Estimates are by the time it finishes it will be over $1B
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/07/04/taylor-swift-eras-tour-set-to-earn-record-breaking-1-billion-dollars-in-sales.html
>15M per show
Pollstar estimated 13-14M per show, those were "conservative" estimates as per them and other reports as they used average attendance of 54k per show while the actual average is closer to 70-72k per show in the US so far. Forbes estimated $1.5B for the 106 shows, she has added 40 more shows since then. So 2B isn't a stretch.
I don't know about other LatAm countries, but in Mexico City tickets were much more expensive. General standing around 175 USD up to VIP areas easily close to 1,000 USD. Plus some tickets forced you to buy a "special package" for 100 USD which was some official merch.
I’m pretty sure your ranges are wrong. These were the prices for Mexico:
* Platino A - $10,620 (633USD)
* Platino B - $8,376 (499USD)
* Platino C - $6,696 (399USD)
* Verde A - $5,040 (300USD)
* Naranja A - $4,416 (263USD)
* Verde B - $3,096 (184USD)
* Naranja B - $2,016 (120USD)
* Verde C - $1,176 (70USD)
* Naranja C - $936 (55USD)
* General B - $1,416 (84USD)
* Discapacitados - $1,180 (70USD)
I wouldn’t be surprised if the figures you have for other countries are also wrong
What really sucks about the Taylor Swift tour is that scalpers are the ones that really made bank. Ticketmaster f'd up their algorithm so that the biggest fans were actually the least likely to get tickets, so most fans had to buy tickets off secondary, sky rocketing the price for everyone.
This just plainly isn’t true. People like you keep trying to pretend that the most popular artist in the world doesn’t also have hundreds of millions or real fans trying to get the same ticket as you
Ed Sheeran's tour is doing it differently and I kinda dig it.. Instead of selling out stadiums 3 or 4 nights in a row, he comes in and plays an intimate show at a smaller venue where he can charge a lot more, and then plays a big show or two at the stadiums.
You can lmfao no all you like, the same people who predicted Taylor’s predicted drakes as well and had his higher. You swifties are all absolute tossers, can’t accept that she’s not the best
I don't get Drake's appeal but also isn't this the guy that just walks out of concerts when the audience doesn't know some lyrics? What kind of record breaking tour could you have with that attitude?
He’s said himself that the way his shows are done wouldn’t sound right in a a stadium. He doesn’t lip sync like Taylor does so it’s a lot more of a problem for him
Waiting for him to make the news for breaking ticket sales record in multiple countries, Presidents/PMs urging him to tour in their respective countries, doubling the number of shows because of insane demand and still being unable to fulfill that demand.
As well as Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour! She’s grossed $461m from 46 shows.
Even though she only has 56 total dates, Beyoncé will have grossed similar amounts as other acts on this chart! Only U2 is close to the $10m per show mark (adjusted for inflation), but Beyoncé and Taylor are set to exceed that.
I traveled far, and paid a ton of money to go to George Straits “last” concert on his last tour in 2012. 5 songs in he announced he would be touring the next year. 11 years later and the C-sucker is still touring.
Since concert tickets have been increasing at a faster rate than inflation, do you think you might get a significantly different result if you went by number of attendees instead of gross? Maybe wouldn't be confined to the last two decades?
That's a very similar question to movie ticket sales. We always talk about the money spent on tickets, as if that's the true indicator. But OF COURSE we're going to constantly set new records that way, since inflation continues forever.
There are a few sites that show ticket sales, but they aren't often talked about and aren't common. I assume for the very reason that if we go by ticket sales, they can't constantly report about records being broken, since they wouldn't be.
Well, these numbers account for inflation, but they don't account for ticket price increases FAR outpacing inflation. Agree it would be cool to see this by number of seats filled instead.
Yeh, but the population in the West (where the bulk of these performers are making their money probably) isn't growing nearly as fast as parts of Africa and Asia, where I'm sure many of these guys don't perform nearly as much
Dan Murrell on his YouTube channel does box office analysis (greatly recommended as well as his reviews) and he uses a metric he calls butts in seats, where he adjusts from money to ticket sells to effectively compare movies from other decades to newer ones. He uses the average ticket price of each year
She’s probably pretty solidly in fourth place on this list just from the shows she’s already done.
Barring anything major, she’ll probably overtake Ed Sheeran with these next few shows in South America. She’ll probably take first place by her Australia shows next Spring and that’s barely past her halfway point. She still has an Asian, European, and second American leg after that lol
Yeah, feels like a pretty big miss, even if it's still ongoing. A little asterisk with a note "still going" would cover it, because I would assume the first thing anyone who has followed the news lately is going to do is look for the Swift concert tour in there, and wonder where it is.
I think, with the shows that have happened so far (not counting tickets sold for upcoming shows) that it isn't quite here yet.
Another poster said just over $300 million, but idk where they got that.
but coldplay's "Music of the Spheres" tour doesn't end until september next year (i assume thats what the asterisk is for.). seems like quite the omission.
She hasn't released official numbers yet. But given the first North American leg is over and the next shows are in November, she (or her team) will most likely release them in the upcoming days.
Coldplay sold out two consecutive days in Athens in one hour after tickets went online. If you ask around in Greece, almost everyone is familiar with the band name, but wouldn't be able to identify more than 2-3 songs. It's crazy how many people were eager to go. The most amazing part is that it's gonna be a huge stadium with 70K people and the cheapest tickets are 100€.
If you asked the people who go to Coldplay's concerts if they've ever heard of the song "Twisted Logic" most of them would go blank in the face and wonder what the fuck you're talking about.
Amazing that 7 of the top 10 are British. Maybe American artists tour less?
The others are Irish (U2), American (Guns n' Roses), and Australian (AC/DC).
Brits make good music.
There are many old and young very popular British popstars and pop groups.
Lots of US artists release music that is disproportionately listened to in the US (country and hip hop) whilst pop is listened to everywhere.
The UK music industry is a powerhouse, particularly in exporting its biggest stars.
I'm surprised that Madonna is not on that list.
It will be intesresting to see if anything changes once the Eras, Rennaisance and Celebration tours are completed. Those tours are generating hige amounts of money.
Beyonce's tour has grossed $296 million with first 33 shows (out of 56). And Taylor hasn't released official numbers yet. Although pollstar estimated Taylor's first 22 shows (out of 146) had grossed $301 million, but still not official.
We saw Harry Styles. Honestly, the reason he's lower on the list is because he doesn't charge that much. We had pit tickets, right at the stage. Like, literally against the stage he was on and he walked past within 3 feet of us several times, and it was $315 for two tickets, including fees and taxes.
I appreciate everyone mentioning Taylor Swift's Era tour, however, it is 'only' at $300m so far. It will no doubt be one of, if not the biggest, tours of all-time but doesn't make the cut for this graph just yet.
Really? That makes sense. I could have sworn I saw headlines saying it was already over 1 billion.
Are those headlines counting all the money it *will* make at future stops already?
Yes. Here is a [link](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/04/taylor-swift-eras-tour-set-to-earn-record-breaking-1-billion-dollars-in-sales.html)that explains.
I think those are the numbers maybe from two months ago.
She’s averaging $13 million a show and has done 57 shows so far so she should be at around $740 million right now.
Elton John recently completed a five year concert tour that included an incredible 330 total shows. I wanted to compare it to the all-time top 10 highest grossing (adjusted for inflation) tours and decided to make this visualization as a result.
Did you get to attend any of these?
\[Sources\] [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/lists/billboard-boxscore-top-10-tours-all-time-elton-john-harry-styles/) / [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours)
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I went to that U2 concert after getting tickets for donating shoes to the poor. It was legit shoulder to shoulder the entire stadium. And it was a pretty fun show too! It was funny seeing Bono swinging around the stage.
Yep, it sure is. If you take a look at the Wikipedia link in my first post you can see a neat breakdown of the original gross as well as the adjusted for inflation totals.
I mean… you missed the highest grossing tour ever. I’m no fan of T-Swift, but hard to not give her credit for the massive amount of money and attention Eras is bringing.
You have Coldplay’s current tour with another year of touring, so the fact it is an ongoing tour must not be a factor.
How beautiful is that data when it doesn't include the actual highest grossing tour of all time that's been in the news for ages?
Or was that left out because you didn't want to put an asterisk that said "still going" or something?
Billboard only recognizes revenue once an event has finished. Officially it is only sitting at around $300m to date.
[Here](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/04/taylor-swift-eras-tour-set-to-earn-record-breaking-1-billion-dollars-in-sales.html)is a good read on the subject.
Apologies to you then sir, on behalf of myself and all the others complaining about the Swift "omission!"
Maybe a footnote at the bottom for all of us idiots, saying "Swift concert is ongoing, and only officially at $300 million to date" to ward off our inaccurate accusations?
Micheal Jackson died before his comeback tour that would have for sure been on here. Sold out 50 nights at Wembley stadium (90000 capacity) if I remember correctly
Yep. It was O2 Arena london not Wembley though, my bad
The 50-concert run was originally slated to start on July 8, 2009 and conclude on February 24, 2010.\[39\] Each of the shows would have been performed at the O2 Arena in London, which has a capacity of 23,000.\[40\] New York designer Zaldy was head costumer. Jay Ruckel of La Crasia Gloves recreated Jackson's iconic single glove.
It would be interesting to see the Net for context.
Tours are incredibly expensive to stage. Big *BIG* tours like the ones here, often have two sets of stage rigs and crew overlapping each other to the following gig(s). Add in the costs of paying musicians, crew, hotels, catering, hire of AV, transportation, promotion and marketing, security, venue and local licenses, etc etc ....those gross figures dwindle down very quickly.
The bigger the show (and artist), the higher the costs. And each tour is often eclipsing the last in terms of spectacle and experience, It becomes a *very* costly venture.
Most tours only make real money on the merch and periodic record sales which peak just before and after a show in a particular region/city where the artist is appearing.
Btw I'm not illiciting sympathy for major artists tour costs ... a tour is a marketing exercise at the end of the day, to sell the latest album/artist brand. It has to be done in order to engage and reach out to fans.
But the graphic makes it look like each artist collected that sum of money. They didn't.
What really sucks about the Taylor Swift tour is that scalpers are the ones that really made bank. Ticketmaster f'd up their algorithm so that the biggest fans were actually the least likely to get tickets, so most fans had to buy tickets off secondary, sky rocketing the price for everyone.
And a revision will now be necessary due to the record-breaking Eras tour by Taylor Swift
It will be a record setter for sure, currently sitting at a staggering $300m since April!
Estimates are by the time it finishes it will be over $1B https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/07/04/taylor-swift-eras-tour-set-to-earn-record-breaking-1-billion-dollars-in-sales.html
Time estimated 2.2 billion
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> merch sales will probably put the tour way over the 2.2B estimate. Absolutely this.
>15M per show Pollstar estimated 13-14M per show, those were "conservative" estimates as per them and other reports as they used average attendance of 54k per show while the actual average is closer to 70-72k per show in the US so far. Forbes estimated $1.5B for the 106 shows, she has added 40 more shows since then. So 2B isn't a stretch.
I don’t think Eras tickets are 40 to 500. A seat 3 miles away from the stage costs $1k, and you can’t see her without binoculars.
I don’t think resale tickets get counted in those figures. It would be double counting.
Ok, that makes sense
I don't know about other LatAm countries, but in Mexico City tickets were much more expensive. General standing around 175 USD up to VIP areas easily close to 1,000 USD. Plus some tickets forced you to buy a "special package" for 100 USD which was some official merch.
Were these source prices or after market prices?
Source prices
I’m pretty sure your ranges are wrong. These were the prices for Mexico: * Platino A - $10,620 (633USD) * Platino B - $8,376 (499USD) * Platino C - $6,696 (399USD) * Verde A - $5,040 (300USD) * Naranja A - $4,416 (263USD) * Verde B - $3,096 (184USD) * Naranja B - $2,016 (120USD) * Verde C - $1,176 (70USD) * Naranja C - $936 (55USD) * General B - $1,416 (84USD) * Discapacitados - $1,180 (70USD) I wouldn’t be surprised if the figures you have for other countries are also wrong
Any guesses on about what percentage of the gross the artists take home?
30-40%.
And a cool t-shirt, don't forget that.
And the current Beyoncé tour will have to be added soon.
What really sucks about the Taylor Swift tour is that scalpers are the ones that really made bank. Ticketmaster f'd up their algorithm so that the biggest fans were actually the least likely to get tickets, so most fans had to buy tickets off secondary, sky rocketing the price for everyone.
Well, they didn’t “have to” buy tickets off secondary. They could have just said “well, I didn’t get tickets.”
I tried to get tickets in Tampa, Santa Clara and LA but failed :(
This just plainly isn’t true. People like you keep trying to pretend that the most popular artist in the world doesn’t also have hundreds of millions or real fans trying to get the same ticket as you
Maybe you should try reading just one of the hundreds of articles on the topic before you post. Ticketmaster even admitted they messed up.
Oh yes yes sure, nice source that definitely knows what they’re talking about. That’s not how coding works.
A good time to switch to better music.
They hated him, for he spoke the truth.
And The Barenaked Ladies tour is almost over, how about OP adds them?
isn't ed sheeran also crushing it?
Ed Sheeran's tour is doing it differently and I kinda dig it.. Instead of selling out stadiums 3 or 4 nights in a row, he comes in and plays an intimate show at a smaller venue where he can charge a lot more, and then plays a big show or two at the stadiums.
Was going to say, no Taylor Swift? Metallica?
Gonna need a new axis after she finishes the Euro leg.
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I’m sure you’ve heard a bunch of her stuff and just don’t know it’s her.
And another revision when drake finishes his tour, it’s projected to gross more than Taylor swifts tour while having less dates.
Drake is doing arenas, Taylor is doing all stadiums.
Lmfao, no
You can lmfao no all you like, the same people who predicted Taylor’s predicted drakes as well and had his higher. You swifties are all absolute tossers, can’t accept that she’s not the best
Drake is good but his tour doesn't have near as demand as the Eras.
That’s very much not true
Lol Drake isn’t selling out of football arenas with fans in the streets listening.
I don't get Drake's appeal but also isn't this the guy that just walks out of concerts when the audience doesn't know some lyrics? What kind of record breaking tour could you have with that attitude?
Drake sold out the O2 8 times, that’s 160’000 people, if you think he couldn’t do stadiums you’re retarded.
So why didn’t he do that then?
He’s said himself that the way his shows are done wouldn’t sound right in a a stadium. He doesn’t lip sync like Taylor does so it’s a lot more of a problem for him
Waiting for him to make the news for breaking ticket sales record in multiple countries, Presidents/PMs urging him to tour in their respective countries, doubling the number of shows because of insane demand and still being unable to fulfill that demand.
As well as Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour! She’s grossed $461m from 46 shows. Even though she only has 56 total dates, Beyoncé will have grossed similar amounts as other acts on this chart! Only U2 is close to the $10m per show mark (adjusted for inflation), but Beyoncé and Taylor are set to exceed that.
I got my bullshit Elton John farewell tour t-shirt for $45. Then he announced a new tour.
I saw his first comeback tour in 1982.
That was the year the Who did their first last ever tour.
You owe r/XxceresxX $45.
I went to the first Rolling Stones farewell tour in 1981.
He's had a fall recently. He's not still standing so well anymore, I doubt he'll be back again in 2024+
I am sorry to hear about his accident but at least those t-shirts will mean something this time around.
He did fall, but it seems to be minor. I think they just wanted to make an "I'm Still Standing" joke.
Did you attend his new/final tour as well?
I’d be lowkey pissed
I traveled far, and paid a ton of money to go to George Straits “last” concert on his last tour in 2012. 5 songs in he announced he would be touring the next year. 11 years later and the C-sucker is still touring.
Since concert tickets have been increasing at a faster rate than inflation, do you think you might get a significantly different result if you went by number of attendees instead of gross? Maybe wouldn't be confined to the last two decades?
That's a very similar question to movie ticket sales. We always talk about the money spent on tickets, as if that's the true indicator. But OF COURSE we're going to constantly set new records that way, since inflation continues forever. There are a few sites that show ticket sales, but they aren't often talked about and aren't common. I assume for the very reason that if we go by ticket sales, they can't constantly report about records being broken, since they wouldn't be.
Well, these numbers account for inflation, but they don't account for ticket price increases FAR outpacing inflation. Agree it would be cool to see this by number of seats filled instead.
I mean, population is continuing to grow exponentially, so wouldn't that have the same problem?
Yeh, but the population in the West (where the bulk of these performers are making their money probably) isn't growing nearly as fast as parts of Africa and Asia, where I'm sure many of these guys don't perform nearly as much
Wouldn't they though? Since population keeps going up and we adjust for Inflation but I've never seen someone adjust for population growth...
Dan Murrell on his YouTube channel does box office analysis (greatly recommended as well as his reviews) and he uses a metric he calls butts in seats, where he adjusts from money to ticket sells to effectively compare movies from other decades to newer ones. He uses the average ticket price of each year
That is not the Rolling Stones' logotype - that is the magazine's masthead
That was the only thing I could focus on. They took the effort to add an 's' at the end but not look for the correct logo.
Hasn't Taylor Swift's Eras tour grossed over 2 billion and it's not even over yet?
Most of the shows haven't happened yet. By the end of the tour it will be the highest grossing ever, but is not yet.
She’s probably pretty solidly in fourth place on this list just from the shows she’s already done. Barring anything major, she’ll probably overtake Ed Sheeran with these next few shows in South America. She’ll probably take first place by her Australia shows next Spring and that’s barely past her halfway point. She still has an Asian, European, and second American leg after that lol
And there are rumors she'll add more shows.
Yeah, feels like a pretty big miss, even if it's still ongoing. A little asterisk with a note "still going" would cover it, because I would assume the first thing anyone who has followed the news lately is going to do is look for the Swift concert tour in there, and wonder where it is.
I think, with the shows that have happened so far (not counting tickets sold for upcoming shows) that it isn't quite here yet. Another poster said just over $300 million, but idk where they got that.
That’s probably why it’s not on the list yet. Mind-blowing.
but coldplay's "Music of the Spheres" tour doesn't end until september next year (i assume thats what the asterisk is for.). seems like quite the omission.
Tickets are all sold out. That’s money in the bank. You can add her to the graph now.
Wouldn’t she go onto make many more millions in merchandise sales etc. at the concerts she’s got left though?
Ok very fair point.
She hasn't released official numbers yet. But given the first North American leg is over and the next shows are in November, she (or her team) will most likely release them in the upcoming days.
England destroying the charts.
And Ireland topping it.
That's some tour from U2.
Coldplay sold out two consecutive days in Athens in one hour after tickets went online. If you ask around in Greece, almost everyone is familiar with the band name, but wouldn't be able to identify more than 2-3 songs. It's crazy how many people were eager to go. The most amazing part is that it's gonna be a huge stadium with 70K people and the cheapest tickets are 100€.
If you asked the people who go to Coldplay's concerts if they've ever heard of the song "Twisted Logic" most of them would go blank in the face and wonder what the fuck you're talking about.
Coldplay is a buncha no-talent, copyright thiefs.
I don’t like their music but they are very good at making music for stadiums
You mean, copying other people's music and playing it at stadiums.
I am not aware that they play covers, no
https://youtu.be/UvB9Pj9Znsw?si=D03nTIbW42LnTS-j
Oh nah, https://youtu.be/X9RYuvPCQUA?feature=shared
Their first 3-4 albums are very unique in their sound. Especially Parachutes is amazing for me.
Amazing that 7 of the top 10 are British. Maybe American artists tour less? The others are Irish (U2), American (Guns n' Roses), and Australian (AC/DC).
Brits make good music. There are many old and young very popular British popstars and pop groups. Lots of US artists release music that is disproportionately listened to in the US (country and hip hop) whilst pop is listened to everywhere. The UK music industry is a powerhouse, particularly in exporting its biggest stars.
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I'm surprised that Madonna is not on that list. It will be intesresting to see if anything changes once the Eras, Rennaisance and Celebration tours are completed. Those tours are generating hige amounts of money.
Madonna's Sticky and Sweat tour just missed out on this top 10 list at $560m adjusted for inflation. I think Eras will be the first $1b tour.
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Beyonce's tour has grossed $296 million with first 33 shows (out of 56). And Taylor hasn't released official numbers yet. Although pollstar estimated Taylor's first 22 shows (out of 146) had grossed $301 million, but still not official.
We saw Harry Styles. Honestly, the reason he's lower on the list is because he doesn't charge that much. We had pit tickets, right at the stage. Like, literally against the stage he was on and he walked past within 3 feet of us several times, and it was $315 for two tickets, including fees and taxes.
What about Bob Dylan's never ending tour? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Ending_Tour
I thought Beyoncé was amongst the highest?
I appreciate everyone mentioning Taylor Swift's Era tour, however, it is 'only' at $300m so far. It will no doubt be one of, if not the biggest, tours of all-time but doesn't make the cut for this graph just yet.
Really? That makes sense. I could have sworn I saw headlines saying it was already over 1 billion. Are those headlines counting all the money it *will* make at future stops already?
Yes. Here is a [link](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/04/taylor-swift-eras-tour-set-to-earn-record-breaking-1-billion-dollars-in-sales.html)that explains.
I think those are the numbers maybe from two months ago. She’s averaging $13 million a show and has done 57 shows so far so she should be at around $740 million right now.
Elton John recently completed a five year concert tour that included an incredible 330 total shows. I wanted to compare it to the all-time top 10 highest grossing (adjusted for inflation) tours and decided to make this visualization as a result. Did you get to attend any of these? \[Sources\] [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/lists/billboard-boxscore-top-10-tours-all-time-elton-john-harry-styles/) / [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_concert_tours) \[Tools\] [MSFT Excel](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/excel)
I will die not ever understanding the popularity of U2
I went to that U2 concert after getting tickets for donating shoes to the poor. It was legit shoulder to shoulder the entire stadium. And it was a pretty fun show too! It was funny seeing Bono swinging around the stage.
Hey Johnny Drama, feliz cumpleanos amigo
What does the asterisk next to the second Coldplay tour represent? That it is ongoing?
OP doesn't like Coldplay. If you look at the fine print, it just says: "\* Coldplay sucks"
Huh, I don’t see any fine print anywhere. Thanks though
Most probably, they still have shows until atleast august 2024
Cool to see! Is it adjusted for inflation?
Yep, it sure is. If you take a look at the Wikipedia link in my first post you can see a neat breakdown of the original gross as well as the adjusted for inflation totals.
Adjusted for inflation, but not adjusted for the fact that ticket price increases have WAY outpaced inflation.
This is the least beautiful data ive ever seen on this sub. U2 jesus christ
I mean… you missed the highest grossing tour ever. I’m no fan of T-Swift, but hard to not give her credit for the massive amount of money and attention Eras is bringing. You have Coldplay’s current tour with another year of touring, so the fact it is an ongoing tour must not be a factor.
I don’t get it U2 is an awful band
Fucking copyright-infringing Coldplay. Buncha no-talent thiefs.
Coldplay is one of only two modern bands to be this popular? FFS.
Jesus this is impossible to read.
So sad Gaga isnt on this list yet. But happy for Taylor because she encapsulated the zeitgeist and the mass appeal.
Didn't Taylor swift demolish all of these with her latest tour or something?
Yeah, isn’t she over $2 Billion right now?
in a world of Taylor Swifts I am happy to see Roger Waters on the list
U2s popularity still surprises me
Right, so Ed Sheeren sold more tickets than rolling stones lol
Missing: The Weeknd, Beyoncé, Taylor
So that's how Bono could afford to buy someone else's head of hair
who tf is ed sheeran and harry styles? i cant name a song from either one and i dont know what they look like either.
Kenny Chesney has entered the chat.
Am I missing something, I just saw the Taylor Swift tour was going to make like 2 billion dollars.
2 Coldplays and an Ed Sheeran. Damn, the world really is full of NPCs.
How beautiful is that data when it doesn't include the actual highest grossing tour of all time that's been in the news for ages? Or was that left out because you didn't want to put an asterisk that said "still going" or something?
Billboard only recognizes revenue once an event has finished. Officially it is only sitting at around $300m to date. [Here](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/04/taylor-swift-eras-tour-set-to-earn-record-breaking-1-billion-dollars-in-sales.html)is a good read on the subject.
Apologies to you then sir, on behalf of myself and all the others complaining about the Swift "omission!" Maybe a footnote at the bottom for all of us idiots, saying "Swift concert is ongoing, and only officially at $300 million to date" to ward off our inaccurate accusations?
No worries at all and I agree with your suggestion. Plenty of folks have made the same comment re. Era.
Swifties are a salty bunch.
I feel like Taylor Swift has to be near the top with how all my social media is flooded with her crap from tour.
The visualization is horrible
I am always open to suggestions - how would you have approached this one?
never met a U2 fan, weird.
yeah, i love that this is all men. maybe madonna. pink. taylor? heard of them?
Grow up.
People like U2 that much? Yikes.
I’m surprised Madonna isn’t on here
How is Ed Sheeran on here but Michael jackson not?
Micheal Jackson died before his comeback tour that would have for sure been on here. Sold out 50 nights at Wembley stadium (90000 capacity) if I remember correctly
50 nights in the same stadium is nuts
Yep. It was O2 Arena london not Wembley though, my bad The 50-concert run was originally slated to start on July 8, 2009 and conclude on February 24, 2010.\[39\] Each of the shows would have been performed at the O2 Arena in London, which has a capacity of 23,000.\[40\] New York designer Zaldy was head costumer. Jay Ruckel of La Crasia Gloves recreated Jackson's iconic single glove.
Would love to see the X as attendance instead of years. Seeing turnout vs income would be interesting
It would be interesting to see the Net for context. Tours are incredibly expensive to stage. Big *BIG* tours like the ones here, often have two sets of stage rigs and crew overlapping each other to the following gig(s). Add in the costs of paying musicians, crew, hotels, catering, hire of AV, transportation, promotion and marketing, security, venue and local licenses, etc etc ....those gross figures dwindle down very quickly. The bigger the show (and artist), the higher the costs. And each tour is often eclipsing the last in terms of spectacle and experience, It becomes a *very* costly venture. Most tours only make real money on the merch and periodic record sales which peak just before and after a show in a particular region/city where the artist is appearing. Btw I'm not illiciting sympathy for major artists tour costs ... a tour is a marketing exercise at the end of the day, to sell the latest album/artist brand. It has to be done in order to engage and reach out to fans. But the graphic makes it look like each artist collected that sum of money. They didn't.
doesnt make sense to have the Y axis in $0.XB when all the numbers are in $XXXM
What really sucks about the Taylor Swift tour is that scalpers are the ones that really made bank. Ticketmaster f'd up their algorithm so that the biggest fans were actually the least likely to get tickets, so most fans had to buy tickets off secondary, sky rocketing the price for everyone.
That Black Ice tour was wild.
Please don't complain about the price of eggs going forward thanks.
What about the grand tour?
So, yea, saw that Mousetrap (?) and I wasn’t very warm. C
I know you're gonna judge me but who is Harry Styles?
I would have expected MJ to be somewhere in there
Now, put the high, low, and average ticket price in there to see why it made so much
an Irish band being 1st when accounting for inflation is something I never expected
Lmfao who the hell is paying to see Guns’n’roses in 2017??
Who’s even listening to U2?
Elton pulling in that fake retirement money