LOS ANGELES - More than a generation after he played his first show in North America, Elton John can still draw a crowd. The English rocker was North America`s most popular 1998 concert draw, in terms of ticket sales, with an estimated $46.2 million, according to data released by concert industry trade magazine Pollstar. The industry closed the year with $1.3 billion for all tours, essentially matching 1997, Pollstar said. The record is $1.4 billion, which was rung up in 1994, when such star attractions as The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, The Grateful Dead and Barbra Streisand were all on the road. "It (1998) was not a year that promoters cried about, nor did they crow about it either," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of Pollstar. Behind John were: the Dave Matthews Band, Canadian singer Celine Dion, New Age artist Yanni, and country star Garth Brooks.