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Madonna's got the highest-grossing tour of 2012

  • December 17, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

Madonna's MDNA world tour was the highest-grossing of 2012 according to Billboard.

The 'jaunt' grossed over $228m and was attended by 1,635,176 people during 72 sold-out shows. In second place was Bruce Springsteen's The Wrecking Ball tour, which made $199m.

Lady Gaga's Born This Monster Ball Way tour earned her sixth spot with $124m made during 65 sold-out shows where she played to a total of 1,111,099 people.

You can see the full list and all the 'facts and figures' here.

 

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