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Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Pink among Billboard's Top 10 Tours of 2023

The details of  Billboard 's  Top Tours of 2023,  based on how much each act's trek earned at the box office, have been revealed, and  Taylor Swift  is nowhere to be found.

That's not because her Eras Tour wasn't successful. Rather, as  Billboard  explains, figures for the Eras Tour have not yet been reported to  Billboard,  which disqualifies Taylor from appearing on the year-end chart. That leaves her pal  Beyoncé  to take the number-one spot, with her Renaissance tour grossing $570.5 million this year.

Coldplay  is second on the list, with grosses of $342.5 million for their Music of the Spheres tour, followed by  Harry Styles ' Love On Tour in third place with just over $338 million.  Ed Sheeran  is #5 with just under $257 million, while  Pink  is #6 with just under $227 million.  Elton John 's Farewell Tour, which came to an end on July 8, is #7 with $210 million, and  The Weeknd  is #8 with $192.5 million.

Other artists who made the list of the Top 40 Tours of the Year include  Shania Twain ,  Bruno Mars ,  Imagine Dragons ,  Michael Bublé ,  Lizzo ,  Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks  and  Sting .

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As in most other areas, Taylor Swift dominated the touring landscape in 2023. Her The Eras Tour grossed more than $1 billion , the biggest haul for any tour ever.

But there were other notable acts making big bucks on the road this year, including Beyoncé , Harry Styles and Drake .

Scroll through the gallery below to see who came out where on the list.

1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

2. Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour

$579 million

3. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band 2023 World Tour

$379 million

4. Coldplay: Music Of The Spheres Tour

$325 million

5. Harry Styles: Love On Tour

$290 million

6. Morgan Wallen: Dangerous Tour

$284 million

7. Ed Sheeran: + – = ÷ x Tour

$268 million

8. P!NK: Summer Carnival Tour

$231 million

9. The Weeknd: After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour

$220 million

10. Drake: It’s All A Blur Tour

$184 million

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Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Pink among Billboard’s Top 10 Tours of 2023

The details of  Billboard ‘s  Top Tours of 2023,  based on how much each act’s trek earned at the box office, have been revealed, and  Taylor Swift  is nowhere to be found.

That’s not because her Eras Tour wasn’t successful. Rather, as  Billboard  explains, figures for the Eras Tour have not yet been reported to  Billboard,  which disqualifies Taylor from appearing on the year-end chart. That leaves her pal  Beyoncé  to take the number-one spot, with her Renaissance tour grossing $570.5 million this year.

Coldplay  is second on the list, with grosses of $342.5 million for their Music of the Spheres tour, followed by  Harry Styles ‘ Love On Tour in third place with just over $338 million.  Ed Sheeran  is #5 with just under $257 million, while  Pink  is #6 with just under $227 million.  Elton John ‘s Farewell Tour, which came to an end on July 8, is #7 with $210 million, and  The Weeknd  is #8 with $192.5 million.

Other artists who made the list of the Top 40 Tours of the Year include  Shania Twain ,  Bruno Mars ,  Imagine Dragons ,  Michael Bublé ,  Lizzo ,  Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks  and  Sting .

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Rock Dominates Over Half of Billboard’s New Top 10 Highest Grossing Tours of All Time

In Billboard Boxscore 's updated list of the top 10 highest grossing tours of all time, rock holds on strong and dominates over half the list, with two other active tours by young and veteran artists bookending the ranking.

Top Grossing Tours: No. 10 - No. 5

One of those active tours is English pop superstar Harry Styles ' Love On Tour, which has been ongoing since 2021, raking in an impressive $418 million so far, which is good enough to secure the No. 10 spot.

Appearing next at No. 9 is AC/DC 's Black Ice World Tour, which took place from 2008 to 2010. Across 107 shows attended by 2.8 million people, the run grossed $442 million. Pink Floyd bassist and co-singer Roger Waters occupies No. 8 as The Wall Live took in $459 million after playing to 4.1 million people at 219 total gigs.

Coldplay , who are rock to some and not to others (we'll let you decide for yourself), brought in $524 million on the A Head Full of Dreams Tour, which made 115 stops in front of 5.4 million fans. That landed them at No. 7 on the updated list.

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Coming in at No. 6 and No. 5 are The Rolling Stones , who earned $547 million and $558 million on the No Filter Tour (2017-2019, 2021) and A Bigger Bang Tour (2005-2007), respectively. Comparatively, the more recent run was comprised of 58 shows for 2.9 million people and the mid-2000s jaunt was a more exhausting 111 shows for 3.5 million fans. It's safe to say the Stones earn quite a lot more per show these days!

Top Grossing Tours: No. 4 - No. 1

One of the most attention-grabbing tours of the last decade was certainly the Not In This Lifetime... tour, which featured the return of Slash and Duff McKagan to Guns N' Roses . After playing 158 shows to a whopping 5.4 million fans, GN'R netted $584 million, which places them at No. 4 on Billboard's list.

There's a significant gap in gross sales from the first seven tours on the list and the top three, leaping from GN'R's $584 million all the way up to $736 million for U2 's 2009 through 2011 U2 360° Tour. The band played 110 shows on that run and a staggering 7.3 million people showed up.

No. 2 is another younger artist, English sensation Ed Sheeran , whose 2017 through 2019 The Divide Tour found him playing 258 gigs in front of 8.9 million fans. And $776 million was earned.

Finally, the No. 1 spot is claimed by a world-renowned legend whose tour is still ongoing, meaning these figures are going to keep increasing. Sir Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour initially ran from 2018 through 2020, but was interrupted by the pandemic. He got back on the road last year and, so far, this tour has brought in $853 million. The living legend's tour has sold 5.5 million tickets across 293 shows.

Past Touring Stats

In addition to tracking those top grossing tours of all time, Billboard regularly tracks the highest grossing tours of each year. Last year, the list had a healthy amount of rock and metal acts, from Iron Maiden (No. 26) through The Rolling Stones (No. 6). Read more here  and for 2021's year-end figures, head here .

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Rock Artists Make Up One-Third of 2023 ‘Billboard’ Top Tours List

Billboard  has released their 2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts for touring, and rock artists fared incredibly well.

Per an infographic shared via social media, rock artists accounted for 32.4% of the top 100 tours of 2023. However,  Billboard  noted of rock and pop’s combined figures, “While pop and rock have long dominated the touring space, the two central genres’ combined market share has dropped from 69% in 2019, to 59% in 2022, and now to 48% in 2023.”

From K-pop to Latin and beyond, Billboard’s Boxscore charts are undergoing a facelift, spotlighted by a diverse crop of artists crowding the 2023 year-end report. While pop and rock have long dominated the touring space, the two central genres’ combined market share has dropped… pic.twitter.com/AQjym0D9e9 — billboard (@billboard) December 4, 2023

Regardless, many rock artists found themselves in the top 40 of the publication’s Year-End 2023 Top Tours list . The include the following:

-2. Coldplay ($342.5M gross) -7. Elton John ($210M gross) -9. Depeche Mode ($175.2M gross) -14. Metallica ($125.8M gross) -15. Dead & Company ($114.7M gross) -18. Guns N’ Roses ($96.2M gross) -19. blink-182 ($95.7M gross) -20. Muse ($92.7M gross) -23. Red Hot Chili Peppers ($77.2M gross) -24. Phish ($76.8M gross) -25. Eagles ($76.4M gross) -30. Dave Matthews Band ($66.6M gross) -31. Trans-Siberian Orchestra ($66.5M gross) -39. Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks ($56M gross) -40. Sting ($55.7M gross)

Elton John’s Historic Year

Among the top rock artists on Billboard ‘s Year-End 2023 Top Tours list is Elton John. In 2023, the world saw Sir Elton officially say goodbye to touring in July with the final show of his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour.

Before Taylor Swift came and made an obscene amount of money with her “Eras Tour,” Billboard reported in January  that John’s farewell tour grossed more than any other tour in history. At that time, the tour had grossed $817.9 million over the course of 278 shows. That shattered the previous record holder, which was Ed Sheeran. His “The Divide Tour” raked in $776.4 million in 258 shows.

The setlist from Sir Elton’s final show on July 8 in Stockholm, Sweden is below.

Bennie and the Jets Philadelphia Freedom I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues Border Song Tiny Dancer Have Mercy on the Criminal Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Take Me to the Pilot Someone Saved My Life Tonight Levon Candle in the Wind Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Burn Down the Mission Sad Songs (Say So Much) Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me The Bitch Is Back I’m Still Standing Crocodile Rock Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

Encore Cold Heart Your Song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Rock’s Greatest Live Albums: Top 40 Ranked

40. billy joel – ‘songs in the attic’ (1981).

Billy Joel made excellent records in his early career, but nearly every song on this collection (recorded at various venues on his 1980 tour) sounds better live. The single LP was so packed he didn’t even bother to include “Piano Man.”

39. Yes – “Yessongs’ (1973)

Progressive rock at its finest. This triple (!) live LP came on the heels of the only two albums recorded with the band’s best lineup (Chris Squire on bass, Jon Anderson on vocals, Bill Bruford on drums, Steve Howe on guitar and Rick Wakeman on keyboards) -- ‘Fragile’ and ‘Close To The Edge.’ But Bruford quit at the beginning of the tour, so most of this album features Alan White, whose playing was much better suited for the arenas that Yes was now headlining.

38. The Kinks – ‘One For The Road’ (1980)

The classic version of “Lola” comes from this live album, and that alone earns it a spot on this list.

37. Thin Lizzy – ‘Live And Dangerous’ (1978)

Like a lot of other albums on this list, there’s at least a bit of post-production sweetening here, but the final result is one of the greatest albums -- “live” or otherwise -- in ‘70s hard rock.

36. Rush – ‘Exit… Stage Left’ (1981)

Coming off of their best album, 1981’s ‘Moving Pictures’ was the perfect time for Rush to show off their live prowess; the heavy prog rock band somehow went from cult phenomenon to arena headliners. The album was so packed with classics that even “Limelight” (a song from ‘Moving Pictures’ that was an ode to playing live) didn’t make the album, despite being a recent radio hit. Neil Peart’s drum solo in “YYZ” is so iconic, many fans who aren’t even drummers know it by heart.

35. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – ‘The Live Anthology’ (2009)

For some reason, Petty never had a definitive live album, but this collection, with performances from 1978 through 2007 is an amazing collection that shows that Petty and the Heartbreakers were one of the best live bands in the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and the ‘00s.

34. Neil Young & Crazy Horse – ‘Live Rust’ (1979)

As the ‘70s came to a close, punk rock bands were making the hippies from the ‘60s look obsolete. Neil Young was an exception and this raging, roaring live album with Crazy Horse shows why: on songs like “Hey, Hey, My, My (Into The Black)” and “Sedan Delivery,” they play as furiously as the Sex Pistols. Not that they left psychedelic jams in the past: “Cortez The Killer” and “Like A Hurricane” were improvisational gems, and Young still was great at playing solo folk, as he demonstrated on “Sugar Mountain” and “I Am A Child.”

33. Lynyrd Skynyrd – ‘One More From The Road’ (1976)

If you never had the opportunity to see Lynyrd Skynyrd during Ronnie Van Zant’s lifetime (and let’s give props to Johnny Van Zant, who has done a great job fronting the band for decades), this is the closest that you’ll get. They released this after having only three studio albums, which gave them more than enough material for a double live album. Besides showing off their southern pride on “‘T’ For Texas” they also provied themselves to be blues-rock equals of their idols in Cream on Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads.” And of course, this album has the definitive -- “What song is it you want to hear?” -- “Freebird.”

32. Janis Joplin – ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (1998)

Recorded at the Woodstock festival in 1969, Joplin performed ten hours later than scheduled, and partially due to that, she wasn’t as transcendent as she was at her Monterey Pop Festival performance a few years earlier. But Jopin at less than full power is better than most artists on their best night, as evidenced here. Robert Plant, Steven Tyler, Ann Wilson and Axl Rose are among the singers still carrying Joplin’s influence today.

31. Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Randy Rhoads Tribute’ (1987)

Recorded in 1980 and 1981 during Ozzy’s first tours as a solo artist. His two albums with his original guitarist Randy Rhoads (who tragically died in a plane crash in 1982) held up to his earlier material with Black Sabbath, and his live band (Rhoads, bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Tommy Aldridge) packed almost as much of a punch as Sabbath. Someone send this (along with ‘Blizzard of Oz’ and ‘Diary of a Madman’) to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voters, already: Randy Rhoads needs to be inducted.

30. The Runaways – ‘Live In Japan’ (1977)

It’s a rough and ragged live album, and that’s appropriate: we’re talking about the Runaways here. Opening with “Queens Of Noise” (a theme song of sorts), they owned iconic songs like the Velvet Underground’s “Rock and Roll” and the Troggs’ “Wild Thing.” And their own classic, “Cherry Bomb,” holds its own against those two timeless jams.

29. Queen – ‘Live Killers’ (1979)

In the ‘80s, Queen kept cranking out pop singles, but by the end of the ‘70s, they were still very much a rock band and that’s on full display here. While the critics didn’t love the album, they didn’t get Queen anyway, and for years, this was the only authorized documentation of a Queen concert.

28. Iron Maiden – ‘Live After Death’ (1985)

In 1984, when this album was recorded, Maiden was graduating to arena-headlining status, and they did it without having to rely on hit singles: they were the rare band to achieve that kind of popularity without having to hear complaints of “selling out.” It might have been hard to imagine them headlining such big venues with original singer Paul Di’Anno, but Bruce Dickinson, who had fronted the band for three studio albums at this point, had the voice and the presence to deliver Maiden’s metal to the largest venues imaginable (and they still play to enormous crowds today, particularly overseas).

27. The Rolling Stones – ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out’ (1970)

This album, recorded in 1969, came at a particularly great era for the Stones; Mick Taylor had just replaced Brian Jones a few months before, tightening up the band’s live sound. This was also the last tour before they started adding extra musicians: you’re just hearing Taylor, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and longtime touring pianist Ian Stewart. The classic version of “Midnight Rambler” comes from this album.

26. Otis Redding – ‘Live In Europe’ (1967)

Redding was one of the greatest singers in the world in the late ‘60s, and on this album, he was backed by one of the greatest bands: Booker T & The MGs. Together, they were a force of nature. Highlights included “Respect” (Otis sang it before Aretha), his cover of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and the Beatles’ “Day Tripper.”

25. The Yardbirds – ‘Five Live Yardbirds’ (1964)

This also happens to be the Yardbirds’ debut album; their lead guitarist at the time was a young Eric Clapton who quickly outgrew the band but his playing here holds up to nearly anything he’s done since.

24. Pearl Jam – ‘October 31st, 2009 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia’ (2009)

There are so many Pearl Jam performances to choose from, as they’ve released authorized bootlegs of all of their shows for more than ten years. But this show had a special energy to it: it was the last concert ever at Philadelphia’s Spectrum, it was on Halloween, it was across the highway from a New York Yankees/Philadelphia Phillies World Series game, and it was the longest show the band had ever played at that point. It featured, among other surprises, their first performance of “Bugs,” and the rarely performed “Out Of My Mind” and “Sweet Lew.” Not to mention a cover of “Whip It” in full Devo costumes.

23. David Bowie – ‘Live Santa Monica ‘72’ (2008)

Originally available as a bootleg, it was later legitimately released, and some may prefer ‘Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture’ from this same tour. But the Santa Monica show was recorded months earlier, when Bowie was still all-in with the ‘Ziggy Stardust’ persona and has a bit more intensity and less weariness. The band, led by guitarist Mick Ronson, was in top form.

22. AC/DC – ‘If You Want Blood, You’ve Got It’ (1978)

Of course, AC/DC’s biggest success came with singer Brian Johnson, but as a live band, they were at their best when the late Bon Scott gripped the mic. As the late Malcolm Young once said about the album, “We were young, fresh, vital and kicking ass."

21. Nirvana – ‘Live At Reading’ (2009)

This is the 1992 show where Kurt Cobain was rolled onto the stage in a wheelchair while wearing a hospital gown. He, and the band, were still having fun with their success, even as they questioned it. They were on top of the world thanks to the meteoric success of ‘Nevermind,’ and they played most of that album. Cobain gave a shoutout to his 12-day old daughter and led the audience in chanting, “Courtney, we love you!” The performances were furious and proved why Nirvana was the band that everyone was watching, and listening to, in ‘92.

20. Talking Heads – ‘Stop Making Sense’ (1984)

Stop Making Sense’ is generally regarded as one of the greatest concert films ever, but even divorced of the visuals, the live album is a classic. Talking Heads made great records, but these live versions of “Girlfriend Is Better” and “Life During Wartime” top the originals.

19. Johnny Cash – ‘At Folsom Prison’ (1968)

The line, “I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die” might get a rise out of a lot of audiences. But when Johnny Cash sang it for an audience of inmates at Folsom Prison, it obviously took on a new meaning; some of the faces looking back at Cash may actually have done just that, and they were paying the price. Cash sings some of his heaviest numbers, including “25 Minutes To Go” and “Dark As A Dungeon,” but maintained his sense of humor in his in-between song banter, and also on “Busted.”

18. Elton John – ‘11-17-70’ (1971)

Elton John himself has cited this as his best live recording. The album title commemorates the date that it was recorded, and on November 17, 1970, he wasn’t yet a star. It’s hard to imagine these days, but in 1970, Elton John was an up-and-coming artist with something to prove, and he played like his life depended on it. He hadn’t yet added guitarist Davey Johnstone to his band; back then, it was just the trio of him, bassist Dee Murray and drummer Nigel Olsson. Legend has it that Elton cut his hand during the show, and by the time it was over, the piano keys were covered with blood. And it sounds like it.

17. Bob Dylan – ‘The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966, ‘The Royal Albert Hall’ Concert’ (1998)

‘The Royal Albert Hall’ is in quotes because (as most Dylan fans know) this concert t was actually recorded at the Manchester Free Trade Hall during Dylan's world tour in 1966, but the much-bootlegged show was often falsely attributed to the Royal Albert Hall on the illicit recordings. The show is legendary for its second set, which featured an electric rock band, much to the horror of Dylan’s folkie fans. The acoustic songs are great -- Dylan was a master solo performer, even though he was losing interest -- but the electric set was Dylan as his most defiant; it’s almost punk rock at points.

16. Cheap Trick – ‘At Budokan’ (1979)

Sure, Cheap Trick’s first three albums were great, but when you want to hear “Surrender” or “Hello There” or “Big Eyes” or “I Want You To Want Me,” you’re gonna reach for your ‘At Budokan’ LP. Like some of the other live albums on this list, it took the band from the trenches and made them stars.

15. Bruce Springsteen – ‘Hammersmith Odeon, London ‘75’ (2006)

When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band hit Europe on their ‘Born To Run’ tour, the hype was so overwhelming that there was a certain skepticism from the audience, and even Springsteen was annoyed with his record label. But this show, recorded on November 18, 1975 launched him as a major star in Europe; he remains incredibly popular there to this day.

14. Deep Purple – ‘Made In Japan’ (1973)

Like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple took their muscular blues-based compositions to different places in concert via their improvisational jams. Singer Ian Gillan really shines here, particularly on “Child In Time” (possibly his finest moment). This album is one of the blueprints for live heavy metal for decades to come.

13. U2 – ‘Under A Blood Red Sky’ (1983)

Once upon a time, U2 were a post-punk band who wore their hearts on their sleeves; they were trying to take over the world, they hadn’t yet discovered sarcasm, they still thought mullets were cool and they didn’t bother with stage production of any kind. ‘Under A Blood Red Sky’ caught them towards the end of the era before they were huge rock stars, but were intent on stepping into the shoes of the Who and the Clash.

12. Aretha Franklin – ‘Live At Fillmore West’ (1971)

A great singer can sing anything; Franklin was one of the greatest (maybe *the* greatest) and so when she hit the storied rock venue the Fillmore West, she had some appropriate covers in her set: the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby,” Stephen Stills’ “Love The One You’re With” and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Those interpretations held up to her own repertoire, which included “Respect” and “Dr. Feelgood.” Bonus: Ray Charles shows up for “Spirit In The Dark.”

11. Motorhead – ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’ (1981)

Released at the peak of Motorhead’s career, it follows their ‘Overkill,’ ‘Bomber’ and ‘Ace of Spades’ albums - records that had impossibly fast jams. And, crazily enough, they got even faster on ‘No Sleep.’ Motorhead released a lot of live albums, but this is the best of them.

10. Bob Marley & The Wailers – ‘Live!’ (1975)

The studio version of “No Woman No Cry” from 1974’s ‘Natty Dread’ was lovely, but the live version, taken from this album, is the definitive one. How did reggae cross over from Jamaica to huge audiences in America? ‘Live!’ had a lot to do with it.

9. Peter Frampton – ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ (1976)

By 1975 when this album was recorded, former Humble Pie singer/guitarist Peter Frampton had released four solo albums, none of which made much impact. But, true to the album’s title, some of the songs came alive in concert; ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ topped the album charts and was the best selling album of 1976, making Frampton a huge star.

8. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – ‘Live Bullet’ (1976)

Seger tells the audience during the second concert taped for this album, “As I told everybody last night, I was reading in Rolling Stone where they said, ‘Detroit audiences are the greatest rock & roll audiences in the world.’ I thought to myself, ‘S---! I've known that for ten years!’” That audience may well have inspired the performances here, which are now iconic. In 1975, when the album was recorded, Seger was huge in the Motor City, but soon after the release of this album, he became one of America’s biggest rock stars.

7. KISS – ‘Alive’ (1975)

“You wanted the best? You got the best! The hottest band in the world: KISS!” That quote, which opens every KISS concert to this day, has become something of a cliche in recent decades. But in 1975, it was actually true. And even though a lot of post-production tightened up the live album, it captures the excitement of KISS’s live shows back when KISS weren’t yet a merchandising machine and they still had something to prove.

6. Santana – ‘The Woodstock Experience’ (2009)

Santana hadn’t yet released their debut album, but after their performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, they were stars. Listen to this album and you’ll understand why. Even if their entire career ended here, they’d still be legendary. “Soul Sacrifice” is one of the greatest live performances ever.

5. The Allman Brothers Band – ‘At Fillmore East’ (1971)

Recorded at the Fillmore East in New York In March of 1971 the album was released in July of that same year, just three months before leader and guitarist Duane Allman’s tragic death. ‘At Fillmore East’ truly marked the end of an era, and saw one of rock’s greatest talents in peak form. The rest of the band were incredible as well -- particularly singer Gregg Allman. This is improvisational rock music at its finest.

4. James Brown – ‘Live At The Apollo, 1962’ (1963)

While Brown wouldn’t have considered himself “rock and roll,” he certainly made an impact on any rock and roll frontperson with his records and his live shows. Mick Jagger, Roger Daltrey, Steven Tyler and Bruce Springsteen all took note of Brown’s power as a live performer (and Springsteen surely noted the tight ship that Brown ran when it came to leading his band).

3. Jimi Hendrix – ‘Live At Monterey’ (1986)

Yes, this is the historic 1967 concert where he blew minds, torched his guitar and became a star in the U.S. (he was already popular in the U.K.). That context is useful, but even without it, this performance shows the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the top of their game. Hendrix made some iconic songs his own (“Like A Rolling Stone,” “Wild Thing” and of course, “Hey Joe”) and showed that his own material could hold up to those classics.

2. Led Zeppelin – ‘How The West Was Won’ (2003)

Better late than never: it took more than two decades after Led Zeppelin’s dissolution for the band to put out the definitive live document of their live prowess. Compiled from two 1972 shows, it showcases the band at the peak of their powers. Their shorter songs pack a mighty punch, but they also flex their improvisational muscles on extended versions of “Dazed And Confused” and “Whole Lotta Love.” And of course, their acoustic set (with “Going To California,” “That’s The Way” and “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”) was gorgeous.

1.The Who – ‘Live At Leeds’ (1970)

The Who’s studio albums make up one of the greatest discographies in popular music, but none of them matched the raw power of ‘Live At Leeds.’ In recent years, the Who’s concerts have featured Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey with five other musicians, and sometimes, a full orchestra. Back then, they made more noise with just John Entwistle and Keith Moon. These days, you can buy an extended version of ‘Live At Leeds’ with 30+ songs. The original tracklist included just six: three covers (“Young Man Blues,” “Summertime Blues” and “Shakin’ All Over”) and three originals (“Substitute,” “Magic Bus” and a 14-minute long “My Generation”). And while we should be grateful for every last second that was captured for the full length, it was the original six-song version that inspired most of the hard rock and heavy metal bands of the ‘70s (and surely alienated some of the Who’s early-’60s mod fans).

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The 10 best concerts and shows in the US you won’t want to miss in 2023

Jan 1, 2023 • 7 min read

Lizzo’s Special 2our makes stops throughout North America in 2023 – and promises to be one of the top shows of the year © Scott Legato / WireImage

The roar of the crowd. The resonating beats that can’t be reproduced with headphones. The thrill of seeing your favorite music artist live and in the flesh. 

The greatest live-music events are transporting experiences. 

Whether their songs have been the soundtrack to your life or you just can’t help but bust a move when they play on the radio, many of music’s biggest acts are heading out on tour for 2023. You’ll spend the night in very good company as you see living legends of the music industry live, at these 10 top concerts set to tour the US in 2023. 

Lizzo: The Special 2our

The three-time Grammy winner and recent Emmy recipient Lizzo returns to American stages in 2023 with the second leg of The Special 2our. The multi-hyphenate’s tour will make stops at 17 cities throughout North America , bringing all of Lizzo’s chart-topping hits including “Good as Hell,” “About Damn Time,” “Juice” and “Boys.” Expect an electric evening of female empowerment as Lizzo gets support from her troupe of “Big Grrrl” dancers, DJ Sophia Eris (who joins the star for a rousing rendition of Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop”), backup singers and an all-women band. No Lizzo concert would be complete without Sasha Flute, Lizzo’s prized woodwind, which she deploys several times each concert, including during “Truth Hurts” and “Juice.” 

Where to get tickets: Tickets to see Lizzo live on tour are available through Ticketmaster . 

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel: Two Icons, One Night

Two of music’s most iconic living legends will share the bill for five rousing evenings of classic rock and soul at stadiums across the country. The Two Icons, One Night tour is a rare double bill of two legendary touring acts, Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel. The limited concert series will open March 10 at Los Angeles ’ SoFi Stadium, followed by one-nighters in Arlington, Texas ; Nashville ; Columbus; and a final evening in Kansas City , on August 19. Both musicians have continuously toured throughout the decades, with Nicks most recently wrapping up a sold-out tour in summer 2022, and Joel touring the world in addition to his record-breaking residency at New York City ’s Madison Square Garden .  

Where to get tickets: Tickets to see the iconic duo are on sale now through Ticketmaster . 

P!NK: Summer Carnival 2023

Buy a ticket to see P!NK in person, and you know the glam rock diva will soar – figuratively and literally. The singer/songwriter returns to the touring circuit with P!NK’s Summer Carnival 2023, an all-new stadium spectacular with musical guests Brandi Carlile, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo set to open on select dates, with Grouplove and KidCutUp performing at all shows. P!NK concerts offer a thrilling blend of her power vocals and cutting-edge stagecraft as the star can often be seen dangling upside over the crowd or crooning effortlessly from a trapeze swing. The pop legend’s tour arrives in US on July 26 in Cincinnati , followed by 20 performances across the country, concluding on October 9, 2023.

Where to get tickets: Tickets for P!NK’s upcoming Summer Carnival tour are available through Ticketmaster . 

Adele: Weekends with Adele at the Colosseum, Las Vegas

Adele’s new residency at the Colosseum is the hottest ticket in Las Vegas – and for good reason. The singer/songwriter is at the top of her game in a new production featuring her golden voice plus plenty of Vegas spectacle. The 20-song set list compiles her most popular hits, including a most appropriate opening of “Hello,” as well as such instant classics as “Rolling in the Deep,” “Set Fire to the Rain” and “Skyfall.” This residency is the rare chance to see the megawatt performer in a smaller venue – while there are 4000 seats, this is positively intimate compared to the large arenas she has played in the past. 

Where to get tickets: The entire run of Weekends with Adele is sold out. If you’re looking to purchase tickets off a secondary market, make sure the secondary ticket vendor offers a 100% guarantee on your purchase to avoid scams.  

Taylor Swift: Eras Tour

With Ticketmaster reporting “historically unprecedented demand,” Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras Tour is one of the most sought-after concert tickets of just about any era. The highly anticipated 52-night stadium tour is the singer/songwriter’s return to the stage after her 2018 Reputation Tour was the highest-grossing of any in US history. Expect records to be shattered again, with tickets having sold out for the new tour in record time during the presale, alongside reports that demand “could have filled 900 stadiums.” Since Swift has released four albums since she last set out on the road, it’s anyone’s guess as to which songs will make the cut. Still, you can expect a lineup of megahits including “Shake It Off,” “Blank Space” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” to be a part of the set list for certain. 

Where to get tickets: Tickets on Ticketmaster were gone in a flash during the presale. Those seeking tickets through a secondary market should stick to a platform like StubHub and VividSeats that offers a 100% money-back guarantee in fraudulent scalping.  

Usher: My Way – The Vegas Residency

Legendary singer/songwriter Usher is one of the greatest R&B showmen of all time. So there’s no question that his latest Vegas residency spanning his remarkable 20-year music career will be a spectacle of epic proportions. Set to return to the Dolby Live theater at Park MGM for 25 new dates from March through July 2023, Usher’s show will offer a rousing set list including many of his hits, such as “My Way,” “OMG” and “Yeah!” The high-voltage evening features plenty of spectacle, including a supporting cast of 23 dancers, roller skaters and pole dancers. 

Where to get tickets: Tickets and premium packages can be booked through Usher’s Vegas Residency website . 

Dead & Company: The Final Tour

Spanning more than five decades as the quintessential jam band, Dead & Company will hit the road for one final foray last time this summer. The Dead & Co. ensemble – currently led by original Grateful Dead members Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, joined by Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and John Mayer – has continued the long legacy of the Grateful Dead by touring for each of the past eight summers. This summer, their final tour will serve as a bittersweet farewell as the band hangs up their guitars and tie-dye after having played more than 2300 concerts as the Grateful Dead. Expect Deadhead groupies from all around the world to descend for many nights of peace, love and happiness. 

Where to get tickets: Tickets for Dead & Company’s final tour are available through Ticketmaster . 

Marc Anthony: VIVIENDO Tour

Don’t expect to be sitting down for most of Marc Anthony’s wildly energetic VIVIENDO Tour, set to tour the US in 2023. The three-time Grammy and seven-time Latin Grammy winner Anthony delivers a high-energy spectacle, the kind that gets you dancing along from the first down beat. Chart-topping hits fill the set list, including “Pa’lla Voy,” “Vivir Mi Vida” and “Valió la Pena.” 

Where to get tickets: Tickets for Marc Anthony’s VIVIENDO Tour are available through Ticketmaster . 

Beyoncé: Renaissance Tour 

While details have yet to be fully released, Beyoncé will be celebrating her new album Renaissance with a live tour. The pop megastar is truly the first lady of music, having won 28 Grammys – the most by any female artist. If previous tours are any indication, Beyoncé will be making stops at major stadiums throughout the US, bringing with her a larger-than-life spectacle with dozens of backup dancers, pyrotechnics and stunning stagecraft. Renaissance  was built with the dance floor in mind – so get ready for a party like no other. 

Where to get tickets: Dates and details for the tour have yet to be released. Sign up for Beyoncé’s newsletter on her official site to be among the first to know. 

The Phantom of the Opera : final months on Broadway

In between the many A-list music acts playing the country, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more searing night of high drama and theatrical magic than the original Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera . After 35 years, Broadway’s longest-running show will take its final bow on April 16, 2023. Hal Prince’s original staging remains as impressive as ever, featuring top-notch Broadway talent, a lush 27-piece orchestra and the iconic chandelier that crashes to the floor, night after night. Expect tickets to sell fast as “phans” fly in from around the world to hear the glorious “Music of the Night” one final time. 

Where to get tickets: Telecharge is the official ticketing website for The Phantom of the Opera . Every night, a limited number of $45 tickets are available through a digital lottery, which you can enter here .

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Summer is in full swing. To start July 2023, here is the list of the top-50 songs  on the  Billboard chart:

50. Kane Brown With Katelyn Brown: "Thank God"

Weeks on chart: 41

Peak position: 13

49. Chris Brown: "Under The Influence"

Peak position: 12

48. Coi Leray: "Players"

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Weeks on chart: 25

Peak position: 9

47. Fuerza Regida: "TQM"

Weeks on chart: 5

Peak position: 34

46. Morgan Wallen: "One Thing At A Time"

Weeks on chart: 29

Peak position: 10

45. Luke Combs: "Love You Anyway"

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Weeks on chart: 19

Peak position: 15

44. Bizarrap & Peso Pluma: "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 55"

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Weeks on chart: 3

Peak position: 31

43. Megan Moroney: "Tennessee Orange"

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Weeks on chart: 30

Peak position: 28

42. Gunna: "Rodeo Dr"

Weeks on chart: 1

Peak position: 42

41. Lil Durk Featuring Morgan Wallen: "Stand By Me"

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Weeks on chart: 4

Peak position: 22

40. Kali: "Area Codes"

Weeks on chart: 7

Peak position: 33

39. Latto Featuring Cardi B: "Put It On Da Floor Again"

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38. Old Dominion: " Memory Lane"

Weeks on chart: 12

Peak position: 36

37. PinkPantheress & Ice Spice: "Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2"

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Weeks on chart: 20

Peak position: 3

36. Bailey Zimmerman: "Religiously"

35. Tyler Hubbard: "Dancin' In The Country"

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Weeks on chart: 18

Peak position: 23

34. Dua Lipa: "Dance The Night"

Peak position: 32

33. Morgan Wallen: "Thought You Should Know"

Weeks on chart: 45

Peak position: 7

32. David Guetta & Bebe Rexha: "I'm Good (Blue)"

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Weeks on chart: 43

Peak position: 4

31. Doja Cat: "Attention"

30. Bad Bunny: "Where She Goes"

Peak position: 8

29. Gunna: "Back To The Moon"

Peak position: 29

28. Jordan Davis: "Next Thing You Know"

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Weeks on chart: 22

27. Ed Sheeran: "Eyes Closed"

Weeks on chart: 13

Peak position: 19

26. Post Malone: "Chemical"

Weeks on chart: 10

25. Drake: "Search & Rescue"

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Weeks on chart: 11

Peak position: 2

24. Fifty Fifty: "Cupid"

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Weeks on chart: 14

Peak position: 17

23. Bailey Zimmerman: "Rock And A Hard Place"

Weeks on chart: 54

22. Morgan Wallen: "Thinkin' Bout Me"

Weeks on chart: 16

21. Grupo Frontera X Bad Bunny: "Un x100to"

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Peak position: 5

20. Morgan Wallen: "You Proof"

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Weeks on chart: 58

19. Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma: "La Bebe"

Peso Pluma  (Photo by Mindy Small/Getty Images)

Peak position: 11

18. Taylor Swift: "Cruel Summer"

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Peak position: 18

17. Jelly Roll: "Need A Favor"

16. Gunna: "Fukumean"

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Peak position: 16

15. The Weeknd & Ariana Grande: "Die For You"

Weeks on chart: 47

Peak position: 1

14. Zach Bryan: "Something In The Orange"

Weeks on chart: 61

13. SZA: "Snooze"

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Weeks on chart: 28

12. Taylor Swift: "Anti-Hero"

Weeks on chart: 35

11. Miguel: "Sure Thing"

10. Eslabon Armado X Peso Pluma: "Ella Baila Sola"

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9. Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage: "Creepin'"

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8. SZA: "Kill Bill"

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7. Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice: "Karma"

Weeks on chart: 15

6. Toosii: "Favorite Song"

5. Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole: "All My Life"

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Weeks on chart: 6

4. Miley Cyrus: "Flowers"

Weeks on chart: 23

3. Rema & Selena Gomez: "Calm Down"

Weeks on chart: 42

2. Luke Combs: "Fast Car"

1. Morgan Wallen: "Last Night"

Weeks on chart: 21

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Showtime Special: Top Tours of 2023

• By: FOH Staff
• January 2024 , Showtime
• January 4, 2024

Revenues from the global concert touring business, reduced to a trickle due to the Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021, came roaring back in 2022, with an even bigger surge in 2023. Total ticket sales from the top 100 tours, which reached a high of $5.6 billion in 2019, sank to $1.2 billion in 2020 and $1.7 billion in 2021, according to Pollstar , before chalking up a new record — $6.3 billion — in 2022. Then came 2023’s surge, to a total $9.2 billion. There were big gains in 2023 for the number of total tickets sold — from 59 to 70 million — and the average price per ticket rose as well, from $106 in 2022 to more than $130 in 2023, according to Pollstar’s stats.

The top 10 tours of 2023 played an outsized role in boosting those aggregate results for the top 100 tours, especially Taylor Swift’s 2023/2024 Eras tour, which continues to break all kinds of records for the artist named Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Average ticket sales for each of the 60 stadium shows performed so far topped $17 million, according to Pollstar’s estimates. That makes sales for the Eras trek not just the highest-grossing concert tour for 2023, but for all time, topping the $1 billion mark in total revenues within its first year. (And there are even more Eras shows planned for 2024 than there were in 2023).

Other tours did spectacularly well in 2023. Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour raked in $580 million, according to Pollstar , a sum well above what it would normally take to earn the top slot on the year-end charts — and even topping the record announced by Pollstar last year for Bad Bunny’s $435 million “World’s Hottest Tour” in 2022. With 56 shows in 39 cities, Pollstar also calculated Beyoncé’s average price per ticket at $209 — a per-ticket average exceeded only by Taylor Swift ($239) and Drake ($260) for their 2023 tours.

2023 treks for Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band and Coldplay both topped Beyoncé’s tour results in terms of the number of tickets sold, according to Pollstar , but with ticket prices a little below the industry average, those tours came in at number three and four, respectively. Rounding out our top 10 list, based on 2023 data published by both Pollstar and Billboard , were tours by Harry Styles, Morgan Wallen, Ed Sheeran, P!nk, Elton John and The Weeknd.

Top Tours of 2023: Crew and Gear*

• 1 Taylor Swift:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/1-taylor-swift/
• 2 Beyoncé:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/2-beyonce-2/
• 3 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/3-bruce-springsteen-and-the-e-street-band/
• 4 Coldplay:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/4-coldplay/
• 5 Harry Styles:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/5-harry-styles/
• 6 Morgan Wallen:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/6-morgan-wallen/
• 7 Ed Sheeran:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/7-ed-sheeran/
• 8 P!nk:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/8-pnk/
• 9 Elton John:  https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/9-elton-john/
• 10 The Weeknd: https://fohonline.com/articles/showtime/10-the-weeknd-2/

*The Top Tours of 2023 List order and grosses were sourced from Pollstar and Billboard . Data is from Nov. 17, 2022 to Nov. 15, 2023 ( Pollstar ) and Nov. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2023 ( Billboard ).

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2023 Was A Blowout for Concerts—Top Tours Bring in $9.17 Billion, Up 46%

2023 was a massive year for live concerts, even if you look past the $1 billion+ generated by the Taylor Swift ‘Eras Tour.’ Here’s a quick breakdown.

According to Pollstar data , the total grosses for the 2023 worldwide top tours was up 46% from 2022 numbers. The top 100 tours grossed $9.17 billion this year, up from $6.28 billion in 2022. The average gross per show is up 53% to $2.37 million per show, compared to just $1.54 million in 2022. It highlights just how much live entertainment has returned to form following the pandemic years.

Attendance increases were also up with total ticket sales up 18.4% with 70 million tickets sold in 2023 compared to 59 million in 2022. Average ticket prices were also up around 23% from $106 in 2022 to $130 in 2023. After a depressed 2020/21 live event ticketing season, 2023 has taken off like a rocket.

Top touring artists this year include Taylor Swift (‘Eras Tour ’), Beyoncé (‘ Renaissance Tour ’), and Bruce Springsteen (‘Springsteen and the E Street Band 2023 Tour’) accounting for 21.8% of the top 100 worldwide gross. Taylor Swift herself set an all-time record as the first tour to gross over $1 billion. Beyoncé grossed $580 million in 56 shows, while Bruce Springsteen brought in $379.5 million with a relatively low average ticket price. So who were the top grossing touring artists of 2023?

Top Grossing Touring Artists of 2023 — According to Pollstar

• Taylor Swift | $1,039,263,762 billion
• Beyoncé | 579,813,546 million
• Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | $379,496,085 million
• Coldplay | $325,456,865 million
• Harry Styles | $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

Every available metric points to 2023 being a record-setting year for live concert events, with 2024 poised to carry on the momentum. Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, Drake, and many more are continuing their tours throughout the world. The absence of live music events for two years in (2020/21) has been sorely felt as the world scrambles to see their favorite artists once again.

Why some major artists are suddenly canceling shows, and in some cases entire tours

A series of tour cancellations and changes by big-name artists has sparked questions about whether the post-pandemic live music boom could be cooling, as consumer spending fatigue meets elevated ticket prices.

On Friday, Jennifer Lopez announced she was canceling her 2024 tour , citing a desire to spend more time with her family. Meanwhile, the Black Keys announced they were abandoning a stadium tour in favor of a series of shows at smaller venues.

Both tours had recently become the subject of social media fodder, namely screenshots showing empty venues at select tour dates. (NBC News could could not directly verify their authenticity.)

Indeed, some of the evidence of a slowdown is anecdotal. SeatGeek said in an email that the average resale ticket price to attend a summer concert is down to $213 from $257 around this time last year. The company suggested some of the decline could be attributed to the absence of megatours on par with Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” and Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” outings last year.

For artists whose popularity has crescendoed, there appears to be plenty of demand — and high prices. The average resale price for Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts” tour is $571, and the next-highest is $409 to see Morgan Wallen, according to SeatGeek data first reported by Axios .

Many of those tours are being sold through Ticketmaster and its parent Live Nation. And prior to facing landmark accusations that it is a monopoly , a claim it denies, Live Nation reported its biggest first quarter ever, with $3.8 billion in revenues. Its concerts business alone was up 26% to $2.9 billion, while “estimated fans” globally were up more than 20%, and up 42% in North America.

Yet official government data points to the makings of a return to a more normal pace for live music event sales after a post-pandemic boom. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last month that movie and concert admissions prices climbed just 3.4% year over year through April, the lowest reading since 2021 and the second-consecutive month showing a slowdown.

Dave Clark, editor of Ticket News, which tracks the live entertainment industry, said the period of explosive live music growth following pandemic reopenings may in hindsight be seen as an aberration: People were simply more eager — and more financially able — to go to as many shows as they could after months cooped up indoors.

This year, Clark said, a reckoning may be emerging.

“The days where there was enough demand to sell out arenas at top dollar just isn’t there in this live events economy — outside of people like Taylor Swift who can sell whatever they want wherever they want,” he said.

At a time when many consumers are struggling to pay for basic necessities, he said, “people are seeing some of the prices they’re asking and just saying, ‘Hard pass.’”

Another factor may be a supply issue, Clark added: too many acts trying to tour at once, or too many times. In the pre-streaming era, bands would go on tour as a way of marketing an album. These days, he said, it’s reversed, since the returns on recorded music have shrunk dramatically.

“Now they’re making records to sell the tour,” he said. “That paradigm has a lot to do with it. It’s just a very overloaded market.”

The Black Keys did just release a new album, and its debut single hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart in March.

Still, the rock duo announced it would cancel and reschedule its summer touring plans, switching from arenas to other venues that provide a more “intimate experience,” according to the band. The new dates have not yet been announced.

The Black Keys aren’t the only group that may be falling victim to costly concert fatigue.

Pop-rock band 311 announced it had canceled upcoming European tour dates due to the “rising costs of touring overseas,” which made completing certain portions of the tour “unfeasible.”

Other stars including Pink and Justin Timberlake have also recently canceled specific show dates, while the Jonas Brothers recently postponed their upcoming European tour , though none officially cited financial concerns as reasons for doing so.

“I think with all that competition for fan dollars, it was obviously natural that some artists were going to lose,” said Bill Werde, director of the Syracuse University Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries.

There are still plenty of large-scale tours planned for this summer that, so far, appear to be unaffected by flagging demand. Hootie & the Blowfish have 48 dates booked this year, while Dave Matthews Band is slated for 34. Other top acts hitting the road include Maroon 5, Zac Brown Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Chesney and Chris Stapleton.

But experts say recent economic trends in the live-music industry, especially the type of consolidation the Justice Department is now targeting, have translated into fewer smaller-sized venues.

That’s made it more difficult for a given tour date to make financial sense for the artist, venue and promoter.

“Some shows, they can’t afford to drop prices; they can’t afford to wait to try to sell out the rest of the building,” Clark said.

If there is uncertainty about all stakeholders being able to at least break even, he said, the show might get canceled.

Such realities have collided with a more circumspect concertgoer. Brittney D’Mello, a 23-year-old K-pop fan from New Jersey who works in corporate marketing, posted to X about her frustrations with the current touring landscape.

“The tickets are too expensive,” D’Mello said. “There’s only a SMALL amount of people (10%) that will spend $500+ on vip/floor/premium,” she said. “The rest of us have budgets and won’t spend $100 on nosebleeds,” she said, referring to seats that are typically the farthest away from the stage.

“Everyone is touring this year … and we only have money for 2-3 concerts MAX,” she added.

In a follow-up interview with NBC News, D’Mello said she simply decided to cap her concert budget.

“I will only go see two artists that are my tried-and-true favorite artists,” she said. “But I won’t be casually going to concerts anymore. And after going to concerts twice, I think that’s where I stop.”

Rob Wile is a breaking business news reporter for NBC News Digital.

Dania Kalaji is a news associate for NBC News.

Asake Announces ‘Lungu Boy World Tour’ With Shows Across North America And Europe

Tickets Available Starting Wednesday, June 12 with Artist Presale 

General onsale begins friday, june 14 at 10am local at asaketour.com.

Today, Grammy-nominated Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Asake announced his 2024 Lungu Boy World Tour with upcoming dates across North America and Europe, in support of his new album releasing later this summer. Produced by Live Nation, the 10-date tour kicks off on Friday, August 16 in Washington, DC at Capital One Arena, with stops in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, and more before wrapping up on Saturday, Sunday September 28 in Paris, France at Zenith. The Lungu Boy World Tour sees Asake playing the biggest venues of his career thus far with performances in iconic rooms such as Madison Square Garden.

NORTH AMERICA TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale beginning Wednesday, June 12 at 10am local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale starting Friday, June 14 at 10am local time at asaketour.com .  

EUROPE/UK TICKETS:

• Tickets will be available starting with a Mastercard presale in select markets (details below) and an artist presale beginning Wednesday, June 12 at 10am local time. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on sale starting Friday, June 14 at 10am local time at com .
• PRESALE : Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in France and Netherlands starting from Wednesday, June 12th at 10am local until Friday, June 14th. Preferred ticket access is available on Friday, June 14th at 10am local. Visit priceless.com/music to find out more.

Asake has proved to be one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the African continent in the last couple years. He’s shared his debut album Mr. Money With The Vibe in 2022 which set the record for the highest charting Nigerian debut album of all-time, reaching #1 in over 30 countries on Apple Music. The next year he followed up with Work of Art which debuted at #4 on Billboard World Albums Chart and #66 on Billboard 200. The album features standout single “Amapiano” with Olamide that earned Asake his first ever nomination in the Grammy’s first ever Best African Music Performance category. He also collaborated with award winning singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, H.E.R., for the “Lonely At The Top (Remix)” – the original record was the first ever song to reach 100 million streams on Audiomack, cementing him as Artist of The Year, and is the longest #1 charting song in Nigeria. Asake has performed late-night TV on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, been featured in CNN, Good Morning America, Flaunt Magazine, GQ Magazine, Rolling Stone Future 25 , and more, and reached a career milestone of 2 billion streams and counting.

LUNGU BOY WORLD TOUR 2024 DATES:

Wed June 26 – Portimao, PT – AfroNation*^ Sat July 13 – London, UK – Wireless Festival^ Fri Aug 16 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena Sun Aug 18 – Detroit, MI – AfroNation^ Wed Aug 21 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena Sat Aug 24 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center Tue Aug 27 – Los Angeles, CA – YouTube Theater Fri Aug 30 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Sun Sep 15 – Cologne, DE – Palladium Tue Sep 24 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live Thu Sep 26 – Berlin, DE –  UberEats Music Hall Sat Sep 28 – Paris, FR – Zenith Tue Oct 1 – Dublin, IE – 3Arena* Sun Oct 6 – Gold Coast, AU – Promiseland*^ *Non-Live Nation Date ^Festival Date

About Asake:

Nigerian recording artist Asake had a momentous career defining 2023 with his late-night TV debut on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with a vibrant performance of “Yoga” and “Organise”. He then dropped his sophomore album Work Of Art which has over 1.75 Billion streams across all platforms in just 4 months. All of the album tracks landed immediately on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs Chart and the album debuted at #4 on Billboard World Albums Chart and #66 on Billboard 200. The New York Times named Work of Art as the #1 Album of the Year. Asake earned his first ever 2024 Grammy nomination for “Amapiano” (with YBNL founder and legacy Afrobeat artist Olamide) for the Best African Music Performance category.

Asake sold out headline shows at London’s O2 Arena and New York’s Barclays Center and went on to deliver exhilarating live shows to stages across the world including at Rosendal Garden Party in Sweden, Broccoli City Festival, Afronation Miami and more. He tapped award winning singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, H.E.R., to share the “Lonely At The Top” (Remix) – the original record was the first ever song to reach 100 million streams on Audiomack, cementing his as Artist of The Year, and is the longest #1 charting song in Nigeria. Asake also performed the standout hit on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in February 2024.

Asake exploded onto the scene in 2022 with his debut album Mr. Money With The Vibe . Featuring songs like “Joha”, “Terminator”, “PBUY” and “Sungba” ft. Burna Boy – each with tens of millions of streams – the album set the record for becoming the highest charting Nigerian debut album of all-time.The New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, Pitchfork,The FACE, & more included the album atop of their ‘Best of 2022’ lists, with Rolling Stone noting he has “become one of Nigeria’s biggest breakout stars in recent years”. Asake has undoubtedly staked his claim as a trailblazer in the Afro-Urban and Afrobeats genres, appealing to audiences globally.

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Canadian Music A-Listers Come Out to Celebrate Billboard Canada Power Players 2024

The event at the cn tower on sunday, june 2, brought many of canadian music's most influential people to celebrate an industry making waves on a global scale..

Arthur Fogel accepting his award at Billboard Canada Power Players

The music industry came out in full force to celebrate the first Power Players event in Canada on Sunday, June 2 high above Toronto at the CN Tower. It was a glamorous and lively night that was an early highlight of Canadian Music Week.

The event gathered the powerful executives who made Billboard Canada's Power Players list , and many other Canadian music culture makers and influential people. A packed room gathered to sip cocktails, dance to tunes by DJs DevoDLive and Manni Dogra (who spun a surprise set of Punjabi music for the audience) and chat about the global influence of the country's artists and industry members. Photographers were busy capturing all the looks on the red carpet.

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Guests included Paul Shaver of CMRRA, President & CEO of FACTOR Meg Symsyk, Erik Hoffman of Live Nation, Paquin Entertainment Group Founder Gilles Paquin, Punjabi music star Gurinder Gill, producer and label executive Ikky, creator Director X, copyright law leader Casey Chisick, Jess Huddleston and JD Parent of Spotify Canada, John Murphy of Amazon Music Canada, Mike Lawless of Apple Music, Michelle Mearns of SiriusXM, Margaret McGuffin of Music Publishers Canada, Amy Jeninga of the CCMA, Kieran Roy of Arts & Crafts, Julien Paquin of Paquin Artists Agency, Stéphane McGarry of Tixr and many more.

Read on to see more special guests and highlights from their speeches.

Billboard's Chief Brand Officer Dana Droppo got the evening started by congratulating the successful people in the room, from agents to promoters, publishers, founders and creators. They're all global executives, she said, because music is more interconnected than ever. That carries to Billboard Canada's editorial team, which launched its first digital cover story last October and without which an event like Power Players couldn't happen.

"Our team in Canada is an award-winning journalistic team that wants to tell your stories," she said. "They want to know when you sign a client, they want to know when your client drops a release, they want to know when you announce a tour, and they want to know when you are proud of something. It is so, so vital for us to have a thriving cultural, journalistic platform like Billboard in Canada."

Billboard Canada CEO Amanda Dorenberg recognized the Power Players list as an extension of the strength of Canada, whose big players are punching above their weight on a global stage.

"The Power Players list is really a testament to the dedication, the passion, the innovation and the transformation that we as Canadians have built," she said, before welcoming Live Nation Canada Chairman Riley O’Connor to present the first award recipient of the night to the No. 1 Power Player and Billboard Canada cover star , Live Nation's Chairman of Global Music & President of Global Touring, Arthur Fogel.

"In my career, I've watched so many talented people in our business excelling in Canada and internationally, not to mention all the great artists who have come from this country and certainly continue to do so," said Fogel, thanking his wife and five children who travelled to be there with him to accept the award.

In L.A. where he works, it's a badge of honour to be Canadian, he said. He noted that many of the Canadians he came up with in the live industry are now in major positions around the world, including many, like AEG Executive Vice President of Global Touring Debra Rathwell, who were in the room at that moment.

Mo Ghoneim, President of Billboard Canada, introduced Panos Panay, President of the Grammys and Recording Academy to the stage. Panay told the story of growing up in Cyprus but learning English while spending a few years in Fredericton, New Brunswick — and sparking a love of music from watching Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future . "For me, artists are the social glue that keeps us all together," he said. "Nobody represents that better than the collective cultural output of this country, whether it's Céline or Neil or Sarah or Drake or The Weeknd or Joni — let's face it, you guys are the music industry."

Kardinal Offishall, both an artist and Global A&R for Def Jam, gave a rousing speech that widened the scope from the top executives to the many hard-working artists and creators from all over the spectrum making Canadian music thrive.

"We always hear about the top 1%, but that's not just what makes Canada incredible," he said. "It is a lot of those artists that are fighting their way to get into that percentile, and some of them are just fighting to survive, to pay their rent...It's a very pivotal time in the industry. It is volatile, and none of us — CEOs, Presidents — nobody is guaranteed next week let alone next year." Being able to work in a field you're passionate at all, let alone at the top of the music industry, is a "supreme blessing," he concluded.

Canadian Music Week founder and Power Lister Neill Dixon presented the Impact Award to Gary Slaight just one night before announcing his retirement , while noting the tireless philanthropy work of the Slaight Foundation.

Slaight thanked Billboard Canada for incorporating the industry newsletter FYI — now Billboard Canada FYI — in "such a thoughtful manner" and got the chatty room to hush for a moment of silence for late Toronto broadcaster Bob Mackowycz .

Not just a night for the Power Players, the event also served as a launchpad for the new Billboard Canada Non-Performing Songwriter Award, which was presented by SOCAN CEO Jennifer Brown (also on the Power Players list) and Vice President, Creative and Member Relations, Cameron Kennedy to songwriter Lowell . She took a moment to shine a light on the people behind the scenes who also make the industry thrive yet rarely get the same recognition.

"It's really nice that you guys are giving me a little pat on the back," she said in an entertaining speech. "I'm going to take this on behalf of all of my amazing songwriter friends that have not gotten that pat on the back, yet . "

Check back at ca.billboard.com this week for more photos and videos from Billboard Canada Power Players 2024.

The Billboard Canada Power Players event brought to life with exceptional AV services provided by Empire Audio Visual . The celebration was supported by our industry partners: Tixr , SOCAN , KYD Labs , Amazon Music Canada , CMRRA , Spotify Canada and Paquin Entertainment Group .

Alexisonfire Are Releasing a Live Album from Their Hometown Born & Raised Festival

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Alexisonfire

The St. Catharines, Ontario band are bringing the festival back this summer, and they'll release LIVE Born & Raised 2022, St Catharines ON just in time for fans to hear it first.

After a two year hiatus, Alexisonfire are resurrecting their hometown festival Born & Raised on July 5 and 6 at Montebello Park in St. Catharines, Ontario. Just in time, they're releasing a live album from the last time they held the festival, in 2022.

The album, LIVE Born & Raised 2022, St Catharines ON , captures their career-spanning set from the inaugural edition of the festival. In front of their hometown fans, they played songs from throughout their more-than-two-decades long career.

Fittingly, the first single, "Little Girls Pointing and Laughing," is the very first song Alexisonfire wrote as a band 22 years ago. Originally recorded for their 2002 self-titled debut, the live rendition is performed just steps from where they first conceived of it. It perfectly captures the vocal interplay between George Pettit's guttural scream and Dallas Green's more honeyed emo-folk singing, as well as occasionally chugging hardcore guitars and an epic song structure that feels like a journey.

The album also includes a rarity: the first-ever live performance of the song "Jubella," also from their debut.

The album is for sale digitally on June 27 here and available for pre-order on vinyl here .

“St. Catharines was a perfect breeding ground for young independent bands," says Alexisonfire's George Pettit. "There was no shortage of venues where you could play or promote a show. So in the early 2000s, Alexisonfire learned a lot of what we needed to know coming up in St. Catharines. Coming back and playing a massive festival in Montebello Park was not only fun but served as an opportunity to give something back to the city that taught us how to be a band.”

This year's Born & Raised festival features Alexisonfire and member Dallas Green's other successful singer-songwriter project City and Colour. It also features an eclectic lineup of both Canadian bands, including Metric, Sloan and Dooms Children and heavier pop-punk and hardcore bands The Used, Counterparts and Ekkstacy.

Alexisonfire's longtime manager and owner of their label Dine Alone was recognized on Billboard Canada's recent 2024 Power Players list , with a shoutout for his role in the return of Born & Raised.

Find the full tracklist for LIVE Born & Raised 2022, St Catharines ON below:

01. Committed to the Con - Live

02. Accept Crime - Live

03. .44 Caliber Love Letter - Live

04. Accidents - Live

05. Boiled Frogs - Live

06. Sweet Dreams of Otherness - Live

07. A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles - Live

08. Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux Pas) - Live

09. Jubella - Live

10. Little Girls Pointing and Laughing - Live

11. We Are The Sound - Live

12. Rough Hands - Live

13. Young Cardinals - Live

14. The Northern - Live

15. This Could Be Anywhere in the World - Live

16. Dogs Blood - Live

17. Happiness by the Kilowatt - Live

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Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’ Rules Billboard Global Charts for Fifth Week Each

The song returns to No. 1 on the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. surveys.

By Gary Trust

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Benson Boone ’s “Beautiful Things” is once again the biggest song in the world, as it rebounds for a fifth week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

Elsewhere, V ’s “FRI(END)S” launches in the top five of both global surveys and Turkish singer Zeynep Bastık debuts at No. 10 on Global Excl. U.S. with “Lan,” her first top 10 on the tally.

Teddy Swims’ ‘Lose Control’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

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Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Boone Leads Global 200, V Debuts in Top 10

Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” on Night Street/Warner Records, rebounds from No. 2 for a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 87.6 million streams (up 6%) and 18,000 sold (up 4%) worldwide March 15-21.

Ariana Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” falls to No. 2 a week after debuting atop the Global 200; Djo’s “End of Beginning” ascends 5-3; and Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” holds at its No. 4 best.

“FRI(END)S” by V, of BTS, bounds onto the Global 200 at No. 5 with 56.1 million streams and 72,000 sold worldwide from its March 15 release through March 21. The song marks his second top 10 on the chart.

Here’s a rundown, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 11 Global 200 top 10s outside the act, with BTS as a group also having tallied 11 top 10s (including seven No. 1s):

• “Standing Next to You,” Jung Kook , No. 1 (one week), November 2023
• “3D,” Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, No. 1 (one week), October 2023
• “Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (seven weeks), beginning July 2023
• “Like Crazy,” Jimin , No. 2, April 2023
• “Slow Dancing,” V , No. 4, September 2023
• “FRI(END)S,” V, No. 5, March 2024
• “Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 5, July 2022
• “That That,” PSY feat. SUGA , No. 5, May 2022
• “Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
• “Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 9, December 2022
• “The Astronaut,” Jin , No. 10, November 2022

Ariana Grande’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

Boone Also No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.; V, Bastık New in Top 10

As on the Global 200, Ariana Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” drops to No. 2 a week after debuting at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.

V’s “FRI(END)S” roars onto the Global Excl. U.S. chart at No. 3 with 50.7 million streams and 52,000 sold outside the U.S. The song is his fourth top 10 on the chart.

Here’s a recap, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 15 Global Excl. U.S. top 10s outside the group; BTS totals 11 top 10s, including seven No. 1s:

• “Standing Next to You,” Jung Kook , No. 1 (two weeks), November 2023
• “Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (nine weeks), July 2023
• “Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 2, July 2022
• “That That,” PSY feat. SUGA , No. 2, May 2022
• “FRI(END)S,” V , No. 4, March 2024
• “Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023
• “Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 4, December 2022
• “Love Me Again,” V, No. 6, August 2023
• “The Astronaut,” Jin , No. 6, November 2022
• “Rainy Days,” V, No. 8, August 2023
• “Stay Alive,” Jung Kook, No. 8, February 2022
• “Vibe,” TAEYANG feat. Jimin, No. 9, January 2023

Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” drops 3-4 on Global Excl. U.S., after hitting No. 2, and  Djo’s “End of Beginning” slips to No. 5 from its No. 4 high.

Plus, Zeynep Bastık’s “Lan” debuts at No. 10 on Global Excl. U.S., led by 32.5 million streams outside the U.S. The song is the first top 10 on the chart for the Turkish singer-songwriter, actress and dancer, while it leads the Turkey Songs chart for a second week.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 30, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 26. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard ’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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