2023 was a large yr for stay live shows, even in the event you look previous the $1 billion+ generated by the Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour.’ Right here’s a fast breakdown.
Based on Pollstar information, the overall grosses for the 2023 worldwide high excursions was up 46% from 2022 numbers. The highest 100 excursions grossed $9.17 billion this yr, up from $6.28 billion in 2022. The typical gross per present is up 53% to $2.37 million per present, in comparison with simply $1.54 million in 2022. It highlights simply how a lot stay leisure has returned to type following the pandemic years.
Attendance will increase had been additionally up with whole ticket gross sales up 18.4% with 70 million tickets offered in 2023 in comparison with 59 million in 2022. Common ticket costs had been additionally up round 23% from $106 in 2022 to $130 in 2023. After a depressed 2020/21 stay occasion ticketing season, 2023 has taken off like a rocket.
Prime touring artists this yr embody Taylor Swift (‘Eras Tour’), Beyoncé (‘Renaissance Tour’), and Bruce Springsteen (‘Springsteen and the E Avenue Band 2023 Tour’) accounting for 21.8% of the highest 100 worldwide gross. Taylor Swift herself set an all-time file as the primary tour to gross over $1 billion. Beyoncé grossed $580 million in 56 reveals, whereas Bruce Springsteen introduced in $379.5 million with a comparatively low common ticket worth. So who had been the highest grossing touring artists of 2023?
Prime Grossing Touring Artists of 2023 — Based on Pollstar
- Taylor Swift | $1,039,263,762 billion
- Beyoncé | 579,813,546 million
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Avenue Band | $379,496,085 million
- Coldplay | $325,456,865 million
- Harry Types | $290,547,352 million
- Morgan Wallen | $284,837,096 million
- Ed Sheeran | $268,017,633 million
- P!NK | $231,681,720 million
- The Weeknd | $220,985,529 million
- Drake | $184,926,733 million
Each out there metric factors to 2023 being a record-setting yr for stay live performance occasions, with 2024 poised to hold on the momentum. Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, Drake, and lots of extra are persevering with their excursions all through the world. The absence of stay music occasions for 2 years in (2020/21) has been sorely felt because the world scrambles to see their favourite artists as soon as once more.