Live Music Hits Record-Setting Grosses in 2022

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Live Music Logs Record-Setting 2022 as Bad Bunny and Elton John Lead With Booming Stadium Tours https://t.co/rG6zpxYi6D
- Variety (@Variety) December 13, 2022
Despite live music (and everything else) being negatively impacted by the pandemic for the past several years, the touring industry has come roaring back in 2022. Tours this year made over $6.

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[ellie_andrews]

i didn't see a lot but i did see the Killers, and it was probably the best show i've been to. :)

[teaaet]

how was johnny marr?

[ellie_andrews]

i'm not very familiar w him or the Smiths but he was good!

[cbluechicken]

I saw The Killers too and they were immaculate.

[kris_terror]

Literally HOW are that many people going to see Ed Sheeran, I really feel like none of his music has hit after this first album, maybe first two.

I basically only went to kpop and My Chemical Romance shows this year, excited to see Paramore next year!

[nermal_kat]

I don't understand who these people are who pay to see Ed perform live. My best guess is that most of them are young Taylor Swift fans, so that would explain their lack of musical taste.

[donaestrangera]

it might be middle aged women. my mom loves Ed Sheeran though she at least doesn’t love Ed Sheeran enough to go to his concert lmao.

[teaaet]

Noel Gallagher said once that Ed Sheerhan has the lowest production budget of anyone, so he keeps a huge portion of his ticket sales. But ia, idk why anyone would pay to see that trollboy either.

[vanouria]

i used to go to concerts all the time but with the pandemic, i pretty much stopped until this year and even then i only saw 2. I'm hoping to change that next year, and really hoping that I manage to get death cab /postal service tickets!

[xdecadentx]

I haven't been to a concert in years.

If it's gross, is it because the ticket prices are so high?

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Yeah, the ticket prices + inflation definitely played a huge part.

[genbu_no_miko24]

It's been years since I've been to a show!

My mom was disappointed she missed out on Bad Bunny lol!

Some smaller acts I heard did well, someone a few weeks posted a billboard link of how someone like Kehlani managed to thrive on tour given all the pandemic woes others have faced. So good for her and the like!!