" is still the highest-grossing of the year so far, according to data from Pollstar, though Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour, making its way across Europe, is likely to eclipse it once box office data become available.Madonna’s Celebration Tour, which started last year, grossed $178.1 million so far with a $208.85 average ticket price and average attendance of 13,378 people per show, the live music trade publication said in its mid-year report.
Mexican singer Luis Miguel is in third place with a $169.4 million gross over the course of his self-named tour, which has wrapped up its Latin American, United States and Canadian legs so far this year and started its European shows on June 28. U2’s residency in Las Vegas, the first at the now-iconic Sphere venue, grossed $134.7 million over just 15 tour dates in 2024 to become the fourth highest-grossing tour of the year and the one with the highest average ticket price at $352.86 each.
Karol G’s came in at No. 5 with her Mañana Será Bonito Tour, which has grossed more than $110 million so far this year and will continue across Europe and end in Brazil in September. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour didn’t make this year’s list because she has not allowed her official box office totals for The Eras Tour to be reported by trade publications, according to Pollstar, though the group used stadium capacities and potential gross estimates to namePollstar did not do a mid-year estimate for The Era’s Tour in 2024, but has projected it will gross another $1 billion on the tour as it continues this year, meaning it is likely to have grossed over $2 billion by the time it...