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Date: Nov 2 05:19:09 2009
U2 breaks their own US concert attendance record


U2's performance at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA broke the band's own 22 year-old record for attendance at a US concert with a single headliner. 97,014 fans packed into the famed football stadium for the 360 Tour. On September 25th, 1987 U2 played JFK Stadium, which has since been demolished, to a crowd of 86, 145. In fact, U2 also holds the third spot on this list with another show on the current 360 Tour. Check out the Top 5 attendance and gross earnings concerts in US history below. 

Top Attendance at a U.S. concert by a single headliner:

1. U2 - Rose Bowl; Pasadena, Calif. (Oct. 25, 2009)
Attendance: 97,014
Gross: $9,960,036

2. U2 - John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia (Sept. 25, 1987)
Attendance: 86,145
Gross: $1,593,683

3. U2 - FedExField; Landover, Md. (Sept. 29, 2009)
Attendance: 84,754
Gross: $6,718,315

4. Pink Floyd - Ohio State University Stadium; Columbus, Ohio (May 29, 1994)
Attendance: 75,250
Gross: $2,406,920

5. Backstreet Boys - Georgia Dome, Atlanta (Feb. 19, 2000)
Attendance: 73,337
Gross: $2,787,098


Top Gross at a U.S. concert by a single headliner:

1. The Three Tenors - Giants Stadium; East Rutherford, N.J. (July 20, 1996)
Gross: $13,404,350
Attendance: 58,491

2. U2 - Rose Bowl; Pasadena, Calif. (Oct. 25, 2009)
Gross: $9,960,036
Attendance: 97,014

3. The Rolling Stones - Giants Stadium; East Rutherford, N.J. (Sept. 15,
2005)
Gross: $8,692,788
Attendance: 59,184

4. The Rolling Stones - Radio City Music Hall, New York (March 14, 2006)
Gross: $8,625,590
Attendance: 5,800

5. The Rolling Stones - Soldier Field, Chicago (Sept. 10, 2005)
Gross: $7,231,427
Attendance: 55,046


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Date: Nov 5 13:07:10 2009

That is unbelievable.  Look at the difference between how much was being made in the eighties and even nineties and then look at the amount bands are making today.  What a tragedy.  Concerts used to be fifteen dollars and now they cost a hundred bucks to see some mid level band.

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