Billboard - 24.08.2019

TOURING RECAP / July

13

P!NK

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

July 5-6

$8,091,671

$141.05/$90.27/

$84.63/$56.42

77,313

2

Marshall Arts,

Peter Rieger

Konzertagentur

14

THE ROLLING STONES

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans

July 15

$7,163,692

$453.50/$353.50/

$103.50/$29.50

35,023

1

AEG Presents/

Concerts West

15

METALLICA

Olympiastadion, Berlin

July 6

$6,745,329

$98.54

68,452

1

Live Nation

16

DEAD & COMPANY

Folsom Field, University of Colorado,

Boulder; Boulder, Colo.

July 5-6

$6,512,990

$150.50/$60.50

67,835

2

Live Nation

17

PAUL McCARTNEY

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

July 13

$6,410,157

$299.50/

$199.50/$99.50/

$29.50

48,767

1

Concerts

West/AEG

Presents/

Marshall Arts

18

METALLICA

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

July 21

$6,073,606

$98.68

61,546

1

Live Nation

19

BILLY JOEL

Camden Yards Stadium, Baltimore

July 26

$6,013,337

$164.50/$54.50

39,246

1

Live Nation

20

P!NK

Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich

July 30

$5,956,105

$181.41/$156.21/

$120.94/$75.99

45,287

1

abc Production,

Marshall Arts

21

P!NK

Olympiastadion, Berlin

July 14

$5,649,498

$140.85/$112.68/

$101.41/$84.51/

$73.24

54,114

1

Marshall Arts,

Peter Rieger

Konzertagentur

22

P!NK

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

July 24

$5,626,465

$140.77/$130.71/

$101.67/$92.79/

$72.62

55,873

1

Barracuda

Music,

Marshall Arts

23

JENNIFER LOPEZ

Madison Square Garden, New York

July 12, 15

$5,536,127

$499.95/$49.95

28,066

2

Live Nation

24

JENNIFER LOPEZ

American Airlines Arena, Miami

July 25-27

$5,485,286

$499.95/$49.95

40,055

3

Live Nation

25

METALLICA

Festival Park, Hameenlinna, Finland

July 16

$5,330,615

$96.01

55,519

1

Live Nation

26

JOHN MAYER

Madison Square Garden, New York

July 25-26

$5,131,626

$199/$75

35,810

2

Live Nation

27

PHISH

Fenway Park, Boston

July 5-6

$4,891,124

$95/$45

65,459

2

Live Nation

28

METALLICA

Telia Parken, Copenhagen

July 11

$4,811,332

$107.05

44,944

1

Live Nation

29

METALLICA

Raadi Airfield, Tartu, Estonia

July 18

$4,791,241

$81.07

59,099

1

Live Nation

30

METALLICA

Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, Sweden

July 9

$4,668,092

$73.69

63,348

1

Live Nation

TOP BOXSCORES (CONT.)

ARTIST(S)

Venue

Date(s)

GROSS

Ticket Prices

TOTAL

AT T E N D E ES

No. of Shows

PROMOTER(S)

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) tour became the highest-grossing

trek of all time by venturing to venues few pop stars play

E

D SHEERAN’S ÷ (DIVIDE)

tour didn’t break U2’s

record for the highest-

grossing trek of all time

by charging the same ticket prices

as Bono and company. By the

time the “Shape of You” singer hit

the $737.9 million mark, he had

played more than twice as many

shows as the band did during

its 2009-11 360° Tour, with an

average ticket price that was 15%

lower than U2’s (before adjusting

for inflation).

With lower prices, Sheeran had

to play for about 1 million more

fans than U2 to break the record,

and he had to find them in cities

seldom listed on the back of a tour

T-shirt. For his agent, Creative

Artists Agency’s Jon Ollier, and a

network of European promoters,

that meant pushing into the Baltic

countries and Russia. Billboard

looks at five European stops that

helped push Sheeran over the top.

National Arena in Bucharest,

Romania (July 3)

This stadium (not an arena,

despite the name) is the second-

youngest building Sheeran played

on the Eastern European leg of

the tour: It opened in 2011 and

replaced the former National

Stadium, which hosted some of

Romania’s first concerts following

its 1989 revolution. Sheeran

performed in front of 48,000

fans and grossed $2.9 million.

(Promoted by Nova Music.)

Letany Airport in Prague

(July 7-8)

Over 139,036 people attended

Sheeran’s two concerts at the

Czech Republic’s oldest airport.

(The first flight took off in 1911.)

Sheeran’s two shows broke the

attendance record at the venue

that AC/DC set in 2015; opening

night was seen by 80,000 fans

and delivered the country’s

most-attended engagement since

Michael Jackson performed for

Divide And Conquer

BY DAVE BROOKS

BEHIND THE BOXSCORE

125,000 at Letná Park in 1996.

(Promoted by Charm Music.)

Lucavsala Park in Riga, Latvia

(July 12)

Located on the tip of an inlet

along the Daugava River,

Lucavsala Park is home to

98 residents and the Riga Radio

and TV Tower, now the tallest

tower in the European Union.

The venue is frequently used for

concerts; Sheeran’s show drew

over 50,000 fans and grossed

$3.9 million. (Promoted by Scorpio

and Charmenko.)

Otkrytiye Arena in Moscow

(July 19)

Hoping to make Sheeran feel

welcome, Moscow officials at

the venue — whose construction

was spearheaded by President

Vladimir Putin for the 2018 World

Cup — unveiled a 16-foot statue of

the artist prior to the concert. The

show grossed $3.9 million (the

second-lowest on his European

leg, but still respectable), and

39,000 attended. (Promoted by

AEG Presents.)

Tusindårsskoven in Odense,

Denmark (July 12)

This 18-acre reserve is known

as the Thousand Year Forest

to residents of Odense, the

third-largest city in Denmark.

Sheeran’s two shows sold out

87,000 tickets in 20 minutes and

grossed $8.7 million. (Promoted by

Beatbox Entertainment.) KOMMERSANT PHOTO AGENCY/SHUTTERSTOCK

Sheeran at

Otkrytiye Arena

in Moscow on

July 19.

92 BILLBOARD | AUGUST 24, 2019