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Yes 72 tour was amazing so was 78 unfortunately Led Zepplin was the biggest for that decade - Stones are my favorite by a moonlight mile but....

Biggestwhat? Certainly not in America.Selling more albums doesn’t necessarily get you there.In1972 no one other than Led Zeppelin fans cared about them.

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Yes 72 tour was amazing so was 78 unfortunately Led Zepplin was the biggest for that decade - Stones are my favorite by a moonlight mile but....

Biggestwhat? Certainly not in America.Selling more albums doesn’t necessarily get you there.In1972 no one other than Led Zeppelin fans cared about them.

I guess the issue being, there was so many more of them than for other bands, ergot, 70s biggest touring band.

Maths made easy!

I would disagree that 1978 was held by any band other than the Bee Gees.

Like it or not they ruled 1978.

“How Deep Is Your Love,” “Stayin' Alive,” “Night Fever” and “Too Much Heaven,

Let's not forget Saturday Night Fever.

Say what you want but the statics don't lie. This year belonged to them.

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I would disagree that 1978 was held by any band other than the Bee Gees.

Like it or not they ruled 1978.

“How Deep Is Your Love,” “Stayin' Alive,” “Night Fever” and “Too Much Heaven,

Let's not forget Saturday Night Fever.

Say what you want but the statics don't lie. This year belonged to them.

Were they 1978s biggest touring band...the thread is about touring? Unless the movie Saturday Night Fever is considered a tour of theatres!

I was thinking along the lines of the number who went to the theatres. Compare that to the number of tickets sold.

In terms of touring Grateful Dead played more shows in the 70's than the big three.

More shows means they sold more tickets and they are hundreds of shows more than the Stones, Who or Zepplin.  

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I would disagree that 1978 was held by any band other than the Bee Gees.

Like it or not they ruled 1978.

“How Deep Is Your Love,” “Stayin' Alive,” “Night Fever” and “Too Much Heaven,

Let's not forget Saturday Night Fever.

Say what you want but the statics don't lie. This year belonged to them.

Were they 1978s biggest touring band...the thread is about touring? Unless the movie Saturday Night Fever is considered a tour of theatres!

KISS were pretty big in the 70's, they toured nonstop and released 2 albums a year. In 1978 they were one of (if not THEE) most successful and lucrative rock acts.

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If anyone's arguing about 'most coveted ticket', its a no contest when you consider that not one of those 1,156 shows took place outside the USA. An international tour would have blown away anything by anyone else demand-wise.

Except a Beatles tour.

The last Beatles tour was far from successful. They didn't play well, there were issues with crowd control, Beatlesmania seemed to be over, and due to Lennon's Jesus remark and statements about the Vietnam war shows in the US were not sold out.

Mathijs

I began as a Beatles fan and went over to the "dark side" in the late 70s. That being said, Beatlemania will never be over

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georgemcdonnell314
I was thinking along the lines of the number who went to the theatres. Compare that to the number of tickets sold.

In terms of touring Grateful Dead played more shows in the 70's than the big three.

More shows means they sold more tickets and they are hundreds of shows more than the Stones, Who or Zepplin.  

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georgemcdonnell314
I would disagree that 1978 was held by any band other than the Bee Gees.

Like it or not they ruled 1978.

“How Deep Is Your Love,” “Stayin' Alive,” “Night Fever” and “Too Much Heaven,

Let's not forget Saturday Night Fever.

Say what you want but the statics don't lie. This year belonged to them.

Were they 1978s biggest touring band...the thread is about touring? Unless the movie Saturday Night Fever is considered a tour of theatres!

I think there are 3 possible metrics, 2 quantifiable, and one harder to quantify.

Number of tickets/shows
$ value of tickets sold
Most desirable act/hottest ticket - maybe measured (if you could-but you can't) by average scalper prices.

The 3rd could also be a function of supply, insofar as fewer available tickets/shows would make that show more desired.

I agree with you.

In terms of the Dead having more shows. I am sure those tickets were in more of a demand for the Dead Heads.

If there was not a big demand for their tickets they would not have played as many shows.

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georgemcdonnell314
I was thinking along the lines of the number who went to the theatres. Compare that to the number of tickets sold.

In terms of touring Grateful Dead played more shows in the 70's than the big three.

More shows means they sold more tickets and they are hundreds of shows more than the Stones, Who or Zepplin.  

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georgemcdonnell314
I would disagree that 1978 was held by any band other than the Bee Gees.

Like it or not they ruled 1978.

“How Deep Is Your Love,” “Stayin' Alive,” “Night Fever” and “Too Much Heaven,

Let's not forget Saturday Night Fever.

Say what you want but the statics don't lie. This year belonged to them.

Were they 1978s biggest touring band...the thread is about touring? Unless the movie Saturday Night Fever is considered a tour of theatres!

I think there are 3 possible metrics, 2 quantifiable, and one harder to quantify.

Number of tickets/shows
$ value of tickets sold
Most desirable act/hottest ticket - maybe measured (if you could-but you can't) by average scalper prices.

The 3rd could also be a function of supply, insofar as fewer available tickets/shows would make that show more desired.