Overview
U2 took two major awards, AC/DC one and Metallica a special fan award at Thursday night's 2010 Billboard Touring Awards. The ceremonies were held at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers.
U2 were the big winners for the night taking the Top Tour (biggest grossing tour) and Top Draw (most tickets sold) Awards while AC/DC won Top Boxscore for a single stand during a tour, in this case three nights at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
Metallica's award was the Eventful Fans' Choice Award, voted for by the public. In addition, Rush was given this year's Legend of Live award, recognizing their long touring career.
Here are the nominees in the music categories with the veteran artists in bold and the winner in red:
Top Tour
•AC/DC Black Ice
•Bon Jovi The Circle
•U2 360
Top Draw
•AC/DC
•Bon Jovi
•U2
Top Package (Tours with three or more acts)
•Brad Paisley with Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, Easton Corbin, Steel Magnolia and Josh Thompson
•Taylor Swift with Kellie Pickler and Gloriana
•Tim McGraw with Lady Antebellum, Love and Theft and Lost Trailers
Top Boxscore
•AC/DC - ANZ Stadium, Sydney - Feb. 18, 20, 22
•AC/DC - Etihad Stadium, Melbourne - Feb. 11, 13, 15
•Download Festival - Donington Park, Castle Donington, U.K. - June 11-13
Breakthrough
•Lady Gaga
•Tiesto
•Justin Bieber
Top Festival
•Coachella - Empire Polo Field, Indio, Calif. - April 16-18
•Download Festival - Donington Park, Castle Donington, U.K. - June 11-13
•Oxegen - Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Ireland - July 9-11
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