Year of concerts- From Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour To Madonna’s Celebration Tour

Year of concerts: From Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour To Madonna’s Celebration Tour

Pop star Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour is officially the highest-grossing music tour ever, grossing more than $1 billion this year, as per estimates by Pollstar. The tour, which began in March and is set to conclude in December next year after a total of 151 shows worldwide, has earned $1.04 billion and counting. This breaks the record set by Elton John’s five-year farewell tour which ended earlier this year, bringing in $939 million over 328 shows. Let’s look at some of the most watched music tours in what is being considered a record-shattering year for concerts…

Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour

Bob Dylan’s Rough & Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour

Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour is the current ongoing tour by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in support of his 39th studio album Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020). The tour began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 2, 2021 and is scheduled to continue through to 2024. The tour was announced in September 2021. It was the first time Dylan had played to a live audience since December 2019, with the Covid-19 pandemic forcing Dylan to pause his decades-long Never Ending Tour.

Madonna’s The Celebration Tour

The Celebration Tour is the ongoing 12th concert tour by American singer Madonna, visiting cities in North America and Europe and anticipating 79 shows. The tour started on October 14 at The O2 Arena in London, England, and it is set to conclude on April 26 next year at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico. As Madonna’s first retrospective tour, it highlights her more than four decade-long recording career. The tour was announced on social media on January 17, 2023, after major speculation. The Celebration Tour is a two-hour-plus set with multiple-costume-change and more than 30 songs. The show was separated into five different sections: Uptown, Downtown, Midtown, East and West ‘grids’.

Doja Cat’s The Scarlet Tour

The Scarlet Tour is the ongoing second concert tour and debut arena tour by American rapper and singer Doja Cat. It is her first arena tour, in support of her fourth studio album, Scarlet (2023). The supporting acts are American rappers Ice Spice and Doechii. The North American leg of the tour commenced on October 31 at Chase Center in San Francisco and ended on December 13 at United Center in Chicago. The European leg of the tour is set to commence on June 11 next year at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.

Adele’s Las Vegas Residency

Weekends with Adele is the first concert residency by English singer Adele, held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, US. Initially scheduled to commence on January 21, 2022, she postponed it due to production delays and her team contracting Covid-19. Adele rescheduled the residency to begin on November 18, 2022, and after being extended, it is set to conclude its run on June 15, 2024. As part of it, she performs two shows at the venue every weekend. Its set list is the longest of Adele’s career and includes songs from multiple of her studio albums.

Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour

The Renaissance World Tour was the ninth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Beyonce. Her highest-grossing tour to date, it was announced on February 1 in support of her seventh studio album, Renaissance (2022). The concert run began on May 10 in Stockholm, Sweden, and concluded on October 1 in Kansas City, Missouri. It was her first solo tour since The Formation World Tour in 2016. The concert lasted between 2.5 and 3 hours and was split into six or seven acts, with Beyonce performing the tracks of Renaissance in order, interspersed with songs from across her discography. The tour broke ticket sales records worldwide, becoming the eighth highest-grossing concert tour of all time, the second highest-grossing tour ever by a female artist and the highest-grossing tour by a black artist, among others.