METALLICA, GUNS N" ROSES Top Billboard's Hot Tours List
April 9, 2010, 14 years ago
Billboard.com has issued the following report from Bob Allen
Box office totals from Brazil and Argentina reported by concert promoter T4F propel three rock bands into the top positions of this week's Hot Tours ranking.
Continuing its World Magnetic Tour, METALLICA is No. 1 with over $10 million in gross sales from three performances in Brazil. One concert at Parque Condor in Porto Alegre (January 28th) and two nights at São Paulo's 80,000-seat stadium, Estádio do Morumbi (January 30th - 31st) take the veteran rock band over the $100 million mark in ticket sales since the tour began in October 2008.
GUNS N' ROSES ranks No. 2 for the week based on ticket sales from four concerts in Brazil and one in Argentina. Top-grosser was Estádio Palestra Italia in São Paulo (March 13th) with $3 million earned at the box office and 34,872 in attendance. Another stadium date, Estadio Vélez Sársfield in Buenos Aires on March 22nd drew over 35,000 fans. The five reported March dates on the band's Chinese Democracy World Tour grossed a combined total of $8.4 million.
Read the full report at Billboard.com.
