Madonna's tour is 10th biggest earner
Madonna's MDNA world tour has been named the 10th highest-grossing concert series of all time.
The Material Girl launched her global trek in Tel Aviv, Israel in May last year (12) and played almost 100 shows to 2.2 million fans in more than 30 countries before wrapping up the gigs in Cordoba, Argentina last month (Dec12).
It has already been named the biggest-earning tour of 2012, and now
official figures show the trek grossed more than $305 million,
putting it at number 10 on Billboard Boxscore's list of the
ultimate rock tours.
The news means Madonna has the honour of occupying two spots in the
top 10, as her Sticky & Sweet concert series was placed third on
the list in 2009, with takings of $408 million. She joins the
Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi and the Grateful Dead as the only acts to
land Billboard's highest-grossing tour twice in three years.
Arthur Fogel, head of MDNA promoter Live Nation's Global Touring
division, tells Billboard, "The overwhelming global success of the
MDNA tour proves yet again that Madonna is the greatest female
touring artist. As this tour takes its place as one of the most
successful in history, I can't help but enjoy the fact that it is
the millions of fans who determine that."