A Big Thank you to everyone who came to The Rolling Stones on the Australia and New Zealand leg of the 2014 “ON FIRE” tour!.
As anyone who did back of the envelope calculations would know, with some ticket prices heading past $1200 and sold out shows being common, Australia is proving a financially fertile ground for the Rolling Stones.
Figures published show that the Australian leg of the On Fire world tour have put the Rolling Stones at the top of the highest grossing current tours worldwide, with gross returns of more than $26 million, so far. And that’s from only the first three cities of the tour.
According to Billboard, the Adelaide Oval show which opened the Australian tour grossed more than $10 million alone, while the two nights at the Perth Arena earned the band in excess of $11 million. That made the Stones the highest grossing artists at the Perth venue this year, ahead of Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry, Robbie Williams, Michael Buble and Justin Timberlake.
Even though there was only one night in Melbourne, receipts from that show were above $5.5 million dollars and that was the highest return for a single show at the Rod Laver Arena this year. Figures for Sydney’s larger show at Allphones Arena are not yet available but presumably would exceed that Melbourne figure, healthily compensating for the loss of income due to Jagger’s throat problems forcing the cancellation of the outdoor show at Hanging Rock in country Victoria.
Also not yet calculated are the receipts for the Hunter Valley winery show on Saturday and this week’s Brisbane and Auckland performances. Not to mention the revenue from the merchandise stands which were heavily patronised at all shows.
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