The following are a few select recent heavy metal/hard rock concert attendance figures, as reported by Billboard magazine:

Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST, ANTHRAX
Venue: Pengrowth Saddledome
City/State: Calgary, Alberta
Date: Oct. 21, 2005
Gross Sales: $255,571
Attendance: 5,824
Capacity: 7,500

Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST, ANTHRAX
Venue: Rexall Place
City/State: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: Oct. 20, 2005
Gross Sales: $223,261
Attendance: 4,850
Capacity: 7,500

Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST, ANTHRAX
Venue: MTS Centre
City/State: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Date: Oct. 18, 2005
Gross Sales: $214,784
Attendance: 5,024
Capacity: 7,682

Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST
Venue: Pacific Coliseum
City/State: Vancouver, British Columbia
Date: Oct. 23, 2005
Gross Sales: $181,272
Attendance: 4,004
Capacity: 8,000

Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST, QUEENSRYCHE
Venue: Coors Amphitheatre
City/State: Englewood, Colo.
Date: June 29, 2005
Gross Sales: $164,781
Attendance: 4,626
Capacity: 16,738

Artist/Event: JUDAS PRIEST, ANTHRAX, HATEBREED
Venue: Arena at Harbor Yard
City/State: Bridgeport, Conn.
Date: Oct. 5, 2005
Gross Sales: $99,317
Attendance: 2,007
Capacity: 6,097

Artist/Event: AEROSMITH, LENNY KRAVITZ
Venue: Continental Airlines Arena
City/State: East Rutherford, N.J.
Date: Nov. 10, 2005
Gross Sales: $1,113,510
Attendance: 14,352
Capacity: 14,352

Artist/Event: AEROSMITH, LENNY KRAVITZ
Venue: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
City/State: Uniondale, N.Y.
Date: Nov. 8, 2005
Gross Sales: $927,576
Attendance: 10,417
Capacity: 12,362

Artist/Event: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
Venue: NOKIA Theatre Times Square
City/State: New York, N.Y.
Date: Oct. 26, 2005
Gross Sales: $35,360
Attendance: 1,404
Capacity: 1,800

Artist/Event: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
Venue: Congress Theatre
City/State: Chicago, Ill.
Date: Nov. 12, 2005
Gross Sales: $47,315
Attendance: 2,003
Capacity: 2,890

Artist/Event: BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, BRAND NEW SIN
Venue: Bogart's
City/State: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date: Nov. 5, 2005
Gross Sales: $35,775
Attendance: 1,500
Capacity: 1,500

Artist/Event: DEF LEPPARD, BRYAN ADAMS
Venue: ARCO Arena
City/State: Sacramento, Calif.
Date: Nov. 10, 2005
Gross Sales: $388,183
Attendance: 8,221
Capacity: 11,373

Artist/Event: DEF LEPPARD, BRYAN ADAMS
Venue: Everett Events Center
City/State: Everett, Wash.
Date: Nov. 8, 2005
Gross Sales: $369,310
Attendance: 7,258
Capacity: 8,076

Artist/Event: DEF LEPPARD, BRYAN ADAMS
Venue: Spokane Arena
City/State: Spokane, Wash.
Date: Nov. 7, 2005
Gross Sales: $278,461
Attendance: 6,170
Capacity: 12,290

Artist/Event: DEF LEPPARD, TESLA
Venue: Cumberland County Civic Center
City/State: Portland, Maine
Date: June 28, 2005
Gross Sales: $144,675
Attendance: 3,215
Capacity: 6,069

Artist/Event: MEGADETH, APOCALYPTICA
Venue: Credicard Hall
City/State: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: Oct. 11, 2005
Gross Sales: $147,166
Attendance: 6,604
Capacity: 6,936

Artist/Event: WHITESNAKE, RICKY WARWICK
Venue: House of Blues
City/State: West Hollywood, Calif.
Date: June 25-26, 2005
Gross Sales: $88,000
Attendance: 2,200
Capacity: 2,200

Artist/Event: SLIPKNOT, AS I LAY DYING, UNEARTH
Venue: House of Blues
City/State: Atlantic City, N.J.
Date: Nov. 9, 2005
Gross Sales: $68,361
Attendance: 1,666
Capacity: 2,380

Artist/Event: DANZIG
Venue: NOKIA Theatre Times Square
City/State: New York, N.Y.
Date: Oct. 17, 2005
Gross Sales: $45,503
Attendance: 1,733
Capacity: 2,100