According to Billboard, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have landed at position No. 8 on the list of the "Top 10 Highest-Grossing Tours" of the first half of 2016. The band's dates in support of MAIDEN's latest album, "The Book Of Souls", brought in more than $35 million, with almost 540,000 tickets sold for its 34 concert dates. The following were some of IRON MAIDEN' North and South American concert attendances/grosses, as reported by Billboard magazine: Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Estadio Nacional Jorge Magico Gonzalez City/State: San Salvador, El Salvador Date: March 6, 2016 Gross Sales: $1,331,925 Attendance/Capacity: 22,041 / 22,041 Ticket Prices: $175, $15 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma City/State: San Jose, Costa Rica Date: March 8, 2016 Gross Sales: $996,194 Attendance/Capacity: 16,655 / 18,000 Ticket Prices: $100.36, $32.84 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Estadio Nacional City/State: Santiago, Chile Date: March 11, 2016 Gross Sales: $2,181,940 Attendance/Capacity: 54,911 / 56,674 Ticket Prices: $123.01, $28.94 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes City/State: Cordoba, Argentina Date: March 13, 2016 Gross Sales: $857,309 Attendance/Capacity: 17,680 / 18,600 Ticket Prices: $80.43, $36.86 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Estadio Velez Sarsfield City/State: Buenos Aires, Argentina Date: March 15, 2016 Gross Sales: $1,558,520 Attendance/Capacity: 32,629 / 32,629 Ticket Prices: $77.08, $37.03 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: HSBC Arena City/State: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Date: March 17, 2016 Gross Sales: $844,709 Attendance/Capacity: 12,219 / 12,219 Ticket Prices: $156.12, $29.11 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Esplanada do Mineirao City/State: Belo Horizonte, Brazil Date: March 19, 2016 Gross Sales: $1,165,280 Attendance/Capacity: 16,844 / 16,844 Ticket Prices: $157.31, $34.50 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Ginasio Nilson Nelson City/State: Brasilia, Brazil Date: March 22, 2016 Gross Sales: $631,263 Attendance/Capacity: 10,942 / 11,380 Ticket Prices: $132.45, $27.59 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Arena Castelao City/State: Fortaleza, Brazil Date: March 24, 2016 Gross Sales: $1,449,220 Attendance/Capacity: 23,531 / 23,531 Ticket Prices: $215.35, $13.84 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, ANTHRAX Venue: Allianz Parque City/State: Sao Paulo, Brazil Date: March 26, 2016 Gross Sales: $2,844,250 Attendance/Capacity: 39,583 / 39,583 Ticket Prices: $168.17, $27.12 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, THE RAVEN AGE Venue: Madison Square Garden City/State: New York City, New York Date: March 30, 2016 Gross Sales: $1,472,331 Attendance/Capacity: 13,289 / 13,289 Ticket Prices: $125, $64.50 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, THE RAVEN AGE Venue: Bell Centre City/State: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Date: April 1, 2016 Gross Sales: $866,918 Attendance/Capacity: 14,963 / 14,963 Ticket Prices: $67.47, $42.02 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, THE RAVEN AGE Venue: Air Canada Centre City/State: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Date: April 3, 2016 Gross Sales: $889,288 Attendance/Capacity: 13,734 / 13,734 Ticket Prices: $74.91, $38.03 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, THE RAVEN AGE Venue: Palace Of Auburn Hills City/State: Auburn Hills, Michigan Date: April 5, 2016 Gross Sales: $750,508 Attendance/Capacity: 10,232 / 10,900 Ticket Prices: $89.50, $29.50 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, THE RAVEN AGE Venue: United Center City/State: Chicago, Illinois Date: April 6, 2016 Gross Sales: $1,085,976 Attendance/Capacity: 13,968 / 13,968 Ticket Prices: $89.50, $39.50 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, THE RAVEN AGE Venue: Rexall Place City/State: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Date: April 8, 2016 Gross Sales: $842,035 Attendance/Capacity: 12,813 / 12,813 Ticket Prices: $74.40, $22.51 Artist/Event: IRON MAIDEN, THE RAVEN AGE Venue: Rogers Arena City/State: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Date: April 9, 2016 Gross Sales: $794,762 Attendance/Capacity: 12,478 / 13,405 Ticket Prices: $74.59, $22.57 IRON MAIDEN's world tour, in support of the band's latest album, "The Book Of Souls", kicked off on February 24 in Sunrise, Florida (a suburb of Fort Lauderdale). MAIDEN's sixteenth — and first-ever double — studio album, "The Book Of Souls", was released worldwide on September 4, 2015 through Parlophone Records (BMG in the U.S.A). The CD was recorded in Paris, France with producer Kevin "Caveman" Shirley in late 2014, with the finishing touches added last year. IRON MAIDEN announced in May 2015 that touring plans to support the album wouldn't happen until this year to allow singer Bruce Dickinson time to fully recuperate after his successful cancer treatment. "What's special about this tour is that a year ago I didn't even know if I could sing," Dickinson told reporters in February. "We've had an amazing turnaround in fortune after, obviously being ill a year ago, getting rid of that, and getting out and looking forward to doing the tour." Regarding the fan reception to the new CD and the tour, Dickinson said: "The album was a massive success, and we were about that far [finger and thumb barely separated] off from getting the No. 1 slot [in its debut week on The Billboard 200 chart]. So now, we get to bring it out to the people, and, I mean, there [were] a few tickets left but not many. Pretty much the whole of the U.S. [was] sold out. It's amazing."
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