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Originally Posted by calgaryjohn87
Because you seem determined on this Ed sheernan thing. We talk about arenas and worldwide acts skipping Calgary and you try to Lump Ed sheernan in with colossal acts like Ac/dc, Metallica and Garth Brooks. These are acts that have been playing football stadiums since the 80's (not Garth Brooks as he stopped touring to spend time with family) . We need venues for world class acts, not some limp wristed Brit,
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I think you have me confused for someone else? I barely know who Ed Sheeran is, and he seems really lame. I like data though.
Top 200 NA tours, 2016 (seems to be real mix of classic acts, new country and pop):
https://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Ch...ricanTours.pdf
Top 100 Worldwide Tours, 2016:
https://www.pollstarpro.com/files/Ch...dwideTours.pdf
https://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=828819
The best metric for determining an artist’s true popularity is their ability to sell tickets for a live performance.
There was a time when radio airplay and recorded music sales were the best measure of who is hot, but today’s world of fragmented music consumption also includes on-demand audio or video streams, commercials, video games, and fashion shows.
Artists' ability to pay their mortgages now relies predominately on touring revenues generated from ticket and merchandise sales. While recorded music revenues have been in steady decline, live music dollars continue to grow despite sharp increases in ticket prices.