RUSH, MÖTLEY CRÜE On This Week's Hot Tours List
July 1, 2011, 13 years ago
Billboard.com's Bob Allen reports:
U2 takes the No. 1 position on the weekly Hot Tours tally for the fifth time this year with $34.8 million in ticket sales totals reported from five North American dates on the 360° Tour. With sold out concerts at stadiums in Seattle, Oakland, Anaheim, Baltimore and East Lansing, Mich., the total number of tickets sold in the five markets was 378,604. A two-night gross total of $10.7 million at Angel Stadium of Anaheim (June 17-18) marked the 21st time the band has topped $10 million in ticket sales at a single venue since the tour began in the summer of 2009.
With $12 million in box office grosses reported from 16 performances on the Time Machine Tour, veteran Canadian band RUSH lands in the No. 2 position on this week's rankings. The totals reported during the past week are from North American dates in April and June as well as three concerts from European markets during May. The top gross among the North American shows came from the Los Angeles market with $1,289,447 in ticket sales from two concerts at Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City (June 20 & 22). The highest-grossing European venue was London's O2 Arena with £756,910 in ticket sales from a May 25th performance. Top numbers from the band's home country came from the Bell Centre in Montreal, grossing just over $1 million (US$) from a packed house on April 20.
MÖTLEY CRÜE also make this week's list, landing at No. 6. Read more at this location.
