The Lumineers / Red Hot Chili Peppers Top Hot Tours List

The Lumineers top the list of Hot Tours, compiled by Billboard Boxscore. The band’s first 8 shows, of 2017, generated over $3.5 million in gross ticket receipts. The headlining tour is in support of their 2016 album Cleopatra.

The first show of 2017 was their lowest tally, held at at CenturyLink Center in Omaha Nebraska, brought in 7800 people. Average attendance for the 8 shows was near 10,000, with the largest crowd of 13,399 at Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus. Top gross, however, goes to Chicago, where the band’s take was $660,400 for their sold out show on January 20th.

HOT TOURS -Feb. 7, 2017
Ranked by Gross. Compiled from Boxscores reported Jan. 31-Feb. 6

1 THE LUMINEERS
$3,504,625
Jan. 17-28
CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Neb. (1/0)
Target Center, Minneapolis (1/0)
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill. (1/1)
Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis (1/0)
Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. (1/0)
Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich. (1/0)
Palace of Auburn Hills (Mich.) (1/0)
Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio (1/1)
78,749 (81,471)

2 BILLY JOEL
$1,987,556
Jan. 27
Amway Center, Orlando (1/1)
16,345 (16,345)

3 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
$1,177,325
Jan. 21
Target Center, Minneapolis (1/1)
13,411 (13,411)

4 LEE BRICE & JUSTIN MOORE
$909,554
Jan. 13-21
La Crosse (Wis.) Center (1/1)
Rosemont (Ill.) Theatre (1/1)
Corbin (Ky.) Arena (1/0)
Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C. (1/0)
Fox Theatre, Atlanta (1/0)
19,964 (24,405)

5 BRANTLEY GILBERT
$648,273
Feb. 2-4
Santander Arena, Reading, Pa. (1/0)
Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pa. (1/0)
Cross Insurance Arena, Portland, Maine (1/1)
17,298 (19,187)

6 JASON MRAZ
$475,726
Jan. 26
Citibank Hall, São Paulo (1/0)
6,816 (7,087)

7 HENRIQUE E JULIANO
$445,170
Jan. 20-21
Citibank Hall, São Paulo (2/0)
10,797 (13,208)

8 EMMANUEL & MIJARES
$419,772
Jan. 26
Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City (1/0)
9,360 (9,600)

9 ADAM SANDLER
$407,635
Dec. 11
David A. Straz, Jr. Center, Morsani Hall, Tampa (1/1)
2,509 (2,509)

10 KANY GARCIA
$381,611
Jan. 28
Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, San Juan (1/0)
8,825 (10,091)