How far away the time is when U2 held the title of highest-grossing tour of all time for eight years. In the last five years, it has been Ed Sheeran, Elton John Then Taylor Swift who have taken over, while many recent tours, from Harry Styles to Coldplay through Guns N’ Roses or Beyoncé, have entered the top 10. A phenomenon due to the growing attraction of the public for live performances as well as the explosion of ticket prices. Thus, according to the report of Pollstar, which takes into account shows given between November 16, 2023 and May 15, 2024, the average price of a ticket increased from 92 to 127 dollars between 2019 and 2024. Between the last two years alone, there is a 9% increase in the price of a ticket (from 116 to 127 dollars) but a 0.7% drop in the number of tickets sold in total. Places too expensive? Excessive offer? In the United States, many artists have difficulty selling their tours, when some even end up canceling them like the Black Keys or Jennifer Lopez.
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Definitely the Queen of Pop!
The site specializing in the concert industry and its financial results reveals the list of the 10 most lucrative tours for the first half of 2024. Forget Taylor SwiftBruce Springsteen, Depeche Mode or Coldplaysince the big winner is none other than… Madonna with her “Celebration Tour”! The 34 concerts given by the Queen of Pop during the period calculated by Pollstar brought in $179 million in revenue and attracted 856,000 spectators. The average ticket price was $208! Over the entire tour, the “Material Girl” singer attracted 1.1 million spectators (not including her free concert in Rio in front of 1.6 million fans) and raised $225 million. For French admirers, know that the four concerts at the Accor Arena brought together 62,000 spectators for a revenue of 10.7 million dollars.
Two Latin stars complete the podium: Bad Bunny with the $174.6 million earned by his “Most Wanted Tour” as well as the Mexican singer Luis Miguel, whose concerts have collected $169.4 million. The impressive residency of U2 in Las Vegas comes fourth with 134 million greenbacks. Note that the Irish rock group wins the highest average price per place in the ranking, at $352 all the same. The top 10 is completed by Karol G, who has just performed at Bercy, with 111 million dollars, Bruno Mars (102 millions), Coldplay (100 millions), Seventeen (74 millions), Eagles (69 millions) et Nicki Minaj (66 millions).
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If she is not present in the ranking, there is no doubt that the big winner is in reality Taylor Swift with its record-breaking tour “The Eras Tour”. It was not until the end of the American leg that the first dizzying figures were seen: a billion dollars in revenue in just 60 concerts! According to the latest estimates, the “Eras Tour” could end its career with more than 2 billion in profits and more than 11 million tickets sold.
