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The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

TOP 20 CONCERT TOURS

1. (New) U2; $7,902,460; $87.68.

2. (New) Taylor Swift; $2,163,617; $70.05.

3. (1) Lady Gaga; $1,757,280; $91.15.

4. (2) Bon Jovi; $1,598,703; $90.93.

5. (3) Kenny Chesney; $1,340,821; $71.82.

6. (4) Rod Stewart / Stevie Nicks; $1,331,019; $106.60.

7. (5) Lil Wayne; $1,139,899; $90.65.

8. (6) Elton John; $939,690; $87.92.

9. (7) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band; $790,506; $73.85.

10. (8) Usher; $786,264; $68.05.
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CosmoKramer said:
What am I not understanding? Is this implying that the Miami show had 90k people in attendance?
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Don't understand either..:huh: 90,000 seems quite alot for Sun Life Stadium (as I was at the show) and it seems there was somewhere between 70,000-80,000 in attendance, when the stadium capacity for football is 75,000.
 
The following must be the biggest turn around in concert boxscore history for an artist in one city or market:

U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE TOUR
December 5, 1987
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Stadium
GROSS: 1,089,003
ATTENDANCE: 58,865
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $18.50

U2 - POPMART TOUR
November 10, 1997
Tampa, Florida
Houlihan's Stadium
GROSS: $893,865
ATTENDANCE: 17,776
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 0
Average Ticket Price: $50.29

U2 - 360 TOUR
October 9, 2009
Tampa, Florida
Raymond James Stadium
GROSS: $6,399,375 (RECORD)
ATTENDANCE: 72,688 (RECORD)
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $88.04

The 360 show has more than 6 times the GROSS, and more than 4 times the ATTENDANCE of the POPMART show!
 
Maoilbheannacht said:
The following must be the biggest turn around in concert boxscore history for an artist:

U2 - POPMART TOUR
November 10, 1997
Tampa, Florida
Houlihan's Stadium(now Raymond James Stadium)
GROSS: $893,865
ATTENDANCE: 17,776
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 0
Average Ticket Price: $50.29

U2 - 360 TOUR
October 9, 2009
Tampa, Florida
Raymond James Stadium
GROSS: $6,399,375 (RECORD)
ATTENDANCE: 72,688 (RECORD)
SHOWS: 1
SELLOUTS: 1
Average Ticket Price: $88.04

The 360 show has more than 6 times the GROSS, and more than 4 times the ATTENDANCE!
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Denver wasn't too shabby either!
 
Maoilbheannacht said:
The following must be the biggest turn around in concert boxscore history for an artist in one city or market:

The 360 show has more than 6 times the GROSS, and more than 4 times the ATTENDANCE of the POPMART show!
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KISS
Motley Crue
Springsteen ESB/fake band
Bowie
Fleetwood Mac

Were established acts that had dramatic fluctuations in drawing power, mostly due to missing members of not playing certain material. Fleetwood Mac went from Stadiums to opening for REO Speedwagon in theaters back to multi nights in arenas with pricey tickets. Black Sabbath, Genesis, YES, INXS and Van Halen singer changes may also be candidates.

As for U2, Sydney and Vancouver also have some big fluctuations.
 
Bob Dylans has done everything from 500 seat clubs, theaters and arenas to the 50,000 stadium in many major markets. And never in that order.
 
U2FanPeter said:
KISS
Motley Crue
Springsteen ESB/fake band
Bowie
Fleetwood Mac

Were established acts that had dramatic fluctuations in drawing power, mostly due to missing members of not playing certain material. Fleetwood Mac went from Stadiums to opening for REO Speedwagon in theaters back to multi nights in arenas with pricey tickets. Black Sabbath, Genesis, YES, INXS and Van Halen singer changes may also be candidates.

As for U2, Sydney and Vancouver also have some big fluctuations.
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Well some of the things you site involve line up changes to the point that most of the general public would not consider it to be the group they claim to be.

With U2 there has been no line up change at all.

In any event, I challenge you to find anything similar to what happened with U2 in Tampa. A huge stadium show in 1987, followed by a downturn of 40,000 in 1997 from where they were in 1987. Then an increase of 55,000 in 2009 from where they were in 1997.
 
Maoilbheannacht said:
Well some of the things you site involve line up changes to the point that most of the general public would not consider it to be the group they claim to be.

With U2 there has been no line up change at all.

In any event, I challenge you to find anything similar to what happened with U2 in Tampa. A huge stadium show in 1987, followed by a downturn of 40,000 in 1997 from where they were in 1987. Then an increase of 55,000 in 2009 from where they were in 1997.
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New Kids on the Block went from Stadia to theaters/nightclubs to multi nights in arenas without a lineup change.

For U2, Sydney(89/93/97/06) was a sharp contrast, as is Vancouver(83/87/92/97/09) with Popmart being the lowpoints. Some german markets may also fit the bill her before/after Popmart.
 
U2FanPeter said:
New Kids on the Block went from Stadia to theaters/nightclubs to multi nights in arenas without a lineup change.

For U2, Sydney(89/93/97/06) was a sharp contrast, as is Vancouver(83/87/92/97/09) with Popmart being the lowpoints. Some german markets may also fit the bill her before/after Popmart.
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Sydney is the only thing comparable above, and it actually may beat Tampa.
 
Pollstar's mid year concert stats are in....

Concert Year 2011 (So Far) | Pollstar - The Concert Hotwire

http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2011/071811Top50WorldwideTours.pdf

http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2011/07181Ttop100NorthAmericanTours.pdf


Since Pollstar is reporting a NA gross of $85.8 million with an attendance of 978,558 to 14 shows that means that Miami's results are in the ballpark of this...

Miami
Gross-$6,951,596
Attendance-77,323
Ave ticket price-$90 (going up a tad)

When you crunch the numbers starting with the African leg Pollstar is off by $2 million it seems.
 
Nice pictures from u2.com...

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Lets go back in time to 24 years ago and the early stages of the Joshua Tree and the start of super stardom for U2. Check out this little documentary on
U2 from April/May 1987!

YouTube - ‪U2 on tour in America (part 1/2)‬‏

YouTube - ‪U2 on tour in America (part 2/2)‬‏


Carter Alan who wrote a Bio on U2 called U2 in the USA is interviewed.

Don Law, Boston area promoter states that U2 is one of the top 4 or 5 concert drawing acts in the world. He stating this in early May 1987, only two months after the Joshua Tree was released.

We also find out that the indoor part of the Joshua Tree tour at that point cost 42,000 pounds a day, so maybe about $50,000 dollars a day based on exchange rates at that time.

Its an interesting snap shot of the band at that time, early in the tour and only two months after the album release. The bands popularity would continue to sky rocket and the band would be at a new level two months later on July 4 at Island Records music party and U2 show in Paris.
 
Maoilbheannacht said:
Lets go back in time to 24 years ago and the early stages of the Joshua Tree and the start of super stardom for U2. Check out this little documentary on
U2 from April/May 1987!

Don Law, Boston area promoter states that U2 is one of the top 4 or 5 concert drawing acts in the world. He stating this in early May 1987, only two months after the Joshua Tree was released.
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What's funny is that one of those names was probably Def Leppard.

Keep in mind that Floyd/Stones were still very much broken up. GNR were still a few years away from blowing up. Madonna was probably booking her first stadium show around that time. MJ hadn't toured solo yet. Bowie and Bruce and Dire Straits were probably the biggest proper world tours at that point. Few western, if any, ever made it to South America.
 
U2FanPeter said:
What's funny is that one of those names was probably Def Leppard.

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Definitely not. In May 1987, Def Leppard were still in the studio trying to record Hysteria. Pyromania was their only successfull album at that point and it was only a success in North America, not anywhere else at that point at that time time.

Keep in mind that Floyd/Stones were still very much broken up. GNR were still a few years away from blowing up. Madonna was probably booking her first stadium show around that time. MJ hadn't toured solo yet. Bowie and Bruce and Dire Straits were probably the biggest proper world tours at that point. Few western, if any, ever made it to South America
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Well, lets look at some of the big acts he may have been considering:

Pink Floyd - status debatable
Rolling Stones - status debatable
Michael Jackson
AC/DC
The Police - status slightly debatable
Dire Straits
Genesis
Bruce Springsteen
Prince
Madonna
Bon Jovi
David Bowie
Billy Joel
Elton John
Neil Diamond

Thats 15 acts, and these are acts that are within the realm of possibility, the true number is certainly smaller, and by July 1987 U2 were probably the biggest group, and by the fall, biggest artist, at least in terms of combined current album and concert ticket sales.
 
superglen said:
don't forget about Queen.
in 1987, they hadn't toured North America since 1982, but were as big as it gets in the ROW. ie: huge stadium/arena tour in Europe in the summer of 1986.Magic Tour (Queen) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and they had toured South Am 3 times: twice in 1981, and once in 1985.

another big, global act was Iron Maiden:
World Slavery Tour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and, and the time, Maiden did regular tours in Eastern Europe...
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Queen is not included because of the decline in their popularity in North America after 1980. The 1982 tour was filled with individual arena shows that failed to sellout. The album they were promoting only went Gold, and I don't think they ever reached platinum again with new material in North America.

North America at a minimum is 40% of the entire music market worldwide and back then it had an even larger share.

Not sure about Iron Maiden in North America, but if its not any better than Queen, then I would not put them on the list.
 
U2 will end up playing to 600,000 +/- people in Canada on the 360 tour. Is this a record for a single tour? I'm guessing the gross will be a record as well.
 
robbrecon72 said:
U2 will end up playing to 600,000 +/- people in Canada on the 360 tour. Is this a record for a single tour? I'm guessing the gross will be a record as well.
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Celine Dion might have that record......
 
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