The legendary rock band’s Hackney Diamonds Tour eclipsed Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour in single-night revenue, generating a staggering £10,345,659 per night.
The iconic group, made up of Sir Mick Jagger, 81, Keith Richards, 80, and Ronnie Wood, 77, earned the most money per night from their concerts, according to Pollstar’s annual year-end review. Voice of Live, looking back at the past 12 months. ‘ shows around the world.
The rockers proved that legacy acts still reign, as the appeal of their classic hits still draws in crowds six decades after their debut.
Fans snapped up tickets to all 18 of her shows in record time, and while 35-year-old Swift’s 152 worldwide shows broke box office records by becoming the first to earn more than $1 billion, the superstar was around £ 100,000 a night less than the band.
However, the Shake It Off star’s bottom line of £1.74bn was more than double what previous record holder Elton John bought with his Farewell Yellow Brick Road.
The American singer’s earnings of £830m in 2024 alone almost equal Sir Elton’s five-year total.
The legendary rock band’s Hackney Diamonds Tour eclipsed Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour in single-night revenue, generating a staggering £10,345,659 per night.
The rockers proved that legacy acts still reign, as the appeal of their classic hits still draws crowds six decades after their debut (Taylor pictured)
The Stones charged an average of £250 per ticket, while Swift charged £180. And the Stones took home £235 million in total.
Demand for Swift’s shows was also 196 percent higher than that of the second most popular act, Liam Gallagher. Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen and Pink rounded out the top five.
Meanwhile, Coldplay, third on the chart, took home £6,186,482 per gig on their Music of the Spheres tour. This means that the Stones’ earnings were forty percent greater than Coldplay’s and they also earned almost five times more than the 66-year-old Madonna.
Pollstar Editor-in-Chief Andy Gensler said: ‘2024 has proven to be a historic year for the live entertainment industry. We made record income, with the two best tours of all time at the same time.”
The year’s record figures have shown that the music industry, despite global inflation, is bigger than ever.
As a reward to his team on the Eras Tour, Taylor quietly handed out more than $197 million in bonuses to everyone working on his tour, including truck drivers, caterers, instrument technicians, merchandising crew, lighting, sound, crew. production and assistants. carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hairdressing, makeup, costumes, physiotherapists and video equipment’, according to People.
This comes more than a year after it was revealed that he shelled out $100,000 in bonuses to truckers who were responsible for transporting his equipment across the country during the U.S. leg of his tour.
By TMZHe handed out huge six-figure bonuses to the workers ahead of him in Santa Clara, California.
The iconic group, made up of Sir Mick Jagger, 81, Keith Richards, 80, and Ronnie Wood, 77, earned the most money per night from their concerts, according to Pollstar’s annual year-end review. Voice of Live, looking back at the past 12 months. ‘ shows around the world
Fans snapped up tickets to all 18 of her shows in record time, and while 35-year-old Swift’s 152 worldwide shows broke box office records and became the first to earn more than $1 billion, the superstar was just short of around £100,000 a night to the band.
At the time, the publication stated that there were around 50 production truck drivers participating in the US leg of the tour, meaning that if she had paid $100,000 in bonuses, she would have written a check for more than $5 million. .
In October, the Cruel Summer hitmaker officially became the richest female music artist in the world, with a net worth of $1.6 billion, according to Forbes.
The Fortnight artist, who has a real estate portfolio estimated at around $125 million, according to Forbes, achieved the financial feat of becoming a billionaire solely through her musical endeavors, royalties and concerts.
Amid a business dispute with music mogul Scooter Braun over her catalog, Swift recorded new versions of her material on her first six albums and began releasing them three years ago.
The results have been tremendously profitable, and the Eras tour created such high demand that the US Congress began making inquiries to Ticketmaster regarding its involvement in concert ticket sales.
Over the summer, Pollstar editor Andy Gensler predicted that Swift’s Eras tour was on track to hit $2 billion, excluding resale inflation and the hundreds of millions she has made from merchandise.
“She is the torchbearer of the live entertainment industry,” Gensler told Variety. “It’s nothing we’ve ever seen before and it will be a long time before we see it again.”