Biggest Live artists of 2012
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This is the list of the biggest live acts in 2012.
Madonna is number one only because she charges more per ticket, interesting that Springsteen has had half a million more people attend his shows this year.
1
Madonna
Total Gross: $228,406,085 Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 1,635,176
2
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Total Gross: $199,371,791 Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 2,165,925
3
Roger Waters
Total Gross: $186,466,703 Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 1,680,042
4
Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque Du Soleil
Total Gross: $147,310,505 Number of Shows: 183
Total Attendance: 1,374,482
5
Coldplay
Total Gross: $147,188,828 Number of Shows: 67
Total Attendance: 1,811,787
6
Lady Gaga
Total Gross: $124,879,545 Number of Shows: 65
Total Attendance: 1,111,099
7
Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw
Total Gross: $96,458,890 Number of Shows: 23
Total Attendance: 1,085,382
8
Van Halen
Total Gross: $54,425,548 Number of Shows: 46
Total Attendance: 522,296
9
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Total Gross: $46,986,464 Number of Shows: 31
Total Attendance: 371,777
10
Andre Rieu
Total Gross: $46,785,717 Number of Shows: 99
Total Attendance: 490,165
11
Dave Matthews Band
Total Gross: $41,433,182 Number of Shows: 41
Total Attendance: 757,629
12
Barbra Streisand
Total Gross: $40,657,170 Number of Shows: 12
Total Attendance: 154,287
13
Jason Aldean
Total Gross: $39,956,703 Number of Shows: 59
Total Attendance: 984,229
14
Lady Antebellum
Total Gross: $38,358,801 Number of Shows: 88
Total Attendance: 860,065
15
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Total Gross: $33,911,873 Number of Shows: 42
Total Attendance: 549,028
16
Brad Paisley
Total Gross: $33,794,719 Number of Shows: 51
Total Attendance: 485,852
17
Nickelback
Total Gross: $33,790,267 Number of Shows: 50
Total Attendance: 492,492
18
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Total Gross: $33,370,711 Number of Shows: 99
Total Attendance: 673,575
19
Elton John
Total Gross: $32,920,986 Number of Shows: 38
Total Attendance: 240,381
20
Justin Bieber
Total Gross: $30,667,737 Number of Shows: 29
Total Attendance: 402,710
21
Rod Stewart
Total Gross: $30,158,491 Number of Shows: 35
Total Attendance: 201,912
22
Neil Diamond
Total Gross: $29,910,078 Number of Shows: 30
Total Attendance: 317,824
23
Pearl Jam
Total Gross: $27,363,430 Number of Shows: 11
Total Attendance: 337,613
24
Taylor Swift
Total Gross: $26,310,160 Number of Shows: 21
Total Attendance: 285,715
25
Rascal Flatts
Total Gross: $26,155,360 Number of Shows: 45
Total Attendance: 612,243
Madonna is number one only because she charges more per ticket, interesting that Springsteen has had half a million more people attend his shows this year.
1
Madonna
Total Gross: $228,406,085 Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 1,635,176
2
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Total Gross: $199,371,791 Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 2,165,925
3
Roger Waters
Total Gross: $186,466,703 Number of Shows: 72
Total Attendance: 1,680,042
4
Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour by Cirque Du Soleil
Total Gross: $147,310,505 Number of Shows: 183
Total Attendance: 1,374,482
5
Coldplay
Total Gross: $147,188,828 Number of Shows: 67
Total Attendance: 1,811,787
6
Lady Gaga
Total Gross: $124,879,545 Number of Shows: 65
Total Attendance: 1,111,099
7
Kenny Chesney & Tim McGraw
Total Gross: $96,458,890 Number of Shows: 23
Total Attendance: 1,085,382
8
Van Halen
Total Gross: $54,425,548 Number of Shows: 46
Total Attendance: 522,296
9
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Total Gross: $46,986,464 Number of Shows: 31
Total Attendance: 371,777
10
Andre Rieu
Total Gross: $46,785,717 Number of Shows: 99
Total Attendance: 490,165
11
Dave Matthews Band
Total Gross: $41,433,182 Number of Shows: 41
Total Attendance: 757,629
12
Barbra Streisand
Total Gross: $40,657,170 Number of Shows: 12
Total Attendance: 154,287
13
Jason Aldean
Total Gross: $39,956,703 Number of Shows: 59
Total Attendance: 984,229
14
Lady Antebellum
Total Gross: $38,358,801 Number of Shows: 88
Total Attendance: 860,065
15
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Total Gross: $33,911,873 Number of Shows: 42
Total Attendance: 549,028
16
Brad Paisley
Total Gross: $33,794,719 Number of Shows: 51
Total Attendance: 485,852
17
Nickelback
Total Gross: $33,790,267 Number of Shows: 50
Total Attendance: 492,492
18
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Total Gross: $33,370,711 Number of Shows: 99
Total Attendance: 673,575
19
Elton John
Total Gross: $32,920,986 Number of Shows: 38
Total Attendance: 240,381
20
Justin Bieber
Total Gross: $30,667,737 Number of Shows: 29
Total Attendance: 402,710
21
Rod Stewart
Total Gross: $30,158,491 Number of Shows: 35
Total Attendance: 201,912
22
Neil Diamond
Total Gross: $29,910,078 Number of Shows: 30
Total Attendance: 317,824
23
Pearl Jam
Total Gross: $27,363,430 Number of Shows: 11
Total Attendance: 337,613
24
Taylor Swift
Total Gross: $26,310,160 Number of Shows: 21
Total Attendance: 285,715
25
Rascal Flatts
Total Gross: $26,155,360 Number of Shows: 45
Total Attendance: 612,243
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Comments
I'd suggest this list shows the people on it are nothing close to has beens?
Surly if you were a has been, no one would go to see you?
Yeah, bit of a nothing list with artists that charge stupid money to see them
It's all relative though, if Iron Maiden charged more, their attendances would drop.
Springsteen easily had the most people attending his shows, but takes no sponsorship from any company and his tickets are reasonable when you consider that one show this year lasted 4 hr 6 mins, not including a 25 min acoustic set an hour earlier than the main set.
As he is doing this tour now through till September next year, the European tour is in even larger capacity stadiums, he'll be at the top next year also.
Bruce is a national institution to americans and agree he will prob top the audience figures next year, he does put on a good show..
Maiden fans are pretty dedicated and will pay whatever they have to but the band to be fair always try to keep the costs down especially as they have a huge fanbase in some of the poorer regions of the world like South America...
Barbra Streisand does 12 dates and yet makes more money with her shows than what Elton, Red hot chilli peppers and Nickelback did even though they did more dates
Good ol Babs
I went to Kanye and Jay Z's Watch The Throne tour and it cost me £50 and it was one of the best gigs I've ever been to. Two of the biggest artists in the world performing hit after hit after hit with an impressive stage set for 2 and a half hours - excellent value for money.
Do they charge by the chord?
Suppose if they did cost u a few hundred quid per gig
Not at all. Maiden have always set their ticket prices relative to what their fans can afford rather than trying to charge the maximum they think they could get away with.
For example when they played in India a couple of years ago they, at best, broke even, but the ticket prices meant that 55,000 Maiden fans could go and see them in Mumbai.
Yeah, Barbra isn't one for touring. She has only ever done one world tour in her whole career. But she did a small tour between october and november to celebrate her 50th anniversary in the US