Two million people attended 100 sold-out Bon Jovi shows according to data reported to the Billboard Boxscore chart from November 2007-08.

The news comes in the same week that Music Week reported that the promoters who report their box office grosses to the magazine shared more than £168m by the end of August, with veteran and established acts - from Leonard Cohen to Westlife - proving themselves as the biggest earners on the live circuit.

Music Week also reported that ...