PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The Average Age of a Top-Touring Artist: 46...

Is it any wonder that younger fans are leaving the building? The latest figures show a mass exodus of 12-to-24 concertgoers, thanks partly to recessionary effects. But even in good times, $100+ seats are tough to stomach, and the biggest grosses often belong to older artists. How old? We did a canvas of the top 50 grossing tours of 2009, using Pollstar data, and researched the age of every front-line performer. So, the Jonas Brothers—ranked 9th with a gross of $96.6 million that year—c...

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