Springsteen's Australian tour winner

One young Bruce Springsteen fan joined The Boss on stage in Brisbane to sing before doing a knee slide. Courtesy YouTube/TheLouie01

BRUCE Springsteen's Australian tour has reinforced his position as The Boss of concert revenue.

Bruce Springsteen's ten Australian dates generated over $25 million in ticket sales, putting him at the top of American music magazine Billboard's global Hot Tours tally this week.

Source: news.com.au

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Springsteen's ten Australian dates put him ahead of 11 US dates in March by Rihanna, which generated $11 million and 23 UK dates through February and March by British pop star Olly Murs which generated $10 million.

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The Top 10 also includes a UK X Factor tour, UK Justin Bieber tour and tours by Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran.

Billboard reports Springsteen played to 47,796 fans over three shows at Sydney's Allphones Arena and 46,740 shows over three shows at Rod Laver Arena. Both venues generated over $7 million in ticket sales for the shows.

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Two Hanging Rock shows - to over 34,000 fans - generated over $5 million, while the two Brisbane shows to over 24,000 fans generated $4.2 million.

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The $25 million generated from the Boss' Australian tour will be broken down and spread out between the artist, his musicians, local promoter Frontier as well as associated costs including concert production, venue hire, travel, security, insurance, crew fees, management, advertising, marketing and GST.

Legendary rocker Bruce Springtsteen has kicked off his Australian tour, lighting up the stage in Brisbane.

Springsteen's Wrecking Ball tour now heads to Europe. The tour was the second-highest grossing jaunt of last year, behind Madonna.

Springsteen's Australian tour figures make him one of the most lucrative international visitors since Pink's Funhouse tour in 2009, which generated over $80 million.

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