How many tickets have Coldplay sold for this tour?

[padge]

Just wondering if anyone has a general idea of total ticket sales and predicted sales for this tour. Would love to see the numbers compared to Taylor Swift. They must be the 2 biggest tours in the world? 

 

Thanks 

[edupoint]

I think Coldplay has cheaper tickets than Taylor, so it´s easier for our boys to sold out. Anyway, the numbers of tickets sold this tour are beyond crazy.

[GamingForeverAUS]

22 hours ago, padge said:

Just wondering if anyone has a general idea of total ticket sales and predicted sales for this tour. Would love to see the numbers compared to Taylor Swift. They must be the 2 biggest tours in the world? 

 

Thanks 

the biggest tour run just ended this year and it was Elton John's farewell tour. It grossed nearly 1 billion dollars and became the highest grossing tour of all time. Right now, there are reportedly 7 million tickets sold so far on the Music of The Spheres tour with more to be sold and the tour has grossed over 500 million dollars so far. They have only grossed this much because their tickets are generally cheaper then other acts (except Europe 2024, apparently they're much more expensive then the ones in 2022 and 2023 for some reason) There are currently another 40 or so scheduled shows.

However, this tour seems to be promoting several albums so it may be unfair to compare this tour to another highest grossing tour because the MOTS tour is set to span atleast the next album and possibly the one following that. They still have many markets to visit or revist such as the rest of Australia and New Zealand, regional USA, Canada etc.

[CP-EST]

History based on finished tours:

The highest grossing tour in history considering inflation should still be U2 360 tour, but Elton John's farewell tour is close behind. Adjusted for inflation: U2 360 tour grossed 958 million dollars, Elton John's tour grossed 939 million dollars. Source: Wikipedia.

But there's different ways of rating tour. Total gross, total audience numbers, average gross per show etc. Ed Sheeran currently holds the record of attendance for tour with 8,8 million people. Source: Wikipedia.

About Taylor vs Coldplay.

Taylor's average ticket prices for US seemed insane, but in Europe they don't seem so drastically different. At this moment it's difficult to make any conclusions how much the average ticket price differs, because I haven't found any conclusive data about Eras tour. Let's say right now, her average ticket price throughout the tour is around 2,0 times higher than Coldplay. Coldplay focuses more on higher audience numbers and making shows affordable for as many people as possible. Taylor's shows should have way higher gross per show.

Predictions:

Coldplay has done 107 shows by now for MOTS World Tour, excluding Rock in Rio festival performance. 57 more shows are scheduled at this moment, so 164 in total. Prediction, if they sell out all shows 100%, like they have done so far: they should achieve audience numbers of around 9,3-9,4 million people, which would be a new record in terms of audience numbers any tour has achieved.

In terms of gross it's more difficult to predict, but it seems like Coldplay will get close to U2 and Elton John, maybe even beat them. Taylor has 131 shows scheduled in total for Eras Tour and should achieve audience numbers of at least 6,5-7,0 million people, but in terms of gross she could definitely go over 1 billion dollars, maybe even 1,2-1,3 billion dollars.

Don't quote me, but I think Coldplay hasn't finished their tour yet, some more legs might be announced, so it's not time to make any conclusive predictions yet.

11 hours ago, GamingForeverAUS said:

However, this tour seems to be promoting several albums so it may be unfair to compare this tour to another highest grossing tour because the MOTS tour is set to span atleast the next album and possibly the one following that. They still have many markets to visit or revist such as the rest of Australia and New Zealand, regional USA, Canada etc.

I'd say tours are not always about promoting one certain album. Taylor Swift's Eras Tour isn't either about one specific album. Elton John's tour was more about farewall than 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. With Coldplay it's a bit different though. The shows that are sold out and are in sale right now for next year rely on MOTS vol 1 (+ old classic hits and the hype about shows on social media) if we could say so, because general audience has no idea about some new album coming out next year. So foundation for this tour would be MOTS vol 1 for now, but they seem extending and improving this tour with next album for sure.

Edited July 27, 2023 by CP-EST