AC/DC- top tour sales 2010

Pollstar magazine, which tracks the concert business, has released a third-quarter recap of top touring artists and concert industry developments in the first nine months of 2010.

AC/DC’s “Black Ice” tour, which wrapped in June, sold almost 2 million tickets in the first half of the year – and it’s still ahead of every other touring act...by a long shot. According to the AC/DC’s website, the 2-year tour saw 168 performances in 29 countries to 5 million fans.

Here’s a look at the Top 10 ticket sellers on the Top 100 "Third-Quarter Year-To-Date Worldwide Ticket Sales" list for 2010:

01 AC/DC 1,820,962
02 Bon Jovi 1,368,734
03 Walking With Dinosaurs 1,115,098
04 Dave Matthews Band 1,070,024
05 The Black Eyed Peas 942,277
06 Tim McGraw 878,939
07 Michael Bublé 856,568
08 Brad Paisley 789,887
09 WWE 774,613
10 Lady Gaga 747,905