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. Check out our previous Earnings & Attendance Reports.
Artist: Kiss
Venue: Bogota, COL – Estadio El Campin
Date: Apr. 10th, 2015
Gross Sales: $1,508,965
Attendance/Capacity: 11,875 / 20,000
Ticket Prices: $119.18, $62.62
Why does KI$$ keep going? Because they pull in a million a show!
Artist: Slipknot, Korn & King 810
Venue: Dublin, IRE – 3Arena
Date: Jan. 14th, 2015
Gross Sales: $661,458
Attendance/Capacity: 9,794 / 9,794
Ticket Prices: $75.64, $63.83Artist: Slipknot & King 810
Venue: Hamburg, GER – O2 World
Date: Feb. 08th, 2015
Gross Sales: $539,021
Attendance/Capacity: 11,412 / 12,327
Ticket Prices: $50.90, $39.59
Now these are overseas shows, so I'm assuming the prices are a little higher than what they would be in the States, but still. These guys are packing arenas and making bank.
Artist: Testament, Exodus & Shattered Sun
Venue: Nashville, TN – The Cannery
Date: Apr. 22nd, 2015
Gross Sales: $9,050
Attendance/Capacity: 362 / 1,100
Ticket Prices: $25
Ooof, rough night in Tennessee for these thrash legends.
[via ThePRP]
