The rock revival: Guns N' Roses were 2016's highest-earning world tour per city while acts over 50 accounted for HALF of the $4.5billion generated by last year's top 100-grossing tours
Iconic rockstars were some of the most profitable performers per city on average last year for world tours
Guns N' Roses topped the list, with the legendary group earning an average per city gross of $5,004,737
Justin Bieber was second on the list with $1,676,016, before two more rockers - the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Stevie Nicks - took out the next two places with averages per city of $1,487,928 and $898,269 respectively
Analysts found acts over 50 made up half of the $4.5billion generated by last year’s top 100-grossing tours
It seems as though age is no barrier when it comes to making money on tour.
New figures released this week have broken down which global tours were the most lucrative, with a top 10 of the acts with the highest average per city gross calculated.
Legendary rockers Guns N' Roses topped the list, which was compiled using data provided to the industry magazine, Pollstar, with an average per city gross of $5,004,737. The rock group was pushed to the top of the pile by an average ticket price of $101.82.
Pop star Justin Bieber came in second on the list, with an average gross of $1,676,016, and a ticket price of $80.90.
Two more rockers closed out the top with, with the Red Hot Chili Peppers average of $1,487,928 good enough to put the California rockers in third, while
Stevie Nicks was fourth with $898,269.
A quartet of country stars filed the next three spots, with Eric Church's gross of $834,604 good enough for fifth, while Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood's joint tour pulled in $748,456 per city.
Blake Shelton was seventh with an average of $719,365, before Underwood made the list again at number eight - but this time for her solo tour, which averaged $713,215.
Maxwell and Mary J. Blige were ninth in the top 10, thanks to their combined shows averaging $711,898, and veteran rockers Green Day closed out the top spots by pulling in $657,586 per city.
However, when contrasted to the Forbes Highest Paid Musicians of 2016 list, there was hardly any crossover between those who made the most money per city, and those who made the most money - period.
The Forbes ranking, which included all money paid to performers - and not just ticket sales, was topped by Taylor Swift, who received $170million last year.
A pair of Brit acts completed the top three, with One Direction and Adele making $110million and $80.5million respectively.
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