Live music business slumps in first half of 2019, with world’s Top 100 tours down $752m year-on-year

MBW analysis of Pollstar data shows significant decline in blockbuster concert revenue worldwide
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Ed Sheeran Beats Out Bruno Mars to Top Pollstar’s Mid-Year 2018 Concert Charts

Here’s a conundrum – Ed Sheeran offers ticket prices much cheaper than Bruno Mars, and ends up breaking sales records. Pollstar has released its 2018 Mid-Year report on the live concert industry.  And the industry has never looked so good. Looking at t…

Global concert sales hit a record high in the first half of 2018… but so did average ticket prices

Top 50 best-selling tours of the first half of 2018 generated a record $2.21 billion
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