Billion dollar tours

[chippewa]

Touring is a lucrative business for many acts these days. It just happens to be most lucrative for the likes of the ???, ???, ???, ???and ???. Each of those acts have earned more than a billion dollars from touring since 1990.
story: http://ultimateclassicrock.com/classic- ... ck=tsmclip

Can you guess which five acts have grossed more than a billion dollars since 1990 while touring? Jimmy checks in at #20, he's not even halfway to $1,000,000,000. I was surprised at how many acts have played more shows than Jimmy, even the Eagles have played 484 shows in that time.

20. Jimmy Buffett
Gross: $402,756,057
Attendance: 9,746,471
Shows: 539

link to Billboard list top 25 live acts

or highlight the box to see the billion dollar club:

1. The Rolling Stones
Gross: $1,565,792,382
Attendance: 19,677,569
Shows: 538

2. U2
Gross: $1,514,979,793
Attendance: 20,536,168
Shows: 526

3. Bruce Springsteen
Gross: $1,196,116,507
Attendance: 15,010,773
Shows: 727

4. Madonna
Gross: $1,140,230,941
Attendance: 9,694,079
Shows: 382

5. Bon Jovi
Gross: $1,030,082,884
Attendance: 12,333,668
Shows: 578

[Tiki Bar]

I love your style, Chip! Interesting reading, and loved the highlight-the-bonus-box feature!

[surfpirate]

Interesting numbers. Using these numbers to further expand for comparison and discussion:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
$79.63 gross per seat
20,648 seats per show (total of 727 shows)
$1,645,277 gross per show

JIMMY BUFFETT
$41.60 gross per seat
16,682 seats per show (total of 584 shows)
$717,480 gross per show

edit: the two links have different numbers. I used this link.

[Dr.Corona]

3 outta 5, including the top 3!

Very clever Chip!

[chippewa]

Interesting numbers. Using these numbers to further expand for comparison and discussion:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
$79.63 gross per seat
20,648 seats per show (total of 727 shows)
$1,645,277 gross per show

JIMMY BUFFETT
$41.60 gross per seat
16,682 seats per show (total of 584 shows)
$717,480 gross per show

edit: the two links have different numbers. I used this link.

Jimmy playing mostly amphitheaters certainly drives his average price down, there's a lot of relatively cheap lawn seats. Springsteen is mostly a arena/stadium act, as are most others on the list.