Madonna’s world tour is the highest-grossing jaunt
By IANSMonday, December 29, 2008
LONDON - Pop diva Madonna’s recently concluded ‘Sticky + Sweet’ world tour has been voted as the highest-grossing US jaunt of the year.
The star’s series of shows in North America raked in $105.3 million, leaving behind Celine Dion, who came second in the list, taking $94 million on her first US tour since her five-year residency in Las Vegas, reports contactmusic.com.
The Eagles took third place with more than $73 million for their series of dates.
The top five highest-grossing tours of the US in 2008 were rounded out by country singer Kenny Chesney with $72 million and Bon Jovi with $70 million.
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August 25, 2009: 3:31 pm
Unfortunately while 105 million was enough to be the #1 tour in the USA in 2008, 2009 will be a bit different. U2 will gross upwards of 140 million in the US alone on less than 23 dates. They already grossed 170 million in europe and thats not including the last 3 concerts in the UK, which should boost them to 180 million range. |
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