Backstreet's road to success

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Jan 08, 2001 Source: Worldpop Submitted By: annie The Backstreet Boys' forthcoming world tour is set to earn the band a staggering $350m, making them the world's highest earning live group. The band plan 115 dates in 2001 expected to gross $250m according to tour organisers SFX, who are also setting up U2's forthcoming world tour. But the band are planning further concerts which, together with corporate sponsorship, could earn them a further $100m. The previous highest earning live band was The Rolling Stones whose two year Bridges To Babylon tour in 1999 earned them $345m. Last year in America phenomenal demand for Backstreet's limited tour meant that all 765,000 tickets sold out in just nine hours. Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: William Submitted by: Kevin Submitted by: Paulo Submitted by: Monika Submitted by: William Submitted by: Greg Guepy Comment on this item. Next Item: A Personal Environmental Message from Kevin Prev Item: Backstreet Boy$ Roll Over Rolling Stones With Tour