Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Ford Field on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Detroit.
Beyonce performs during the Formation World Tour at Ford Field on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Detroit.
Buying concert tickets can be a wallet draining experience these days. While some balk at the upwardly creeping prices, for others a hefty ticket cost is a small price to pay to see their favourite musician or band performing live.
After all, you can't put a price on experience andfans have often waited years and years to see their musical heroes perform.
Now that the cash from the recorded music business has totally crashed, touring has become the main source of revenue for musicians.
So how is that working out for them? Pretty, pretty, good... providing you made this list.
Pollstar, a concert industry trade publication, crunched the data from concert promoters and venue managers to came up with this Top 20 list of the highest grossing worldwide touring acts right now. Artists were ranked and ordered according to their average box office gross per city worldwide.
And while it's no surprise to see so many legacy acts hauling it in, the list does contain a few surprises.
And if you thought Beyonce would be the easy claimant to this crown... well, you'd be wrong...
Bruce Springsteen plays the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland 1 March 2014 Herald on Sunday Photograph by Chris Loufte NZH 03Mar14 - Bruce Springsteen is a showman's showman, and at Mt Smar
All figures have been converted into our very own New Zealand dollar to give you a crystal - or should that be Cristal? - clear idea of just how much bank someone like Rihanna pockets after each show.
