Pollstar Top Twenty Concerts

[michelej1]

Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/...ar-4627854.php

By The Associated Press, Updated 2:35 pm, Thursday, June 27, 2013

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

1. (1) The Rolling Stones; $7,969,276; $346.08.

2. (2) Taylor Swift; $2,072,961; $84.02.

3. (3) Kenny Chesney; $1,829,281; $76.47.

4. (4) Bon Jovi; $1,622,485; $106.01.

5. (New) Fleetwood Mac; $1,426,254; $111.75.

6. (5) Maroon 5; $879,457; $62.99.

7. (6) Jason Aldean; $754,571; $51.28.

8. (7) Brad Paisley; $578,398; $36.74.

9. (8) Carrie Underwood; $497,868; $62.07.

10. (9) Leonard Cohen; $489,734; $106.77.

11. (10) Green Day; $469,164; $50.47.

12. (11) Motley Crue; $332,400; $78.37.

13. (New) Widespread Panic; $281,496; $42.36.

14. (12) Bassnectar; $179,128; $36.44.

15. (13) Diana Krall; $176,499; $83.60.

16. (15) Chris Tomlin; $163,206; $28.29.

17. (17) Shinedown / Three Days Grace; $156,081; $39.40.

18. (16) Il Divo; $152,184; $76.21.

19. (19) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds; $142,644; $52.23.

20. (20) Willie Nelson; $133,423; $55.67.

[louielouie2000]

It's interesting what an economic force country music has become. Taylor Swift & Kenny Chesney outselling Fleetwood Mac & Bon Jovi- pretty unexpected!

[QueenStevie]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

It's interesting what an economic force country music has become. Taylor Swift & Kenny Chesney outselling Fleetwood Mac & Bon Jovi- pretty unexpected!

Anyone think that Taylor Swift and/or Kenny Chesney would've made it big back during the years when country music was country music?

[redbird]

I don't know if this is overreaching but I feel that at least in the States, country music benefits a lot from the cultural/political polarization (the culture wars) that's snowballed in the last 20 years or so. People who like country music often like strictly country music, meanwhile people outside of it treat it like that embarrassing uncle at family reunions, so it really digs in to its niche very well and has its loyal base that's glued together perhaps by a cultural element.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by redbird

I don't know if this is overreaching but I feel that at least in the States, country music benefits a lot from the cultural/political polarization (the culture wars) that's snowballed in the last 20 years or so. People who like country music often like strictly country music, meanwhile people outside of it treat it like that embarrassing uncle at family reunions, so it really digs in to its niche very well and has its loyal base that's glued together perhaps by a cultural element.

To me, things seem nearly the opposite. I think it's more cross over than ever, going between political and cultural lines. Just as music genres have blurred and become hybrids of one another, so have their audiences.

I mean, sometimes things do get entrenched, but it seems to me that happens more outside of the music based on off-stage personalities. The music seemed to have wide appeal, but sometimes things are said outside of the music (Toby Keith, Dixie Chicks, etc.) that causes people to take sides.

Michele

[kak125]

Fleetwood Mac BOK Center Tulsa, Okla. May 1, 2013 $938,420 9.563 / 9.563 1 / 1 $149.50, $49.50 Live Nation

this billboard chart is updated every week. i saw fleetwood mac was on there four times last week. they must be slow in reporting the sales figures because these were for dates back in april and may.

http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore

[redbird]

Originally Posted by michelej1

To me, things seem nearly the opposite. I think it's more cross over than ever, going between political and cultural lines. Just as music genres have blurred and become hybrids of one another, so have their audiences.

I mean, sometimes things do get entrenched, but it seems to me that happens more outside of the music based on off-stage personalities. The music seemed to have wide appeal, but sometimes things are said outside of the music (Toby Keith, Dixie Chicks, etc.) that causes people to take sides.

Michele

I think there's increasing crossover between country and pop and there's always been a kinship between country and rock, but I think things like Tim McGraw's and Nelly's "Over and Over" and Brad Paisley's and LL Cool J's (puzzling) "Accidental Racist" are notable for their rareness, they're like attempts to reach across the aisle because attempts are necessary.

But even if there are a lot of hybrid genres now, I don't think that necessarily eats in to bedrock of country establishment. I grew up a fan of country radio, I adored Dwight Yoakam and Patty Loveless and all that, and I really can't stand country radio now. It seems to me there are far more mainstream country songs associated stridently and unsubtly (to the point of lyrical clunkiness) with things like patriotism, uncultured-and-proud-of-it attitudes, I'm-just-a-small-town-boy/girl sentiments, etc. Not all of it is stuff that offends me or anything, but I did feel it's kind of an in-your-face "Don't mistake which side of the culture war I'm on".

Then again since I haven't been able to stand mainstream country radio for a while, maybe I'm a few years behind. I think though that even if country has crossover appeal (I may underestimate how much it does ... but I still think that things like alternative country, folk, and bluegrass have more clout and further reach than just mainstream modern country, if not its numbers), it has something that you can't really find anywhere else for a segment of American culture, and that ensures it a loyal base.

But your argument is certainly strengthened by the fact that Taylor Swift and Keith Urban do have crossover appeal. It's very probably not just country-only fans lifting them up to such numbers, so I have to backtrack from what I said a bit in attributing polarization as a cause of what we're seeing here.

[rhiannondontgo]

Originally Posted by QueenStevie

Anyone think that Taylor Swift and/or Kenny Chesney would've made it big back during the years when country music was country music?

As a die-hard country fan, I cannot stand any modern country. It's like they think faking an accent and singing about tractors & Jesus just officially makes them country. Then there's people like T Swift and Keith Urban who aren't even remotely southern and sing crappy pop songs with fake accents and call it country. I love real country. Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Johnny & June, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Merle Haggard, Tanya Tucker, that kind of stuff. Dolly's like my favorite person ever, and I follow her kind of obsessively and have met her and all that jazz. But even she bothers me sometimes with her pop records from the late 70s up until the late 80s.

[redbird]

Yes, to me a lot of modern mainstream country songs have a lot in common with a lot of middle of the road pop songs, but just with added twangy accents and possibly a steel guitar and a few examples of genre-specific cultural posturing thrown in. I could be generalizing, but that sums up my aversion, fair or not.

[michelej1]

Top 20 Concert Tours from Pollstar Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/celebriti...-from-pollstar

By The Associated Press Posted: 07/11/2013 10:19:41 AM PDT

1. (1) The Rolling Stones; $7,969,276; $346.09.

2. (2) Taylor Swift; $2,188,099; $85.18.

3. (3) Kenny Chesney; $1,919,435; $74.36.

4. (4) Bon Jovi; $1,612,999; $104.13.

5. (5) Fleetwood Mac; $1,390,010; $108.91.

6. (6) New Kids On The Block; $838,510; $66.69.

7. (7) Jason Aldean; $780,014; $51.47.

8. (8) Tim McGraw; $575,811; $36.47.

9. (9) Brad Paisley; $566,551; $36.20.

10. (11 Carrie Underwood; $495,724; $62.39.

11. (13) Widespread Panic; $416,309; $46.05.

12. (14) Barry Manilow; $354,265; $57.72.

13. (15) Motley Crue; $329,571; $75.99.

14. (16) Styx / REO Speedwagon / Ted Nugent; $221,234; $38.78.

15. (17) Jeff Dunham; $211,902; $48.20.

16. (18) Bassnectar; $179,128; $36.44.

17. (20) Chris Tomlin; $163,206; $28.29.

18. (21) Willie Nelson; $153,714; $55.53.

19. (22) Il Divo; $152,184; $76.21.

20. (New) Juanes; $146,839; $53.27.

[Macfanforever]

Thanks for sharing.

Its nice to see FM in the top 5.

Maybe they should went ahead and record a country album.


In the meantime its nice to see some of my favorite country artists on top too.

I'm glad they are beating out the new pop artist on tour.

Willie Nelson is still cranking along with his tours.He is in 70's.


Taylor Swift beating FM out.She's hot now.