Global giant Live Nation once again showed its dominance in the promoting world last year, selling almost twice as many tickets as nearest rival AEG Live.

Live Nation sold 29,256,967 tickets to its shows in 2015, with AEG in second place on 14,727,426, according to Pollstar's year-end figures. Manchester-based SJM Concerts was fifth with 2,647,230, behind family entertainment specialist Feld Entertainment in third (4,404,637) and Mexico's OCESA/CIE (3,189,552) in fourth.

The Top 10 was rounded off by Germany's Marek Lieberberg ...