Swift isn't the only big name on the road. Having postponed U.S. dates in the autumn as he received treatment for peptic ulcer disease, a fit-again Bruce Springsteen is now back with The E Street Band
Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen tours financially dominated in 2023
Pollstar said the tours that made the worldwide Top 100 brought in over $9 billion, an increase of 46% over 2022.
Pollstar identified the following artists as running the five worldwide tours that raked in the highest amounts this year:
Taylor Swift saw her "Eras Tour" produce a gross of $1.04 billion over the course of the 12-month period, marking the first instance of a billion-dollar tour, the publication estimated. In mid-October, Time’s 2023 "Person of the Year" also put out a concert movie of the tour, with IMDb’s Box Office Mojo reporting it has sold nearly $249.6 million worth of tickets to date.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Pollstar pegged the amount that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s tour earned at nearly $379.5 million. People have picked up more than 150 million of Springsteen’s various albums over the years, according to reports.
Springsteen He launches a UK tour at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, on May 5
The Boss’ has been known for his impressive track record and understanding of the ins and outs of the music business. While Springsteen may have a good ear for what makes a great song, he believed one modern artist, Taylor Swift, was carrying on the tradition of writing excellent melodies.
The Boss revealed that he first heard the No. 1 album when his daughter played it in the car.
“My daughter, a Taylor Swift fan to the max, the other day ago I pick her up at the airport,” the 74-year-old said. “She says, ‘Dad, Taylor Swift has got a banging new record!’ I was like, ‘So we got a banging new record? Alright.’ And plays it for me, top volume, all the way from Newark to Colts Neck, dancing in her seat. I said, ‘That’s what I like to see.’ It felt good.”
"When my daughter was in college, she took me with all of her girlfriends, and it was a fantastic show. Her audience experiences her songwriting very, very personally, and I think she's speaking to a large part of them very personally."
Although Springsteen may not have fit into the same category as Swift’s work, he considered her one of the best in her field at what she does. While not catering to the traditional world of rock music, Springsteen saw Swift as a songwriter who embodied everything that comes with popular music.