Beyoncé’s ‘Formation World Tour’ Has Already Earned $123 Million
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A number of exciting tours have been announced this year, but perhaps to little surprise, Beyoncé’s Formation World Tour is one of the top-earning tours of 2016 so far, Billboard reports.
According to box office counts submitted by Live Nation, the tour grossed $26 million this past week alone in its final four stops in North America, totalling $123 million over the tour’s first leg. The tour’s first shows in Canada and the U.S., which ended on July 14, saw 972,719 attendees from 23 sold-out shows.
Within the same one-week range during which the Formation World Tour earned $26 million at five sold-out shows, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band performed three sold-out shows and earned $13 million. Having said that, Forbes reports that Springsteen’s tour has grossed $170 million thus far, making it the only tour to have earned more than Beyoncé’s this year.
The highest grossing tour of all time is U2’s 2009-2011, 110-show U2 360° Tour, which earned $736 million and saw 7,272,046 attendees. Madonna became the highest grossing touring solo artist of all time this past March after the finalized numbers for her Rebel Heart Tour came in, putting her at $1.31 billion in tickets sold over her career.
Currently, Beyoncé is on the second leg of her tour in Europe, which will wrap up on August 3. She will return to North America on September 7 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The Formation World Tour’s final show will be on October 2 at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.
Beyoncé’s Lemonade has earned her 11 MTV’s 2016 VMA nominations. Check out the full list of nominations here.
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