If you’ve been following Theprp.com for awhile, you’ll likely be familiar with Billboard‘s Boxscore—a weekly rundown of various gross earnings & attendance data from various tours. Billboard.com have combed through this year’s worth of data to assemble a list of the highest grossing tours, artists, shows, promoters, festivals and more from the data they published over 2015.
It’s a fascinating look into the behind the scenes numbers of the concert industry. The highest grossing event they have posted was The Grateful Dead‘s July 03rd-05th 50th anniversary show at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL. 210,283 people attended that event, with it grossing $30,683,274.
When it came to the top 25 tours, metal didn’t exactly crack the list. Taylor Swift instead took home top honors with $217,437,974 grossed from 71 shows. The Foo Fighters appeared at #12 with $55,064,241 grossed from 27 shows. Rush meanwhile grossed $34,959,163 over the course of 32 shows. You can take in the whole list over at Billboard.com.
