Madonna extends record as world's highest grossing solo recording artistMarch 26, 2016 - 15:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Madonna has extended her record as the world's highest grossing solo recording artist, having sold more than a million tickets for her latest tour alone, Gigwise reveals. The singer wrapped up her Rebel Heart Tour in Sydney earlier this week after several months around the world. It wasn't an entirely smooth run of shows - she called her Manchester fans "diva bitches" and her own team switched off her power when her Glasgow show ran late - but the O2 Arena performance was pretty phenomenal, Gigwise said. Regardless of the wobbles along the way (just last week, she accidentally exposed a fan's breast on-stage), the tour grossed $169.8 million from 1,045,479 tickets sold at 82 performances. As Billboard reports, the top grossing venue was Tokyo's Saitama Super Arena, where $9.6 million was earned at two sold-out shows. This means she's further solidified her status as the highest-grossing solo touring artist. Based on the publication's Boxscore archives that stretch back to 1990, her overall concert grosses reached $1.31 billion. She's one of only six artists, and the only woman, to have topped the $1 billion mark since 1990. See the top grossing touring acts below. The Rolling Stones — $1.84 billion U2 — $1.67 billion Madonna — $1.31 billion Bruce Springsteen — $1.25 billion Elton John — $1.05 billion Bon Jovi — $1.03 billion Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |