Bruce Springsteen and the E Avenue Band wrapped up their “Land of Hope and Goals Tour” earlier this month, ending issues off in Milan, Italy.
In keeping with Billboard, Springsteen and co. grossed $729.7 million and bought 4.9 million tickets over 129 dates, making this The Boss’ most successful-ever run of reveals.
That is greater than double what they grossed throughout their earlier “Wrecking Ball World Tour” in 2012/2013.
Whereas a few of this enhance in income may be attributed to the upper value of ticket costs plaguing the reside music business, Springsteen bought extra tickets for this tour than any of his earlier excursions – with solely 3.6 million (or 37 p.c much less) being bought throughout his “Wrecking Ball World Tour.”
Extremely, this was not solely Springsteen’s highest-grossing tour of his profession, nevertheless it ranks at No. 6 on the checklist of the highest-grossing excursions of all time. Forward of The Boss is U2 at No. 5 (beating him by solely $6.7 million), Ed Sheeran at No. 4, Elton John at No. 3, Coldplay at No. 2, and Taylor Swift topping the chart at No.1 together with her latest “Eras Tour” grossing a whopping $2.1 billion.
Nonetheless, Springsteen’s tour was not with out controversy. Throughout a number of of his reveals, the legendary musician made headlines when he criticized President Donald Trump, calling him and his administration “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous.”
In response, Trump went on a social media tirade, calling Springsteen a “dried out ‘prune’ of a rocker” who “out to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT till he will get again into the Nation… Then we’ll all see the way it goes for him!”