Just The Ticket For AC/DC

AC/DC have sold more tickets worldwide than any other band this year.

The new figures have been revealed by Pollstar who track music industry stats, and it seems that despite AC/DC finishing their tour in June they sold so many tickets in the first six months of 2010 that it is unlikely that any other band will catch them.

Pollstar reports that the band sold a little over 1.82m tickets in the first nine months of the year – just under 500,000 more than their closest competitor (Bon Jovi – 1.36m).

The success of the band’s tour is being credited to the fact that they managed to keep ticket prices down, despite their rivals increasing prices exponentially over the past couple of years.

AC/DC report that their Black Ice World Tour saw them play to 5m fans in 29 countries over 168 performances in two years.

Here’s the Top 10 ticket sellers on the Top 100 "Third-Quarter Year-To-Date Worldwide Ticket Sales" list for 2010

01 AC/DC 1,820,962
02 Bon Jovi 1,368,734
03 Walking With Dinosaurs 1,115,098
04 Dave Matthews Band 1,070,024
05 The Black Eyed Peas 942,277
06 Tim McGraw 878,939
07 Michael Bublé 856,568
08 Brad Paisley 789,887
09 WWE 774,613
10 Lady Gaga 747,905

Beyond AC/DC, here’s where some other rockers appeared outside of the top 10:

18 Metallica 540,637
21 Nickelback 499,117
23 The Eagles 443,164
26 Paul McCartney 425,149
33 Rush 350,342
38 Guns N’ Roses 319,302
44 Eric Clapton 293,198
45 Iron Maiden 285,146
51 KISS 210,082
55 Pearl Jam 184,452
56 Elton John / Billy Joel 183,327
61 Foreigner / Styx 173,395
69 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 155,327
71 Tool 147,025
77 Aerosmith 137,417
86 Elton John 118,951
89 Alice In Chains 114,883
91 Green Day 106,289
92 Scorpions 106,081