METALLICA's 'Madly In Anger' Trek Among Top Tours Of The Year

METALLICA's "Madly in Anger with the World" tour rang up $53.8 million in total box office gross by the time it wrapped last month — enough to land the group at No. 5 on Billboard's list of top 10 grossing tours of the year.

METALLICA were the sole hard rock/heavy metal band on the list, which included such superstars as MADONNA, SHANIA TWAIN and PRINCE.

Top 10 grossing tours of 2004, according to Billboard Boxscore:

01. MADONNA ($125 million)
02. PRINCE ($90.2 million)
03. SHANIA TWAIN ($62.5 million)
04. SIMON & GARFUNKEL ($59 million)
05. METALLICA ($53.8 million)
06. BETTE MIDLER ($53.3 million)
07. STING ($52.4 million)
08. KENNY CHESNEY ($49.3 million)
09. DAVID BOWIE ($46 million)
10. TOBY KEITH ($44.3 million)