Top North American Tours

mid year 2009 MID YEAR

TOP 100 North American TOURS Rank

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 8

Gross Millions

61.1 54.8 52.1 42.8 42.6 41.4 32.5 27.2 26.4 24.4 23.0 21.9 21.1 20.0 20.0 19.7 19.6 19.2 18.6 17.9 17.9 17.8 16.9 16.7 16.3 16.1 15.7 15.4 15.3 15.3 14.4 14.2 13.4 11.4 10.8 10.7 10.4 10.3 9.9 9.7 9.3 9.1 9.0 9.0 8.7 7.9 7.5 7.5 6.3 6.1

Average Ticket Price

Artist

Britney Spears Fleetwood Mac Elton John / Billy Joel Eagles Celine Dion Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Kenny Chesney Dave Matthews Band The Dead Dane Cook “Walking With Dinosaurs” Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood Nickelback Jeff Dunham Metallica AC/DC Coldplay Rascal Flatts Jimmy Buffett Cher “Riverdance” Il Divo Lil’ Wayne No Doubt Luis Miguel Cirque du Soleil - “Saltimbanco” Leonard Cohen Phish Bette Midler George Strait Brad Paisley Elton John Keith Urban New Kids On The Block Beyoncé Mötley Crüe “Yanni Voices: Live In Concert” André Rieu Slipknot Jonas Brothers “Dancing With The Stars” Barry Manilow Taylor Swift Rain - A Tribute to The Beatles Nine Inch Nails / Jane’s Addiction Andrea Bocelli The Killers Avenged Sevenfold / Buckcherry Neil Young Kings Of Leon

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1-50 Average Tickets

Total Tickets

Average Gross

Cities Shows

Agency

99.29

20,498

614,949

2,035,367

30/37

97.00

10,864

564,948

1,053,846

52/53

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Creative Artists Agency

122.82

19,293

424,456

2,369,562

22/24

Howard Rose Agency / Artist Group Int’l

129.30

13,231

330,769

1,710,773

25/27

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

108.24

17,875

393,249

1,934,759

22/25

United Talent Agency

91.65

19,647

451,890

1,800,608

23/27

Creative Artists Agency

67.46

19,278

481,942

1,300,420

25/26

Dale Morris & Associates

55.57

22,235

489,172

1,235,639

22/29

Paradigm

81.72

19,013

323,226

1,553,714

17/22

Paradigm

62.74

11,112

388,906

697,143

35/38

Creative Artists Agency

38.31

31,598

600,365

1,210,526

19/156

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

116.58

13,413

187,779

1,563,717

14/14

Creative Artists Agency

55.14

13,645

382,066

752,464

28/28

The Agency Group

44.67

6,407

448,478

286,213

70/71

Creative Artists Agency

60.58

36,739

330,655

2,225,613

9/13

Ar tist Group International

85.12

16,556

231,790

1,409,211

14/14

Creative Artists Agency

63.69

13,988

307,740

890,909

22/23

Paradigm

54.68

12,566

351,853

687,142

28/28

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

101.95

12,163

182,442

1,240,000

15/16

Howard Rose Agency

146.16

3,406

122,610

497,797

1/36

55.17

10,815

324,451

596,667

30/169

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

78.65

6,644

225,889

522,564

34/37

Creative Artists Agency

64.79

8,709

261,258

564,265

30/30

Ujaama Talent Agency

38.21

14,569

437,058

556,667

30/30

The M.O.B. Agency

66.26

49,342

246,710

3,269,535

5/33

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Bonus Management

51.30

17,426

313,675

893,908

18/155

102.27

5,471

153,196

559,531

28/36

Cirque du Soleil AEG Live

49.49

28,365

312,012

1,403,785

11/16

Paradigm

126.01

2,765

121,648

348,374

1/44

Creative Artists Agency

98.17

15,585

155,852

1,530,000

10/10

The Erv Woolsey Agency

44.80

10,360

321,159

464,151

31/31

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

128.73

4,413

110,327

568,086

5/25

The Howard Rose Agency

65.25

9,792

205,624

638,869

21/21

Creative Artists Agency

44.10

5,269

258,182

232,354

49/49

Creative Artists Agency

97.27

11,081

110,810

1,077,904

10/11

International Creative Management

54.21

6,775

196,467

367,287

29/30

Ar tist Group International

65.06

3,074

159,852

200,000

52/53

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

95.58

3,074

107,600

293,839

35/35

André Rieu Productions

38.08

5,764

259,379

219,492

45/46

Creative Artists Agency

61.73

17,461

157,147

1,077,798

9/10

Creative Artists Agency

79.22

4,190

117,332

331,976

28/29

International Creative Management

117.75

2,341

77,269

275,710

33/33

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

46.46

11,421

194,149

530,602

17/17

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

45.57

3,465

197,498

157,895

57/120

The Road Company

39.96

9,072

217,717

362,500

24/24

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

152.41

10,330

51,648

1,574,367

5/5

40.70

6,143

184,275

250,000

30/30

37.03

5,178

201,956

191,764

39/39

Creative Ar tists Agency / TKO

66.74

7,215

93,789

481,472

13/14

International Creative Management

42.05

5,814

145,355

244,487

25/26

Creative Artists Agency

Gelb Promotions William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all North American shows worked between January 1 and June 30, 2009. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2009.

mid year 2009 MID YEAR

TOP 100 North American TOURS Gross Millions

Rank

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 10

6.1 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9

Average Ticket Price

Artist

50-51 Average Tickets

Total Tickets

Average Gross

Cities Shows

Agency

Chicago / Earth, Wind & Fire “Music As A Weapon Tour” / Disturbed Flight Of The Conchords Celtic Woman Styx / REO Speedwagon Aerosmith Cheech & Chong Larry The Cable Guy

50.07

7,620

121,921

381,530

16/17

Creative Artists Agency

35.03

4,561

173,314

159,769

38/39

Creative Artists Agency

38.06

4,834

159,506

183,951

33/43

Creative Artists Agency

55.28

3,944

106,492

218,039

27/36

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

39.22

5,659

147,133

221,918

26/26

Creative Artists Agency

61.48

13,379

93,650

822,455

7/7

46.52

2,323

116,167

108,071

50/57

Anonymous Content / CAA

33.11

5,221

161,851

172,872

31/42

Creative Artists Agency

David Copperfield Radiohead Trans-Siberian Orchestra Michael Flatley’s “Lord Of The Dance” Van Morrison Fall Out Boy Disturbed Rodney Carrington Alan Jackson Ron White Bryan Adams Vicente Fernandez Santana Sugarland

52.98

3,582

96,720

189,784

27/75

44.97

54,740

109,480

2,461,803

1/2

Creative Artists Agency

44.41

18,138

108,828

805,425

6/12

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

45.10

2,268

104,337

102,288

46/64

177.02

6,545

26,180

1,158,565

4/8

Monterey International

33.34

4,751

137,790

158,432

29/30

Creative Artists Agency

36.67

3,496

122,355

128,207

35/35

Creative Artists Agency

42.77

2,226

104,611

95,200

47/55

PMG Entertainment Group

59.78

4,409

70,542

263,559

16/16

Creative Artists Agency

44.29

2,927

93,657

129,621

32/50

Agency For The Performing Arts

55.36

1,969

74,824

109,002

38/39

International Creative Management

89.47

7,642

45,853

683,753

6/6

65.75

8,896

62,272

584,887

7/18

Creative Artists Agency

45.11

5,662

90,584

255,378

16/17

Creative Artists Agency

27.85

3,991

143,689

111,156

36/36

Creative Artists Agency

45.08

6,244

87,420

281,492

14/15

Creative Artists Agency

79.80

4,380

48,185

349,546

11/12

Creative Artists Agency

50.22

18,708

74,832

939,576

4/10

Jorge Naranjo

35.17

3,667

102,670

128,967

28/30

Variety Ar tists International

51.68

5,783

69,400

298,886

12/12

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

57.15

5,659

62,246

323,406

11/61

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

54.41

4,073

65,171

221,624

16/16

Creative Artists Agency

10.00

9,579

335,275

95,802

35/35

Creative Artists Agency

55.44

10,061

60,367

557,793

6/10

Star Productions

57.21

2,526

58,090

144,493

23/28

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

37.54

3,480

87,011

130,646

25/25

The Agency Group

69.44

2,585

46,538

179,536

18/21

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

38.35

21,000

83,998

805,369

4/4

34.68

4,359

91,548

151,170

21/21

33.48

2,621

94,368

87,772

36/36

The Agency Group

55.36

26,652

54,190

142,857

21/22

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

29.22

6,680

100,203

195,187

15/15

Nacho Royo

70.61

1,961

41,183

138,477

21/22

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Chris Tomlin “So You Think You Can Dance” Robin Williams Ricardo Arjona 311 T.I. Dame Edna John Fogerty “Winter Jam” tobyMac Alejandro Fernandez Willie Nelson 3 Doors Down Diana Krall Iron Maiden Bill Gaither & Friends “Homecoming” “No Fear Energy Music Tour” / Lamb Of God David Byrne Enrique Bunbury B.B. King James Taylor

Paradigm

The Road Company

The Booking Group

Ralph Hauser Promotions

Creative Artists Agency Gaither Management Group

77.39

2,849

37,031

220,448

13/13

Creative Artists Agency

2.8

Jennifer Hudson / Robin Thicke

61.06

3,784

45,408

231,062

12/14

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

2.7

Def Leppard John Legend Chicago Marc Anthony Billy Joel Kid Rock / Lynyrd Skynyrd Black Label Society

43.47

12,320

61,599

535,487

5/5

55.28

3,136

47,036

173,355

15/15

53.95

2,917

46,671

157,381

16/16

119.14

10,460

20,920

1,246,218

2/2

86.98

5,674

28,370

493,498

1/5

Ar tist Group International

39.80

15,470

61,879

615,634

4/4

Creative Artists Agency / William Morris Endeavor

31.66

1,845

77,501

58,417

42/43

2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

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Ar tist Group International Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency Marc Anthony Productions

Agency For The Performing Arts

The annual POLLSTAR ranking of the concert industry’s top performing artists is tabulated for all North American shows worked between January 1 and June 30, 2009. All ticket sales figures are calculated in U.S. dollars and are based on reported information and extensive research by POLLSTAR.™ Copyright 2009.