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Madonna Tops Billboard Touring Awards

• 10th Nov 2009

Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour was confirmed as the biggest live music venture of the last year by winning the two main awards at the Billboard Touring Awards last week. It took the gongs for highest grossing and highest attended tours. Madonna's business partner Guy Oseary, meanwhile, took the Top Manager prize. Below is the full list of award winners:

Top Tour: Madonna, Sticky & Sweet
Top Draw: Madonna, Sticky & Sweet
Top Package: Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival Tour
Breakthrough: Il Divo
Top Comedy Tour: Dane Cook
Top Boxscore: U2 at Croke Park, Dublin
Top Festival: Oxegen

Top Arena: O2 Arena, London
Top Venue (under 10,000 seats): Radio City Music Hall, New York
Top Venue (under 5,000 seats): The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Top Club: 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Top Amphitheatre: Comcast Center, Massachusetts

Top Promoter: Live Nation
Top Independent Promoter (US): Jam Productions, Chicago
Top Independent Promoter (International): Time For Fun, Sao Paulo

Top Manager: Guy Oseary (Madonna)
Concert Marketing & Promotion Award: Keith Urban tour with KC Masterpiece & Kingsford
Top Agency: Creative Artists Agency

Humanitarian Award: Kevin Lyman
Eventful Fans' Choice Award: Jonas Brothers
Legend Of Live: Ozzy Osbourne