Beyoncé, Bruce and the Biebs are ruling the North American concert tour circuit so far this year — a period in which the old guard appears to be ceding a bit of ground to younger stars.
Meanwhile, concert revenue for the first six months of the year was up 3.1 percent over last year, to $1.48 billion, according to Pollstar, which found the average ticket price actually fell a bit.
Queen Bey's Formation tour, the highest grossing in the period, took in an eye-popping $126.3 million. She is the only act to sell more than 1 million tickets.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band sold $76.9 million worth of tickets, while Justin Bieber sang and danced into third place — selling $73.7 million tickets.
Springsteen is the top global act, pulling in $170.7 million in the first six months — and he and the band still have fall dates to boost his overall numbers.
Global growth in concerts has been strong, with Pollstar reporting that the top 50 tours took in $1.98 billion, a 14.4 percent increase from the year-ago period.
Pollstar reported that publicly held Live Nation sold 15 million tickets, a big bump from 10.4 million in the year-ago period. Privately held AEG sold almost seven million tickets, up 800,000 from 2015.
While concert tours are experiencing a bull market, the festival circuit — especially a number of country music affairs — is not quite as robust, Pollstar reported.
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