13/07/2011

Roger Waters Tops June Concert Grosses

Roger Waters' The Wall tour far out-grossed all other treks in June with a take of $29,362,701 from 17 sold-out shows with total attendance of 203,763.

According to Billboard's Box Office, Taylor Swift came in second for the month with a gross of $15,726,19 while Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band were third with $8,590,388. Overall, six of the top ten were veteran artists including Mexican legend Vicente Fernandez who came in seventh.

The following are the top ten with gross / number of shows / sellouts / total attendance):

artistgross shows  sellouts attendance
Roger Waters$29,362,7011717203,763
Taylor Swift$15,726,11977218,709
Bob Seger & Silver Bullet$8,590,3881010125,903
Sade$1,161,940109,827
Ozzy Osbourne$1,096,5101010,082
Rihanna$1,045,1141114,148
Vincente Fernandez$742,288107,873
Alison Krauss & Union Station$723,1834112,094
Tim McGraw$711,235118,167
Eddie Vedder$697,220339,348



Source: VVN Blog