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ST Poll: Can you name the 10 highest grossing concert tours of all time? (Since I always do music and in honor of U2)

Posted by MDH (aka MDH) Oct 26 '09, 08:34

Note: Some artists may have more than 1 tour in the top 10, so if you name the artist I'll give you all of their spots counted.

Responses:

*n* Sync? -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:54
Pink Floyd -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:54 2
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:54 1
  - Moody Blues -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:55
*n* -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:54
*n* -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:54
Iggy Pop. Garbage. Pretenders. Echo and the Bunnymen [new edition], New Order -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:53 2
- Sergio! -- nm - Reagen Oct 26, 08:54
- I can safely say none of these would make the top 100 -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:53
Hint: The #4 tour was an older band who "reunited" in the past decade for a tour -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:51 15
- Police? -- nm - ty97 Oct 26, 08:55 2
  - good answer -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:56 1
    - agreed. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:56
- Hint again: One member of the band had a very successful solo career, and the tour happened in 2007-2008 -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:54 1
  - The Police -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:56
- Eagles -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 26, 08:53 1
  - Nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:54
- Simon and Garfunkel -- nm - TWuG Oct 26, 08:53 1
  - Nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:54
- Fleetwood Mac -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:52 1
  - No, but much closer to the time period than NKOTB -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:53
- or New Edition -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:52 1
  - Nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:52
- New Kids -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:52 1
  - Haha nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:52
Kiss -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:50 2
- Nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:50 1
  - Hint? :) -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 08:51
Led Zeppelin -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:50 1
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:50
Trans Siberean Orchestra -- nm - TWuG Oct 26, 08:49 3
- Nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:51
- good band -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:50 1
  - I have 2nd row seats for the show in January here in town. - TWuG Oct 26, 08:52
Barry Manilow, Bette Midler, Cher. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:48 1
- No, No, #10! The Farewell Tour (325 Shows) $223M -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:50
Hannah Montana - lkf Oct 26, 08:48 4
- No to them all. While they all sell out their shows, their tickets don't nearly cost enough, and they play to much smaller crowds -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:49
- Jonas Bros. -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:49 1
  - No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:50
- ooh, good one -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:49
Green Day, Dixie Chicks -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:46 4
- Neither of them come close. -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:47 3
  - #4 and #10 are missing -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:47 2
    - Margarittaville! -- nm - david Oct 26, 08:48 1
      - No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:50
American Idol. -- nm - Mop (232 lbs) Oct 26, 08:45 1
- No. Keep in mind the threshold seems to be establishing the tours made 200M plus... -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:45
Beyonce -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:44 4
- jay-z, usher, puffy -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:45 1
  - Highest grossing rapper with $35 million (aka rap doesnt tour well), no, and no -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:46
- Nope. -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:45
- Nope. -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:44
Mariah. -- nm - Mop (231 lbs) Oct 26, 08:44 1
- Nope. Sadly she has never toured well. Even with the "Mimi" cd her tours never sell -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:44
Elton John, Billy Joel. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:43 2
- Surprisingly not in the top 20, good guess though, this stunned me -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:44 1
  - wow. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:46
Black Sabbath -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:43 1
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:43
basically the latest big artists to tour -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:42 1
- The top 20 consists of 18 tours from 2000 on, and 2 from the 90s (MJ and Stones) -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:43
U2 -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 08:41 5
- Cheater! -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 08:42 3
  - Why. They are my fav band and my answer to everything. - Spawn Oct 26, 08:43 2
    - Hey, hey, I kid. -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 08:44 1
      - B+ -- nm - Spawn Oct 26, 08:47
- #3 and #7 $389M (131 Dates) and $300M (44 dates, with 50+ shows left) -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:42
George Strait -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 08:41 1
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:41
Coldplay -- nm - The Legend of Sleepy Hdn Oct 26, 08:40 3
- oooh Coldplay. maybe Metallica tours enough to get in the top 10 - lkf Oct 26, 08:41 1
  - Nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:42
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:41
Brooks & Dunn -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 08:40 1
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:41
Bon Jovi -- nm - Jovian Oct 26, 08:40 2
- Nope, does chart at #20 though -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:41 1
  - And at #12 sorry -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:48
The Cure. Pearl Jam. Radiohead. Neil Young. -- nm - lkf Oct 26, 08:39 1
- No to them all. They wouldn't even be in the Top 50 -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:40
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- Paul McCartney maybe. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:42
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:39
The Who -- nm - Jovian Oct 26, 08:37 1
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:39
Backstreet Boys, Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:37 1
- No, No, #8 $279M Taking Chances Tour (132 Shows), No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:39
N'Sync. Britney. Madonna. -- nm - Bloody AxeSean Oct 26, 08:37 1
- No, See Below, No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:38
One of the Rolling Stones' final tours. -- nm - The Legend of Sleepy Hdn Oct 26, 08:36 1
- #1, #5, #6 $558M, $320M, $300M (144,129,117 shows) -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:38
Grateful Dead -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 08:36 3
- No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:37 2
  - but they make it up in volume, right? -- nm - zork-o'-lantern Oct 26, 08:43 1
    - It was ticket sales.. not marijuana sales. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 26, 08:44
Bruce Springsteen -- nm - con_calabazas Oct 26, 08:36 1
- #9 Magic Tour $235M, 100 shows -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:37
Madonna. Spice Girls. -- nm - Hotkiss Oct 26, 08:35 1
- #2 $407M Sticky and Sweet Tour (85 Shows) and No -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:36
Michael Jackson -- nm - kilboooo! Oct 26, 08:35 1
- Nope, he does chart at #14 with the HIStory tour, keep in mind he only did 3 solo tours -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:36
Eagles -- nm - TFox Oct 26, 08:35 1
- Nope -- nm - MDH Oct 26, 08:35

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