Metallica and Kiss among highest grossing tours of 2019 so far

By Dave Everley
( Classic Rock )
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Kiss and Metallica have earned almost $130 million between them touring this year

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Metallica and Kiss are among the 30 highest-grossing touring bands of 2019 so far.

According to live music industry magazine Pollstar, the thrash icons and the shock rock legends have earned $69.7 and $58.1 million worldwide respectively between November 22, 2018 and May 22, 2019.

Also in the Top 10 are symphonic metallers Trans-Siberian Orchestra ($57.3 million), while classic rock linchpins Fleetwood Mac and Bob Seger have raked in $67.7 million and $52.8 million respectively.

Further down the list of the 100 top-grossing world tours of 2019 are Paul McCartney ($40.7 million), Eagles ($24.2 million), Roger Waters ($11.9 million), Disturbed ($11.0 million), Muse ($9.3 million), Aerosmith ($9.2 million), Shinedown ($8.1 million) and Def Leppard ($5.6 million).

The full list of the top 10 highest-earning touring bands of 2019 so far is:

1. Elton John - $82.6 million
2. Pink - $81.8 million
3. Justin Timberlake - $75.5 million
4. Metallica - $69.7 million
5. Fleetwood Mac - $67.7 million
6. Ed Sheeran - $63.6 million
7. Kiss - $58.1 million
8. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - $57.3 million
9. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - $52.8 million
10. Travis Scott - $51.7 million

Dave Everley
Dave Everley

Dave Everley has been writing about and occasionally humming along to music since the early 90s. During that time, he has been Deputy Editor on Kerrang! and Classic Rock, Associate Editor on Q magazine and staff writer/tea boy on Raw, not necessarily in that order. He has written for Metal Hammer, Louder, Prog, the Observer, Select, Mojo, the Evening Standard and the totally legendary Ultrakill. He is still waiting for Billy Gibbons to send him a bottle of hot sauce he was promised several years ago.