Paul McCartney’s tour raked in $52.8 million after playing 27 shows in 20 cities with average ticket prices around $130. If that seems steep, consider Andrea Bocelli, who had an average price of about $153 and ranked 21 on the list.

The Green Day / Blink 182 tour ranks 7th in earnings with $19.7 million but had a ticket price that skate punks could handle, averaging $31.56 to get fans through the gate. The two bands have sold more than 623,000 tickets so far.

Another big draw? Country’s version of Tom Jones. The female-dominated audiences of Kenny Chesney and his No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem tour bought more than 510,000 tickets.

The Top 10 tours is filled with veteran rockers and teen pop acts. The Billy Joel / Elton John package (averaging $109 a ticket) comes in second, then CSN&Y, *Nsync, Dave Matthews Band, The Eagles, Green Day / Blink-182, Britney Spears, Jimmy Buffett, and Barry Manilow.

The Top 50 tours in North America grossed $538 million between January 1 to June 30, up $30 million from the same time last year but about $40 million less than this time two years ago.

The bad news is the number of concert-goers dropped. About 10.6 million tickets were sold for the Top 50 tours. In 2000, there were 12.9 million tickets sold.

Maybe, just maybe, there’s a correlation with rising ticket prices, which have climbed about 4 bucks this year and averaged nearly $51 for the Top 50 tours.