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 U 2 ’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.) K
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July 19.
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