Pollstar Top 200 Grossing NA Tours of 2012
 

[url]http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2012/2012YearEndTop200NorthAmericanTours.pdf[/url]

Just listing metal/hard rock that shows up:

5. Roger Waters
8. Van Halen
14. Red Hot Chilli Peppers
23. Aerosmith
32. Trans Siberian Orchestra
33. Rush
36. Journey
46. Metallica
48. Kiss / Motley Crue
52. Rolling Stones - Amazing, 4 NA shows and they still made $18 million. Also w/ average price of $519.97. Wow
55. The Who
58. Warped Tour
59. Iron Maiden
64. Def Leopard / Poison
75. Linkin Park
96. Rise Against
99. Tool
109. Rammstein
110. Uproar Tour
126. Styx / Reo Speedwagon / Ted Nugent
138. Heart
143. Guns N Roses
152. Boston
163. Jane's Addiction
171. ZZ Top
172. Sublime With Rome
180. Gigantour
195. Simple Plan
197. Motley Crue

Hey, Bon Iver grossed 4.3 million on tour last year, I'm asking for a raise.

[QUOTE=DethMaiden;506361]Hey, Bon Iver grossed 4.3 million on tour last year, I'm asking for a raise.[/QUOTE]

The mere fact Simple Plan is still on this list makes me want a raise.

Roger Waters is one rich fucking man.

- Boston tours for the first time since 2008

- Doesn't play in Boston

I would think that Warped Tour is would be ALOT higher.

[QUOTE=dcmetal108;506442]I would think that Warped Tour is would be ALOT higher.[/QUOTE]

Compared to most of these, Warped is a LOT cheaper and plays to way less people. Roger Waters and Van Halen play to tens of thousands of people in arenas, Warped gets like...maybe 5000 in a parking lot? Idk.

No Mayhem?

[QUOTE=mankvill;506447]Compared to most of these, Warped is a LOT cheaper and plays to way less people. Roger Waters and Van Halen play to tens of thousands of people in arenas, Warped gets like...maybe 5000 in a parking lot? Idk.[/QUOTE]

Average Warped Tour crowd is around 20,000. Chicago is usually way more than that.

I agree though that compared to most tours Warped Tour is the cheapest by far though.

The only real surprise for me was Aerosmith being so low on the proper list (i.e. the world tours one). But then, they did only played NA didn't they?