Pollstar Top 50 Tours of 1990?

[stephenn17]

I'm looking for Pollstars Top 50 Tours of 1990 hopefully with grosses. Any help will be very much appreciated! Thanks!

[musicjunky318]

Here's a Washington Post article from 91.

The New Kids' Top '90 Tour
A number of acts suspected of lip-syncing at least portions of their concerts did well: [Janet Jackson]'s fifth-place finish in total grosses was especially impressive, since it was also the first time she had ever performed in concert. Milli Vanilli came in at No. 32, grossing $9.5 million with 75 shows in 74 cities. Still, though they sold lots of records, only five dance-oriented acts made the Top 50 tour list: New Kids, Jackson, Hammer, [Madonna] and Vanilli.

Of Pollstar's Top 50 tours, nine were headlined by women (Jackson, Madonna, Cher, Heart, [Anita Baker], the Judds, Diana Ross, Reba McEntire and Linda Ronstadt) and two by bands fronted by women (Heart, Fleetwood Mac). Six featured black acts (Jackson, Hammer, Baker, Milli Vanilli, Ross and Luther Vandross). The only rap act in the Top 50 was Hammer, reflecting not only his crossover appeal but also the sad fact that rap tours have a hard time getting access to major arenas because of problems getting insurance. Such problems don't seem to extend to heavy metal bands, which landed eight of the Top 50 spots. Country stars also did quite well, with eight spots. The New Kids were the youngest act on the list; [Frank Sinatra], who recently celebrated his 75th birthday, was the oldest.

[HolidayGuy]

Tour grosses from years back are harder to come by than recent years (Billboard didn't start doing its extensive end-of-year recap until the 2000s, I think; I also don't recall the extensive international grosses being reported back in 1990).

Here is info I have for 1990- I have exact gross info for the Top 10 only (gross/# of cities/# of shows):

1. New Kids on the Block- $74.1 million/132/152
2. Billy Joel- $43 million/53/95
3. Paul McCartney- $37.9 million/21/32
4. Grateful Dead- $29 million/27/63
5. Janet Jackson- $28.1 million/62/89
6. Aerosmith- $27.4 million/92/101
7. M.C. Hammer- $26.3 million/132/138
8. Motley Crue- $24.7 million/103/108
9. Phil Collins- $23.8 million/27/56
10. Eric Clapton- $20.7 million/48/57

#s 11-20 (number of cities/number of shows)

11- David Bowie: 41/51
12- Madonna: 12/32
13- Kiss: 121/121
14- Rush: 56/63:
15- Depeche Mode: 32/33
16- Randy Travis: 98/125
17- Whitesnake: 99/101
18- Fleetwood Mac: 54/62
19- Kenny Rogers: 66/105
20- Alabama: 102/103

Highest per-concert gross (multiple nights at one venue count as one "concert"):

1. Paul McCartney: $1.973 million
2. Grateful Dead: $1.804 million
3. Madonna: $1.334 million