How much money does a band make on the road? Billboard hopes to answer that question, somewhat, by providing gross sale reports in their weekly Boxscore report. We like to check in every once in a while to see how metal bands are doing. Keep in mind, these are gross sales, meaning this is before the venue, promoter, etc. get the cut. This doesn't mean the band gets the entire piece of the pie and their profits vary based on the deals they make. As always, thanks to ThePRP for the numbers. Check out our previous Earnings & Attendance Reports.
Let's start with Guns N' Roses grossing about 50 million dollars in United States arena tour money:
Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Deftones
Venue: Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
Date: Jul. 30th, 2017
Gross Sales: $5,567,052
Attendance/Capacity: 48,740 / 48,740
Ticket Prices: $375, $28Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Our Lady Peace
Venue: Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
Date: Aug. 30th, 2017
Gross Sales: $4,780,270
Attendance/Capacity: 44,393 / 46,656
Ticket Prices: $279.95, $24Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Sturgill Simpson
Venue: Miami, FL – Marlins Park
Date: Aug. 08th, 2017
Gross Sales: $4,102,883
Attendance/Capacity: 37,834 / 37,834
Ticket Prices: $270, $25Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Royal Blood
Venue: Vancouver, BC – BC Place Stadium
Date: Sept. 01st, 2017
Gross Sales: $4,039,950
Attendance/Capacity: 39,385 / 39,385
Ticket Prices: $278.21, $23.85Artist: Guns N’ Roses & ZZ Top
Venue: San Antonio, TX – Alamodome
Date: Sept. 08th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,859,017
Attendance/Capacity: 38,490 / 41,387
Ticket Prices: $250, $25Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Sturgill Simpson
Venue: Denver, CO – Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Date: Aug. 02nd, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,846,068
Attendance/Capacity: 41,445 / 44,806
Ticket Prices: $250, $20Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Deftones
Venue: St. Louis, MO – The Dome at America’s Center
Date: Jul. 27th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,533,972
Attendance/Capacity: 36,382 / 41,158
Ticket Prices: $250, $25Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Live
Venue: Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
Date: Aug. 13th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,500,876
Attendance/Capacity: 31,087 / 31,087
Ticket Prices: $250, $30Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Our Lady Peace
Venue: Regina, SK – Mosaic Stadium
Date: Aug. 27th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,463,640
Attendance/Capacity: 34,434 / 34,434
Ticket Prices: $280.39, $24.03Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Live
Venue: Winston-Salem, NC – BB&T Field
Date: Aug. 11th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,447,947
Attendance/Capacity: 32,847 / 34,139
Ticket Prices: $250, $25Artist: Guns N’ Roses & ZZ Top
Venue: El Paso, TX – Sun Bowl
Date: Sept. 06th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,087,980
Attendance/Capacity: 39,780 / 43,123
Ticket Prices: $247, $30Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Our Lady Peace
Venue: Winnipeg, MB – Investors Group Field
Date: Aug. 24th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,008,250
Attendance/Capacity: 30,741 / 30,741
Ticket Prices: $258.52, $23.86Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Live
Venue: Orchard Park, NY – New Era Field
Date: Aug. 16th, 2017
Gross Sales: $2,626,070
Attendance/Capacity: 32,245 / 35,630
Ticket Prices: $250, $20Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Our Lady Peace
Venue: Ottawa, ON – TD Place Stadium
Date: Aug. 21st, 2017
Gross Sales: $2,144,550
Attendance/Capacity: 21,204 / 25,714
Ticket Prices: $218.51, $23.84Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Sturgill Simpson
Venue: Little Rock, AR – War Memorial Stadium
Date: Aug. 05th, 2017
Gross Sales: $1,896,770
Attendance/Capacity: 26,400 / 33,102
Ticket Prices: $225, $20
I mean… there's a reason why Axl is staying friendly with Slash and Duff. But wait, they also made over $100 million in Europe!
Artist: Guns N’ Roses, The Kills & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: London, UK – London Stadium
Date: Jun. 16th-17th, 2017
Gross Sales: $17,171,304
Attendance/Capacity: 139,267 / 139,267
Ticket Prices: $210.29, $108.33Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Royal Blood, Mark Lanegan & Otherkin
Venue: Slaine, IRE – Slaine Castle
Date: May 27th, 2017
Gross Sales: $8,304,358
Attendance/Capacity: 79,258 / 79,258
Ticket Prices: $167.05, $100.01Artist: Guns N’ Roses, The Kills & Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
Venue: Munich, GER – Olympiastadion
Date: Jun. 13th, 2017
Gross Sales: $7,669,807
Attendance/Capacity: 66,795 / 66,795
Ticket Prices: $114.83Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Tel Aviv, ISR – HaYarkon Park
Date: Jul. 15th, 2017
Gross Sales: $6,761,681
Attendance/Capacity: 57,204 / 57,300
Ticket Prices: $387.18, $255.74, $101.44Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Imola, ITA – Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Date: Jun. 10th, 2017
Gross Sales: $6,743,838
Attendance/Capacity: 78,438 / 78,438
Ticket Prices: $117.12, $97.79, $21.46Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Killing Joke & Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
Venue: Hannover, GER – Messegelande
Date: Jun. 22nd, 2017
Gross Sales: $6,723,340
Attendance/Capacity: 70,015 / 70,015
Ticket Prices: $183.42, $106.25Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Biffy Clyro & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Nijmegen, NET – Goffertpark
Date: Jul. 12th, 2017
Gross Sales: $6,566,559
Attendance/Capacity: 65,101 / 65,101
Ticket Prices: $100.87Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Wolfmother & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Vienna, AUT – Ernst Happel Stadion
Date: Jul. 10th, 2017
Gross Sales: $6,172,541
Attendance/Capacity: 54,847 / 54,847
Ticket Prices: $112.54Artist: ‘TW Classic Festival‘: Guns N’ Roses, The Pretenders, Wolfmother, etc.
Venue: Werchter, BEL – Werchter Festivalpark
Date: Jun. 24th, 2017
Gross Sales: $5,928,398
Attendance/Capacity: 58,011 / 58,011
Ticket Prices: $174.47, $101.77Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
Venue: Zurich, WI – Stadion Letzigrund
Date: Jun. 07th, 2017
Gross Sales: $5,607,649
Attendance/Capacity: 42,425 / 42,425
Ticket Prices: $132.18Artist: Guns N’ Roses, The Darkness & Michael Monroe
Venue: Hameenlinna, FIN – Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto
Date: Jul. 01st, 2017
Gross Sales: $5,567,242
Attendance/Capacity: 55,033 / 55,033
Ticket Prices: $101.16Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Biffy Clyro & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Paris, FRA – Stade de France
Date: Jul. 07th, 2017
Gross Sales: $5,439,491
Attendance/Capacity: 60,438 / 60,438
Ticket Prices: $140.65, $59.22Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Biffy Clyro & Backyard Babies
Venue: Copenhagen, DEN – Telia Parken
Date: Jun. 27th, 2017
Gross Sales: $5,000,715
Attendance/Capacity: 48,094 / 48,094
Ticket Prices: $103.98Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Mark Lanegan & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Madrid, SPA – Estadion Vicente Calderon
Date: Jun. 04th, 2017
Gross Sales: $4,799,188
Attendance/Capacity: 50,101 / 50,101
Ticket Prices: $258.26, $61.76Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Mark Lanegan & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Lisbon, POR – Passeio Maritimo de Alges
Date: Jun. 02nd, 2017
Gross Sales: $4,796,915
Attendance/Capacity: 58,919 / 58,919
Ticket Prices: $393, $77.48Artist: Guns N’ Roses, The Darkness & Backyard Babies
Venue: Solna, SWE – Friends Arena
Date: Jun. 29th, 2017
Gross Sales: $4,460,555
Attendance/Capacity: 53,654 / 53,654
Ticket Prices: $83.14Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Biffy Clyro
Venue: Prague, CZE – Letnany Airport
Date: Jul. 04th, 2017
Gross Sales: $4,375,544
Attendance/Capacity: 49,756 / 50,000
Ticket Prices: $87.94Artist: Guns N’ Roses & Biffy Clyro
Venue: Gdansk, POL – Stadion Energa
Date: Jun. 20th, 2017
Gross Sales: $3,385,282
Attendance/Capacity: 42,571 / 42,571
Ticket Prices: $121.04, $60.26Artist: Guns N’ Roses, Mark Lanegan & Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown
Venue: Bilbao, SPA – Estadio San Mames
Date: May 30th, 2017
Gross Sales: $2,826,445
Attendance/Capacity: 27,955 / 31,000
Ticket Prices: $245.83, $67.04
Seriously, that's so much money I can't even imagine it.
Artist: Scorpions & Megadeth
Venue: Laval, QC – Place Bell
Date: Sept. 19th, 2017
Gross Sales: $410,436
Attendance/Capacity: 5,834 / 7,158
Ticket Prices: $102.27, $40.87Artist: Scorpions & Megadeth
Venue: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
Date: Sept. 16th, 2017
Gross Sales: $766,352
Attendance/Capacity: 10,920 / 12,634
Ticket Prices: $129, $79, $49, $33Artist: Scorpions & Megadeth
Venue: Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
Date: Sept. 30th, 2017
Gross Sales: $744,530
Attendance/Capacity: 12,000 / 12,144
Ticket Prices: $89, $29Artist: Scorpions & Megadeth
Venue: Oakland, CA – Oracle Arena
Date: Oct. 04th, 2017
Gross Sales: $470,904
Attendance/Capacity: 7,932 / 10,201
Ticket Prices: $85.24, $28.10
Wow, Scorpions drawing half to three-quarters of a million dollars all these years into their career? Not too shabby.
Artist: Slayer, Lamb Of God & Behemoth
Venue: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory Outdoor Stage
Date: July 23rd, 2017
Gross Sales: $248,420
Attendance/Capacity: 4,700 / 4,700
Ticket Prices: $55.99, $52.99
Slayer doing half the numbers Scorpions did. Still super impressive.
Artist: Avenged Sevenfold & Volbeat
Venue: Gilford, NH – Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion
Date: Jul. 18th, 2017
Gross Sales: $208,316
Attendance/Capacity: 5,260 / 8,114
Ticket Prices: $51, $42, $33, $24
Meanwhile, Avenged draw just as well for the most part.
Artist: Marilyn Manson & Alice Glass
Venue: Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
Date: Sept. 29th, 2017
Gross Sales: $189,328
Attendance/Capacity: 3,969 / 4,500
Ticket Prices: $50, $47.50
The amount Manson could be making every night if his tour wasn't cancelled due to injury.
Artist: Mastodon, Eagles Of Death Metal & Russian Circles
Venue: Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
Date: Oct. 06th, 2017
Gross Sales: $87,649
Attendance/Capacity: 2,318 / 4,310
Ticket Prices: $46, $26
Mastodon doing pretty well themselves, although look at the lack of attendance in their home city. Kind of shocking.
Artist: ‘The Summer Slaughter Tour‘: The Black Dahlia Murder, Dying Fetus, The Faceless, etc.
Venue: Anaheim, CA – City National Grove Of Anaheim
Date: Aug. 11th, 2017
Gross Sales: $21,211
Attendance/Capacity: 1,108 / 1,700
Ticket Prices: $28, $25
For those that think Summer Slaughter is a big tour, look at those returns. Not so big, which is not to say they are bad, just look at the scale.
Artist: Thy Art Is Murder, Fallujah & Ghost Bath
Venue: Montreal, QC – Theatre Corona
Date: Sept. 17th, 2017
Gross Sales: $12,547
Attendance/Capacity: 528 / 600
Ticket Prices: $27.04, $23.76
Even though Decapitated had to drop off, the tour still drew pretty well.
