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Woz
The Grateful Dead played over 2,314 concerts, despite being a band for nearly twice as long I am certain the Stones played nowhere near that number of concerts....as far as "tickets sold" goes, the Stones have many years of Stadium shows so I can see an edge there.
and a little internet research shows an estimate of 22million tickets sold by the Grateful Dead
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Most people. It may be The Beach Boys. Not sure. But that’s a lot of shows.
According to setlist.fm - The Beach Boys.
The Beach Boys
6954 setlists
B.B. King
6093 setlists
Ray Charles
4557 setlists
Blue Öyster Cult
4340 setlists
Johnny Cash
4222 setlists
Frank Sinatra
4031 setlists
Jerry Lee Lewis
4025 setlists
Elton John
3972 setlists
Santana
3920 setlists
Cheap Trick
3769 setlists
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Woz
The Grateful Dead played over 2,314 concerts, despite being a band for nearly twice as long I am certain the Stones played nowhere near that number of concerts....as far as "tickets sold" goes, the Stones have many years of Stadium shows so I can see an edge there.
and a little internet research shows an estimate of 22million tickets sold by the Grateful Dead
The Stones are close with over 2000
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georgie48
This question was in another thread some time ago. I did a detailed check way back in 2002 and was already past 30 million. Gazza’s figure of 42 million including 2019 is a very good guess. Since U2 is the only band that had benefit from the period of large stadium tours over a long period of time they are possibly second in line. Elvis’ Las Vegas shows made high figures too, but you need to check with objective Elvis fans
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georgie48
This question was in another thread some time ago. I did a detailed check way back in 2002 and was already past 30 million. Gazza’s figure of 42 million including 2019 is a very good guess. Since U2 is the only band that had benefit from the period of large stadium tours over a long period of time they are possibly second in line. Elvis’ Las Vegas shows made high figures too, but you need to check with objective Elvis fans
Elvis didnt tour between 1957 and 1970. Until his return to live shows in Las Vegas in August 1969 he hadnt performed in public in 12 years save for a couple of benefit shows in 1961, the Sinatra TV special in 1960 and the NBC TV special in 1968.
There seems to be this widespread belief that in the 70's he predominantly performed in Las Vegas, but thats simply not true. He did a couple of seasons there lasting a month at a time (two shows a night) from 1969 to about 1974-75 then a couple of weeks in 1976. However, he toured regularly (only in the US) from 1970 to June 1977 - maybe about 5-6 tours a year lasting a couple of weeks at a time. The Las Vegas concerts were in showrooms at the Hilton Hotel - you're talking about 2,000 - 2,500 attendees per concert. The tours were in arenas. Other than his NYE show at the Silverdome in 1975 and six gigs at the Astrodome in 1970, Elvis didn't play stadiums.
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treaclefingers
I'd be interested in knowing how many of those 'attendees' are repeat clients?
Put another way, how many 'unique visitors' the stones have had.
No way we'll ever know that one I'm sure.