A positive article from Billboard:

http://www.billboard.com/articles/co...urs-31-million

It would be ridiculous to say the sales are lame or the tour is unsuccessful when they grossed more than twice the 2nd act on the list. At that rate, if they were touring at their normal pace and expanse of the world, they would likely be the top tour of the year again. But they are not going for that this time around. These numbers show they have nothing to prove to anyone anymore.

Not a bad tally from only 23 shows

Yes, that helps put the numbers in perspective when you see the tally and then how far behind #2 is!!

Totally agree. I don't get how there's people that still say that this band doesn't sell. The numbers are there. Period.

Amazing!!! The last 6 shows are missing too which would add at least another 7 million, maybe even more with bigger markets such as MSG and Philly....

Total 40 million once it's all factored in!!!!

#1 Album and top tour of this first quarter, Richie is NOT coming back... I'm sure Richie's payroll is millions higher than Phils too... This is a win/win for Jon!!!

they will always sell out, thats a fact, no matter Jon's voice, no matter Richie's not being there... they have a huge fanbase that really loves them

What? No they won't. That's not a fact, there are multiple shows on this tour that didn't sell out. That's not taking away how good I think the ticket sales were, I think they did great considering a lot of things but "they will always sell out that's a fact" is not right at all.

I think a more proper sentence would be "They will always sell out, if and when the market is right for a Bon Jovi tour and that's a fact". But that seems long :p

100 percent I do agree with that. They would have a sell out every time if they took more time off I truly believe. They're selling great right now considering how unpopular they are in the current music scene.