Raging on the Road
THE In a fragmented market for music consumption, the biggest revenue comes from the GRAMMY road. The top 100 worldwide tours grossed $4.88 billion in 2016, up 4% from 2015, ISSUE according to Pollstar. In North America, the top 100 grossed a record $3.34 billion, up 7%. Raging An unprecedented 43.63 million tickets were sold in North America (a gain of 4%), with the average price hitting a record $76.55 (up 3%). Bruce Springsteen had the world’s biggest tour, drawing a career-best $268.3 million in sales on 2.4 million tickets. He was followed by Beyoncé and Coldplay. But it was a new on the concept, Desert Trip in California’s Coachella Valley, that set a world single-event record, grossing $160.1 million over two weekends, with performances by the Rolling Stones, Road Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Bob Dylan, the Who, and Neil Young. The Top 100 Worldwide Tours of 2016 Avg. ticket Avg. Average Cities/ Gross in Avg. ticket Avg. Average Cities/ Gross in Artist Agency price tickets Total tickets gross shows millions Artist Agency price tickets Total tickets gross shows millions 1 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band BPB Consulting/CAA $111.48 36,464 2,406,591 $4,064,939 66/76 $268.3 51 Def Leppard Artist Group International $52.14 10,634 616,753 $554,399 58/58 $32.2 2 Beyoncé CAA $114.59 48,642 2,237,542 $5,573,702 46/49 $256.2 52 André Rieu André Rieu Productions $88.11 7,931 364,821 $698,774 46/60 $32.1 3 Coldplay Paradigm/X-ray Touring $90.05 60,828 2,676,425 $5,477,701 44/60 $241.0 53 Keith Urban CAA $51.10 11,047 618,627 $564,514
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