Elton John and the Rolling Stones bought greater than half a billion {dollars} of complete live performance tickets in 2022 with their respective excursions.
John earned over $334 million with 85 Farewell Yellow Brick Highway 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 exhibits.
4 different rock excursions earned over $100 million on the highway final yr, led by Pink Scorching Chili Peppers with $176 million from 31 exhibits, the mix of Def Leppard and Motley Crue with $173 million (35 exhibits), Paul McCartney with $105 million (16 concert events) and Eagles with $104 million (40 exhibits).
Additional down the listing, Weapons N’ Roses earned $93 million from 27 exhibits, Genesis made $81 million from 35 farewell dates and Iron Maiden rang up $76 million from 47 exhibits. 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 unique materials since 2005’s A Larger Bang.
After specializing in North America this previous summer season, Motley Crue and Def Leppard will carry their co-headlining tour to the remainder of the world in 2023, with new guitarist John 5 taking on for Mick Mars.
Billboard High Tour Chart 2022
1. Unhealthy Bunny – $373,463,379 (65 exhibits)
2. Elton John – $334,385,023 (84 exhibits)
3. Ed Sheeran – $246,287,916 (63 exhibits)
4. Harry Types – $214,408,180 (71 exhibits)
5. Coldplay – $208,000,727 (40 exhibits)
6. The Rolling Stones – $179,349,815 (20 exhibits)
7. Pink Scorching Chili Peppers – $176,998,650 (31 exhibits)
8. Def Leppard and Motley Crue – $173,474,649 (35 exhibits)
9. Kenny Chesney – $135,046,047 (41 exhibits)
10. The Weeknd – $131,056,262 (19 exhibits)
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