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.
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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 |
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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.
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