#Phish 2009 Tour Haul: $37 Million
Posted: January 4, 2010 Filed under: Artists | Tags: millions of dollars, phish, Pollstar 1 Comment »By Pollstar’s tally, Phish ranked 21st on the top 50 North American tours of 2009. The band’s tour gross last year was $37.2 million.
By my tally, Phish played 50 shows in 2009, suggesting revenue per show of $744,000. That’s right in line with an earlier estimate made on this blog, inspired by Def Leppard’s reported per show haul of $700,000.
I may have to break all this down a bit more. For now, I think the takeaway is that it’s good to be a top-tier jam band.
[...] number line up with other estimates of Phish financials? Pollstar recently gave the band a $37 million tour gross. Under Billboard’s formula, that looks high. If you assume that every penny of [...]