Posted January 1, 201015 yr With U2 and Bruce charting Nos. 1 and 2, the top five were rounded out by Elton John / Billy Joel, Britney Spears and AC/DC. The Top 10 included the inexhaustible Kenny Chesney, headlining newcomers Jonas Brothers, Dave Matthews Band, Fleetwood Mac and Metallica. http://i48.tinypic.com/246715k.jpg Britney Spears is #1 female tour in North America the second and third female is Miley Cyrus and Celine Dion, respectively only 3 women in top 20 Pollstar Top 50 Tours of North America: Rank Total Gross* Artist 1 123.0 U2 2 94.5 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 3 88.0 Elton John / Billy Joel 4 82.5 Britney Spears 5 77.9 AC/DC 6 71.1 Kenny Chesney 7 69.8 Jonas Brothers 8 56.9 Dave Matthews Band 9 54.5 Fleetwood Mac 10 53.4 Metallica 11 47.4 Nickelback 12 46.2 "Walking With Dinosaurs" 13 45.0 Miley Cyrus 14 43.7 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 15 42.8 Eagles 16 42.7 Keith Urban 17 42.6 Celine Dion 18 42.2 Rascal Flatts 19 40.8 Coldplay 20 40.7 Paul McCartney 21 37.2 Phish 22 35.4 Brad Paisley 23 34.6 Jeff Dunham 24 33.9 No Doubt 25 33.2 Cher 26 32.1 Lil' Wayne 27 30.5 KISS 28 30.1 "American Idols Live" 29 29.7 Toby Keith 30 29.1 Bette Midler 31 28.1 Dane Cook 32 26.7 Blink-182 33 26.4 The Dead 34 26.4 Beyoncé 35 26.0 Il Divo 36 25.5 Taylor Swift 37 24.8 Def Leppard 38 24.2 Cirque du Soleil - "Saltimbanco" 39 23.5 Mötley Crüe 40 22.3 Depeche Mode 41 22.0 George Strait 42 21.9 Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood 43 21.8 Kings Of Leon 44 21.3 Leonard Cohen 45 20.4 Bob Dylan 46 19.7 "So You Think You Can Dance" 47 18.8 Journey 48 18.7 Jimmy Buffett 49 18.5 Luis Miguel 50 18.4 The Killers * In US millions http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive.../31/703577.aspx
