If you keep wondering how much your favorite bands make when they head out on the road, Billboard‘s Boxscore released their latest batch of earnings and attendance from many artists, and we’ve summarized them here for you.
As we get deeper into the year, we are also getting away from reporting on earnings and attendance from last year and now we can see how bands have been doing on 2016. This week, we won’t see huge numbers from bigger bands like the previous few ones we’ve done but we still have more AC/DC numbers to reiterate why they’ve been insisting on touring without Brian Johnson. Many bands are touring across North America at this time and we may see those numbers in a few weeks from now but our touring seasons are Spring and Fall as many bands head over Europe for their festivals. These are the bands who get Wi-Fi on their flights:
Artist: AC/DC & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
Date: Feb. 28th, 2016
Gross Sales: $1,612,754
Attendance/Capacity: 13,146 / 13,146
Ticket Prices: $137.50, $93
Artist: Tool, Primus & 3Teeth
Venue: St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena
Date: Jan. 22nd, 2016
Gross Sales: $609,858
Attendance/Capacity: 7,972 / 7,972
Ticket Prices: $76.50
Artist: ‘Carnival Of Madness‘: Black Stone Cherry, Shinedown & Halestorm
Venue: Manchester, UK – Manchester Arena
Date: Feb. 06th, 2016
Gross Sales: $350,396
Attendance/Capacity: 7,655 / 9,651
Ticket Prices: $45.78, $38.92
Artist: ‘Carnival Of Madness‘: Black Stone Cherry, Shinedown, Halestorm & Highly Suspect
Venue: Glasgow, UK – SSE Hydro
Date: Feb. 01st, 2016
Gross Sales: $286,450
Attendance/Capacity: 6,706 / 7,147
Ticket Prices: $42.72
Artist: Bullet For My Valentine, Asking Alexandria & While She Sleeps
Venue: Montreal, QC – Metropolis
Date: Mar. 07th, 2016
Gross Sales: $70,658
Attendance/Capacity: 2,345 / 2,345
Ticket Prices: $33.78, $30.03
Artist: Nightwish, Sonata Arctica & Delain
Venue: Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Date: Feb. 26th, 2016
Gross Sales: $70,220
Attendance/Capacity: 1,559 / 1,700
Ticket Prices: $210, $180, $65, $35
Artist: Lamb Of God, Anthrax, Deafheaven & Power Trip
Venue: Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Date: Jan. 28th, 2016
Gross Sales: $66,796
Attendance/Capacity: 1,723 / 2,000
Ticket Prices: $65, $39, $36
Artist: Coheed And Cambria, Glassjaw, I The Mighty & Silver Snakes
Venue: Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
Date: Feb. 25th, 2016
Gross Sales: $62,610
Attendance/Capacity: 2,000 / 2,000
Ticket Prices: $104.50, $49.50, $29.50
Artist: Bullet For My Valentine, Asking Alexandria & While She Sleeps
Venue: St. Paul, MN – Myth
Date: Feb. 17th, 2016
Gross Sales: $58,010
Attendance/Capacity: 1,902 / 3,082
Ticket Prices: $35, $30
Artist: Coheed And Cambria, Glassjaw, I The Mighty & Silver Snakes
Venue: St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
Date: Mar. 12th, 2016
Gross Sales: $49,533
Attendance/Capacity: 1,750 / 2,000
Ticket Prices: $27.50
Artist: Cradle Of Filth, Butcher Babies & Ne Obliviscaris
Venue: Montreal, QC – Theatre Corona
Date: Mar. 07th, 2016
Gross Sales: $21,286
Attendance/Capacity: 759 / 925
Ticket Prices: $30.03, $27.78
Artist: Blessthefall, Miss May I, Obey The Brave, Sirens & Sailors & A War Within
Venue: Montreal, QC – Theatre Corona
Date: Mar. 04th, 2016
Gross Sales: $9,213
Attendance/Capacity: 444 / 550
Ticket Prices: $22.35, $20.12
Considering what we’ve seen before, these dates were careful planned and organized by the local promoters because most of them were either sold out or nearly sold out to the venue’s capacity and that’s important when booking tours; to make sure you don’t overestimate the attendance and get an oversize venue, which most likely is more expensive to rent than a smaller one. Having said that, we’re sure if Tool or AC/DC had the chance to play a bigger venue than the ones listed here, they would’ve made a lot more money.
[via theprp.com]
