According to Billboard magazine, [link at end], Metallica and AC/DC are raking in the wonger with their huge 2008-10 tours and album releases.
Here's a break down of the results:
01. U2 - $108,601,283
02. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - $57,619,037
03. MADONNA - $47,237,774
04. AC/DC - $43,650,466
05. BRITNEY SPEARS - $38,885,267
06. PINK - $36,347,658
07. JONAS BROTHERS - $33,596,576
08. COLDPLAY - $27,326,562
09. KENNY CHESNEY - $26,581,141
10. METALLICA - $25,564,234
So, metal gods Metallica saw $22.8 million from 55 arena shows from 968,000 fans plus 694,000 album sales in 2009. Nice, as 'Death Magnetic' was just 297,000 sales and others must have got the back catelog. An interesting fact that 'Enter Sandman', sold 450,000 and was their highest earner :-D.
AC/DC on the other hand received $41.4 million from live tours. It's ranked No. 4 on Billboard's 2009 tally of the top 25 highest-grossing tours! Nice one boys!
Link to story: [ http://ping.fm/HKhz8]
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