Guest MentalLamb Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 The Top 100 Tours of 2006 grossed a combined $1.012 billion, which was a whopping 38.5 percent above the $730.9 million generated in the first half of last year. The increase is also up a healthy 14.5 percent over the same period in 2004. The list below ranks the top 50 artists by gross in millions of U.S. dollars, indicated in bold. The number following the artist's name is the total number of tickets sold by the artist in the first six months of 2006. 2006 Mid-Year Top 50 Tours 1 54.3 Madonna 291,621 2 52.5 The Rolling Stones 309,554 3 47.2 Billy Joel 613,002 4 46.5 Tim McGraw / Faith Hill 574,605 5 43.3 Cirque Du Soleil - Delirium 473,378 6 42.4 Celine Dion 312,441 7 32.7 Bon Jovi 424,459 8 31.2 Kenny Chesney 523,226 9 27.6 Coldplay 457,483 10 23.1 George Strait 387,713 11 22.0 Luis Miguel 542,808 12 21.8 Aerosmith 233,824 13 17.5 Rascal Flatts 396,134 14 17.2 Pearl Jam 330,197 15 16.2 RBD 257,756 16 16.1 Dave Matthews Band 381,720 17 15.5 Nickelback 403,344 18 15.3 Elton John 89,069 19 14.9 U2 191,625 20 14.4 Jimmy Buffett 202,190 21 14.0 Larry The Cable Guy 334,768 22 13.9 INXS 278,278 23 13.4 Queen + Paul Rodgers 166,712 24 12.8 Brad Paisley 312,983 25 12.5 Motley Crue 234,643 26 12.5 David Copperfield 269,388 27 11.6 Bruce Springsteen & The Seeger Sessions Band 152,998 28 11.0 Toby Keith 181,563 29 11.0 Fall Out Boy 399,735 30 10.5 Kid Rock 309,460 31 10.0 Depeche Mode 191,502 32 10.0 Black Eyed Peas 278,209 33 9.6 Martina McBride 218,893 34 9.5 Willie Nelson 205,939 35 9.0 Andrea Bocelli 66,257 36 8.3 R. Kelly 141,805 37 7.8 Juan Gabriel 110,937 38 7.7 Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance 166,631 39 7.7 Nine Inch Nails 208,784 40 7.5 Michael Buble 120,443 41 7.3 Il Divo 112,342 42 7.2 Gretchen Wilson 242,505 43 7.0 Brooks & Dunn 156,994 44 6.9 Andre Rieu 134,652 45 6.6 Hilary Duff 159,151 46 6.5 Keith Urban 184,391 47 6.4 Korn 173,281 48 6.1 Bob Dylan 100,129 49 5.8 Ricky Martin 86,759 50 5.5 Bill Gaither & Friends Homecoming 199,301 www.pollstaronline.com/sf...0tours.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 ML, did you overlook the thread on the Pollstar numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candylipsgirl Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 So which is the correct number tickets? 26/26 shows sold out... $63,766,323 grossed so far... Madonna 291,621 (mental lamb post) or 345,063 tickets sold so far...(beautiful stranger post) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beautiful Stranger Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 345,000 and change... That Pollstar article came out before the new BB Boxscore charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebastard Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 so with euro still to come r we looking at 200million +? With the US alone should be close to 80million right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beautiful Stranger Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Yes... But the Japan shows are each in 40,000 seat stadiums and have the most expensive tickets of the tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boytoyville Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Yes... But the Japan shows are each in 40,000 seat stadiums and have the most expensive tickets of the tour How much are tickets running for the Japenese shows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 How much are tickets running for the Japenese shows? The Sept. 16 Osaka show and the Sept. 20 Tokyo show (80,000 tickets together) sold out in 5 minutes. The top seats went for 50,000 Yen (or US$438.00). The tour promoter there - PIA - auction some seats in pairs for as high as US$900 for two = US$450.00 a seat. Those Japanese stadium grosses are going to be KILLER. It's too bad she didn't do Australia. I bet she could've done *similar* business there on some of those massive cricket fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Also, according to MadonnaTribe, the "premium seats" auctions for Osaka and Tokyo did HUGE business too. In the Tokyo market, 256 winners each got a pair of tickets by bidding as high as US$4,300.00 ($2,150.00 per ticket). However, the average bid for these tickets was around US$1,100.00 (averaging $550 per ticket) Osaka did similar business with the top bids getting a pair of tickets for $3,500 ($1,750 per ticket). There were 988 tickets sold altogether through these auctions. If you use the average amount of Yen wagered in the bids, these 988 produced about US$500,000. That's a big estimate since many could've gone for closer to the maximum amounts. Since these are auctions hosted by the promoter (and not a third party), they should count toward the final gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Yes... But the Japan shows are each in 40,000 seat stadiums and have the most expensive tickets of the tour oh my, if there are 4 shows that will sell out, there would be 160,000 tickets sold... multiply that by a modest $250 average that would be $40M for JAPAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I wonder how much MADONNA would earn as would-be listed in FORBES for 2006... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesshot Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 She will easily be #1 or 2 on that list next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Let's have some projections, shall we? If people here know how much are the capacities of the European and Asian leg of the tour and with an average of $200 per ticket how much MADONNA stand to gross from Europe and Japan? $150M? That could bring her to around $250M for the whole tour... can someone help with the projections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesshot Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 With all her added dates, I say she tops $250 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacho Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Billboard projected about $200 million for the whole tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Billboard projected about $200 million for the whole tour. Wasn't that article written before JAPAN, PRAGUE and MOSCOW was announced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacho Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Japan was always on the tour intinerary. Both Tokyo and Osaka were mentioned in the original press release but without specific dates. Though I think Moscow and Prague were announced after that BB article was written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtzlplk Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Japan was always on the tour intinerary. Both Tokyo and Osaka were mentioned in the original press release but without specific dates. Though I think Moscow and Prague were announced after that BB article was written. hmmm, initially JAPAN was just 2 dates then, right? Now it has another 2 after the article was written i suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whyme? Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Are the tour grosses (for each city) from her last two tours archived anywhere on this forum (or the old forum)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolidayGuy Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 The Rolling Stones are hell bent on having the year's top tour! (in addition to the top tour of all time) Billboard.com Rolling Stones Set Fall North American Stadium Run July 25, 2006, 11:00 AM ET Ray Waddell, Nashville The Rolling Stones will return to North American for another leg of their A Bigger Bang tour, which is destined to be the top-grossing trek in history. The second North American leg, which follows a run of European stadiums, will launch on Sept. 20 at Boston's Gillette Stadium. The dates will be sponsored by RadioShack. The Stones are the top-grossing band in the world for the first half of 2006, with nearly $150 million in grosses and 1.1 million in attendance, according to Billboard Boxscore. A Bigger Bang is expected to ultimately ring up total box office of more than $400 million. The band will play primarily stadiums in such markets as New York, Boston, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Las Vegas. The run includes such non-traditional tour markets as Halifax, Nova Scotia, Missoula, Mont., Regina, Sask., and Boise, Idaho. Tour promoter Michael Cohl says ticket prices will be about 10-15% less on the upcoming leg, with an additional $20 discount for students. As-yet-unannounced "young, contemporary opening acts" are promised, according to the band. An American Express presale begins tomorrow (July 26) for some shows. A limited number of Gold Circle seats will be available, while the remaining 90% of the house will average $89 for stadium shows and $99 for arena gigs. Additionally, 200 fans will have the opportunity to view each show from onstage, as was the case with the first leg. These seats will also be available at the time of the general public on-sale. Here are the Rolling Stones' North American tour dates: Sept. 20: Boston (Gillette Stadium) Sept. 23: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Halifax Commons) Sept. 27: East Rutherford, N.J. (Giants Stadium) Oct. 2: Wichita, Kan. (Cessna Stadium) Oct. 6: Missoula, Mont. (Grizzly Stadium) Oct. 8: Regina, Sask. (Mosaic Stadium) Oct. 11: Chicago (Soldier Field) Oct. 17: Seattle (Qwest Field) Oct. 20: El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl) Oct. 22: Austin, Texas (Zilker Park) Oct. 27: Atlantic City, N.J. (Boardwalk Hall) Nov. 3: Vancouver (BC Place Stadium) Nov. 5: Oakland, Calif. (McAfee Coliseum) Nov. 8: Phoenix (Cardinals Stadium) Nov. 11: Las Vegas (MGM Grand) Nov. 14: Boise, Idaho (Idaho Center) Nov. 18: Los Angeles (Dodger Stadium) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexPistol Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 yeah, looks like madonna will have to settle for #2. with the stones doing stadiums, they're definitely going to be #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 she can still break all these records when she decides to retire and makes a farewell tour one day. expect revenues north of 500 million dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexPistol Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 she can still break all these records when she decides to retire and makes a farewell tour one day. expect revenues north of 500 million dollars. expect the cheapest seats in the house to be north of 500 dollars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider of the lost Ark Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 expect the cheapest seats in the house to be north of 500 dollars Lousy 500? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qaz Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Can the whole list of the top-grossing tours in the world can be posted? I'd like to see what the Madonna overall position is/would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ngoannga Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 (edited) Issue Date: 2006-07-29 Billboard BoxscoreTM Concert Grosses 1. Artist: Madonna Venue: Madison Square Garden Dates: June 28-29, July 2-3, 18-19, 2006 Gross Sales: $16,507,855 Attend/Capacity: 91,841 / 91,841 Shows/Sellouts: 6 / 6 Prices: $350, $60 2. Artist: Madonna Venue: American Airlines Arena Dates: July 22-23, 2006 Gross Sales: $5,568,485 Attend/Capacity: 29,749 / 29,749 Shows/Sellouts: 2 / 2 Prices: $350, $55 3. Artist: Dave Matthews Band, Sheryl Crow Underwood Venue: Fenway Park Dates: July 7-8, 2006 Gross Sales: $4,379,050 Attend/Capacity: 68,118 / 68,118 Shows/Sellouts: 2 / 2 Prices: $65 http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/boxscore.jsp DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE TOUR HAS GROSSED IN NA SO FAR? Edited July 26, 2006 by Slyguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ngoannga Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 34/34 shows sold out $85,842,663 grossed so far... 466,653 tickets sold so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigham Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshade Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I am assuming Cardiff's gross will put her over $100 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 from another fansite Here are the final totals for the North American leg of Madonna's Confessions Tour. Keep in mind that this is the gross total, not what Madonna herself gets paid. $ 7,686,380 LA (Forum) $ 7,257,750 Las Vegas $ 4,761,555 San Jose $ 2,804,583 LA (Staples) $ 3,749,800 Fresno $ 4,890,090 Phoenix $ 9,271,790 Chicago $ 5,670,150 Montreal $ 3,451,235 Hartford $16,507,855 New York $ 6,337,115 Boston $ 4,639,775 Philidelphia $ 3,246,100 Atlantic City $ 5,568,485 Miami $85,842,663 North American Total t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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