Dave Hogan; Myriam Santos
With the midpoint of the 2018 in the rear-view mirror, Pollstar has compiled a list of the artists who pulled in the most cash on the road worldwide so far. Quite a few veteran music acts had high-grossing tours during the first half of the year, including The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Roger Waters and U2, who all landed in the top 10.
The Rolling Stones are at #3, having earned $100.8 million from their No Filter Tour of Europe.
The Eagles landed at #6, after their trek brought in $84 million. Waters is #9 on the list with $60.7 million in earnings from his Us and Them solo tour, while U2 is #10 with $59.9 million from its eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour.
Other older artists who landed in the tally’s top 20 include Depeche Mode at #15 with $47 million, and Bruce Springsteen at #16 with #45.8 million. Interestingly, The Boss’ earnings come exclusively from his hugely popular Springsteen on Broadway show in New York City.
A bit further down on the mid-year tally are Bon Jovi and Phil Collins at #21 and #22, respectively, with about $38 million in earnings each.
The top-grossing world tour of 2018 by far, according to Pollstar, is British pop star Ed Sheeran, who raked in an impressive $213.9 million.
As for the top-grossing North American tours of the year, The Eagles are at #2, U2 is at #6, Springsteen is at #7 and Bon Jovi is at #10. Pink grabs the #1 spot with $95.6 million.
Overall, the top 50 worldwide tours grossed a record total of $2.21 billion, up $240 million from last year’s mid-year figure of $1.97 billion.
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