Divas Dion and Madonna biggest global concert draws

MADONNA and Celine Dion were the biggest worldwide concert draws in 2008, each selling more than $200 million (€143m) worth of tickets to their slickly produced shows, trade publication Pollstar said yesterday.

The pop singers also took the top two spots in North America, which accounts for an estimated 40% of the concert business, Pollstar said.

Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet world tour, which finished in Brazil last week, tallied $281.6m (€201m) from 17 countries. North American fans made up $105.3m (€75m) of this.