Source: LA Times
Classic rock acts like the Police, Van Halen and Genesis packed arenas in 2007, but it was Hannah Montana’s year.
Contentious or congenial, rock reunions were the hot tickets in 2007, as three high-profile band resurrections finished among the 10 highest-grossing concert tours of the year.
The Police led the way, topping Pollstar magazine’s annual ranking of the North American concert business. The trio’s reunion tour pulled in $131.9 million over 54 shows, coming close to the Rolling Stones’ $138.5-million take that topped last year’s list.
As much as the reunion of the three frequently bickering musicians had been eagerly anticipated, “I don’t think anyone, including the band, expected the Police to be as huge as they were this year, not just here but worldwide,” Pollstar Editor Gary Bongiovanni said Friday.
The return of “Diamond Dave” Lee Roth to the Van Halen fold in 2007 put that historically squabbling group’s tour No. 5 on the list, generating $56.7 million in ticket sales in 39 tour stops. And even though veteran British rock band Genesis played only 25 shows in North America, it placed No. 8 on the list with $47.6 million in sales.
Nevertheless, the tour that placed only No. 15 on Pollstar’s ranking was, by most accounts, “the hardest ticket of all to get last year,” Bongiovanni said of the “Hannah Montana”/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds tour. Read full article here.
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