Stones regain tour record
The Rolling Stones playing in a concert in Brazil
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Saturday, 25, Nov 2006 06:37
The Rolling Stones have made rock history, again.
This time it's for regaining the record they briefly lost to U2 last year. They are now, once again, the band with the highest grossing tour in music history.
Their current tour, A Bigger Band, has grossed $473 million (£226 million), overtaking U2's Vertigo tour which made $377 million (£195 million).
It hasn't all been easy for the ageing rockers, who have been forced to make several cancellations and postponements of tour dates following continued health concerns surrounding the voice of lead singer Mick Jagger.
Keith Richards' fall from a tree in Fiji also saw the entire tour put off for a few weeks earlier this year.
Despite these problems, in some ways inevitable given the age of the band and Richards' fun-loving personality, the tour has proved to be a great critical and popular success. Most of all, it's been a financial moneybag.