Top 25 Concert Tours of 2011
post by KM
In 2011, fans of U2 purchased 2,387,535 tickets worldwide with the average price for one concert tour ticket going for $97.15. The band's stadium tour sold 91,828 tickets on average (per show), bringing the concert's global gross for 2011 just above $230 million. Wow!
In North America, Taylor Swift's concert tour earned her the chart's second spot with a gross of $97.7 million. Third place goes to Kenny Chesney with a gross of $84.6 million for 2011. And fourth place on the North America chart goes to Lady Gaga, as her "little monsters" drove $63.7 million to her concert tour.
On the Global chart, Take That lands the number two spot behind U2, taking in $224 million from their reunion concert tour of 2011. Third place goes to New Jersey's Bon Jovi with a gross of $148.8 million. And fourth place on the Global chart goes to the second place winner on the North America chart, Taylor Swift. Globally her concert tour grossed $104.2 million.
The only hip hop concert tour to crack the Global chart top 25 goes to Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Watch The Throne" tour. The duo placed twenty-third on the Global chart grossing $48.3 million from their 35 show tour.
You can check out the complete Global chart top 25 concert tours of 2011 below, courtesy of PollStar.
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