According to Billboard, GUNS N’ ROSES’ “Not In This Lifetime” now ranks as the fourth-highest grossing tour of all time, based on Billboard’s Boxscore archives. The trek, which launched in April 2016, topped the $475 million mark in gross sales with the final show of the band’s 2017 touring schedule on November 29 in Los Angeles.
“Not In This Lifetime” has surpassed Roger Waters’s “The Wall Live” tour that earned $459 million from 2010 through 2013. U2 tops up the all-time list with $736 million from its “360°” stadium tour (2009-2011) followed by THE ROLLING STONES’ “A Bigger Bang” at $558 million (2005-2007). COLDPLAY is third with its recently completed “A Head Full Of Dreams” trek that grossed $523 million (2016-2017).
