Pollstar Top Twenty Concerts

[James89]

So Fleetwood Mac grossed $125.1 million to come in at #6 on the year-end list. Not bad at all! So the On With The Show tour has grossed approximately $200 million based on 118 shows according to Pollstar.

I'm pretty sure that makes it their most successful tour to date. Amazing numbers!

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by James89

So Fleetwood Mac grossed $125.1 million to come in at #6 on the year-end list. Not bad at all! So the On With The Show tour has grossed approximately $200 million based on 118 shows according to Pollstar.

I'm pretty sure that makes it their most successful tour to date. Amazing numbers!

I thought Fleetwood Mac would be higher. 😒

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

I thought Fleetwood Mac would be higher. 😒

Their ticket prices were amongst the highest and they played a lot of shows. It seems as if they played much smaller venues though compared to many/most of the other big touring artists. I think that's what gave them a slightly lower overall gross than those above them.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Their ticket prices were amongst the highest and they played a lot of shows. It seems as if they played much smaller venues though compared to many/most of the other big touring artists. I think that's what gave them a slightly lower overall gross than those above them.

But Fleetwood Mac was an event. Christ they got beat by the Foo Fighters. Uggg. I thought they would be in top 3. 😓

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

But Fleetwood Mac was an event. Christ they got beat by the Foo Fighters. Uggg. I thought they would be in top 3. 😓

I suppose its better for us fans- much better to see them in a mid-sized arena than a big huge stadium. It was an event- at least they got lauds of plaudits from reviewers for putting on a great show.
Out of all those on the list the only ones I'd really like to have seen are the Stones, McCartney and possibly U2. At a push maybe Madonna, Elton, Billy and Neil. I like a lot of Foo Fighters stuff but its just too samey for me- not sure I'd fancy a full concert. Ditto AC/DC. I really don't get the appeal of Ed Sheeran standing on a stage playing to 20,000 people.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

I really don't get the appeal of Ed Sheeran standing on a stage playing to 20,000 people.

Agreed. There are many artists I like, whose music I buy avidly, but only a few whose live appeal is an experience of its own, aside from the quality of their recordings.

Michele

[elle]

list of first 20 - http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/cha...dwideTours.pdf

The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all Worldwide shows worked between January 1 and December 31, 2015.Rank Millions Artist Ticket

Rank Gross_Millions Artist Average_Ticket_Price Average_Tickets Total_Tickets Average_Gross Cities_Shows Agency

1. 250.4 Taylor Swift 110.15 42,893 2,273,328 4,724,687 53/83 Messina Touring Group
2. 180.0 AC/DC 77.92 23,572 2,310,061 1,836,735 98/98 Creative Artists Agency
3. 158.8 One Direction 91.82 44,345 1,729,470 4,071,795 39/70 Creative Artists Agency
4. 152.2 U2 118.35 58,473 1,286,416 6,920,365 22/76 Live Nation Global Touring
5. 127.0 Foo Fighters 75.50 27,575 1,682,053 2,082,016 61/67 WME / Creative Artists Agency
6. 125.1 Fleetwood Mac 125.61 16,064 995,939 2,017,742 62/78 Creative Artists Agency
7. 117.3 Ed Sheeran 64.33 20,037 1,823,410 1,289,011 91/110 Paradigm Talent Agency / Free Trade Agency
8. 116.4 Kenny Chesney 85.37 26,729 1,363,190 2,281,958 51/57 Dale Morris & Associates
9. 114.9 Garth Brooks 64.47 77,488 1,782,224 4,995,652 23/120 Bob Doyle & Associates
10. 109.7 The Rolling Stones 174.50 44,910 628,733 7,836,716 14/14 AEG Live
11. 88.4 Madonna 127.55 18,731 693,061 2,389,189 37/50 Live Nation Global Touring
12. 82.2 Kevin Hart 73.00 10,331 1,126,027 754,128 109/137 APA
13. 77.7 Paul McCartney 155.76 26,255 498,844 4,089,474 19/23 MPL Communications
14. 77.6 Elton John 124.49 11,987 623,343 1,492,308 52/86 APA
15. 76.8 Violetta 73.19 20,986 1,049,323 1,536,000 50/145 DG Entertainment
16. 72.0 Maroon 5 81.58 16,344 882,569 1,333,333 54/62 Creative Artists Agency / Int’l Talent Booking
17. 71.8 Luke Bryan 55.48 22,705 1,294,160 1,259,649 57/75 WME
18. 69.9 Billy Joel 106.47 36,473 656,522 3,883,333 18/29 Artist Group International
19. 69.0 Shania Twain 98.13 10,818 703,148 1,061,538 65/69 Creative Artists Agency
20. 68.0 Neil Diamond 106.87 11,362 636,287 1,214,286 56/68 WME