Of the many great British supergroups formed in the 1960s era of Swinging London, The Rolling Stones are one of them that has been around continuously without ever breaking apart (Black Sabbath are the same) whereas others have quit and reformed many times over the years - such as Led Zeppelin.
But despite being known as the old men of rock, The Rolling Stones still pack in huge audiences worldwide, and remain probably the greatest band the world has known after The Beatles with classics such as "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Honky Tonk Women", "Paint It Black", "Under My Thumb" and "Satisfaction". Despite being formed in the 1960's, the band's latest world tour - "A Bigger Bang" - which ended in August and lasted around 2 years, has become the highest grossing tour of all time with $558,255,524 earned. The Stones now have the first and third biggest attendances of all time, with Irish rockers u2 in second place.
Meanwhile, Mick Jagger was at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday supproting the England rugby team in the World Cup......
Rolling Stones' Tour Breaks Attendance Records
By VOA News
04 October 2007
The Rolling Stones are:
Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, bass, keyboards
Keith Richards - guitar, lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards
Ron Wood - guitar, backing vocals, pedal steel, lap steel, bass
Charlie Watts - drums, percussion
"Old men", but still drawing in huge audiences worldwide. The Rolling Stones' most recent world tour is one for the record books.
The Rolling Stones' most recent world tour is one for the record books.
The British rock greats brought in $558,255,524 between August 21, 2005 and August 26, 2007, making their "Bigger Bang" tour the top-grossing trek in history.
Providing the box-office tally to Billboard magazine was longtime Stones tour producer Michael Cohl.
The tour far surpassed U2's 2005-06 Vertigo tour, which took in $389 million. The previous record-setter was the Stones' $320 million Voodoo Lounge tour of 1994-95.
Cohl said 4.68 million tickets were sold on the 144-date "Bigger Bang" tour, which saw the Rolling Stones visit such countries as Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro for the first time.
Speaking to Billboard, Cohl said "We had to overcome a lot; this was like Homer's 'Odyssey.' There were all sorts of difficulties to overcome and it turned out to be just one amazing triumph."
Among those difficulties was guitarist Keith Richards' widely-discussed fall from a tree in Fiji in April, 2006. Despite suffering a head injury, Richards successfully recovered and finished the tour.
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But despite being known as the old men of rock, The Rolling Stones still pack in huge audiences worldwide, and remain probably the greatest band the world has known after The Beatles with classics such as "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Honky Tonk Women", "Paint It Black", "Under My Thumb" and "Satisfaction". Despite being formed in the 1960's, the band's latest world tour - "A Bigger Bang" - which ended in August and lasted around 2 years, has become the highest grossing tour of all time with $558,255,524 earned. The Stones now have the first and third biggest attendances of all time, with Irish rockers u2 in second place.
Meanwhile, Mick Jagger was at the Stade de France in Paris on Saturday supproting the England rugby team in the World Cup......
Rolling Stones' Tour Breaks Attendance Records
By VOA News
04 October 2007
The Rolling Stones are:
Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, bass, keyboards
Keith Richards - guitar, lead and backing vocals, bass, keyboards
Ron Wood - guitar, backing vocals, pedal steel, lap steel, bass
Charlie Watts - drums, percussion
"Old men", but still drawing in huge audiences worldwide. The Rolling Stones' most recent world tour is one for the record books.
The Rolling Stones' most recent world tour is one for the record books.
The British rock greats brought in $558,255,524 between August 21, 2005 and August 26, 2007, making their "Bigger Bang" tour the top-grossing trek in history.
Providing the box-office tally to Billboard magazine was longtime Stones tour producer Michael Cohl.
The tour far surpassed U2's 2005-06 Vertigo tour, which took in $389 million. The previous record-setter was the Stones' $320 million Voodoo Lounge tour of 1994-95.
Cohl said 4.68 million tickets were sold on the 144-date "Bigger Bang" tour, which saw the Rolling Stones visit such countries as Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro for the first time.
Speaking to Billboard, Cohl said "We had to overcome a lot; this was like Homer's 'Odyssey.' There were all sorts of difficulties to overcome and it turned out to be just one amazing triumph."
Among those difficulties was guitarist Keith Richards' widely-discussed fall from a tree in Fiji in April, 2006. Despite suffering a head injury, Richards successfully recovered and finished the tour.
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