These weren’t the same Chilis that last played Lollapalooza in 2006: guitarist Josh Klinghoffer was added to the mix following the departure of John Frusciante in 2009. Still, despite being one of the most chaotic days in Lollapalooza’s storied history, when Red Hot Chili Peppers took the main stage in late evening, the earlier trouble hardly mattered. There was also the reality that Grant Park was now a full-on mud bath. Several performances – including those by Alabama Shakes, B.o.B., Temper Trap and Neon Indian – were cancelled, and others were pushed back a few hours or shortened. The suspension did have some irreparable effects. All was not lost, however: after a nearly three-hour delay, festival officials reopened the gates and Lolla was officially back on. The cause of this mayhem: severe thunderstorms, which temporarily forced the evacuation of the second day of Lollapalooza on Saturday. During the London stop of her 2006 Confessions Tour, Madonna became the first performer to be inducted into the Wembley Arena Square of Fame.It was a scene straight out of The Day After Tomorrow: a sea of confused, disgruntled people flooding the streets of Chicago, left to wonder about their fate. Overall, Madonna ranks third, with just The Rolling Stones($1.84 billion) and U2($1.67 billion) ahead of her. Since Billboard Boxscore began reporting in 1990, Madonna has grossed over $1.31 billion in concert ticket sales she first crossed a billion gross with The MDNA Tour. Madonna remains the highest-grossing solo touring artist of all time, with over $1.4 billion earned from her concert tours throughout her career. In 2012, she headlined the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show, which at that time was the most-watched halftime show in history. Madonna has embarked on several promotional concerts to promote her studio albums, as well as performing award shows and benefit concerts like Live Aid(1985), Live 8(2005) and Live Earth(2007). Her 2015–16 Rebel Heart Tourwas an all-arena tour which grossed $169.8 million from 1.045 million attendance. In 2012, The MDNA Tourcompleted as the tenth highest-grossing tour of all time with US $305 million, the second highest for among female artists at the time, only behind the Sticky & Sweet Tour. This feat was surpassed in 2008 with the Sticky & Sweet Tour, which at the time, became the highest-grossing tourever by a solo artist, and the second highest-grossing tour of all time, with approximately US $408 million in ticket sales. Madonna's next tours broke world records, with the 2006 Confessions Tourgrossing over US $194.7 million, becoming the highest-grossing tour ever for a female artist at that time. Billboardawarded Madonna the "Backstage Pass Award" in recognition of having the top-grossing tour of the year, with ticket sales of nearly US $125 million. Madonna was inspired to create the tour after taking part in an art installation called X-STaTIC PRo=CeSS, directed by photographer Steven Klein. The Drowned World Tour was followed by the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour. She grossed more than US $75 million with summer sold-out shows and eventually played in front of 730,000 people throughout North America and Europe. Some critics complained that the show concentrated on material from her most recent albums, but generally the response was favorable. She played guitar and her costumes included a punkish tartan kiltand a geisha kimono. Madonna did not tour again until the Drowned World Tourin 2001. A review in Timeby Sam Buckley said: "Madonna, once the Harlow harlotand now a perky harlequin, is the greatest show-off on earth." In 1993, Madonna visited Israel and Turkey for the first time, followed by Latin America and Australia, with The Girlie Show World Tour. BBCcredited the tour with "invent the modern, multi-media pop spectacle". In 1990, she embarked on the Blond Ambition World Tour, which was dubbed as the "Greatest Concert of the 1990s" by Rolling Stone. One of the tour's shows in Paris in front of 130,000 fans was the largest paying concert audience by a female artistat the time and remains the largest crowd of any concert in French history. In 1987 she performed on the worldwide Who's That Girl World Tour, which visited Europe, North America and Japan, and earned $25 million. Her 1985 debut concert tour, The Virgin Tour, was held in North America only and went on to collect more than US $5 million. Madonna performing on the Sticky & Sweet Tour(2008–09), which remains the highest-grossing concert tour by a female artist.Īmerican singer Madonnahas performed on eleven concert tours, nineteen one-off concerts, nine benefit concerts, three music festivalsand twenty-four awardshows.