Bon Jovi #6 on list of 2017's top Rock Tours
 

Blabbermouth.net compiled this list of the top touring hard rock acts of 2017 (based on this Pollstar list, where Bon Jovi is #30):

01. METALLICA ($110.3 million; 1.14 million tickets sold)
02. GUNS N' ROSES ($98 million; 837,000 tickets sold)
03. ROGER WATERS ($92.1 million; 756,000 tickets sold)
04. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ($67.5 million; 809,000 tickets sold)
05. TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ($61.5 million; 1.01 million tickets sold)
06. BON JOVI ($37.9 million; 446,000 tickets sold)
07. GREEN DAY ($31.7 million; 630,000 tickets sold)
08. JOURNEY ($29.4 million; 379,000 tickets sold)
09. QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT ($29 million; 298,000 tickets sold)
10. DEF LEPPARD ($28.6 million; 404,000 tickets sold)
11. IRON MAIDEN ($21.4 million; 330,000 tickets sold)
12. FOO FIGHTERS ($19.9 million; 219,000 tickets sold)
13. TOOL ($19 million; 246,000 tickets sold)
14. NICKELBACK ($18.8 million; 466,000 tickets sold)
15. FOREIGNER ($16.5 million; 416,000 tickets sold)
16. A PERFECT CIRCLE ($12.8 million; 223,000 tickets sold)
17. ZZ TOP ($11.2 million; 173,000 tickets sold)
18. BOSTON ($10.1 million; 203,000 tickets sold)
19. STEVE MILLER BAND ($10 million; 176,000 tickets sold)
20. THE WHO ($9.4 million; 66,000 tickets sold)
21. REO SPEEDWAGON / STYX ($7.7 million; 218,000 tickets sold)
22. SCORPIONS ($6.2 million; 88,000 tickets sold)
23. PRIMUS ($6 million; 148,000 tickets sold)
24. KING CRIMSON ($5.8 million; 78,000 tickets sold)

Not bad considering how short the tour was.

That's just specific to the Hard Rock Acts. They are actually #30... Which is not bad considering how short the tour was...

This shows how expensive their tickets really are.

As a like for like comparison Nickelback and Green Day outsold Jovi but charged considerably less for their tickets. Foreigner had almost as many fans turn up as Jovi but took $20m less at the box office :o

And those acts still have singers who are able to sing in key.

Economics 101 would translate that into a higher demand for Bon Jovi then those other acts... which is a positive!

Lets not get carried away now!!!

Id say it translates into greed.

Supply and demand. The Eagles are playing the same venue where Bon Jovi played in Birmingham and BAD seats were over $300. Needless to say, I won’t be seeing them.

It's a business... bottom line...

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These are US only numbers. The Scorpions have sold about 600k tickets in 2017. Only 10 of those shows were in the US which would justify the 88k tickets sold. In Europe they play gigs to 10-15k audiences per night...