METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES, IRON MAIDEN & TOOL Ranked Among The Most Successful 2017 Tours

Despite rock and metal declining in popularity, the big name tours are still doing pretty well! Guns N' Roses recently broke into the Top 5 most successful tours of all time, of any genre list, but that's looking at the tour as a whole from its inception in April 2016. Pollstar is taking a look at specifically all the 2017 dates of any given tour and parsing out who had the best year.

Unsurprisingly, Metallica came in at #1 grossing $110.3 million with 1.14 million tickets sold. Guns N' Roses was a close second $98 million grossed and 837,000 tickets sold. Then there's Iron Maiden at #11 with $21.4 million grossed and 330,000 tickets sold, and even Tool at #13 with $19 million grossed and 246,000 tickets sold. Actually, Maynard James Keenan had a great year with touring considering A Perfect Circle was only three below Tool with $12.8 million grossed and 223,000 tickets sold.

Check out the full 24-band list below.

1. Metallica ($110.3 million; 1.14 million tickets sold)
2. Guns N' Roses ($98 million; 837,000 tickets sold)
3. Roger Waters ($92.1 million; 756,000 tickets sold)
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers ($67.5 million; 809,000 tickets sold)
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra ($61.5 million; 1.01 million tickets sold)
6. Bon Jovi ($37.9 million; 446,000 tickets sold)
7. Green Day ($31.7 million; 630,000 tickets sold)
8. Journey ($29.4 million; 379,000 tickets sold)
9. Queen + Adam Lambert ($29 million; 298,000 tickets sold)
10. Def Leppard ($28.6 million; 404,000 tickets sold)
11. Iron Maiden ($21.4 million; 330,000 tickets sold)
12. Foo Fighters ($19.9 million; 219,000 tickets sold)
13. Tool ($19 million; 246,000 tickets sold)
14. Nickleback ($18.8 million; 466,000 tickets sold)
15. Foreigner ($16.5 million; 416,000 tickets sold)
16. A Perfect Circle ($12.8 million; 223,000 tickets sold)
17. ZZ Top ($11.2 million; 173,000 tickets sold)
18. Boston ($10.1 million; 203,000 tickets sold)
19. Steve Miller Band (19. STEVE MILLER BAND ($10 million; 176,000 tickets sold)
20. The Who ($9.4 million; 66,000 tickets sold)
21. REO Speedwagon & Styx ($7.7 million; 218,000 tickets sold)
22. Scorpions ($6.2 million; 88,000 tickets sold)
23. Primus ($6 million; 148,000 tickets sold)
24. King Crimson ($5.8 million; 78,000 tickets sold)