Bon Jovi lead the top 20 concert tours in North America

[JKKDARK]

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/AL...Ea_QRA9RzS0tawQ

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers and is in U.S. dollars.

Top 20 concert tours:

1. (1) Bon Jovi; $2,140,537; $93.82.

2. (2) Van Halen; $1,457,801; $111.79.

3. (3) Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus "Best Of Both Worlds"; $938,701; $56.19.

4. (4) Barry Manilow; $813,495; $83.04.

5. (5) Rascal Flatts; $740,822; $67.27.

6. (7) Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $652,685; $42.30.

7. (9) Keith Urban; $640,845; $66.43.

8. (New) Mana; $626,168; $44.88.

9. (10) Ozzy Osbourne; $617,362; $67.60.

10. (8) Michael Buble; $617,345; $71.47.

11. (11) Chris Brown; $572,141; $62.47.

12. (New) Linkin Park; $570,319; $46.72.

13. (13) Foo Fighters; $443,149; $39.18.

14. (12) matchbox twenty; $410,593; $56.00.

15. (New) Brad Paisley; $358,321; $45.68.

16. (18) Jonas Brothers; $301,573; $45.47.

17. (New) Kid Rock; $274,567; $37.25.

18. (16) Larry The Cable Guy; $269,978; $44.02.

19. (New) Katt Williams; $247,072; $50.29.

20. (New) Ron White; $156,830; $41.98.

[JONEZY]

Big Nose Barry Manilow hangin tough at #4.

[Moop]

You're probably the only one that cares, JKK.

[Raw Power]

Hannah Montana and Bon Jovi in the top 3rd

[&maverick]

bon jovi sucks cock.

[Gallagher Rose]

If you wanna waste your money with shit, go to a bon jovi concert

[JKKDARK]

Yeah terrible band Bon Jovi, I don't know how this shit sold near 130 million albums worldwide

[Gallagher Rose]

shit sells..Nickelback and Britney Spears fans can't be wrong.

[krissirge]

lets not forget all the Beatles fans either

[JKKDARK]

shit sells..Nickelback and Britney Spears fans can't be wrong.

Did you notice Nickelback plays the Rock genre which is the dominant Rock music since 1992? You can't compare this band with Bon Jovi.

[highvoltage]

shit sells..Nickelback and Britney Spears fans can't be wrong.

Did you notice Nickelback plays the Rock genre which is the dominant Rock music since 1992? You can't compare this band with Bon Jovi.

Bon Jovi and Nickelback both fall under the "shit bands who sold lots of records" genre, which is a sub-genre of the 1980's movement of "nobody likes you so go away".

[Lithium]

Leather boyz with electric toyz!!!!!!!!

[JKKDARK]

shit sells..Nickelback and Britney Spears fans can't be wrong.

Did you notice Nickelback plays the Rock genre which is the dominant Rock music since 1992? You can't compare this band with Bon Jovi.

Bon Jovi and Nickelback both fall under the "shit bands who sold lots of records" genre, which is a sub-genre of the 1980's movement of "nobody likes you so go away".

Nickelback is a late 90s Alternative Rock band, how can you say "1980's"? :rofl-lol:

Didn't you notice Bon Jovi still play a kind of music which is not massively popular anymore and still sell million? You should notice that Bon Jovi are not getting MTV kid fans like the Alternative Rock bands.

[highvoltage]

Didn't you notice Bon Jovi still play a kind of music which is not massively popular anymore and still sell million? You should notice that Bon Jovi are not getting MTV kid fans like the Alternative Rock bands.

Bon Jovi has drastically changed his style since the 80's and he plays to an audience of 30-40 year old women who were fans of his music when it was massviely popular.

[Ant]

Kenny G has sold 75 million albums worldwide or some shit... yeah... doesn't make him good in any sense of the word.

Bon Jovi is generic trash .

Edited March 24, 2008 by Ant

[&maverick]

shit sells..Nickelback and Britney Spears fans can't be wrong.

Did you notice Nickelback plays the Rock genre which is the dominant Rock music since 1992? You can't compare this band with Bon Jovi.

Bon Jovi and Nickelback both fall under the "shit bands who sold lots of records" genre, which is a sub-genre of the 1980's movement of "nobody likes you so go away".

X1000000000000000000000

agreed

[JKKDARK]

Then 99% of the music bands must be shit then. You people are saying that a bands which sell millions without following the actual trend is shit, then everything is shit.

Only because you don't like a band, it doesn't mean it's shit. I don't like U2, but they survived every trend with success (like Bon Jovi), so they must be good.

highvoltage: 40 years old women only care for Bon Jovi? Then how can you explain I'm a 20 years old Bon Jovi fan who go to their concerts and buy their albums? How can you explain all these sell-out concerts? How can you explain me PERFECTLY how Bon Jovi got #11 on the list for top grossing tours of 2007 with only 22 shows?

[F*ck Fear]

I wouldn't go see that shit if they paid me

[JKKDARK]

shit sells..Nickelback and Britney Spears fans can't be wrong.

Did you notice Nickelback plays the Rock genre which is the dominant Rock music since 1992? You can't compare this band with Bon Jovi.

No they don't. Just because something is Alternative Rock does not mean it is the same. Bands like Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden were talented bands and the only reason they were lumped in as Grunge was because they came from Seattle and all that shit was capitalised and commercialised upon. They are a million times closer to bands like Zeppelin, Aerosmith or Sabbath than any shitty hair band. Nirvana was the only true Alt. band as they were the only ones with a non-mainstream sound in comparison to the other three. Nickelback on the other hand tries to act like some bad amalgamation of these bands and fails miserably because they lack talent, originality, the sound that these bands had, they are way too commercial and they are closer to being pop than they are to grunge/hard rock just like the majority of hair metal bands.

Obviously it's not the same, Nickelback is Post-Grunge and Pearl Jam/AiC/SG/etc are Grunge, both are sub-gernes of Alternative Rock.

And they are not close to Led Zeppelin or any other Hard Rock group. Didn't you notice how these Grunge groups didn't get success in the 80s? Back then Hard Rock was in the top.

[Ant]

Then 99% of the music bands must be shit then. You people are saying that a bands which sell millions without following the actual trend is shit, then everything is shit.

Only because you don't like a band, it doesn't mean it's shit. I don't like U2, but they survived every trend with success (like Bon Jovi), so they must be good.

highvoltage: 40 years old women only care for Bon Jovi? Then how can you explain I'm a 20 years old Bon Jovi fan who go to their concerts and buy their albums? How can you explain all these sell-out concerts? How can you explain me PERFECTLY how Bon Jovi got #11 on the list for top grossing tours of 2007 with only 22 shows?

Bon Jovi have been doing shows on Ellen Degeneras, Oprah, and American Idol. You aren't their target demographic -- just a lovable anomaly in a sea of menopause.

[JKKDARK]

Then 99% of the music bands must be shit then. You people are saying that a bands which sell millions without following the actual trend is shit, then everything is shit.

Only because you don't like a band, it doesn't mean it's shit. I don't like U2, but they survived every trend with success (like Bon Jovi), so they must be good.

highvoltage: 40 years old women only care for Bon Jovi? Then how can you explain I'm a 20 years old Bon Jovi fan who go to their concerts and buy their albums? How can you explain all these sell-out concerts? How can you explain me PERFECTLY how Bon Jovi got #11 on the list for top grossing tours of 2007 with only 22 shows?

You aren't their target demographic

Bon Jovi will come to my city in May 24th

http://www.bonjovi.com/bonjovi/ontheroad_tourdates.php

owned.

[kevdo242]

Cliff Richards been making shit music since the 50s. That doesn't make him any better. It just means a lot of his fans have stayed loyal to his shit music, as Bon Jovi's fans did to theirs. Bon Jovi is just a by-product of 80s MTV. Sucking all the intensity out of rock music, acting like the punk movement never happened. The Stooges sold fuck all when they were around but that doesn't mean they were shit, just because they weren't top selling on the highest selling whatever. Who really cares? The point is, just because a couple hundred of nostalgic middle-aged fuckwits want to rekindle their youth by hearing Livin on a Prayer live again doesn't mean the music is any better than anyone with real talent.

I guess you like Daniel O'Donnell too?

[JKKDARK]

Cliff Richards been making shit music since the 50s. That doesn't make him any better. It just means a lot of his fans have stayed loyal to his shit music, as Bon Jovi's fans did to theirs. Bon Jovi is just a by-product of 80s MTV. Sucking all the intensity out of rock music, acting like the punk movement never happened. The Stooges sold fuck all when they were around but that doesn't mean they were shit, just because they weren't top selling on the highest selling whatever. Who really cares? The point is, just because a couple hundred of nostalgic middle-aged fuckwits want to rekindle their youth by hearing Livin on a Prayer live again doesn't mean the music is any better than anyone with real talent.

I guess you like Daniel O'Donnell too?

Sadly (yes, I would like it happened) Bon Jovi is not a nostalgic act, Bon Jovi probably is the less nostalgic 80s act. They play their newer stuff massively; they don't use anything of their past (and most popular) fashion. Maybe it's really hard for you to notice that all their later albums don't sound like New Jersey or Slippery When Wet.

Bon Jovi was signed to Mercury because their song Runaway was a big success on the New Jersey local radios. When it happened, Bon Jovi still wasn't formed, it was Jon with random musicians and without even a manager. MTV had nothing to do with the formation of Bon Jovi.

Only one person (you) can't say a band is shit if this band has million of fans even if the trend is gone.

I never listened Daniel O'Donnell, so I can't say if like this musician or not.

Edited March 24, 2008 by JKKDARK

[Ant]

Then 99% of the music bands must be shit then. You people are saying that a bands which sell millions without following the actual trend is shit, then everything is shit.

Only because you don't like a band, it doesn't mean it's shit. I don't like U2, but they survived every trend with success (like Bon Jovi), so they must be good.

highvoltage: 40 years old women only care for Bon Jovi? Then how can you explain I'm a 20 years old Bon Jovi fan who go to their concerts and buy their albums? How can you explain all these sell-out concerts? How can you explain me PERFECTLY how Bon Jovi got #11 on the list for top grossing tours of 2007 with only 22 shows?

You aren't their target demographic

Bon Jovi will come to my city in May 24th

http://www.bonjovi.com/bonjovi/ontheroad_tourdates.php

owned.

I meant as a 20 year old male, not as a German or whatever you are. Read the entire post next time and put it in context -- not owned.

.

Edited March 25, 2008 by Ant

[madison]

Bon Jovi is a survivor. He's managed to release albums and sell out stadiums for decades, which is a rare feat for a band. There are very few who have accomplished this - maybe Aerosmith, the Stones, U2, and Madonna.

He's managed to create music that trascends generations, and, even if you don't like him, you have to respect him for being able to accomplish that. He wouldn't have been able to do that if he didn't have talent.

Britney will not be selling out stadiums 20 years from now - In fact, nobody will even remember her name. Same goes for the Muse - :xmasssanta: - another flavor-of-the-month band. So, I think all of this trash talk about BJ is unfair. Actually, I think the main reason some of the younger kids on the forum diss him is simply because Axl trashed him once - - which is hardly a valid reason.