Beyoncé may blow away different artists for top-grossing tour
Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have blown previous music trade data earlier than, choosing up dozens of Grammy awards and smashing streaming numbers. So, it should not be any shock that each pop stars are additionally on observe to interrupt one other file — the highest-grossing live shows of all-time.
Beyoncé may rake in additional than $2 billion from her “Renaissance” world tour, which kicked off this week and consists of 57 reveals, projections present. Taylor Swift, who can be touring this yr, may equally surpass the billion-dollar mark. The country-pop singer’s 20-city nationwide “Eras” tour, with 52 reveals, is anticipated to gross a whopping $1.6 billion, Forbes reported.
The projections are primarily based on “essentially the most optimistic assumptions of the variety of followers shopping for tickets” and assume a median ticket worth of $700, the publication stated.
But, whereas the pop queens’ earnings may far exceed these of their friends, they are not the one ones raking in live performance money.
Billboard Boxscore, a report that tracks dwell leisure receipts, reveals the highest 5 highest-earning music excursions of all-time have earned a staggering $635.6 million on common.
Here is an inventory of the highest 5 highest-grossing live performance excursions of all time, in keeping with Billboard Boxscore. The listing has been edited to exclude excursions, corresponding to Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour,” which might be presently ongoing or that had repeated runs.
1. Ed Sheeran “The ÷ (Divide) Tour” (2017-19)
Based off Sheeran’s third album, The Divide Tour grossed $776 million over the course of 258 reveals attended by 8.9 million individuals.
2. U2 “360° Tour” (2009-11)
The seven-leg world tour selling the Irish band’s twelfth album grossed $736 million for 110 reveals attended by 7.3 million concertgoers.
3. Guns N’ Roses “Not in This Lifetime Tour” (2016-19)
The hard-rock band’s most up-to-date tour raked in $584 million for 158 reveals internationally, with 5.4 million individuals turning out to see them carry out.
4. The Rolling Stones “A Bigger Bang Tour” (2005-07)
The iconic rock band’s tour grossed $558 million for 147 reveals that introduced out 3.5 million followers. The tour —one of many final earlier than the passing of founding member, Charlie Watts — held the highest spot, earlier than being outgrossed by U2’s “360° Tour.”
5. Coldplay “A Head Full of Dreams Tour” (2016-17)
The British rock band’s five-continent tour to advertise its seventh album pulled in $524 million in gross income over 115 reveals attended by 5.4 million concertgoers.
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