There have been guaranteed stadium sellouts all summer long.<\/p>\n
Some examples:<\/p>\n
Beyonc\u00e9<\/p>\n
Coldplay<\/p>\n
Shakira<\/p>\n
Ed Sheeran<\/p>\n
Robbie Williams<\/p>\n
Dua Lipa<\/p>\n
The Weeknd<\/p>\n
Never mind Guns N’ Roses who go nearly clean despite touring almost every year with no new material.<\/p>\n
And Zach Bryan can play stadiums and sell out whenever he wants.<\/p>\n
Then there’s Kenny Chesney and Chris Stapleton…<\/p>\n
But what is even more interesting is the acts whose profile is not as high as those above who are also selling out stadiums. This number of successful stadium shows has been heretofore unknown.<\/p>\n
Having said that, these acts are not those who dominate today’s Spotify Top 50 so much as having paid their dues and broken through in a much less cluttered world wherein the old methods of carpet bomb promotion\/publicity still worked. Will there be new stadium acts created? Yes. But it appears it’s less about a recent hit than a number of successful songs over a period of time.<\/p>\n
What accounts for this? A unique experience that is unavailable elsewhere. We’ve all got the same smartphones, access to Netflix, but once in lifetime experiences that everybody can’t attend? Those are rare. Other than travel and in some cases food, music owns the sphere.<\/p>\n
Never forget that there are 50% more people in America than there were in the last heyday of stadium shows in the seventies.<\/p>\n
But you don’t have to be known by all, you don’t have to be plastered all over the news to sell out a stadium today. Either people know you’re doing a show and have to go or they couldn’t care less or the news is ignored or never even flies on their radar screen.<\/p>\n
Note: Many of the acts below have more stadium sellouts this summer beyond the ones listed.<\/p>\n
STRAY KIDS<\/p>\n
Strade de France – 2 shows -117,382 – $16,951,814<\/p>\n
Tottehnam Hotspur Stadium – 2 shows – 89,225 – $15,991,035<\/p>\n
As well as sellouts here:<\/p>\n
2 at SoFi<\/p>\n
2 at CitiField<\/p>\n
2 at Globe Life Field<\/p>\n
CHRIS BROWN<\/p>\n
MetLife Stadium – 2 shows – 107,256 – $15,001,827<\/p>\n
Ford Field – 2 shows – 90,437 – $14,619,415<\/p>\n
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE<\/p>\n
Dodger Stadium – 2 shows – 87,431 – $14,965,124<\/p>\n
MetLife Stadium – 45,511 – $9,334,216<\/p>\n
Globe Life Field – 38,246 – $8,267,228<\/p>\n
ULTIMO<\/p>\n
Not a sellout, 94%<\/p>\n
Studio Olimpico – 3 shows – 174,544 – $13,134,558<\/p>\n
IMAGINE DRAGONS<\/p>\n
Stadion Letzigrund – 47,071 – $9,708,963<\/p>\n
IRON MAIDEN<\/p>\n
London Stadium – 69,419 – $8,920,154<\/p>\n
Paris La D\u00e9fense Arena – 2 shows – 75,483-$7,660,857<\/p>\n
LANA DEL REY<\/p>\n
Aviva Stadium – 51,445 – $8,417,738<\/p>\n
MAX PEZZALI<\/p>\n
Not a sellout, 97% business<\/p>\n
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari-82,446 – $6,624,840<\/p>\n
RUFUS DU SOUL<\/p>\n
Sports Illustrated Stadium – 2 shows – 48,226 – $5,895,519<\/p>\n
STEREOPHONICS<\/p>\n
Principality Stadium – 57,175 – $5,784,354<\/p>\n
LUMINEERS<\/p>\n
Empower Field at Mile High – 54,247 – $5,102,102<\/p>\n
NOAH KAHAN<\/p>\n
Marlay Park – 39,967 – $4,990,161<\/p>\n
SAM FENDER<\/p>\n
(98%, not sellouts)<\/p>\n
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