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The economics of transporting all of the stage equipment and set from city to city may get higher with the increase in fuel prices. For example, here is what it took for Bon Jovi to tour 36 cities:

60 Total North American Lost Highway concerts
36 Total North American cities

966,022 Total projected North American audience during Lost Highway Tour

32 Number, in millions, of fans who have seen a Bon Jovi concert

2,500 Number of worldwide concerts that Bon Jovi has performed

5 Number of Fender & Takamine guitars Jon Bon Jovi uses on tour

24 Number of guitars Richie Sambora currently is traveling with including Gibson, Fender, ESP (Sambora model), Floyd Rose (original Sambora model), Martin (Sambora model) PRS, Taylor (electric and acoustic), Yamaha (acoustic), and Zemaitis

21 Number of tuned guitars in Richie's private guitar vault room located just below the right side of the stage. The remaining 3 are used in his dressing room and hotel room. They all get played.

4 Average number of drumsticks Tico Torres breaks per show

14 Number of drumheads on Tico’s kit

4 Number of keyboards that David Bryan uses throughout each concert including 2 Yamaha Motif XS-8 keyboards, and Oberheim OB5 organ and a Yamaha P-500 Clavinova Piano

9 Number of buses used to transport artist, band and crew

100 Number of touring crew members

100 Number of additional local crew members recruited in each city

8 Hours it takes to set up the production/staging

3.5 - 4 Hours it takes to break down stage and load trucks

13 Number of trucks used to transport stage and tour materials

9 miles Length of cabling required to set-up the tour's audio and video, including 2 miles of High Definition Video cable

295,000 Watts of power generated by the tour's 155 speakers

93 Number of microphones used to amplify the band and 80+ music instruments/inputs on the tour

$7,250,000 Cost of video gear on tour

Yeah, but all those numbers are bantied around with huge egotistical pride as if to say "We're a BIG ACT, we NEED all this excessive stuff!"

Crank the Amps to 11, and all that, because 11 is *one* louder than 10 !!!

The hyperbole of the entertainment industry has no bounds .. everything is "super" and then "super duper" and after that it becomes "mega super duper" and after that "giga mega super duper" ... and well, you get the point .....

Gimme my little ol' Beatles with their two (and only) roadies, relatively tiny amps, Ringo having to set up his own drums ... just playing good, great music ... and I'm a happy man :)