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The Police reunion is 2007’s top concert tour grosser


They never announced they disbanded. They only said they went separate ways. But their 2007 reunion tour dispels common notion that they have been forgotten.

The Police posted the highest-grossing concert tour for 2007, raking in $132 million in the United States and $212 million worldwide. The tour is still ongoing, with the Latin American leg ended earlier this month. The tour will restart on Jan. 17 in New Zealand.

The trio of Sting, Andy Summers, and Steward Copeland, had a US take way above the runner-up in the Pollster list. Country star Kenny Chesney figured $71 million in his own tour, which is nearly half of the 80s New Wave rockers’ earnings.

It was a year of stellar reunions, including the successful comebacks of Genesis and 2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Van Halen, which both packed arenas as if the 80s were not over. The North American tour of the three-man band, composed of Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks, earned $47.6 million, while its international concert gross reached $129 million, considered the second best behind The Police.

Van Halen, meanwhile, registered $57 million in earnings for its US tour.