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Dec 28, 2006 8:43 pm US/Pacific

Pollstar Names Biggest Concert Tours Of 2006

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Concert tours by the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand and country duo Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were among the top-grossing tours in North American in 2006, helping drive ticket revenue to a record $3.6 billion.

That's according to figures released Thursday by the industry trade magazine Pollstar.

Pollstar's editor-in-chief Gary Bongiovanni says the figures represent a 16 percent increase over 2005, when North American concert ticket sales totaled $3.1 billion.

Concert receipts for the top 100 tours of the year totaled $2.3 billion, up more than 12 percent from last year.

Pollstar says the Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour led all other concert tours this year with $138.5 million in gross receipts.

The top 10 concert tours of 2006 in North America, by gross ticket receipts. All figures in millions of dollars:
ARTIST GROSS
Rolling Stones $138.5
Barbra Streisand $92.5
Tim McGraw/Faith Hill $88.8
Madonna $85.9
Cirque Du Soleil - "Delirium" $82.1
Celine Dion $78.1
Kenny Chesney $66.0
Bon Jovi $59.7
Dave Matthews Band $51.3
Elton John $48.9

(© 2006 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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