Forbes: Will CM Return Drive Up Prices

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Originally Posted by elle

FM's prices are twice as high as last year's cause Stones are not touring in the US this year?

(btw they are touring this year, in AUS etc.)

I think we're talking about different things. You said they are number 1 because of Christine - I said they always do well because they are Fleetwood Mac. You are talking about ticket prices, I am talking about total gross tour revenues. I was wrong - they are not always top 10.

Here they are for 2003, 2009, 2013

2003

Rank $ in Millions Avg. price # of shows
1 $115.90 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band $71.36 30/47
2 80.5 Celine Dion 135.81 1/145
3 69.3 Eagles 107.57 47/55
4 69 Fleetwood Mac 83.37 66/71
5 68.2 Cher 65.91 98/102
6 64.5 Simon & Garfunkel 136.9 28/39
7 64 Aerosmith/KISS 76.08 56/58
8 60.5 Dixie Chicks 56 56/65
9 50.9 Billy Joel/Elton John 109.24 23/27
10 48.8 “Summer Sanitarium Tour”/Metallica 70.32 19/19

EDIT: according to Pollstar, FM ranked 9th in 2009:

Rank Total Gross* Artist
1 123.0 U2
2 94.5 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
3 88.0 Elton John / Billy Joel
4 82.5 Britney Spears
5 77.9 AC/DC
6 71.1 Kenny Chesney
7 69.8 Jonas Brothers
8 56.9 Dave Matthews Band
9 54.5 Fleetwood Mac
10 53.4 Metallica


IN 2013:
2013′s Top Grossing Tours:
1. Bon Jovi ($205,158,370)
2. Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque Du Soleil ($157,299,100)
3. Pink ($147,947,543)
4. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band ($147,608,938)
5. Rihanna ($137,982,530)
6. The Rolling Stones ($126,182,391)
7. Taylor Swift ($115,379,331)
8. Beyonce ($104,358,899)
9. Depeche Mode ($99,972,733)
10. Kenny Chesney ($90,932,957)
11. Roger Waters ($81,305,650)
12. One Direction ($78,311,383)
13. Justin Bieber ($77,423,264)
14. Madonna ($76,752,277)
15. Jay Z & Justin Timberlake ($69,753,905)
16. Paul McCartney ($69,584,403)
17. Fleetwood Mac ($61,899,473)

Ultimately, I do not expect them to land top 10 this year in gross tour revenue, because they started late.