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# Worldwide Touring Income Jumps 24%
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/worldwide_touri/
- Published: 2006-07-24T04:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-07-24T04:01:00.000Z
- Description: The Rolling Stones were the top grossing tour for the first half of 2006 followed by U2 and Bon Jovi. The Stones grossed $147.3 million from 45 shows worldwide according. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/07/worldwide_touri.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

The Rolling Stones were the top grossing tour for the first half of 2006 followed by U2 and Bon Jovi. The Stones grossed $147.3 million from 45 shows worldwide according to figures reported to [![Festival_10](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/festival_10.jpg "Festival_10")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/festival%5F10.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)Billboard Boxscore. U2 grossed $73 million for the period despite postponed Pacific Rim dates. Bon Jovi was the third-highest-grossing act reporting more than $65 million. Rounding out the top 10 were Billy Joel ($47.4 million), Cirque du Soleil’s Delirium ($38.7 million), Aerosmith ($35 million), Coldplay ($29 million), Luis Miguel ($25 million), The Trans Siberian Orchestra ($24 million) and Paul McCartney ($17.6 millionTotal reported gross dollars for January-June 2006 from touring were up 24.6% from the same period last year. Higher ticket prices were behind the increase with attendance is up only 5.4%.