Top 2004 concert moneymakers: will surprise you...

[charleslanger]

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-12-24-concert-moneymakers_x.htm

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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="99%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=sidebar vAlign=top>1. Prince, $87.4 million
2. Celine Dion, $80.4 million
3. Madonna, $79.5 million
4. Metallica, $60.5 million
5. Bette Midler, $59.4 million
6. Van Halen, $54.3 million
7. Kenny Chesney, $50.8 million
8. Sting, $50.1 million
9. Toby Keith, $43.7 million
10. Elton John, 43.3 million
11. Rod Stewart, $42.5 million
12. Dave Matthews Band, $41.2 million
13. Tim McGraw, $40.1 million
14. Jimmy Buffett, $34.6 million
15. Shania Twain, $34.5 million
16. Alan Jackson/Martina McBride, $34 million
17. Cher, $29.1 million
18. Usher, $29.1 million
19. Eric Clapton, $29 million
20. Josh Groban, $28 million
21. Aerosmith, $25.6 million
22. George Strait, $24.8 million
23. Phil Collins, $23.8 million
24. Kid Rock, $23.7 million
25. John Mayer, $23.6 million</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

[WorldNumberOne]

didnt make any money off of me . would liked to have seen aerosmith, sting, kenny chesney, shania and dave matthews from that list.

 

[winkyduck]

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2. Celine Dion, $80.4 million

15. Shania Twain, $34.5 million

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WOW - i'd pay 5 times the ticket price to see shania on stage than celine

of the money celine brought in - $80,399,900 was brought in by women, gay men and men who were told by their female s/o that if they didn't attend the show the next time they got sex from these women was when hell froze over. the sole $100 brought in by a hetrosexual male was a hockey fan who was told "Marcel Dionne" was there and signing autographs and it wasn't until it was too late did he realize he had been tricked.

 

[quantumleap]

WOW - i'd pay 5 times the ticket price to see shania on stage than celine

of the money celine brought in - $80,399,900 was brought in by women, gay men and men who were told by their female s/o that if they didn't attend the show the next time they got sex from these women was when hell froze over. the sole $100 brought in by a hetrosexual male was a hockey fan who was told "Marcel Dionne" was there and signing autographs and it wasn't until it was too late did he realize he had been tricked.

...only if was promised that Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor would provide a cameo appearance.

 

[sherman]

wow, i am suprised......they also didn't get a dime from me

 

[Doug]

Surprises me, never heard of a few of em'. " What a drag it is getting old ! "

 

[PeteRoseJR]

Id like to see George Straight...........

 

[charleslanger]

I like George Straight... also agree about Shania.... I like Cher too--& i'm straight: funny, that's like a code question in NYC-- if a guy asks another one if he likes Cher, you know what he's really asking.

I like Rod Stewart-- & his albums of classic American songs....

Prince no1? Bette Midler still at it?

Elton John, the stuck-up snob who threw a fit when Phil Collins beat him out of an award years ago.....

John Mayer, barred by his former high school from accepting an award? WTF were they thinking? It's not like he does gangsta music or anything like that.....

 

[earl]

i grew up with elton's music and love it and he is a good humanitarian as well. just not the kind of guy you would drink a beer and watch the game with and yes he is such a diva.

 

[charleslanger]

LOL i also grew up with his music-- come to think of it, everyone presently under the age of 50 did.....

 

[WorldRunner]

How is any of this surprising? Looks about like what you'd think

 

[Highdaddy]

i saw 2 of the top 4. Metallica w/Godsmack and Prince. Both were good shows

 

[bucsfan67]

I would have thought that Alan Jackson/Martina McBride would have been higher up on the list, at least as high as any other country acts...I think that would be about as big a show as you would get in country..

They must have played at some small venues...

Bette Midler can still perform with the best of them....

And when Cher, and Elton John both came here, the shows sold out in less than a day...So no big surprise on those....