It is clear that Metallica is completely the largest steel band on this planet… however even past that, they’re simply plain large throughout the board. Pollstar simply launched their High 10 Worldwide High Touring Artists record, which discovered Metallica at No. 9 having grossed $179.3 million in 2024.
To interrupt that down slightly, 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 thousands and thousands 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 record, 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 effectively throughout that few stay appearances.
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