Rolling Stones top U2 - top grossing tour

[AndiIversen]

Didn't know where to post this... since it's about touring, well:
With the latest huge numbers for Roger Waters' tour coming in (almost 40M for the Buenos Aires dates alone!) i assume we're expecting The Wall live to hit the top 10 in the Highest Grossing Tours right?

[Mulvanaghty]

Didn't know where to post this... since it's about touring, well:
With the latest huge numbers for Roger Waters' tour coming in (almost 40M for the Buenos Aires dates alone!) i assume we're expecting The Wall live to hit the top 10 in the Highest Grossing Tours right?

Well, based on the wikipidia site for the tour, prior to the Buenos Aires dates, the tour had done $242,363,636 from 139 shows. It only needs to pass $300 million in sales to be top 10, so at this point it looks like it is a shoe in for the top 10.

This tour once finished will have done 192 shows, primarily in arena's at reduced capacity. There are 27 stadiums shows within the 192 total shows. More than half of the stadium shows are in South America. Total attendance for the tour to date prior to the Buenos Aires shows is 1,977,251.

The average ticket price is $122.50

[AndiIversen]

The Wall Live's wiki page seems to be updated but there seems to be a mistake, as the Buenos Aires concerts shows a boxscore of 3,820,182USD when Billboard Biz reports 37,970,877USD for that, given that it sold 430,678 tickets there it's more logical the 37M figure...if so I don't know if the total is allright then (it's now up to 322M+-)

here's the billboard biz link:
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp

[MoonNova]

Here's the box scores from just this past week from BrainD with only Roger's numbers for concerts over $1mil in revenues.

CURRENT BOXSCORE
Rank Artist/Event Venue City/State Event Dates Gross Sales Attend/
Capacity Shows/
Sellouts Prices Promoters
1 Roger Waters Estadio River Plate
Buenos Aires, Argentina
March 7, 9-10, 12, 14-15, 17-18, 20, 2012
$37,970,877
430,678 /
444,906
9 /
0
$480, $36
Pop Art

2 Roger Waters Estadio Nacional
Santiago, Chile
March 2-3, 2012
$9,297,778
93,926 /
94,875
2 /
0
$525, $43.68
DG Medios y Spectulos

3 Roger Waters Foro Sol
Mexico City, Mexico
April 27-28, 2012
$7,596,861
82,811 /
82,811
2 /
2
$193.88, $22.81
OCESA-CIE

13 Roger Waters ATandT Park
San Francisco, Calif.
May 11, 2012
$4,151,511
33,193 /
33,193
1 /
1
$255, $30
Live Nation

18 Roger Waters B.C. Place Stadium
Vancouver, British Columbia
May 26, 2012
$3,820,182
36,013 /
36,013
1 /
1
$242.10, $28.20
Live Nation

19 Roger Waters Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, Calif.
May 19, 2012
$3,544,731
45,751 /
45,751
1 /
1
$248, $30.50
Live Nation

20 Roger Waters Rexall Place
Edmonton, Alberta
May 28-29, 2012
$3,085,732
24,419 /
24,419
2 /
2
$219.60, $43.90
Live Nation

23 Roger Waters MTS Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 31-June 1, 2012
$2,384,855
20,754 /
20,754
2 /
2
$187.85, $43.35
Live Nation

29 Roger Waters KeyArena
Seattle, Wash.
May 24, 2012
$1,481,010
12,006 /
12,006
1 /
1
$199, $55
Live Nation

31 Roger Waters Pepsi Center
Denver, Colo.
May 7, 2012
$1,443,249
11,800 /
11,800
1 /
1
$203, $54
Live Nation

34 Roger Waters Toyota Center
Houston, Texas
May 1, 2012
$1,365,855
11,264 /
11,264
1 /
1
$199, $55
Live Nation

35 Roger Waters Valley View Casino Center
San Diego, Calif.
May 13, 2012
$1,323,031
10,219 /
10,219
1 /
1
$199, $55
Live Nation

36 Roger Waters Rose Garden
Portland, Ore.
May 22, 2012
$1,316,751
12,774 /
12,774
1 /
1
$199, $35
Live Nation

40 Roger Waters U.S. Airways Center
Phoenix, Ariz.
May 15, 2012
$1,255,271
11,585 /
11,585
1 /
1
$199, $35
Live Nation

41 Roger Waters BOK Center
Tulsa, Okla.
May 5, 2012
$1,198,062
10,651 /
10,651
1 /
1
$199, $55
Live Nation

42 Roger Waters Frank Erwin Center
Austin, Texas
May 3, 2012
$1,188,971
10,230 /
10,230
1 /
1
$201, $57
Live Nation

- 16 shows of over $1mil in one week alone from reporting. He had just a slew of them below the $1mil mark, but only counted those.
- $81,058,872 for just this reporting period. Anyone have his total figures thus far? I don't know the length of this run, but I remember him talking about it in early 2012 on the Fallon show when Fallon had the Pink Floyd week, and assumed he had already done extensive touring with it.

[john2000]

The wall live so far
2813135 / 2856265
321803701 USD

very surprised !

[AndiIversen]

new Roger Waters' Boxscores (Billboard):

2 Roger Waters
Wrigley Field Chicago, Ill.
June 8, 2012
$4,388,860
36,881 /36,881
1 /1
$250, $35
Live Nation

3 Roger Waters Rogers Centre
Toronto, Ontario
June 23, 2012
$3,876,736
40,328 /40,328
1 /1
$244, $34.65
Live Nation


6 Roger Waters
Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec
June 26, 2012
$1,740,898
14,305 /14,305
1 /1
$244.14, $53.71
Live Nation/evenko

7 Roger Waters
BankAtlantic CenterSunrise, Fla.
June 15, 2012
$1,522,098
12,299 /12,299
1 /1
$199, $45
Live Nation

8 Roger Waters
XL Center Hartford, Conn.
June 29, 2012
$1,421,495
11,225 /11,225
1 /1
$199, $55
Live Nation

9 Roger Waters
Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minn.
June 3, 2012
$1,420,771
12,889 /12,889
1 /1
$199, $55
Live Nation

10 Roger Waters
Amway Center Orlando, Fla.
June 16, 2012
$1,383,781
11,878 /11,878
1 /1
$200.25, $46.75
Live Nation

11Roger Waters
Bridgestone ArenaNashville, Tenn.
June 19, 2012
$1,356,251
12,748 /12,748
1 /1
$199, $55
Live Nation

12Roger Waters
First Niagara CenterBuffalo, N.Y.
June 21, 2012
$1,327,184
12,996 /12,996
1 /1
$199, $55
Live Nation

13Roger Waters
KFC Yum! CenterLouisville, Ky.
June 10, 2012
$1,295,669
12,547 /14,666
1 /0
$199, $35
Live Nation

14Roger Waters
Bankers Life FieldhouseIndianapolis, Ind.
June 11, 2012
$1,288,131
11,248 /11,248
1 /1
$201, $57
Live Nation

15Roger Waters
Philips ArenaAtlanta, Ga.
June 13, 2012
$1,256,465
10,707 /10,707
1 /1
$203, $59
Live Nation

16Roger Waters
Scotiabank PlaceOttawa, Ontario
June 25, 2012
$1,239,283
11,604 /11,604
1 /1
$194.33, $53.44
Live Nation

17Roger Waters
Joe Louis ArenaDetroit, Mich.
June 5, 2012
$1,222,904
11,406 /11,406
1 /1
$202, $58
Live Nation

18Roger Waters
Times Union CenterAlbany, N.Y.
June 28, 2012
$1,155,427
10,963 /10,963
1 /1
$199, $55
Live Nation

19Roger Waters
Van Andel Arena
Grand Rapids, Mich.
June 6, 2012
$1,042,274
9,388 /9,388
1 /1
$201.50, $57.50
Live Nation



what's the total now?

-edit: total for this reporting is about 26,938,227 if i didn't mess up, that would make a total so far of 348,741,928 USD$

[john2000]

something like 3056547 people and 348741928 $ !

[AndiIversen]

something like 3056547 people and 348741928 $ !

It would swap places with the Rolling Stones' Bridges to Babylon/No security Tour to be #7 highest grossing tour of all time

[MoonNova]

It must be a fantastic show. Just had to sell my tickets for Charlotte, NC next week, but at this rate and money, he'll be touring this or DSOTM for years to come.

[Wayne]

He'll undoubtedly wrap this up and it'll be the highest grossing tour by a soloist of all-time.

[spooky]

It's likely that Madonna will not even outgross her Sticky & Sweet Tour, which is quite unexpected for me. When Moggio made his $900 million prediction, he obviously was not aware of the impact of the effect of playing some markets for the first time. Who would have expected such a massive decrease of demand in the following markets?

Belgium

S&S
July 11 2009
Werchter, Festival Grounds
Attendance: 55,338
Gross: $7,190,295
Shows: 1

MDNA
July 12 2012
Brussels, Stade Konig Boudewijn
Attendance: 36,778
Gross: $3,676,447
Shows: 1

Sweden

S&S
August 08, 09 2009
Gothenburg, Ullevi
Attendance: 119,709
Gross: $14,595,910
Shows: 2

MDNA
July 04 2012
Gothenburg, Ullevi
Attendance: 48,064
Gross: $6,709,250
Shows: 1

Portugal

S&S
September 14 2008
Lisbon, Parque de Bela Vista
Attendance: $6,295,068
Gross: 75,000
Shows: 1

MDNA
June 24 2012
Coimbra, Estadio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 33,597
Gross: $3,156,022
Shows: 1

It will be similar in Vienna, Zürich, Warsaw and Helsinki.

What is also interesting is that there seems to be a massive drop in popularity in solid markets as well.
She chose to play arenas in Germany, Netherlands and Spain and is struggling to keep up with what she achieved in her last tour in France, Italy, UK and Denmark.

France

S&S
September 20, 21 2008
Paris, Stade de France
Attendance: 138,163
Gross: $17,583,211
Shows: 2

MDNA
July 14 2012
Paris, Stade de France
Attendance: 62.195
Gross: $7,195,799
Shows: 1

Italy

Rome

S&S
September 6 2008
Rome, Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 57,690
Gross: $5,713,196
Shows: 1

MDNA
June 12 2012
Rome, Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 36,658
Gross: $2,835,542
Shows: 1


Milan

S&S
July 14 2009
Milan, Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 55,338
Gross: $6,507,798
Shows: 1

MDNA
June 14 2012
Milan, Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 53,244
Gross: $5,624,570
Shows: 1

Denmark

S&S
August 08 2009
Copenhagen, Parken
Attendance: 48,064
Gross: $6,709,250
Shows: 1

MDNA
July 02 2012
Copenhagen, Parken
Attendance: 29,416
Gross: $2,980,465

UK

S&S
September 11 2008
Gothenburg, Ullevi
Attendance: $11.796.540
Gross: 73,349
Shows: 1

MDNA
July 17 2012
London, Hyde Park
Attendance: 54,140
Gross: $6,709,250
Shows: 1

[AndiIversen]

new roger waters the wall live Boxscores:

2
Roger Waters
Plains of AbrahamQuebec City, Quebec
July 21, 2012
$7,391,936
71,021 /75,000
1 /0
$181.70, $90.60
3 E Evenements and Serge Grimaux

3
Roger Waters
Yankee StadiumBronx, N.Y.
July 6-7, 2012
$7,375,030
62,188 /62,188
2 /2
$250, $30
Live Nation

4
Roger Waters
Citizens Bank ParkPhiladelphia, Pa.
July 14, 2012
$4,270,942
36,773 /36,773
1 /1
$249, $35
Live Nation


6
Roger Waters
Fenway ParkBoston, Mass.
July 1, 2012
$3,620,675
27,847 /27,847
1 /1
$255, $40
Live Nation

9
Roger Waters
Verizon CenterWashington, D.C.
July 12, 2012
$1,683,729
12,901 /12,901
1 /1
$253, $53
Live Nation

10
Roger Waters
CONSOL Energy CenterPittsburgh, Pa.
July 3, 2012
$1,269,078
12,488 /12,488
1 /1
$199, $55
Live Nation

11
Roger Waters
PNC ArenaRaleigh, N.C.
July 9, 2012
$1,259,326
11,913 /11,913
1 /1
$199, $55
Live Nation

12
Roger Waters
Time Warner Cable ArenaCharlotte, N.C.
July 10, 2012
$1,256,734
12,540 /12,540
1 /1
$201, $37
Live Nation

[Mulvanaghty]

It's likely that Madonna will not even outgross her Sticky & Sweet Tour, which is quite unexpected for me. When Moggio made his $900 million prediction, he obviously was not aware of the impact of the effect of playing some markets for the first time. Who would have expected such a massive decrease of demand in the following markets?

Belgium

S&S
July 11 2009
Werchter, Festival Grounds
Attendance: 55,338
Gross: $7,190,295
Shows: 1

MDNA
July 12 2012
Milan, Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 36,778
Gross: $3,676,447
Shows: 1

Sweden

S&S
August 08, 09 2009
Gothenburg, Ullevi
Attendance: 119,709
Gross: $14,595,910
Shows: 2

MDNA
July 04 2012
Gothenburg, Ullevi
Attendance: 48,064
Gross: $6,709,250
Shows: 1

Portugal

S&S
September 14 2008
Lisbon, Parque de Bela Vista
Attendance: $6,295,068
Gross: 75,000
Shows: 1

MDNA
June 24 2012
Coimbra, Estadio Cidade de Coimbra
Attendance: 33,597
Gross: $3,156,022
Shows: 1

It will be similar in Vienna, Zürich, Warsaw and Helsinki.

What is also interesting is that there seems to be a massive drop in popularity in solid markets as well.
She chose to play arenas in Germany, Netherlands and Spain and is struggling to keep up with what she achieved in her last tour in France, Italy, UK and Denmark.

France

S&S
July 11, 12 2009
Paris, Stade de France
Attendance: 186,544
Gross: $20,902.760
Shows: 2

MDNA
July 14 2012
Paris, Stade de France
Attendance: 62.195
Gross: $7,195,799
Shows: 1

Italy

Rome

S&S
September 6 2008
Rome, Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 57,690
Gross: $5,713,196
Shows: 1

MDNA
June 12 2012
Rome, Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 36,658
Gross: $2,835,542
Shows: 1


Milan

S&S
July 14 2009
Milan, Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 55,338
Gross: $6,507,798
Shows: 1

MDNA
June 14 2012
Milan, Stadio San Siro
Attendance: 53,244
Gross: $5,624,570
Shows: 1

Denmark

S&S
August 08 2009
Copenhagen, Parken
Attendance: 48,064
Gross: $6,709,250
Shows: 1

MDNA
July 02 2012
Copenhagen, Parken
Attendance: 29,416
Gross: $2,980,465

UK

S&S
September 11 2008
Gothenburg, Ullevi
Attendance: $11.796.540
Gross: 73,349
Shows: 1

MDNA
July 17 2012
London, Hyde Park
Attendance: 54,140
Gross: $6,709,250
Shows: 1

Thanks for comparing the figures. I think Paris is actually the biggest surprise. Going from over 180,000 for two shows, to just 62,000 for one show is a big decline.

Denmark also saw a big drop to just 29,000. Its even more surprising since many years ago, Madonna had one of her highest attended shows in Denmark.

[john2000]

Madonna 2008 was 138163 not 180000 !

[Mulvanaghty]

Madonna 2008 was 138163 not 180000 !

ooops, I think he might of gotten that figure mixed up with U2's. Still, going from 138,000 down to 62,000 is a big fall. It shows that demand was not high enough to sellout one show, let alone two.

[AndiIversen]

from Billboard Biz:

Hot Tours: Roger Waters On Top, Bruce Springsteen On His Tail
Aug. 09, 2012 | By Silvio Pietroluongo, New York

Roger Waters, featured in a recent Billboard cover story, closes out his highly successful The Wall Live Tour with a final No. 1 placement on the Hot Tours chart. Ticket sales totals from the tour's final eight North American dates, that wrapped on July 21 in Canada, were reported during the past week, totaling $28.1 million from 247,671 sold seats. The Wall Live recently topped Billboard's mid-year touring chart.

Three of the venues reported were major league baseball stadiums: Boston's Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium in New York and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Boston performance was on July 1 with a crowd of 27,847 in attendance. Waters played two shows at Yankee Stadium with a combined attendance total of 62,188 for both July 6 and 7, and the Philadelphia date was on July 14 with ticket sales totaling 36,773. The final performance was an outdoor event on the Plains of Abraham, a historic battlefield in Quebec City. The last concert on July 21 drew more than 71,000 fans. The Wall Live Tour kicked off in Toronto on September 15, 2010, and overall ticket sales since the launch total $377.9 million. From 192 performances, the total number of tickets sold tops 3.3 million.

Bruce Springsteen is second on this week's Hot Tours chart with grosses reported from the last two dates on the European leg of his Wrecking Ball World Tour. Two shows at Ullevi Stadion in Gothenburg, Sweden drew more than 131,000 fans on July 27 and 28 and grossed more than $11.9 million (US$), the tour's top gross so far. The European leg wrapped on July 31 in Finland with a sellout crowd of 43,534 in attendance at Helsinki's Olympiastadion. A second North American leg will begin on Aug. 14 with shows booked for two consecutive nights at Fenway Park in Boston. Stadium and arena dates are on the books through early December.

Landing at No. 9 among this week's 10 top-grossing tours is the GIGANT3S Tour featuring Latin music stars Marc Anthony, Marco Antonio Solís and Chayanne. An August 5 concert at Orlando's Amway Center is the first performance reported from the tour that kicked off two days earlier in Miami. Produced by Cardenas Marketing Network, the tour is set to play arenas in U.S. markets through mid-September.

Rank ACT
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity)

1 ROGER WATERS
$28,127,450
July 1-21
Fenway Park, Boston (1/1)
CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh (1/1)
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, N.Y. (2/2)
PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C. (1/1)
Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte (1/1)
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. (1/1)
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia (1/1)
Plains of Abraham, Quebec City (1/0)
247,671 (251,650)

2 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND
$15,957,166
July 27-31
Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, Sweden (2/2)
Olympiastadion, Helsinki (1/1)
175,140 (175,140)

3 MICHAEL JACKSON THE IMMORTAL WORLD TOUR BY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
$3,003,624
July 31-Aug. 4
First Niagara Center, Buffalo, N.Y. (1/0)
TD Garden, Boston (2/0)
27,285 (30,170)

4 BRAD PAISLEY
$2,574,508
July 25-28
California Mid-State Fair, Paso Robles (1/1)
Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Marysville, Calif. (1/0)
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, Calif. (1/1)
Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys, Stateline, Nev. (1/1)
56,106 (60,331)

5 IL DIVO
$2,391,440
July 27-Aug. 4
Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary (1/0)
Rexall Place, Edmonton (1/0)
Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (1/0)
MTS Centre, Winnipeg (1/0)
Target Center, Minneapolis (1/0)
Akoo Theatre at Rosemont, Rosemont, Ill. (2/0)
24,772 (38,603)

6 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE
$2,260,202
July 25-31
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif. (1/0)
Valley View Casino Center, San Diego (1/0)
Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Ariz. (1/0)
American Airlines Center, Dallas (1/0)
The Cajundome, Lafayette, La. (1/1)
Mississippi Coliseum, Jackson, Miss. (1/1)
40,692 (44,661)

7 RASCAL FLATTS
$1,308,856
July 27-28
Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Maryland Heights, Mo. (1/1)
First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, Ill. (1/1)
41,692 (41,692)

8 ROD STEWART & STEVIE NICKS
$1,138,693
July 28
CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh (1/1)
11,466 (11,466)

9 GIGANT3S: MARC ANTHONY, MARCO ANTONIO SOLÍS, CHAYANNE
$753,958
Aug. 5
Amway Center, Orlando (1/0)
6,671 (12,767)

10 KISS & MÖTLEY CRÜE
$672,485
Aug. 1
KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky. (1/0)
6,050 (9,401)

[Wayne]

So what's the total final figure? Did it exceed $400m worldwide?

[AndiIversen]

So what's the total final figure? Did it exceed $400m worldwide?

it's right in the article: "The Wall Live Tour kicked off in Toronto on September 15, 2010, and overall ticket sales since the launch total $377.9 million. From 192 performances..."

[Wayne]

So what's the total final figure? Did it exceed $400m worldwide?

it's right in the article: "The Wall Live Tour kicked off in Toronto on September 15, 2010, and overall ticket sales since the launch total $377.9 million. From 192 performances..."

Oh I didn't see it!

[spooky]

Madonna 2008 was 138163 not 180000 !

ooops, I think he might of gotten that figure mixed up with U2's. Still, going from 138,000 down to 62,000 is a big fall. It shows that demand was not high enough to sellout one show, let alone two.

Yeah, these were U2's figures, sorry!

Here's the correct Madonna boxscore for Paris 2008

S&S
September 20, 21 2008
Paris, Stade de France
Attendance: 138,163
Gross: $17,583,211
Shows: 2

[Mulvanaghty]

The rest of Madonna's results are in for Europe and they don't look good based on Madonna's past performance in these markets. The newly reported shows from Poland, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, France, Austria and Ireland have her doing business that is about half of what she did last time in those markets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDNA_Tour

Totals for her 30 date European tour are:

GROSS: $115,701,909
ATTENDANCE: 985,340

With the other dates lined up so far, it looks like she will hit $275 million at best. Even if she were to add New Zealand, Australia and Japan, her final total will still be behind Sticky And Sweet by a good bit, let alone the $900 million that MOGGIO was predicting.