”This is amazing!” Kellie shouts as confetti pours down.
Country Tours Don’t Crack Billboard Top 10
Tim McGraw performing in downtown Nashville during the 2010 CMA Music Festival. photo by JOHN RUSSELL/CMAThanks to Kenny Chesney, Taylor Swift and others, country music usually claims a few spots in the Top 10 grossing concert tours each year.
Not this year.
Tim McGraw is the highest-charting country act, finishing at No. 13 on Billboard magazine’s annual list. Tim grossed nearly $45 million in 71 shows, drawing about 880,000 fans.
Sounds impressive, and it is. But top touring act Bon Jovi took in $146 million, drawing 1.6 million fans to 69 shows.
The rest of the Top 10: U2, AC/DC, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, James Taylor/Carole King, Eagles, Metallica, Dave Matthews Band and Paul McCartney.
Taylor Swift finished No. 15, pulling in $40 million and 643,000 fans to 47 shows.
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