Top Concert Draws

Here are the top concert draws as of last week, courtesy of Pollstar. The list indicates this weeks ranking, last week's ranking in parenthesis, total revenue, and average ticket price in the last column.

There are a couple of things to note here. First of all, most of the acts are decidedly "old school," although Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Bruno Mars are strong. Secondly, the prices for the country artists are very reasonable, costing between $31 and $40, although Bad Company/Lynyrd Skynyrd and Styx/REO Speedwagon/Ted Nugent are reasonable as well.

1. (1) The Rolling Stones; $7,772,849;                                    $345.49.

2. (New) Paul McCartney; $3,620,049;                                    $131.27.

3. (2) Taylor Swift; $3,021,717;                                                  $86.51.

4. (3) Kenny Chesney; $2,246,701;                                           $75.53.

5. (4) Fleetwood Mac; $1,427,403;                                             $110.90.

6. (New) Phish; $1,391,413;                                                         $48.76.

7. (5) Justin Bieber; $1,267,409;                                                  $80.71.

8. (6) Dave Matthews Band; $1,134,333;                                   $55.10.

9. (8) Bruno Mars; $1,029,608;                                                     $71.36.

10. (9) New Kids On The Block; $830,439;                                $65.06.

11. (New) Blake Shelton; $672,657;                                           $32.24.

12. (10) Tim McGraw; $586,428;                                                  $38.25.

13. (11) Brad Paisley; $569,683;                                                  $36.13.

14. (New) Rascal Flatts; $567,025;                                              $40.02.

15. (12) Carrie Underwood; $527,808;                                        $70.00.

16. (14) Barry Manilow; $377,596;                                                $67.98.

17. (13) Widespread Panic; $376,122;                                         $47.11.

18. (16) Bad Company / Lynyrd Skynyrd; $311,304;                  $31.44.

19. (17) The Postal Service; $249,253;                                         $41.27.

20. (18) Styx / REO Speedwagon / Ted Nugent; $225,939;       $35.27.

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