Word: pollstar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...senior agent with the Creative Artists Agency, which is booking this year's H.O.R.D.E. music festival: "I don't think any of us anticipated how strong the movie summer would be, which always takes away entertainment dollars." And it was already a weak year. According to the trade magazine Pollstar, over the first six months of 1996 the top 10 tours took in $152.5 million--compared to $225 million over the same period...
Which rock 'n' rollers ranked as the most successful road group in the U.S. during the first half of this year, grossing more than $22 million in concert receipts? Guns N' Roses? No. New Kids on the Block? Not even close. According to Pollstar, an industry magazine, it was that indefatigably truckin' '60s band the Grateful Dead. "They have consistently been one of the top five touring acts for the last five years," says editor Gary Bongiovanni. During the first half of 1991 the Dead, whose oldest members will soon be eligible for senior-citizen discounts, claimed...
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