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.
This week, the batch of artists reported contains various big acts you know by name but probably aren’t on your playlist. In addition to that, there’s some bands we’ve previously reported on in the past but still remain interesting to analyse once you consider all the factors involved to have a successful tour. We’re hoping that once we get into the touring season within the next few months, we can see more bands making it into this list. These are the bands that forgot how a $1 bill looks like:
Artist: Taking Back Sunday, The Starting Line & Acceptance
Venue: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Date: Dec. 16th-17th, 2016
Gross Sales: $148,390
Attendance/Capacity: 4,403 / 4,403
Ticket Prices: $38, $35
Artist: Thursday & The Hotelier
Venue: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Date: Dec. 29th-30th, 2016
Gross Sales: $147,000
Attendance/Capacity: 4,200 / 4,200
Ticket Prices: $37.50, $35
Artist: Tesla & The Raskins
Venue: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Date: Feb. 14th, 2017
Gross Sales: $115,036
Attendance/Capacity: 2,074 / 2,074
Ticket Prices: $59.50, $39.50
Artist: Circa Survive, mewithoutYou & Turnover
Venue: Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
Date: Feb. 11th, 2017
Gross Sales: $60,960
Attendance/Capacity: 2,540 / 2,540
Ticket Prices: $24
Artist: Clutch, Mariachi El Bronx, The Mike Dillon Band & Negative Sky
Venue: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Date: Dec. 28th, 2016
Gross Sales: $54,000
Attendance/Capacity: 2,000 / 2,000
Ticket Prices: $30, $27
Artist: Falling In Reverse, Motionless In White, Issues, Dangerkids & Dead Girls Academy
Venue: Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
Date: Feb. 02nd, 2017
Gross Sales: $49,146
Attendance/Capacity: 1,772 / 2,540
Ticket Prices: $31.50, $27.50
Artist: Alter Bridge, Nonpoint & Weapons Of Anew
Venue: Montreal, QC – Metropolis
Date: Feb. 03rd, 2017
Gross Sales: $48,243
Attendance/Capacity: 1,779 / 2,200
Ticket Prices: $30.73, $26.89
Artist: AFI, Nothing & Souvenirs
Venue: Austin, TX – Emo’s
Date: Feb. 14th, 2017
Gross Sales: $43,400
Attendance/Capacity: 1,550 / 1,550
Ticket Prices: $28
Artist: Asking Alexandria, Born Of Osiris, I See Stars, After The Burial, Upon A Burning Body & Bad Omens
Venue: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
Date: Nov. 10th, 2016
Gross Sales: $36,831
Attendance/Capacity: 1,449 / 2,624
Ticket Prices: $28, $25
Artist: AFI, Nothing & Souvenirs
Venue: Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Date: Feb. 07th, 2017
Gross Sales: $36,000
Attendance/Capacity: 1,200 / 1,200
Ticket Prices: $30
Artist: Meshuggah & High On Fire
Venue: Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre
Date: Nov. 04th, 2016
Gross Sales: $34,297
Attendance/Capacity: 1,160 / 1,160
Ticket Prices: $35, $29.50
Artist: Meshuggah & High On Fire
Venue: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Date: Nov. 05th, 2016
Gross Sales: $32,557
Attendance/Capacity: 1,186 / 2,000
Ticket Prices: $35, $29.50
If you put all these bands together into a single show, some emo kid in 2001 would get really stoked about it. The good thing is that most of these shows were packed to the venue’s capacity and sold out, while those that didn’t still made a decent amount of money. Apparently Sayreville, NJ likes more to sing about heartbreak while wearing eyeliner than enjoying some Swedish heaviness or Matt Pike. But we’re not here to judge… maybe a little.
[via theprp.com]
