Top Touring Artists of the Decade

Wes Orshoski
U2's Bono performs at Giants Stadium near New York City, September 23, 2009.
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Total Gross: $869,471,325 Number of Shows: 264
Total Attendance: 8,236,586 Number of Sell-Outs: 190
Total Attendance: 8,236,586 Number of Sell-Outs: 190
Setlist Essential: "Sympathy for the Devil"
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Total Gross: $844,157,925 Number of Sell-Outs: 288
Total Attendance: 9,869,953 Number of Shows: 288
Total Attendance: 9,869,953 Number of Shows: 288
Setlist Essential: "Where the Streets Have No Name"
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Total Gross: $801,299,671 Number of Shows: 248
Total Attendance: 6,387,124 Number of Sell-Outs: 244
Total Attendance: 6,387,124 Number of Sell-Outs: 244
Setlist Essential: "Hung Up"
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Total Gross: $688,136,476 Number of Shows: 403
Total Attendance: 8,605,238 Number of Sell-Outs: 248
Total Attendance: 8,605,238 Number of Sell-Outs: 248
Setlist Essential: "The Rising"
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Total Gross: $603,804,670 Number of Shows: 541
Total Attendance: 5,789,833 Number of Sell-Outs: 470
Total Attendance: 5,789,833 Number of Sell-Outs: 470
Setlist Essential: "Rocket Man"
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Total Gross: $536,593,262 Number of Shows: 792
Total Attendance: 4,099,963 Number of Sell-Outs: 597
Total Attendance: 4,099,963 Number of Sell-Outs: 597
Setlist Essential: "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
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Total Gross: $505,447,901 Number of Shows: 547
Total Attendance: 11,230,696 Number of Sell-Outs: 282
Total Attendance: 11,230,696 Number of Sell-Outs: 282
Setlist Essential: "Ants Marching"
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Total Gross: $477,931,760 Number of Shows: 622
Total Attendance: 9,210,288 Number of Sell-Outs: 409
Total Attendance: 9,210,288 Number of Sell-Outs: 409
Setlist Essential: "There Goes My Life"
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Total Gross: $419,481,741 Number of Shows: 249
Total Attendance: 5,384,747 Number of Sell-Outs: 224
Total Attendance: 5,384,747 Number of Sell-Outs: 224
Setlist Essential: "Blaze of Glory"
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Total Gross: $418,421,266 Number of Shows: 241
Total Attendance: 4,141,287 Number of Sell-Outs: 213
Total Attendance: 4,141,287 Number of Sell-Outs: 213
Setlist Essential: "Piano Man"
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Total Gross: $361,851,102 Number of Shows: 144
Total Attendance: 3,327,161 Number of Sell-Outs: 134
Total Attendance: 3,327,161 Number of Sell-Outs: 134
Setlist Essential: "Message in a Bottle"
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Total Gross: $347,640,186 Number of Shows: 240
Total Attendance: 3,107,832 Number of Sell-Outs: 174
Total Attendance: 3,107,832 Number of Sell-Outs: 174
Setlist Essential: "Hotel California" (see video)
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Total Gross: $303,950,209 Number of Shows: 388
Total Attendance: 5,203,501 Number of Sell-Outs: 175
Total Attendance: 5,203,501 Number of Sell-Outs: 175
Setlist Essential: "Real Good Man"
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Total Gross: $292,201,481 Number of Shows: 320
Total Attendance: 4,646,827 Number of Sell-Outs: 61
Total Attendance: 4,646,827 Number of Sell-Outs: 61
Setlist Essential: "Cryin'"
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Total Gross: $264,810,659 Number of Shows: 288
Total Attendance: 3,845,603 Number of Sell-Outs: 244
Total Attendance: 3,845,603 Number of Sell-Outs: 244
Setlist Essential: "Sweet Caroline"
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Total Gross: $257,319,809 Number of Shows: 383
Total Attendance: 3,402,569 Number of Sell-Outs: 171
Total Attendance: 3,402,569 Number of Sell-Outs: 171
Setlist Essential: "Believe"
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Total Gross: $238,755,522 Number of Shows: 106
Total Attendance: 1,870,274 Number of Sell-Outs: 85
Total Attendance: 1,870,274 Number of Sell-Outs: 85
Setlist Essential: "Hey Jude"
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Total Gross: $233,773,789 Number of Shows: 281
Total Attendance: 3,022,292 Number of Sell-Outs: 148
Total Attendance: 3,022,292 Number of Sell-Outs: 148
Setlist Essential: "Maggie May"
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Total Gross: $227,568,718 Number of Shows: 187
Total Attendance: 3,581,445 Number of Sell-Outs: 93
Total Attendance: 3,581,445 Number of Sell-Outs: 93
Setlist Essential: "Fade to Black"
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Total Gross: $222,256,153 Number of Shows: 401
Total Attendance: 4,514,282 Number of Sell-Outs: 274
Total Attendance: 4,514,282 Number of Sell-Outs: 274
Setlist Essential: "Too Good to Be True"
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Total Gross: $216,229,560 Number of Shows: 255
Total Attendance: 3,704,826 Number of Sell-Outs: 158
Total Attendance: 3,704,826 Number of Sell-Outs: 158
Setlist Essential: "I'm a Slave 4 U"
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Total Gross: $215,367,754 Number of Shows: 196
Total Attendance: 3,927,053 Number of Sell-Outs: 131
Total Attendance: 3,927,053 Number of Sell-Outs: 131
Setlist Essential: "Margaritaville"
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Total Gross: $212,012,527 Number of Shows: 168
Total Attendance: 3,205,895 Number of Sell-Outs: 106
Total Attendance: 3,205,895 Number of Sell-Outs: 106
Setlist Essential: "Nutbush City Limits"
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Total Gross: $271,904,093 Number of Shows: 542
Total Attendance: 6,355,046 Number of Sell-Outs: 200
Total Attendance: 6,355,046 Number of Sell-Outs: 200
Setlist Essential: "Should've Been a Cowboy"
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Total Gross: $203,605,519 Number of Shows: 728
Total Attendance: 5,045,297 Number of Sell-Outs: 309
Total Attendance: 5,045,297 Number of Sell-Outs: 309
Setlist Essential: "A Mad Russian's Christmas"
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