The Police were named top grossing tour of 2007 at the fourth annual Billboard Touring Awards in New York in November. According to data compiled by the magazine, the British trio have so far grossed more than $171million (€115m) from 53 shows, seen by more than 1.5 million people up to 30 September.

The Police took home awards for both Top Tour and Top Draw, which recognise the top-grossing and top ticket-selling tour respectively. The tour began in May and is due to end early next year after visiting North America, Europe, Latin America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

The Police were named top grossing tour of 2007 at the fourth annual Billboard Touring Awards in New York in November. According to data compiled by the magazine, the British trio have so far grossed more than $171million (€115m) from 53 shows, seen by more than 1.5 million people up to 30 September.

The Police took home awards for both Top Tour and Top Draw, which recognise the top-grossing and top ticket-selling tour respectively. The tour began in May and is due to end early next year after visiting North America, Europe, Latin America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Although final figures for the year are still incomplete, The Police’s gross is a long way off the Rolling Stones’ tally for 2006, which topped the annual list with income of over $425m (€287m). Without the likes of the Stones, Madonna and U2 on the road, 2007 has been a much quieter year for touring in general.

Other awards at the event included Prince (Top Boxscore) for his 21-night run at The O₂, New York’s Madison Square Gardens was named Top Arena, Creative Artists Agency were named Top Agency and Live Nation, Top Promoter.