Pollstar Mid-Year Top 50 Worldwide Tours

[HolidayGuy]

I don't believe this was posted:

www.pollstarpro.com/files/Charts2011/071811Top50WorldwideTours.pdf

The average gross shown on the link is the average grossed per city.

January 1, 2011-June 30, 2011

1. U2: $164 million (1,679,467 tickets/23 shows)
2. Roger Waters: $97.9 million (866,433 tickets/59 shows)
3. Bon Jovi: $92.1 million (937,309 tickets/45 shows)
4. Lady Gaga: $65.3 million (674,795 tickets/40 shows)
5. Usher: $62.2 million (746,878 tickets/64 shows)
6. Kylie Minogue: $52.1 million (519,286 tickets/68 shows)
7. Kenny Chesney: $46.7 million (644,938 tickets348 shows)
8. Andre Rieu: $46 million (404,676 tickets/58 shows)
9. Elton John: $44.6 million (461,172 tickets/57 shows)
10. Taylor Swift: $42.9 million (630,882 tickets/38 shows)

Others:

11. Shakira: $39.9 million (524,723 tickets/46 shows)

21. Katy Perry: $26.5 million (482,783 tickets/55 shows)
22. Miley Cyrus: $26.4 million (289,441 tickets/20 shows)

26. Celine Dion: $23.9 million (142,635 tickets/34 shows- not a tour, but a residency, as always)
27. Sade: $22.7 million (223,645 tickets/29 shows)
28. Rihanna: $22.5 million (233,620 tickets.24 shows)
29. Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks: $22.2 million (208,255 tickets/18 shows)

39. Prince: $19.2 million (204,038 tickets/33 shows)

44. New Kids on the Block/Backstreet Boys: $16.7 million (226,042 tickets/27 shows)
45. Janet Jackson: $15.9 million (150,796 tickets/45 shows)

[HolidayGuy]

Billboard's top 25 list naturally differs, in that it covers a different period:

www.billboard.com/events/top-25-tours-of-2011-so-far-1005295352.story#/events/top-25-tours-of-2011-so-far-1005295352.story

[Joe1240]

10. Taylor Swift: $42.9 million (630,882 tickets/38 shows)

Nice!! :)