Billboard's Reporting Year is slightly different than a Calendar Year....it goes from Nov 14, 2007 to Nov 11, 2008. Their data is from Boxscore.
2008's Top 25 Grossing Live (US Dollars)
01..BON JOVI...................................$ 210,650,974
02..BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.................. 204,513,630
03..MADONNA.................................... 185,696,018
04..THE POLICE................................. 149,623,800
05..CELINE DION................................. 91,006,221
06..KENNY CHESNEY............................ 86,306,618....US Country Music star, for those wondering
07..NEIL DIAMOND.............................. 81,206,383
08..SPICE GIRLS.................................. 70,123,272
09..EAGLES.......................................... 56,625,336
10..RASCAL FLATTS.............................. 55,863,364
11..VAN HALEN..................................... 49,017,853
12..TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA......... 47,382,901
13..MICHAEL BUBLE.............................. 46,333,163
14..HANAH MONTANA & MILEY CYRUS... 45,376,189
15..BILLY JOEL...................................... 41,133,051
16..JONAS BROTHERS........................... 40,080,352
17..DAVE MATTHEWS BAND................... 39,583,329
18..TOM PETTY & HEARTBREAKERS........ 39,138,280
19..LEONARD COHEN............................ 36,346,675
20..JOURNEY......................................... 35,695,481
21..JAY-Z............................................... 34,547,053
22..TAKE THAT....................................... 32,451,800
23..TOBY KEITH..................................... 31,699,677
24..V/A -"AMERICAN IDOLS TOUR"........ 29,906,507
25..ELTON JOHN.................................... 29,432,421
Note: The Springsteen total does not include an additional $31,000,000 earned at the outset of his Magic Tour (prior to Nov 14th, 2007).
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