Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Rolling Stones' '50 and Counting' tour is Billboard's No. 6 tour of 2013...

Rolling Stones' '50 and Counting' tour is Billboard's No. 6 tour of 2013

By Carla Hay
Billboard magazine has released its year-end lists of the United States' biggest music hits of 2013. The Rolling Stones' "50 and Counting" tour was ranked at No. 6 for the top tours of 2013. Then tour (which went to the U.S., Canada and the U.K. from May to July 2013) grossed $126,182,391 and all of the concerts on the tour were sold out.
Bon Jovi's "Because We Can" tour in 2013 was ranked at No. 1, with a total gross of $205,158,370.
Top Tours of 2013
The Top 25 Tours of 2013 are ranked by gross, compiled from Billboard Boxscores reported from Nov. 14, 2012, to Nov. 12, 2013.
The Rolling Stones were ranked at No. 6.
Total Gross: $126,182,391
Total Attendance: 326,998
Total Capacity: 326,998
No. of Shows: 23
No. of Sellouts: 23
The Rolling Stones also ranked on these Billboard year-end charts:
The Rolling Stones were ranked at No. 57 for Billboard's top artists of 2013, based on sales and airplay.
And the Rolling Stones compilation "GRRR!" was ranked at No. 139 for the top Billboard 200 chart albums of 2013. That list was ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.