Muse scores the top-ranked appearance on the weekly Hot Tours recap (see list, below) with $2.8 million in sales reported from a two-night engagement in Zürich during the ongoing Drones World Tour, now in its homestretch. With sellout crowds in attendance on May 11 and 12, the English rockers drew 26,000 fans to the Swiss city’s 14,000-seat Hallenstadion arena.
With the wrap of her Rebel Heart Tour, Madonna owns the No. 1 slot on the weekly tally of top-grossing Hot Tours, based on $62.4 million in sales from the final two legs of her four-continent jaunt. A swing through seven Asian markets in February and a final trek in Australia and New Zealand rounded out the world tour that kicked off last fall in North America.
Top 20 Global Concert Tours From Pollstar
Jason Aldean heads up the weekly listing of Hot Tours with the first box office stats reported from his We Were Here tour that kicked off on Jan. 14. The first leg of the tour ran for six weeks, hitting 18 cities in the U.S. through the end of February with Thomas Rhett and A Thousand Horses as show openers.
AC/DC tops the latest tally of Hot Tours, based on box-office sales from three Midwestern U.S. arenas on the legendary rock band's Rock or Bust world tour.
Marc Anthony crowns the latest Hot Tours tally, while Carrie Underwood also makes a splash on the latest list of the week's biggest concert tour grosses.
Rihanna has pushed back her tour, postponing several America gigs, as well as cancelling two UK tour dates
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is bas...
Alejandro Sanz heads up the latest compilation of top-grossing Hot Tours with ticket sales totaling $1.1 million from a two-night stand at Mexico City’s Auditorio Nacional on Jan. 29 and 30. Touring in support of his latest album Sirope released last May, the Spanish singer-songwriter kicked off a seven-city swing through Mexico with the engagement.
"The River Tour" is the leader on Hot Tours with $12.2 million in ticket sales.
Dance rock icons New Order will bring their new LP Music Complete to U.S. stages this March as the band announced the first six dates of their upcoming tour, which kicks off March 10th with a performance at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
Dead & Company hits No. 1 on Billboard's weekly recap of Hot Tours based on reported box office totals from the band's final two dates of 2015. A year-end run of two performances in both the San Francisco and Los Angeles markets generated $4.1 million in sales for former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann along with touring mate John Mayer.
by Bob Allen Madonna heads up the weekly tally of Hot Tours (see list, below), ranking No. 1 based on grosses from the final four venues of her Rebel Heart tour's European trek during November and December. She wrapped the 16-city fall run in Scotland on Dec.
Mötley Crüe rocks the upper reaches of the weekly Hot Tours recap (see list, below) based on ticket sales from the last venue on the veteran metal band's farewell tour. The final stop on the tour was Los Angeles where the band formed 35 years ago.
Miss Jackson is back. Janet Jackson has announced rescheduled dates for the North American leg of her "Unbreakable" world tour. The trek will now pick up May 14 in Las Vegas. The postponed Tucson, Arizona, show has been rescheduled for May 23, and the rest of the newly rescheduled dates kick off...
The concert industry had another good year as fans continue to buy increasingly expensive live event tickets while artists at every level became even more reliant on concert revenues as their primary source of income. It was a record year for the North American concert business with the total gross of the Top 100 Tours hitting $3.12 billion.
Veteran rocker David Gilmour heads up the weekly slate of top-grossing Hot Tours with $25.7 million in ticket sales revenue from the South American leg of his 2015-2016 world tour. The Pink Floyd alum is on the road in support of his latest album Rattle That Lock that was released in September.
In the concert business, 2015 was a banner year for 1989, as Taylor Swift and her blockbuster "1989" tour topped Pollstar's annual ranking of the most popular concert attractions globally. Swift's tour, featuring a bevy of different guest stars in nearly every city she visited, grossed just over...
The 49-year-old announced the postponement of her world tour via Twitter on Christmas eve on Thursday afternoon. Janet revealed that she is to undergo surgery but would not explain what the medical procedure was for, asking fans to respect her privacy on the matter. She wrote: 'Hey you guys...
Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
As tickets for the British songstress' "25" North American tour went on sale Thursday, social media was filled with disappointed fans who used a popular refrain from her hit: "Hello from the other side; I must have tried a thousand times." Heading over to reseller StubHub won't make you feel better.
Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images Adele is coming to a city near you. The 27-year-old "Hello" singer's record label announced Monday that she will return to North America for her first tour in five years. The first North American concert is scheduled for July 5 at the Xcel Energy Center in St.
by Bob Allen Heading up the list of touring artists on this week's Hot Tours recap (see list, below) are Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin with sales topping $1 million from the final four venues on their North American co-headlining trek.
The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. 1. Taylor Swift; $4,561,712; $112.95. 2. Kenny Chesney; $3,390,396; $91.66.
That night, U2 performed at a stadium in Berlin, where during "Sunday Bloody Sunday," frontman Bono donned a headband bearing the word "Coexist," designed to incorporate a Christian cross, a star of David and an Islamic crescent. "Jesus, Jew, Mohammad, it's true.
