MUSIC NEWS - Irish rockers, U2 are #1 for concert touring this year! The band won the honor with the

MUSIC NEWS - Irish rockers, U2 are #1 for concert touring this year! The band won the honor with their highest-grossing tour both in North America and around the globe in 2011. The band grossed $156M in USA/Canada from over 1.7 million tickets sold, according to the music site Pollstar. The group grossed $231.9M worldwide on 2.39 million tickets sold.
In the top five highest-grossing touring acts in North America were Taylor Swift ($97.7M), Kenny Chesney ($84.6M), Lady Gaga ($63.7M) and at #5, NJ s Bon Jovi ($57.1M). For the worldwide top five, U2 were followed by the reunited Take That ($224M), Bon Jovi ($148.8M), Ms Swift ($104.2M) and former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters ($103.6M) . Tickets on U2 s 360 Degrees tour sold for an average price of $97.15 worldwide and $91.67 in the USA, Mexico and Canada.
In 2011 the top 25 biggest tours grossed a combined $2.1B worldwide, which is around the same amount as in 2010. In North America, sales slipped by nearly 4% among the top 25, grossing $1.19B for the year.