We’re not sure how we missed this news when the latest Guinness Book of World Records came out in the U.S. in early August (it hits stores in the U.K. this Friday): The Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang Tour has broken the record for most successful music tour with two-year earnings of $437 million, a feat that also got Mick Jagger and Co. named Forbes‘ top-earning act of the year. Noteable live-show-related records were also bestowed upon Madonna (most successful female artist, with $200 million total for her sixty-date Confessions tour), Jamiroquai (highest concert, in a Boeing 737 at 35,000 feet) and British singer Katie Melua (lowest concert, on an oil rig 994 feet below sea level off the coast of Norway). Perhaps Amy Winehouse is making a bid for booziest tour rider … we’ll keep a closer eye on the Guinness book next year.


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