These numbers are very interesting to me....can someone help me understand what drives these figures? For example Janet Jackson had 42.1M in revenues for 57 shows while 'N Sync produced $87M for only 43 shows. Similarly the deltas associated with the Matchbox 20 figures relative to those of the Backstreet Boys. Not picking on the "boy bands" by the way, their number of shows happened to roughly correlate to the other artists mentioned which reflected a large revenue to number of shows disparity. Thanks and hope everyone is enjoying their holiday! Anne "Andre Van Isacker" To: <stingus@yahoogroups.com> <sky82115@skyn cc: et.be> Subject: [stingus] Top concert revenues 12/29/2001 04:02 AM Please respond to sky82115 Read this, Sting is at 37 ....: The top 40 North American concert tours of 2001 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 40 grossing North American concert tours of 2001, according to data issued Thursday by Pollstar magazine. 1. U2 -- $109.7 million (80 shows) 2. 'N Sync (news - web sites) -- $86.8 million (43 shows) 3. Backstreet Boys (news - web sites) -- $82.1 million (98 shows) 4. Dave Matthews Band -- $60.5 million (51 shows) 5. Elton John/Billy Joel -- $57.2 million (31 shows) 6. Madonna (news - web sites) -- $54.7 million (28 shows) 7. Aerosmith (news - web sites) -- $49.3 million (64 shows) 8. Janet Jackson -- $42.1 million (57 shows) 9. Eric Clapton -- $38.8 million (46 shows) 10. Neil Diamond -- $35.4 million (46 shows) 11. Matchbox Twenty -- $28.4 million (89 shows) 12. Rod Stewart -- $27.2 million (66 shows) 13. Jimmy Buffett -- $26.9 million (32 shows) 14. Andrea Bocelli (news - web sites) -- $26.8 million (15 shows) 15. ``Ozzfest 2001'' -- $26.4 million (31 shows) 16. Sade -- $26.2 million (41 shows) 17. Tim McGraw -- $24.9 million (45 shows) 18. Britney Spears -- $23.7 million (31 shows) 19. James Taylor -- $23.0 million (61 shows) 20. Tool -- $20.4 million (63 shows) 21. AC/DC -- $18.9 million (34 shows) 22. Barenaked Ladies (news - web sites) -- $17.1 million (74 shows) 23. Destiny's Child -- $17.0 million (59 shows) 24. Brooks & Dunn -- $16.6 million (63 shows) 25. Depeche Mode (news - web sites) -- $16.2 million (40 shows) 26. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -- $14.4 million (31 shows) 27. Stevie Nicks -- $14.1 million (38 shows) 28. Elton John -- $13.3 million (19 shows) 29. John Mellencamp -- $13.2 million (33 shows) 30. Michael Flatley's ``Feet of Flames'' -- $13.1 million (21 shows) 31. Blink-182 -- $13.0 million (63 shows) 32. Journey -- $12.7 million (61 shows) 33. Bon Jovi -- $12.5 million (32 shows) 34. ``Warped Tour'' -- $12.4 million (46 shows) 35. Bob Dylan -- $12.3 million (58 shows) 36. Widespread Panic -- $12.3 million (77 shows) 37. Sting -- $11.8 million (27 shows) 38. Phil Lesh and Friends -- $11.6 million (74 shows) 39. Jerry Seinfeld -- $11.5 million (62 shows) 40. Luciano Pavarotti (news - web sites) -- $11.4 million (11 shows) Reuters/Variety REUTERS Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Unsubscribe: stingus-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.