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 / 30/32
2. Guns N’ Roses – $115.55 / 47,164 / 1,131,931 / $5,449,581 / 24/31
3. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – $125.29 / 23,263 / 977,058 / $2,914,561 / 42/48
24. Phish – $54.31 / 30,991 / 681,793 / $1,683,019 / 22/42
28. Dave Matthews Band – $49.14 / 16,910 / 710,215 / $830,952 / 42/48
37. Dead & Company – $69.85 / 22,126 / 420,396 / $1,545,481 / 19/23
45. Pearl Jam – $67.40 / 13,449 / 416,913 / $906,452 / 31/31
For the record, that’s a lot of money. Check out the full list here.