Pollstar -- the concert hotwire of the music industry -- recently announced the top grossing concert tours of the third quarter of the year.
And, although I wish it could be so, no artist appearing on the top 100 list will be appearing at the Real. Texas. Festival.
However, the top grossing tours of the third quarter of the year all have one thing in common -- a ticket price four, five and in some cases 10 times higher than the Real. Texas. Festival.
At any rate, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the top 100 concerts. First of all, this isn't necessarily the top 100 money makers ... some of these shows might have actually made more money, but their ticket price was appreciably higher.
These are the top 100 concert tours in terms of tickets sold.
And positions one and two on the list are held by rock acts.
The number one concert tour in terms of tickets sold was AC/DC -- who have sold 1.8 million tickets worldwide. In second, Bon Jovi with 1.3 million. Dave Matthews Band was fourth on the list with slightly more than 1 million tickets sold.
The top country act on the list was Tim McGraw with 838,939. He was number six.
Since the Real. Texas. Festival. celebrates Texas music, let's see how Texans fared on the list.
The highest ranking Texan act was Brooks and Dunn featuring Coleman, Texas' own Ronnie Dunn. The duo ranked 13th with 622,122 tickets sold -- perhaps bolstered in large part by their on-going Last Rodeo tour.
Other Texas acts on the list include:
The Eagles at 23 -- 443,164. Sure, they are generally classified as a California band, but you can run into Don Henley from time to time across the D-FW Metroplex as he lives in our part of the world.
The tour featuring George Strait, LeeAnn Womack (both Texans) and Reba came in a 30 with 350,925 tickets.
Houston's own Beyonce ranked 63rd on the top 100 top concert tours with 168,157 tickets sold to date.
Nora Jones was 79th at 134,411.
Believe it or not, Willie Nelson is still packing them in. Willie's tour was 94th on the list with 105,890 tickets sold.
Ever heard of Further? This band was 54th on the list at 196,350 -- further proving (pardon the pun) that an artist really doesn't need a lot of radio play to sell tickets on a tour. Further is a spin-off band of The Grateful Dead featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir.
Perhaps the most surprising entry on the list ... at least from my perspective ... was Scandinavian pop act A-ha. The one-hit wonders of "Take on Me" fame came in at 90th on the list with 107,403 tickets sold through the third quarter of the year.
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