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"Product RED cannot replace activism. For anyone who thinks I'm going to retire to the boardroom and stop banging my fist on the door of No. 10, I'm sorry to disappoint you." -- Bono, 2006 |
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U2 Scores Top Tour of 2009, Second of DecadeFull recap of U2 appearances on Billboard's year-end of decade-end charts
@U2,
December 14, 2009
Billboard magazine has published dozens of lists recapping its chart tracking for both 2009 and the entire decade. The most jaw-dropping chart is the Top Touring Artists of the Decade, where U2 ranks number two overall with nearly a billion dollars in gross revenue from touring -- $844,157,925 to be exact. The Rolling Stones are first, beating U2 by a paltry $25 million. Billboard's numbers show U2 selling 9,869,953 tickets during the decade, second to the seemingly always-on-tour Dave Matthews Band (11,230,696). As for the 2009 calendar year, the U2 360 tour is ranked number one with more than $311 million gross and more than three million tickets sold.
All That You Can't Leave Behind
The Best of 1980-1990 If you're curious, Billboard says its charts are "calculated using custom formulas collecting sales, streaming and radio play." © @U2, 2009. |
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