A concert tour (or simply tour ) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often, concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific tour with a particular album or product. Especially in the popular music world, such tours can become large-scale enterprises that last for several months or even years, are seen by hundreds of thousands or millions of people, and bring in millions of dollars in ticket revenues. A performer who embarks on a concert tour is called a touring artist .
21-809: The Take My Hand World Tour (previously known as the No Shame Tour ) was the fourth headlining concert tour by Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer in support of their fourth and fifth studio albums Calm (2020) and 5SOS5 (2022). The tour began on 3 April 2022 in Dublin at the 3Arena and concluded on 10 December 2022 in Sydney at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt , consisting of 68 dates in total. Originally scheduled to begin on 11 May 2020 in Belfast , Northern Ireland,
42-955: A new form of theatrical entertainment, a fusion of song, performance art, innovative stage craft, and state-of-the-art technology. She managed to popularize the Las Vegas residency as a desirable way for top artists to essentially tour in place, letting their fans come to them. American singer Lady Gaga , who cancelled the 2018 European leg of her Joanne World Tour , signed for a Las Vegas residency to help manage her fibromyalgia illness, which can be exacerbated by touring. The 2015 study by charity Help Musicians found that over 60% of musicians suffered from depression or other psychological issues, with touring an issue for 71% of respondents. Performing arts presenters Performing arts presenting organizations facilitate exchanges between artists and audiences through creative, educational, and performance opportunities. The work that these artists perform
63-453: A tour are denoted in different ways, dependent on the artist and type of tour, but the most common means of separating legs are dates (especially if there is a long break at some point), countries and/or continents, or different opening acts. In the largest concert tours, it has become more common for different legs to employ separate touring production crews and equipment, local to each geographical region. Concert tours are often administered on
84-485: Is Taylor Swift 's Eras Tour , with $ 2.089 billion earned from 125 shows. In 2024, Coldplay 's Music of the Spheres World Tour became the second tour to gross $ 1 billion in revenue. In third place is Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road , with a total gross of $ 939 million from 2018–2023. On fourth place is Ed Sheeran 's ÷ Tour , with a gross of $ 776.2 million. On fifth place
105-400: Is U2 's 360° Tour , with $ 736.4 million. Global touring revenue reported to Billboard Boxscore exceeded $ 5.5 billion in 2016. Due to the collapse of record sales in the 21st century, concert tours have become a major source of income for recording artists. Besides the tickets, touring also generates money from the sales of merchandise and meet-and-greet packages. However,
126-443: Is a concert tour intended to signal the retirement of a singer, the disbanding of a band, or the end of a show's run. Many of the tours end up not being the last tour, with frequent regroupings, or revivals of shows. Luciano Pavarotti 's 2004 tour and Kenny Rogers 's 2015–2017 tour are examples of farewell tours which were the last to be staged before their deaths. As of October 2024, the highest-grossing concert tour of all time
147-439: Is a peculiar thing, it doesn't suit me particularly well. I'm a real homebody and I get so much joy in the small things." A concert residency concept is offered as an alternative to performers who just need to stay in one venue and the fans come to see them. The concept has been revitalized in the 21st century by Canadian superstar Céline Dion with the success of her A New Day... residency (2003–2007). Her residency introduced
168-437: Is a retrospective of her career to that point, where each act of the concert represents one of her albums . In another case, artists embark on a concert tour to celebrate the anniversary of their past albums, such as U2 's 2017 tour to mark the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree (1987) and Janet Jackson 's 2019 tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). A farewell tour
189-585: Is produced outside of the presenting organization. Performing arts presenters are typically found in three varieties: Many organizations also experiment with performances of a more conceptual nature or work across genres. The Association of Performing Arts Presenters , located in Washington, D.C., is the largest organizing body of performing arts presenters in the United States. The primary international organizing body of performing arts presenters
210-862: Is the International Society for the Performing Arts. [1] Performing arts presenters as a segment of the live performance market confronted particular difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic . National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) chair, Maria Rosario Jackson was quoted in the Chicago Tribune as saying, "Few areas of the U.S. economy were hit harder than the performing arts, with the value added by performing arts presenters (including festivals) to Gross Domestic Product falling by nearly 73% between 2019 and 2020." A press release from
231-700: The European and UK leg would be postponed to 2021. On 26 June 2020, the band announced that the North America and Australian tour dates would be rescheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The band also announced additional shows in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. On 16 February 2021, the band stated that the Australian dates, originally rescheduled for March 2021, would once again be postponed. However, they confirmed that they do have new rescheduled dates in negotiations that coincide with
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#1732794102153252-408: The band announced the release of their fourth studio album, Calm , which was released on 27 March 2020. Following the album release statement, the Australian tour dates, taking place between 27 November 2020 and 5 December 2020, were announced on 17 February 2020. The first added Sydney show sold out within hours. Due to overwhelming demand, a second Sydney show, at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt ,
273-610: The band's tenth anniversary. On 7 October 2021, the four members announced that the Oceania's dates would be postponed again due the COVID-19 pandemic . The band later announced an exclusive performance on 22 September 2022 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, in which they will perform with a live orchestra. Concert tour Different segments of longer concert tours are known as "legs". The different legs of
294-434: The local level by concert promoters or by performing arts presenters . Usually, small concert tours are managed by a road manager whereas large concert tours are managed by a tour manager . The main challenge in concert tours is how to move the performance's logistics from one venue to another venue, especially for a transcontinental tour. Tour logistics should be very organized and everything has to happen on time and in
315-502: The official tour announcement, in June 2019 it was revealed that, as part of the tour, the band would perform as headliners for the 2020 annual Orange Warsaw Festival in Poland , originally scheduled to take place on 5 June 2020. In March 2020, it was announced that the 2020 Orange Warsaw Festival had been cancelled, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . It was subsequently announced that
336-474: The right order as planned. Autoweek magazine estimated 30 to 50 trucks were required by Taylor Swift 's The 1989 World Tour to bring all the stage, sound equipment, instruments, props, and clothes. When Beyoncé visited the United Kingdom with her 2016 The Formation World Tour , it took seven Boeing 747 air freighters and a fleet of more than 70 trucks to get her stage set and other gear to
357-520: The tour was rescheduled to 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . Following their tour with the Chainsmokers , the band announced on 28 November 2019 that they would be touring both the United Kingdom and Europe in 2020. The North American tour dates were later announced on 31 January 2020 with The Band Camino set to be the opening act for all shows in the US, Mexico and Canada. On 5 February 2020,
378-444: The touring business suffered in the early 2020s because of the COVID-19 pandemic . Pollstar estimated the total lost revenue for the industry in 2020 at more than $ 30 billion. The mobility of concert tours requires a lot of costs, time, and energy. It is very common for musicians to not see family members for over a year during their touring. British singer Adele expressed her unhappiness of concert tours, saying "Touring
399-577: The venues. The logistics phase of that tour did not include transportation of the backstage staff, musicians, performers, and the singer herself. The majority of concert tours are part of a promotional campaign to support an album release. Hence, new songs from the respective album are included on its tour's setlist . Some tours are known as "greatest hits tours" or "reunion tour" without any new material or specific album release, such as Fleetwood Mac 's 2009 Unleashed tour and No Doubt 's 2009 Summer Tour . Taylor Swift 's The Eras Tour (2023–2024)
420-649: Was a commercial success and received generally positive reviews from critics who praised the band's artistic growth and maturity. The album charted in more than 25 countries on several charts and debuted atop the charts at number one in Australia, the UK and Scotland. The album peaked in the top ten on seventeen charts, including number two in Mexico and number four in Austria, Estonia, Ireland, New Zealand and Portugal. Prior to
441-559: Was added to take place on 6 December 2020. On 24 February 2020, Coin was announced as the opening act for the UK dates, All Time Low for the European dates and lovelytheband for the Latin America dates. Tickets for the North American and Australian dates were released via LiveNation , on 7 February 2020 and 21 February 2020, respectively. On 27 March 2020, the band released their fourth studio album Calm . The album
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