Taylor Swift’s massively popular “Eras” tour, which has sold out stadiums for multiple nights throughout the U.S., defeated Harry Styles and rock legends Bruce Springsteen and Elton John for the biggest tour so far this year.
KEY FACTS
Swift’s Eras tour has grossed more than $300.8 million, with an average ticket price of just over $250 and an average attendance of nearly 54,000 over 38 performances through the end of June, according to data from Pollstar—Swift is set to perform a whopping total of 117 worldwide performances on the tour through August 2023.
Springsteen, whose 2023 tour as Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band grossed less than half as much as the Eras tour has through the end of June, at just over $142.6 million over 28 shows in the U.S. and 20 in Europe, with an average ticket price of $211.
Styles, whose “Love on Tour” has mainly been outside the U.S. after a 15-night run at Madison Square Garden in New York City last fall, came in at No. 3 so far in 2023, grossing $124 million with an average ticket price of $115.
Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” tour came in behind Styles, grossing $110.3 million, with average ticket prices going for nearly $164 and just over 20,300 tickets sold per show.
Ed Sheeran came in at No. 5 with his “+–=÷×” tour, which has grossed more than $105.3 million so far this year, with an average ticket price of $104.20 and more than 40,400 tickets sold per show, on average, putting him just above the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Coldplay and Daddy Yankee.
ACCORDING TO POLLSTAR
Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – 2023 Tour
Harry Styles – Love on Tour
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Tour
Ed Sheeran – +–=÷× Tour
Red Hot Chili Peppers – 2023 Global Stadium Tour
Coldplay – Music of the Spheres Tour
Daddy Yankee – La Última Vuelta World Tour
Kevin Hart – The Reality Check Tour
Bad Bunny – World’s Hottest Tour
BIG NUMBER
$1.4 billion. That’s how much Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour is projected to bring in through August 2024, when the tour is set to conclude, according to a Pollstar report. The first 22 North American performances of the tour grossed more than $300 million, with nearly $110 million of that going directly to Swift, after subtracting promotional and production costs.
FORBES VALUATION
We estimate Swift’s net worth to be roughly $740 million as of June 1, putting her at 34th on Forbes’ 2023 list of self-made women—though the Eras tour could bring her into billionaire status.
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW
When Madonna and Celine Dion’s two worldwide tours will start, after the pop icons both announced postponements due to medical issues. Madonna, whose “Celebration” tour was set to kick off in July, postponed the start of the tour after she was hospitalized with a bacterial infection in June, though her tour manager said he expects the seven-time Grammy Award winner to make a full recovery. Dion canceled her upcoming tour in May, after she was diagnosed with a rare muscular disorder called stiff-person syndrome.
