U2's tour was the most profitable of 2011

U2 are responsible for the most lucrative tour of 2011, with a total of 44 sold-out concerts that yielded more than 224 million in box office revenue, revealed to Billboard.

According to a list compiled by U.S. magazine Billboard, almost three million people attended 44 shows, all sold out, Bono of the band gave in 2011.

In second place was the tour of the U.S. Bon Jovi, with a total of 68 concerts, all sold out too, which was attended by nearly two million people. The tour, which started in Lisbon in July, earned 150 million at the box office.

The tour that came together on stage five members of Take That comes in third place. The 29 concerts that made ​​up the "Progress Live Tour" took 1.8 million people to stadiums and concert halls in the UK and Ireland and yielded more than 142 million box office.

In the list compiled by Billboard follows the Roger Waters tour, which started in Lisbon in March. The 92 concerts of the former guitarist of Pink Floyd originated about 114 million in ticket sales and 1.3 million people took to the concert halls.

The fourth most lucrative tour this year was the American singer Taylor Swift, consisting of 89 shows, 87 of which have exhausted the capacity of the spaces where it took. Concerts, which yielded more than 74 million in ticket revenue, 1.3 million people attended.

Among the 25 most lucrative tours this year are from various artists and bands that passed through Portugal, like Lady Gaga, Michael Buble, Britney Spears and Katy Perry.

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