It is clear that Metallica is totally the most important metallic band on the earth… however even past that, they’re simply plain large throughout the board. Pollstar simply launched their High 10 Worldwide High Touring Artists listing, which discovered Metallica at No. 9 having grossed $179.3 million in 2024.
To interrupt that down a bit of, Metallica‘s common ticket worth was $119.64 and the band averaged 62,512 tickets for all their 24 exhibits. Beating out Metallica by just some measly tens of tens of millions was Zach Bryan, who grossed $199.1 million. Oh, and naturally Taylor Swift got here in at No. 1 by an enormous margin – she grossed $1.043 billion in touring all through 2024. Second to Swift was Coldplay, whose gross was $421.7 million. Not even half of Swift.
Apparently, the North American stats are very totally different. Metallica did not make the listing, however The Rolling Stones got here in at No. 1 having grossed $235 million in touring. The Rolling Stones‘ common ticket worth was $277.28 and the band averaged 47,100 tickets per present… and so they solely performed eight exhibits. So good on them for doing that nicely throughout that few stay appearances.
Take a look at each lists under, because of Pollstar.
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