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Top Grossing Concerts of the year
Posted: Friday, December 12, 2008 11:35 AM
Category: Concerts
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Congratulations are in order for Bon Jovi and the boys, their Lost Highway tour just won top honors for highest grossing tour for 2008. Between Europe and North America they entertained, 2,157,675 fans and grossed $210.6 million! WOW! They are a band that has been around since the early 80’s and they are still going strong. They just keep getting better with age. The second place honor goes to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for their Magic Tour which grossed $204.5 million. Another oldie but goodie that shows no signs of slowing down. Some of the other top producers were Madonna and her Sticky and Sweet tour that grossed $162 million and The Police with a nice $150 million, plus Celine Dion was able to make it into the top 5 with $91 million. Some other fan favorites were Kenny Chesney with $86 million and Neil Diamond with $81.2 million. Now are you ready for the next highest grossing tour of the year…The Spice Girls with $70 million. I know I find this one to be unbelievable. In London alone for just 17 shows they produced $33.8 million. The girls had been out of the spotlight since 2001 yet when they announced their reunion tour it was Spice Girl mania all over again. Once the tour was over that was it, the girls went back to their lives as moms and doing their own thing and haven’t really been heard form since. I guess there is a lot to be said for Girl Power.
So that was the big news today for the top grossing concerts. Interestingly enough with all those millions being spent it seems that in North America concert attendance was down 2% and that after a 20% decrease already from the previous year. This coming year should be interesting to watch with all that is going on in the world.
