ATRL - Celeb News: 2012 Pollstar Mid-Year Charts & Figures: Concert Year So Far

Duca · , 1:05 PM

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Originally posted by Pollstar

Pollstar’s Mid-Year Charts & Figures
Lower ticket prices, a drop in the number of tickets sold and Cirque du Soleil are all factors in Pollstar’s Mid-Year Analysis.

The top-grossing act during the first six months of 2012 wasn’t a band or an artist with a mega-selling album. Instead it’s Cirque du Soleil – “Michael Jackson: The Immortal,” which played 95 shows in 46 cities and sold 703,793 tickets for a total gross of $78.5 million.

Other acts among the top five on Pollstar’s Top 100 N.A. Tours are Roger Waters with the former Pink Floydian selling 575,444 tickets for a final gross of$61.9 million; Van Halen’s 448,506 tickets sold resulting in a final gross of $44.9 million; Kenny Chesney selling 386,969 tickets and grossing $33.9 million; and Lady Antebellum’s 708,715 tickets sold giving the group a $30.9 million gross for Jan.-June.

Crunching the numbers, the intrepid mathematical geniuses in Pollstar’s Boxoffice Department determined that the Top 100 Tours in North America generated a combined gross of $1,125.9 million, up 1.2 percent over last year.

But it wasn’t just a good six months for concerts. Fans got a break on ticket prices with the average dropping $6.34, or 9.4 percent, to $60.68, the lowest since 2007 when the average ticket price was $58.61.

How did the concert industry manage to make more money, yet sell lower-priced tickets than the first six months of last year? Pollstar president and editor-in-chief Gary Bongiovanni said more shows and lower prices certainly helped.

“The concert industry appears to have made some successful adjustments to better reflect today’s economic realities,” Bongiovanni wrote in Pollstar’s Mid Year Business Analysis.

“Simply put, ticket prices have been lowered and venues have been downsized. To make up the revenue, many artists are working more shows. The Top 100 Tours of North America played shows in a combined total of 2,822 cities. That represents a 17.4 percent jump in the number of markets or 420 additional played over what we saw in 2011.”

On a world-wide basis, Roger Waters has been the 1,000-pound gorilla, dominating Pollstar’s global chart by playing 63 shows in 40 cities and selling 1,431,852 tickets for a total gross of $158.1 million. By comparison, second-place Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band played 34 shows in 29 cities, selling 925,839 tickets for a total gross of $79.9 million.

The other three acts at the top of Pollstar’s Top 50 Worldwide Tours are Cirque du Soleil – “Michael Jackson: The Immortal” and its $78.5 million gross; Coldplay’s $73.9 total gross and Lady Gaga with a $67.2 million gross.

But don’t go thinking Roger Waters is a sure bet to dominate the chart come Dec. 31. Madonna, who launched her MDNA tour in Israel May 31, has yet to play the U.S. Once those ticket sales are counted, the Material Girl could find herself in our rankings’ higher altitudes, sharing space with Roger, Bruce, and Cirque du Soleil.

Top 100 North American Tours

Top 50 Worldwide Tours

Kh-Loud · , 1:09 PM

WHO THA **** IS ROGER WATERS? dlkfjdlsafkjdsalk how did that bitch already crossed 150 milliion n i aint never heard of it?

TheVoiceXtina · , 1:11 PM

Drake

Konichiwa · , 1:13 PM

Gaga with the highest average gross and highest average number of tickets for worldwide tours

Katy V.! · , 1:15 PM

Coldplay

evan93 · , 1:15 PM

Lady Antebellum

Addicted · , 1:15 PM

Pretty good for Kelly considering she hasn't started her main tour yet

RatedG² · , 1:16 PM

Gaga having the highest gross per show

Damien M · , 1:17 PM

Drake doing it big, i see.

jomarr · , 1:18 PM

Coldplay

DAMNIT GO TO THE PHILIPPINES!!!

Remixed · , 1:19 PM

Queen Gaga

Katamari · 1:27 PM

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WHO THA **** IS ROGER WATERS? dlkfjdlsafkjdsalk how did that bitch already crossed 150 milliion n i aint never heard of it?

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Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved international success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, and elaborate live shows. One of the most commercially successful and influential rock groups in the history of popular music, they have sold over 250 million records worldwide, including 74.5 million certified units in the United States. They were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

The band originally consisted of university students Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and Syd Barrett. Founded in 1965, they gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s. Under Barrett's creative leadership they released two charting singles, "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play", and a successful début album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined as a fifth member in December 1967, several months prior to Barrett's April 1968 departure due to deteriorating mental health. With the loss of Syd, the band moved from psychedelic pop to a more progressive sound, with many tracks written collaboratively while on tour. With this line-up they achieved critical and commercial success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979). With Animals and The Wall, Waters became the primary songwriter.

Wright was forced by Waters to leave the group in 1979. Following The Final Cut (1983), the group was temporarily disbanded by Waters. Gilmour and Mason reformed in 1985, and were subsequently rejoined by Wright. They continued to record and tour through 1994, despite Waters' failed 1986 attempt to legally prevent them continuing as Pink Floyd; two more albums followed, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994). After almost two decades of acrimony the band reunited in 2005 for a single performance, at the global awareness event Live 8. Wright died in 2008. Surviving members Gilmour and Mason joined Waters at one of his The Wall Tour shows on 12 May 2011 at the O2 Arena in London; Gilmour performed "Comfortably Numb" along with Waters and "Outside the Wall" with Mason and Waters

ryanpittman97 · , 1:21 PM

wow king drake becoming a touring force already? when will the others.

fortheloveofmusic · , 1:21 PM

Drake is a surprise

Nicole · , 1:21 PM

Let me Google Roger Waters cuz...

Konichiwa · , 1:25 PM

CBS's 60 Minutes interviewed Roger Waters about his tour and showed a lot of it. It centers around the Pink Floyd album 'The Wall' and looked really cool.