The concert industry’s biggest stories of 2024
As the final whistle approaches for 2024, IQ takes a look back at some of the biggest live music business stories from the past 12 months
News By James Hanley | 23 December 2024
With the end of 2024 in sight, IQ presents a look back at the biggest live music industry stories from the past year.
Revisit the most notable moments from the last 12 months below – and there is only one place to start…
A $2bn juggernaut: Taylor Swift wraps up Eras Tour
After 149 shows, five continents and an unprecedented box office gross, Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour came to an end in Vancouver, Canada, in December.
The epoch-defining 21-month trek garnered an all-time record US$2,077,618,725 (€1.96 billion) at the box office after selling more than 10.1 million tickets, with the economic benefits of staging an Eras residency for host cities even earning its own term – “Swiftonomics”.
The run’s 80 shows this year raked in $1,043,421,552 (€993.4m) from 5.2m…
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