The decade in live: 2018

Ed Sheeran's unstoppable ÷ tour was the runaway success of 2018 – no mean feat in a year when the top 100 tours sold a collective 60 million tickets

Ed Sheeran's 29-month ÷ (Divide) tour was the success story of 2018

The start of a new year and, perhaps more significantly, a new decade is fast approaching – and while many may be thinking ahead to New Year’s Eve plans and well-meaning 2020 resolutions, IQ is casting its mind back to the most pivotal industry moments of the last ten years.

The penultimate edition of IQ’s recap of the past ten years in live music finds the business in rude health, with nearly 60m tickets sold and the top-ten tours alone…

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