U2's '360' tops year's tour charts

Billboard has named U2's '360' tour the top-grossing concert of 2009, says Rolling Stone.

The 44-date all-stadium outing earned $311m (£191m), easily ranking above second placed Madonna, whose jaunt earned $222 (£135m) from 46 shows.

Bruce Springsteen rounded out the top three with $156m (£95m) taken in from 72 dates.

The next seven highest-grossing touring acts of the year were AC/DC, Pink, Andre Rieu, Britney Spears, Billy Joel & Elton John, Tina Turner and Coldplay respectively.