Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour European stint grosses $154.4m and sells one million tickets

Beyoncé’s European leg of her Renaissance World Tour grossed $154.4m (£122m/€142m) and sold one million tickets across 21 performances. According to the figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, this is the biggest gross and attendance figures of any of the singer’s previous European legs. During 2016’s The Formation World Tour and 2018’s On the Run II …

Prodiss report outlines evolution of ticket prices in France

A report from French trade union Prodiss has revealed that tickets for French events and festivals have generally remained below or in line with inflation, and that prices were also mostly lower than in other countries.  Across 18 theatres,16 French festivals, six tours from international artists and compared with 20 festivals abroad, Prodiss found that …

Senate Judiciary Committee warns Ticketmaster ahead of Beyoncé presales

Ticketmaster will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the Taylor Swift incident when tickets for Beyoncé’s first solo tour in six years go on sale in the US later today.  The Live Nation-owned platform has already said that registration demand for Group A – which covers concerts in nine US cities – was eight …

O2 Priority struggles under weight of Beyoncé fans

Beyoncé fans rushed to secure tickets in the UK pre-sales ahead of the singer’s first solo tour in seven years.  O2 Priority customers were up first yesterday (Thursday), though the influx of fans attempting to purchase tickets for the Renaissance tour crashed the website and app. Fans also struggled in the O2 Priority queue on …