshmass wrote:
    69
    billy-madison-2.jpg

    Shocked at all of the crap on that list. Zeppelin need to do a damn tour just to even that shit out.
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    You have to play more than just a handful of shows.
    DAL-7/5/98,10/17/00,6/9/03,11/15/13
    BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
    MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
    PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
    CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
    HTFD-6/27/08
    ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
    KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
    Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
    PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
    OKC-11/16/13
    SEA-12/6/13
    TUL-10/8/14
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    KH71368 wrote:
    It is pretty crazy that Tiesto is in the top 25. He only plays nightclubs, but he does charge $150 a pop. I always wonder who the hell plays $150 to see him play a cd. Do Do Do Do Do Do Do.


    i dont even know who that is. :?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • joshmassjoshmass Posts: 72
    scottstappsucks wrote:
    billy-madison-2.jpg

    hahaha gold! :lol::lol:
    "this is Eddie saying I am a rhinoceros and my skin is 2 feet thick"
  • Dead Man WalkingDead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    I think one of the more telling stats is the Number of Shows vs. Number of Sell outs...while some bands were at 100% a good chunk of them are sub 50%...

    Big difference between gross earnings and profit...
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    demetrios wrote:
    No PJ on that list. :(
    kinda hard for a band to be on that list when they don't actually tour
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • UKpearljammerUKpearljammer Bath, UK Posts: 910
    DB247136 wrote:
    Anyone know what Pearl Jam's numbers for the 2010 tour were?

    I research and keep tabs on PJ's boxscores, this is what I've gathered from Billboard from their 2010 East Coast tour.

    Total Gross: $10,227,193
    Number of Shows: 11 (not inc Buffalo show as no info and also New Orleans as it's a festival)
    Total Attendance: 175,131
    Number of Sell-Outs: 9

    As you can see IF they did a full US tour, they'd have made this years top 25.
    My PJ shows:
    London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,948
    UKpearljammer wrote:
    DB247136 wrote:
    Anyone know what Pearl Jam's numbers for the 2010 tour were?

    I research and keep tabs on PJ's boxscores, this is what I've gathered from Billboard from their 2010 East Coast tour.

    Total Gross: $10,227,193
    Number of Shows: 11 (not inc Buffalo show as no info and also New Orleans as it's a festival)
    Total Attendance: 175,131
    Number of Sell-Outs: 9

    As you can see IF they did a full US tour, they'd have made this years top 25.

    based off of these numbers, if they did a typical full tour of 70 shows, they would have grossed 65,082,137 and earned the #6 spot.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,673
    Lady Gaga is making the best of her fame.....striking while the iron is hot!

    I am surprised that the BEPs have so much staying power.
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