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.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Members of Guns ‘n Roses, Rolling Stones Form New Band...

Members of Guns ‘n Roses, Rolling Stones Form New Band

by Nick DeRiso

GNR Dizzy Reed Rolling Stones Darryl Jones

Current members of Guns n’ Roses and the Rolling Stones form the nucleus of a new group called Dead Daisies, which just concluded an Israeli tour. A EP of new band-written material is also in the works.
Dizzy Reed and Richard Fortus from GN’R, and Stones bassist Darryl Jones join singer Jon Stevens, guitarist David Lowy and drummer Charley Drayton in Dead Daisies. Reed is the longest-tenured member of Guns n’ Roses, after Axl Rose. Drayton is best known for his earlier work with the Divinyls, while Stevens had a stint in INXS. Stevens and Lowy have also worked with GN’R alum Slash on some of the music.
Reed says the group is taking a no-nonsense approach: “We actually recorded three new songs in the middle of that last tour,” Reed says. “When people hear it – there’s not a lot of bands doing this – I think they’re pleasantly surprised. You’re making people happy because you’re playing good rock ’n’ roll music. There’s not any other way to describe it. It’s just good rock ’n’ roll music.”
Reed says he will juggle commitments with GN’R while continuing in Dead Daisies. The band hopes to enter the studio sometime during its February tour of Australia.