This year new tredn among poppers and haters is to say affirmna by all means that rock – and of course, its subgenres as Metal – is dead. By tell you something, if rock is dead, Heavy Metal has resurected from the dead. To tell you the truth, it’s about thirty years that I hear this same useless nonsense. Here’s a Pollstar list of the 20 most profitable 2018’s rock and Metal tours:
20. Iron Maiden – $37.5 million
19. Elton John – $37.5 million
18. Paul McCartney – $37.9 million
17. Phish – $38.9 million
16. Queen + Adam Lambert – $39.7 million
15. The Killers – $42.9 million
14. Dead & Company – $46.3 million
13. Dave Matthews Band – $47.7 million
12. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – $53.7 million
11. Metallica – $67.3 million
10. Billy Joel – $70.3 million
9. Phil Collins – $75.5 million
8. Guns N’ Roses – $82.4 million
7. Foo Fighters – $87.3 million
6. Bruce Springsteen (Springsteen on Broadway) – $88.3 million
5. Journey + Def Leppard – $97.8 million
4. The Rolling Stones – $116.6 million
3. U2 – $126.2 million
2. Roger Waters – $131.3 million
1. Eagles – $166 million
I’m just a lucky guy who has chosen metal to live with for a long time. Metal changed my life for good. It made me more confident and stronger. Metalheads are naturally far away from the mass mediocrity and don’t accept impostures from anybody else. Metal is more than music, it’s a life changing oportunity!