Elton John and the Rolling Stones offered greater than half a billion {dollars} of whole live performance tickets in 2022 with their respective excursions.
John earned over $334 million with 85 Farewell Yellow Brick Street dates, second solely to Unhealthy Bunny on Billboard‘s 2022 High Excursions chart. The Stones got here in at No. 6 with greater than $179 million, a formidable quantity contemplating they performed solely 20 reveals.
4 different rock excursions earned over $100 million on the highway final yr, led by Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers with $176 million from 31 reveals, the mixture of Def Leppard and Motley Crue with $173 million (35 reveals), Paul McCartney with $105 million (16 concert events) and Eagles with $104 million (40 reveals).
Additional down the listing, Weapons N’ Roses earned $93 million from 27 reveals, Genesis made $81 million from 35 farewell dates and Iron Maiden rang up $76 million from 47 reveals. Roger Waters and Billy Joel additionally made the High 40, with $66 and $65 million in respective ticket gross sales.
John’s farewell tour, which started in September 2018, is at the moment scheduled to finish with a July 8 present in Stockholm. The Rolling Stones are reportedly engaged on a brand new album, which might be their first assortment of authentic materials since 2005’s A Larger Bang.
After specializing in North America this previous summer time, Motley Crue and Def Leppard will deliver their co-headlining tour to the remainder of the world in 2023, with new guitarist John 5 taking up for Mick Mars.
Billboard High Tour Chart 2022
1. Unhealthy Bunny – $373,463,379 (65 reveals)
2. Elton John – $334,385,023 (84 reveals)
3. Ed Sheeran – $246,287,916 (63 reveals)
4. Harry Types – $214,408,180 (71 reveals)
5. Coldplay – $208,000,727 (40 reveals)
6. The Rolling Stones – $179,349,815 (20 reveals)
7. Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers – $176,998,650 (31 reveals)
8. Def Leppard and Motley Crue – $173,474,649 (35 reveals)
9. Kenny Chesney – $135,046,047 (41 reveals)
10. The Weeknd – $131,056,262 (19 reveals)
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