The reunion tour for the Police was the leading tour in 2007, with gross sales surpassing $212 million. According to the figures reported by Billboard Boxscore, the worldwide tour that many thought wouldn’t ever happen ended up selling over 1.8 million tickets.

RZO Productions and TNA International produced the Police tour. They played at festivals as well as arenas and stadiums.

The Turn It On Again Genesis tour was another heavy hitting stadium and arena global outing. It was produced by Michael Cohl and his company CPI. The 46 Genesis shows sold out European stadiums and U.S. Arenas and grossed $129 million.

Justin Timberlake’s tour, FutureSex LoveShow, was third in gross sales at $126.8 million, with a worldwide audience of over 1.6 million. AEG Live was the primary promoter.

The top 10 of 2007 also included Kenny Chesney’s $71.2 million, Rod Stewart’s $70 million, Delirium of Cirque Du Soleil at $59.4 million, Roger Waters tour at $53.2 million, Faith Hill/Tim McGraw at $52.3 million, Christina Aguilera’s $48.1 million and in tenth place Rascal Flatts at $41.6 million.

The leading Boxscore was the 21 Prince sellouts at O2 in London with sales of over $22 million. The highest grossing arena worldwide was once again Madison Square Garden located in New York City. Box office sales were $76.6 million. The leading amphitheater was Red Rocks Amphitheater just outside of Denver at $18.6 million.

North American attendance and concert revenues are down double digits overall for 2007, following 2006 which was a record year with Barbra Streisand, U2, Madonna and the Rolling Stones among other big road tours. 2007 North American gross revenues for concerts are down 10.2% at $2.6 billion, while attendance at concerts is 19.2% lower at 51 million.

Randy Phillips, AEG Live CEO and President said, yes an attendance decrease of 19.2% is quite disturbing. It is a reflection that consumers aren’t really supporting mid-level and breaking talent. If the trend continues, then who will be tomorrow’s headliners?

Jason Garner, North American Music’s president, said that 2007 was lighter in terms of touring for the industry leaders Live Nation than in 2006. Fewer artists went out on the road, particularly from our unit for global touring. Some great artists went out, but there were fewer of them than in past years.