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December 15, 2008
Bon Jovi has No. 1 tour in ’08
Bon Jovi has No. 1 tour in ’08Bon Jovi’s refrain for 2008 could well be “have a nice payday,” as the veteran New Jersey rock band topped Billboard’s tally of the year’s most lucrative concert tours worldwide.
The group – from left, Richie Sambora, David Bryan, Jon Bon Jovi and Tico Torres – attracted nearly 2.2 million fans and grossed $210.6 million, according to Billboard’s Boxscore, outpacing fellow Jerseyites Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “Magic” tour, which raked in $204.5 million during the period of Nov. 14, 2007, through Nov. 11, 2008, covered by the magazine’s survey.
Madonna’s “Sticky and Sweet” tour, which is continuing, tallied $162 million during the period to place third, followed by the second leg of the Police’s reunion tour, which brought in $150 million.
Celine Dion rounded out the Top 5, generating $91 million.
Posted by riesambo at December 15, 2008 06:30 PM