Pollstar has announced that Taylor Swift‘s “Eras” tour and Coldplay’s “Music Of The Spheres” world tour have set benchmarks in the global concert industry! Swift’s tour is the first tour to gross more than $2 billion. Coldplay’s tour sold over 10.3 million tickets, the most by any artist on a single tour. As you’d expect, both tours took the top two spots on Pollstar’s Top 200 Worldwide Top Touring Artists chart.
Taylor Swift’s tour grossed $2,201,107,485 ($1.04 billion and more than 5.2 million tickets sold across 80 shows during the reporting period). Notably, the tour also became the first in history to surpass the $1 billion milestone last year. With 10.05 million tickets sold, Taylor Swift now holds the record for the most tickets sold on any tour by a solo artist.
“2024 has proven to be a historic year for the live entertainment industry, one we may never see again in our lifetimes,” said Andy Gensler, Pollstar editor-in-chief. “While the industry has slowed since 2023, we still saw record-setting revenues, with the top two tours of all time running concurrently. Taylor Swift’s powerhouse ‘Eras’ tour shattered the all-time touring record with an estimated $2.2 billion gross. Meanwhile, Coldplay’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour sold over 10.3 million tickets, the most by any artist in live entertainment history. The tour has also grossed over $1.3 billion to date and remains the second highest-grossing tour ever, with 48 more dates scheduled in 2025. We are honored to feature them on the cover of Pollstar’s Year End Special, the largest issue in Pollstar’s 42-year history. I am immensely proud of the work our team has put into creating this monumental edition.”
Joining Switch (#1) and Coldplay (#2) on Pollstar’s Top 200 Worldwide Top Touring Artists chart are: P!NK (#3), Luis Miguel (#4), Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (#5), Bad Bunny (#7), Zach Bryan (#8), Metallica (#9) and Madonna (#10).
The only band rockers truly give a shit about: Metallica grossed $179.4 million from 1.5 million tickets sold at 24 reported concerts.
BTW, total grosses for the Top 100 Worldwide Top Touring Artists were up to a record-breaking $9.49 billion (2023’s total was $9.2 billion).
Any bands on the Top 200 Worldwide Top Touring Artists chart that surprises you?
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