{"id":2510,"date":"2013-01-09T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T13:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/01\/09\/van-halen-aerosmith-rush-metallica-among-north-americas-top-grossing-tours-last-year\/"},"modified":"2013-01-09T13:41:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T13:41:28","slug":"van-halen-aerosmith-rush-metallica-among-north-americas-top-grossing-tours-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2013\/01\/09\/van-halen-aerosmith-rush-metallica-among-north-americas-top-grossing-tours-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"VAN HALEN, AEROSMITH, RUSH, METALLICA Among North America’s Top-Grossing Tours Last Year"},"content":{"rendered":"


VAN HALEN, AEROSMITH, RUSH, METALLICA and IRON MAIDEN are among the hard rock\/heavy metal artists who made Pollstar’s 2012 Top 200 North American Tour chart. <\/p>\n

According to Pollstar, there was more than a five percent rise in ticket sales, with 36.7
million sold in 2012 compared to the previous year’s 34.74 million. The
2012 average ticket price was $68.76, or an increase of $1.54 over
2011’s average price of $67.22. In addition, more than half of Pollstar’s Top 10 earners in North America averaged prices above the $100 mark.<\/p>\n

Some of the hard rock\/heavy metal artists who made Pollstar’s 2012 Top 200 North American Tour chart:<\/p>\n

#8: VAN HALEN – $49.9 million gross (50 shows)
#23: AEROSMITH – $31.0 million gross (33 shows)
#33: RUSH – $27.5 million gross (36 shows)
#36: JOURNEY – $25.8 million gross (57 shows)
#46: METALLICA – $21.0 million gross (15 shows)
#48 KISS\/M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE – $19.1 million gross (41 shows)
#59: IRON MAIDEN – $16.1 million gross (30 shows)
#64: DEF LEPPARD\/POISON – $14.1 million gross (41 shows)
#99: TOOL – $8.1 million gross (18 shows)
#109: RAMMSTEIN – $7.2 million gross
#115: SCORPIONS – $6.9 million gross
#126: STYX\/REO SPEEDWAGON\/TED NUGENT – $6.5 million gross
#143: GUNS N’ ROSES – $5.7 million gross
#152: BOSTON – $5.2 million gross
#163: JANE’S ADDICTION – $4.6 million gross
#180: MEGADETH’s Gigantour – $3.9 million gross
#197: M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE – $3.0 million gross<\/p>\n

Source: E-prog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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