VAN HALEN, RUSH, IRON MAIDEN, OZZY OSBOURNE and DEF LEPPARD are among the artists on Pollstar's Top 100 Tours chart for the first six months of North America concert action in 2008.

According to Pollstar.com, BON JOVI holds down the first position on the chart with an an average ticket price of $87.98 resulting in a total gross of $56.3 million for 39 shows. By the time that tour ends in mid-July, the band will have completed its biggest tour ever in North America. As successful as the band has been here, the BON JOVI juggernaut is even bigger overseas. On a worldwide basis the act has sold nearly 1.7 million tickets in just the first six months of this year. No one else comes close to that number.

Hard rock/metal artists on Pollstar's Top 100 Tours for the first half of 2008:

#3 - VAN HALEN
#12 - RUSH
#29 - IRON MAIDEN
#43 - OZZY OSBOURNE
#61 - DEF LEPPARD
#66 - STONE TEMPLE PILOTS