Beyoncé’s Formation world tour grosses $256m
The figure puts the Formation tour comfortably ahead of Taylor Swift's 1989, which was the highest grossing of 2015 with $250.4m
News By | 17 October 2016
Beyoncé’s Formation world tour, which wrapped up on Friday 7 October, will likely become the highest-grossing tour of 2016 after taking in more than US$256 million after five and a half months on the road in North America and Europe.
The American singer’s fifth headlining solo tour, promoted worldwide by Live Nation, grossed $256,084,556 from 2.2m tickets, according to Billboard’s Boxscore chart, eclipsing Taylor Swift’s 1989, which at $250.4m was the highest-grossing tour of 2015.
Both acts sold a similar number of tickets – Swift shifted closer to 2.3m – although the all-stadium Formation did so with less shows: 49 to 1989′s 83.
Tour promoter Arthur Fogel attributes the success of the tour to Beyoncé’s “rabid, committed fanbase”
The most lucrative stop on the tour came from Beyoncé’s two sell-out dates…
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