The legendary rock band’s Hackney Diamonds Tour eclipsed Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour in single-night revenue pulling in a staggering £10,345,659 per night.
The iconic group, made up of Sir Mick Jagger, 81, Keith Richards, 80, and Ronnie Wood, 77, banked the most per night from their concerts, according to Pollstar’s annual Voice of Live year-end review which reviews the last 12 months’ worldwide shows.
The rockers proved that legacy acts still reign supreme as the appeal of their classic hits still brings out the crowds six decades after their debut.
Fans grabbed up tickets for their 18 shows in record time and although 35-year-old Swift’s 149 global shows shattered box office records becoming the first ever to earn over a billion dollars, the superstar was around £10k a night short of the band.
However, the Shake It Off star’s finish of £1.74bn was over double that of what previous record holder Elton John with his Farewell Yellow Brick Road bought in.
The US singer’s takings of £830m in 2024 alone, almost match Sir Elton’s entire five-year total.
The legendary rock band’s Hackney Diamonds Tour eclipsed Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour in single-night revenue pulling in a staggering £10,345,659 per night.
The rockers proved that legacy acts still reign supreme as the appeal of their classic hits still brings out the crowds six decades after their debut (Taylor pictured)
The Stones charged £250 on average per ticket, whereas Swift charged £180. And The Stones took home £235 million in total.
Demand for Swift’s shows was also 196 percent higher than for the second most popular act, Liam Gallagher. Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, and Pink rounded out the top five.
Meanwhile, Coldplay, third on the list, took home £6,186,482 per concert on their Music of the Spheres tour. This means the Stones earnings were forty per cent greater than Coldplay and they also made almost five times more than Madonna, 66.
Pollstar’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Gensler said: ‘2024 has proven to be a historic year for the live entertainment industry. We saw record-setting revenues, with the top two tours of all time running concurrently.’
The year’s record-breaking numbers have shown that the music industry, despite global inflation, is bigger than ever.
As a reward to her team on the Eras Tour, Taylor quietly gave out more than ‘$197 million in bonuses to everyone working on her tour — including truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, merch team, lighting, sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, physical therapists and video team,’ according to People.
This comes over a year after it was revealed that she shelled out $100,000 in bonuses for her truck drivers, who were responsible for hauling her equipment around the country amid the US leg of her tour.
Per TMZ, she handed out the huge six-figure bonuses the workers ahead of her Santa Clara, California.
The iconic group, made up of Sir Mick Jagger , 81, Keith Richards , 80, and Ronnie Wood , 77, banked the most per night from their concerts, according to Pollstar’s annual Voice of Live year-end review which reviews the last 12 months’ worldwide shows
Fans grabbed up tickets for their 18 shows in record time and although 35-year-old Swift’s 152 global shows shattered box office records becoming the first ever to earn over a billion dollars, the superstar was around £100k a night short of the band
At the time, the publication stated that there were around 50 production truck drivers taking part in the US leg of the tour, meaning that if she did indeed pay $100k in bonuses, she would have written a check for upward of $5 million.
In October, the Cruel Summer hitmaker officially became the world’s richest female musical artist, with a a net worth of $1.6 billion, according to Forbes.
The Fortnight artist – who has a real estate portfolio estimated at about $125 million, Forbes said – achieved the financial feat of becoming a billionaire solely through her musical endeavors, royalties and concerts.
Amid a business dispute with music magnate Scooter Braun over her catalogue, Swift recorded new versions of her material on her first six records and began releasing them three years ago.
The results have been wildly profitable, with the Eras Tour creating such high demand that the U.S. Congress began making inquiries to Ticketmaster in regards to its take on concert ticket sales.
Over the summer, Pollstar editor Andy Gensler predicted that Swift’s Eras Tour was on track to reach $2 billion, excluding resale inflation and the hundreds of millions she’s made from merchandise.
‘She is the torchbearer for the live industry,’ Gensler told Variety. ‘It’s nothing we’ve ever seen before, and it’ll be a long time before we see it again.’
