Phish, Dead & Company, and DMB Among Top 50 Grossing Tours Of 2016
Concert tour industry publication Pollstar has released it’s annual list of the top grossing North American tours of 2016, and Phish, Dave Matthews Band, and Dead & Company have all cracked the Top 50 (well, Top 40, for the record). Beyoncé, Guns N’ Roses, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Garth Brooks, and Adele all topped the list, while tours such as Sting/Peter Gabriel, Journey/The Doobie Brothers, Rihanna, Black Sabbath, Kenny Chesney and several Cirque du Soleil performances also made the Top 50.The list accounts for: average ticket prices / average tickets sold per show / total amount of tickets sold / average gross per show / how many cities and shows were performed throughout 2016. Let’s take a look at a few of the acts numbers:1. Beyoncé – $123.63 / 45,684 / 1,370,517 / $5,648,106 / 30/322. Guns N’ Roses – $115.55 / 47,164 / 1,131,931 / $5,449,581 / 24/313. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – $125.29 / 23,263 / 977,058 / $2,914,561 / 42/4824. Phish – $54.31 / 30,991 / 681,793 / $1,683,019 / 22/4228. Dave Matthews Band – $49.14 / 16,910 / 710,215 / $830,952 / 42/4837. Dead & Company – $69.85 / 22,126 / 420,396 / $1,545,481 / 19/2345. Pearl Jam – $67.40 / 13,449 / 416,913 / $906,452 / 31/31For the record, that’s a lot of money. Check out the full list here.