Pollstar has released its list of the top 100 North American tours of 2007 with the Police, who pulled $133.2 million, at the top and Bill Gaither & Friends at No. 100, having grossed 7.5 million.
Two acts who had their first hits in the 1950s made the list: Tony Bennett, who made $9.1 million from 37 shows, and B.B. King, who grossed $7.8 from 47 concerts.The youngest entrant, Miley Cyrus, grossed $36 million from 49 shows.
Contrary to popular opinion that oldies acts make the most, the leader in terms of decades in which the acts got their starts, was the 1990s. The decade was repped by 23 acts, followed by 20 from the '80s, 15 from the 1970s, 12 from the '60s and 11 from the '80s. Rock 'n' rollers represented nearly half the list (47) and only three R&B performers were on it (Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Jamie Foxx). Ten acts came in from the country side.
Cirque du Soleil's "Saltimbanco" did the most shows, 132, of any touring act; Trans-Siberian Orchestra had the most for a music act, 109 shows, but there are two editions of that holiday season band. Hinder tops the list of single edition bands (what a strange classification to make up), doing 104 shows and pulling in $10 million.
The cash cow on the list is Bon Jovi, who did 26 shows in 14 cities, had an average gross of $2.95 million, played to crowds averaging 27,000 people and pulled in $41.4 million. The fewest number of shows belonged to Heroes del Silencio, who played four shows, attracted almost 260,000 fans and grossed $9.6 million.
Among English-speaking bands, the double bill of the Eagles and Dixie Chicks played six concerts to open the Nokia Theater in L.A., pulling in 9.1 million; Shakira made $11.3 million from 10 shows; and Aerosmith ($14.8 million), the Who ($10.1 million) and Il Divo ($9.1 million) did 14 each.
The highest average ticket price belonged to the Eagles/Chicks shows at $213.06; cheapest was Three Day Grace and Breaking Benjamin's $23.81.
Acts that averaged less than 30 bucks per ticket: Vans Warped Tour, Fall Out Boy, the Fray, Hinder and 311.
Those that averaged more than $100: The Police, Celine Dion, Van Halen, Genesis, Bon Jovi, Elton John, Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopez, Neil Young and Van Morrison.
Number of the Top 100 acts I saw: 11
Number I could have seen: 58

Garth Brooks pledged to do a single show in Kansas City, Mo., as a thank you to Wal-Mart for lining his coffers   with the repackaging of his catalog. Show, at KC's  brand new Sprint Center where a Miley Cyrus concert on-sale turned into political grandstanding, went on sale Saturday. One hour, 58 minutes later, Brooks had sold out nine shows. Tickets were $32.50.
The immediate aftermarket reveals only 147 tickets being posted on Stubhub with one clown believing a pair on the floor is worth $10,000. Another site has ducats running from $101 up to a little over a grand. The same site has 254 listings of between two and seven tickets for the Cyrus show, most of them priced right about $200 apiece. Show at Staples Center in Los Angeles has some ridiculous offers, including a single seat in a third-level suite for nearly 10 grand.