Rod Stewart, ranked 2nd on Hot Tours Chart
Billboard reports that Co-headliners Billy Joel and Elton John got top honours in the Hot Tours ranking with totals from two venues on their 2009 “Face2Face” tour.
The pair mostly hit the arenas but had a couple of stadiums on there schedule this summer as well. Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass on July 18 with more than 52,000 fans for a sold out performance grossed over $6.2 million and a sellout at Columbus, Ohio’s Nationwide Arena rounds out the duo’s reported take.
Shows in Buffalo were postponed due to Joel being ill with the flu, but the pair hopes to resume, and conclude, the current leg of the tour with their other stadium stop, Philadelphia’s Citizen’s Bank Ballpark on July 30 and August 1.
Elton and Billy at a 2008 appearance
Rod Stewart is among the top-grossing touring artists this summer with sellout crowds at two outdoor venues. 25’000 fans flocked to Dublin’s RDS Arena for a July 5th performance and Thomond Park, a rugby stadium in Limerick hosted a sellout crowd the night before.
US country superstars Rascal Flatts ranks among the top Hot Tours with four reported shows including a sold out July 18 stadium date of their own. The band who are on the road this summer with their “American Living Unstoppable” Tour had their first stadium-headlining concert at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Here’s the complete top 10 count down of the Hot Tours Chart:
Chart Legend:
Rank Artist/Event
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity)
1 ELTON JOHN & BILLY JOEL
$8,237,133
July 14-18
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (1/1)
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. (1/1)
70,402 (70,402)
2 ROD STEWART
$5,236,454
July 4-5
Thomond Park Stadium, Limerick, Ireland (1/1)
RDS Arena, Dublin (1/1)
42,459 (42,459)
3 RASCAL FLATTS
$4,691,818
July 18-25
Wrigley Field, Chicago (1/1)
Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville (1/1)
Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Fla. (1/0)
Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa (1/1)
80,516 (83,467)
4 Coldplay
$3,999,995
July 11-16
The Gorge, George, Wash. (1/1)
Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, Calif. (1/0)
Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Marysville, Calif. (1/0)
Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, Calif. (1/1)
76,918 (82,352)
5 AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE
$3,986,664
July 14-24
E Center, West Valley City, Utah (1/0)
Staples Center, Los Angeles (1/0)
Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, Calif. (1/0)
San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego (1/0)
Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Ariz. (1/0)
American Airlines Center, Dallas (1/0)
BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. (1/0)
63,756 (74,646)
6 IL DIVO
$3,371,458
July 13-24
Wells Fargo Theatre, Denver (1/1)
Dodge Theatre, Phoenix (1/1)
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas (1/0)
Cox Arena, San Diego (1/1)
Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Citywalk, Universal City, Calif. (1/1)
Save Mart Center, Fresno (1/0)
HP Pavilion, San Jose (1/0)
Reno Events Center, Reno, Nev. (1/0)
41,192 (45,888)
7 KENNY CHESNEY
$3,211,524
July 23-25
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah (1/0)
Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, Wyo. (2/0)
49,294 (64,215)
8 Def Leppard
$3,104,018
June 25-July 15
Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (1/0)
Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, N.Y. (1/0)
Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Burgettstown, Pa. (1/0)
Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge, Bristow, Va. (1/0)
Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati (1/0)
73,079 (107,277)
9 BEYONCE
$3,007,832
July 11-16
Honda Center, Anaheim (1/0)
Staples Center, Los Angeles (1/0)
Target Center, Minneapolis (1/0)
29,518 (34,908)
10 JONAS BROTHERS
$2,924,094
July 7-9
Qwest Center, Omaha (1/0)
Target Center, Minneapolis (1/0)
Bradley Center, Milwaukee (1/0)
49,730 (53,158)
Im not surprised ROD has done so well, his concerts are legendary. Always have a fantastically good time with Rod.!!!! Shame he didnt make it to the mainland UK ,. Wembley this year,. still I was glad I met him on board.
Love Ya ROD..