Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
Madonna Claims Highest-Earning Concert Tour of 2008
Share:
by Jarrett Martineau | January 2, 2009 at 02:35 pm
752 views | 4 Recommendations | 2 comments
Photos
Madonna's hugely popular "Sticky and Sweet" 2008 concert tour earned more than any other tour last year, earning almost $282 million worldwide.
Canadian singer Celine Dion stepped out from the stationary confines of her Las Vegas concerts and started taking chances again — travelling to 24 countries to perform and finishing second in year-end tour earnings.
The lavish show, based around her Hard Candy album, featured a Ukrainian gypsy band, a vintage racing car and a "virtual" duet with Justin Timberlake.
It also became the eighth highest-grossing tour of all time in North America, Pollstar said.
Celine Dion's gigs were 2008's second-biggest earner, taking $236.6m (£162m).
The Canadian balladeer's Taking Chances show visited 24 countries - compared to Madonna's 17 - and marked her first world tour for eight years.
Advertisement
NowPublic on Facebook
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Crowd Power
GusF
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadaradiobread
Canada
idman
São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
RxlJunkieBoy
Mexico, Mexico Df, Mexicopsychari
Poland
Polly Pop
Buenos Aires, Argentinastefanyjovel
El Salvador
khobbeizeh
Jordan
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (2)
at 16:52 on January 2nd, 2009
Hum, That is quiet a lot of money, I could feed, train and educate as well as house a lot of people with that sort of money.
at 17:35 on January 2nd, 2009
That amount of money is just mad, the mind boggles.