| Rank |
Artist/Event
Total Gross
Show Dates
Show Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
Total Attendance (Capacity) |
| 1 |
| DEPECHE MODE |
| $18,485,677 |
| Nov. 12-Feb. 11 |
| Feria Valencia, Valencia, Spain (1/0) |
| Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid (2/0) |
| Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona (2/0) |
| Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France (1/0) |
| Futurshow Station, Bologna, Italy (1/1) |
| Palaisozaki, Turin, Italy (1/1) |
| Ahoy, Rotterdam (1/1) |
| Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest (1/1) |
| Stade Couvert, Lievin, France (1/1) |
| Palais Omnisports Bercy, Paris (2/2) |
| Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden (1/1) |
| Scandinavium, Göteborg, Sweden (1/1) |
| Vestlandshallen, Bergen, Norway (1/0) |
| Ericsson Globe, Stockholm (1/1) |
| Hala Arena, Lódz, Poland (2/2) |
| 256,131 (267,293) |
|
| 2 |
| METALLICA |
| $16,115,904 |
| Jan. 19-March 12 |
| Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima (1/0) |
| Club Hípico, Santiago (1/0) |
| Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica (1/1) |
| Plaza Figali, Panama City, Panama (1/0) |
| Parque Simon Bolivar, Bogotá, Colombia (1/0) |
| Hipódromo La Rinconada, Caracas, Venezuela (1/1) |
| 184,554 (203,691) |
|
|
| 3 |
| BEYONCÉ |
| $12,292,330 |
| Feb. 4-10 |
| Parque Planeta, Florianópolis, Brazil (1/1) |
| Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo (1/1) |
| HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro (2/2) |
| Parque de Exposiçöes, Salvador, Brazil (1/1) |
| 126,581 (126,581) |
|
|
| 4 |
| NICKELBACK |
| $8,292,409 |
| Feb. 1-May 31 |
| Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany (1/0) |
| INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan. (1/0) |
| American Airlines Center, Dallas (1/0) |
| Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill. (1/1) |
| Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wis. (1/0) |
| Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, Ind. (1/1) |
| Qwest Center, Omaha, Neb. (1/0) |
| Fargodome, Fargo, N.D. (1/1) |
| Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (1/1) |
| Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary (1/1) |
| 140,394 (148,047) |
|
|
| 5 |
| PEARL JAM |
| $8,014,371 |
| May 7-21 |
| Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, Ind. (1/1) |
| Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland (1/0) |
| Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, Va. (1/0) |
| XL Center, Hartford, Conn. (1/1) |
| TD Garden, Boston (1/1) |
| Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. (1/1) |
| Madison Square Garden, New York (2/2) |
| 128,022 (137,921) |
|
|
| 6 |
| GUNS N’ ROSES |
| $7,093,524 |
| March 18-April 11 |
| Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uraguay (1/0) |
| Movistar Arena, Santiago (1/0) |
| Estadio Monumental, Lima (1/0) |
| Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador (1/0) |
| Praça da Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro (1/0) |
| Plaza Figali, Panama City, Panama (1/0) |
| Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador (1/0) |
| 120,022 (199,591) |
|
|
| 7 |
| AC/DC |
| $6,774,140 |
| Nov. 27 |
| Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo (1/0) |
| 65,311 (68,000) |
|
|
| 8 |
| WHITNEY HOUSTON |
| $5,798,972 |
| April 25-May 17 |
| O2 Arena, London (3/0) |
| O2 World, Hamburg, Germany (1/0) |
| 47,314 (53,726) |
|
|
| 9 |
| GLEE |
| $5,031,438 |
| May 15-30 |
| Dodge Theatre, Phoenix (2/2) |
| Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, Calif. (4/4) |
| Rosemont Theatre, Rosemont, Ill. (2/2) |
| Radio City Music Hall, New York (5/5) |
| 71,893 (71,893) |
|
|
| 10 |
PAUL McCARTNEY
$4,944,250
Dec. 9-10
Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands (1/0)
Palais Omnisports Bercy, Paris (1/1)
42,571 (47,924) |
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