Bon Jovi Trumps Gaga, U2 for Year's Top Tour

By Jett Wells Posted Dec 29th 2010 11:20AM

Bon Jovi Closes 2010 as the Top Grossing TOur of the Year

Even though rock stalwarts Bon Jovi got the cold shoulder from the Hall of Fame this year, they still have reason to smile -- the band scored the highest-grossing concert tour of 2010. The Los Angeles Times reports that according to Pollstar, Bon Jovi made $201.1 million on concerts worldwide in 2010.

Not surprisingly, the top five is filled with classic rock groups like U2 ($160.9 million), Metallica ($110.1 million) and AC/DC ($177 million). Lady Gaga (No. 4, $133 million) is the only relative newcomer to squeeze in.

According to the report, Bon Jovi made nearly half of their cash abroad and the rest ($108.2 million) on North American soil. Jon and the Jersey boys weren't the top ticket seller in North America, however -- they finished second to the Dave Matthews Band, who sold 1.27 million tickets to Bon Jovi's 1.18 million. Justin Bieber moved 987,000 tickets in 2010.

Although the numbers look impressive, concert ticket sales actually dropped 15 percent from last year, from $1.99 billion to $1.69 billion.

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Wednesday 29 December

By Skye

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I love Bon Jovi and have seen many shows through the years but I won't pay his ticket prices anymore. They don't need the money so give the fans a break!

Friday 31 December

By rdfbnd

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They must be doing something right if they're still filling stadiums after 27 years !! I saw this tour and it was one of the best shows I've seen..He is truly a showman. I hate his politics, but he's smart enough to leave that off stage. I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agelessk'iss.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it

By Rebecca

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They (as in JBJ, Richie, etc.) I would imagine do not need the money, but I would say they probably have an incredibly large staff/crew to pay on these concert tours. Their concerts are worth every penny paid!!! KEEP ON ROCKIN' BOYS - LUV U!!!!

By LARRY

There"s more people then Jovi that set"s the price"s on ticket"s.

By kphoto3

All those super groups made a lot of money but they have to split several ways....Gaga is a solo act and grabs the largest net of the profits from her shows. Wish I had a decent act to peddle around the world...but alas I sound like a billy goat when I sing.

By anonymous

I went and saw Reba, and George Strait 2x's for the amount of money you could spend on one ticket for half of these people........................RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! They were so AMAZING-STILL after more than 3 decades. And Reba and George grossed more than alot of these younger acts as well, with fewer shows, so kudos to them. Reba and George are still some of the top performers in entertainment in my book.........and can outsing alot of today's younger artists.

By kitty

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you are right anonymous, Reba, Wynona, George, Alan JAckson are the real country.

Underwood ??? no good songs. Thanks to Randy Travis she has ONE good song

By Hairtoday

Bon Jovi really? I guess if you tour 360 days a year your apt to be "on top" who really sees these OVER rated "musicians"? tickets must of been real cheap. One of the most overated bands of the 80s.

By georgia

By David

Could there be any clearer indication that modern music sucks? Bon Jovi is the biggest grosser because crap hop stinks, and modern music has reached it's nadir with Lady uglychick.

By injun

You are so right on!

By beemer

how bout those "Eagles". saw them 6 times!! the best rock band of all time!!

Saturday 01 January

My only problem with the Eagles is that I firmly believe that Don Felder was financially shafted by Henley and Frey. With a Nashville session player replacing him, it's clear that Henley and Frey have no tolerance for anyone else interfering with their revenue stream.

By mickey

The Beagles suck... to put it mildly.

By Linda K

Congrats to Bon Jovi. It is one of the few bands whose members are also good role models.

By littlecitypunk

I love that loser to, drop dead you fool,Help Nobama again.

By tom

That's because he has some genuine talent. Most of these "Stars" are nothing but Celebrities, who have good press agents.

By Ron

Rip off for the tickets. Locally they sell for more than 250 a ticket for the cheap seats because of the venue. I don't care who the concert is no performer deserves that price for tickets period. Especially not in a age like today with so many people struggling and looking forwardto the enjoyment of a concert but unable to go because of the greed of One JBJ. They have made enough money for ten life times give something back to the people who made that possible seems to be the right thing to do.

By fattrucker

200 million sounds like a lot but by the time they split it up and pay taxes they'll barely have enough left to buy a gulfstream, an offshore racing boat, a new porsche and pay richie zambora's alimony.

By Donna

He's such a rabid left wing obama addict. I'm shocked after his hero told people to stop making too much money that he would be so arrogantly and insatiably greedy as to charge poor people so much for tickets when they can't feed their children or heat their houses. For shame you disgusting super greedy arrogant American. Bon Jovi, your words are lies.

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