December 30, 2005 13:20
The Rolling Stones break box office records in North America
Current jaunt most successful of all time
- More The Rolling Stones news, reviews, videos and tour dates
- Buy The Rolling Stones music from Amazon
Photo Gallery: The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones' 2005 tour of North America is the most successful US concert tour of all time, according to US trade publication Pollstar.
The veteran rockers, on a jaunt promoting new album 'A Bigger Bang', broke their own 11-year-old record by selling $162m (£94m) worth of tickets, playing 42 performances before 1.2m people.
U2's 'Vertigo' tour came second, making $138.9m (£80.1m).
Celine Dion came third, having made $81.3m (£47.1m) from 155 dates during her residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, reports the BBC.
Sir Paul McCartney and The Eagles complete the top five, with ticket sales of $77.3m (£44.8m) and $76.8m (£44.5m) respectively.
The previous record for a US tour was $121m (£70.1m), set by The Rolling Stones themselves on the 'Voodoo Lounge' trek in 1994.
Visit NME Video for the latest music videos and artist interviews
You may need to upgrade your Flash Player
You can download the latest flash plugin here.
If you have installed flash but keep getting this message:
1. Try to bypass flash plugin detection here.
2. Ensure you have javascript enabled in your browser.
3. Try using Firefox
Listen to more Free Music at we7.com
Comments do not always reflect the views of NME, or IPC Media, for guidelines visit our Ts & Cs page