Iron Maiden + Aerosmith Among the Best-Selling Tours for Fall 2019
Who says rock is dead? Iron Maiden and Aerosmith have some of the top grossing tours for this fall, and rockers such as Muse and Def Leppard even rank among the top 10 hottest tours tallied this week.
That's the latest as compiled by Billboard in the Hot Tours chart for the week ending Oct. 19. Taking the No. 1. position is Iron Maiden with a total gross of $13,008,243. Aerosmith nabs runner up with $6,489,923 in total grosses for the week. See the complete stats toward the bottom of this page.
But that's not all. Looking at Aerosmith's ongoing "Deuces Are Wild" Las Vegas residency that's now tearing up Billboard's Current Boxscore ranking, the "Dream On" and "Sweet Emotion" songsters have surpassed $35.6 million earned and 163,820 tickets sold, all told since opening on April 6. Aerosmith's take just from Sept. 21 to Oct. 6 grossed $6.5 million and sold 29,805 tickets, which landed them the No. 2 position on the Hot Tours chart for the current week.
Those are some exciting numbers. Perhaps that's why Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler decided to suggestively hump a fan onstage during one recent performance, which sent his daughters recoiling online.
Similarly, Iron Maiden's chart-topping feat is no small potatoes. It also something the English heavy metal band pull off consistently. After all, Maiden ended last year with similar million-selling stats.
Hot Tours - Oct. 19, 2019
Ranked by Gross, Compiled from Boxscores reported Oct. 8 - 14
Act
Total Gross
Show Date Range
Venue, City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity)
1. Iron Maiden
$13,008,243
Sept. 5 - 30
Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Wash. (1/1)
Moda Center, Portland, Ore. (1/1)
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif. (0/1)
Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles (1/1)
Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz. (0/1)
Isleta Amphitheater, Albuquerque, N.M. (0/1)
Dos Equis Pavilion, Dallas, Texas (0/1)
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas (0/1)
AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas (1/1)
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City (0/3)
183,609 (193,143)
2. Aerosmith
$6,489,923
Sept. 21 - Oct. 6
Park Theater, Las Vegas (0/6)
29,805 (31,857)
3. Maluma
$5,964,243
Sept. 12 - Oct. 3
WaMu Theater, Seattle, Wash. (1/1)
SAP Center, San Jose, Calif. (1/1)
Sames Auto Arena, Laredo, Texas (0/1)
Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, Ariz. (1/1)
Don Haskins Center, El Paso, Texas (0/1)
Bert Ogden Arena, Edinburg, Texas (0/1)
Toyota Center, Houston (0/1)
AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas (1/1)
Agganis Arena, Boston, Mass (1/1)
62,297 (69,738)
4. John Mayer
$5,209,428
Oct. 1 - 7
Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden (1/1)
Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway (1/1)
Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim, Norway (1/1)
Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark (1/1)
Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark (1/1)
59,475 (59,475)
5. Luis Miguel
$3,616,074
Sept. 12 - 16
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nev. (2/4)
15,163 (16,314)
6. Muse
$3,032,640
Sept. 14 - 15
O2 Arena, London (0/2)
30,600 (34,960)
7. Def Leppard
$2,637,634
Sept. 1 - 7
Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas (0/4)
15,931 (17,274)
8. Ariana Grande
$2,485,450
Sept. 17 - 28
SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland (1/1)
Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany (0/1)
25,608 (26,371)
9. Banda MS
$2,443,917
Aug. 30 - Sept. 21
Rabobank Arena, Bakersfield, Calif. (0/1)
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto (0/1)
Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas (0/1)
Capital One Arena, Washington, D.C. (1/1)
Amway Center, Orlando, Fla. (0/1)
25,369 (31,967)
10. Kacey Musgraves
$1,697,652
Sept. 11 - 27
The Met Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. (1/1)
Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion, Boston, Mass. (1/1)
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary, N.C. (1/1)
U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, N.C. (2/2)
Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre, Charlotte, N.C. (1/1)
Volvo Car Stadium, Charleston, S.C. (1/1)
The Fillmore New Orleans, New Orleans, La. (2/2)
35,753 (35,753)
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