Talor Swift Leads the Hot Tours This July
Taylor Swift leads the Billboard’s Hot Tours tally thanks to her sold out shows in Ohio and Louisville as she heads into her third leg of her Reputation tour as the world’s biggest ticket draw.
There are still plenty of dates before she wraps up her tour on 6 October in Arlington so don’t miss your chance and buy your tickets here.
Taylor leads Kenny Chesney on Billboard’s Hot Tour list dated 14 July thanks to two sold-out dates at high-capacity stadiums in Louisville and Ohio on 30 June and 7 July. The Ohio Stadium set is the top grosser with 63,000 tickets sold and Louisville’s Cardinal Stadium sold 52,000. The two shows raked $11.5 million for the pop singer.
Swift has just returned from a string of dates in the UK and these two dates mark the beginning of Reputation’s third run which will culminate at a two-day stint in Arlington, Texas. Charli XCX and Camila Cabello are opening acts and Messina Touring Group is promoting this No. 1 tour. Billboard previously reported that Reputation tour could potentially earn as much as $400 million overall.
Kenny Chesney’s tour Trip Around the Sun raked $11 million among five reported dates between 28 June at Utah’s USANA Amphitheatre and 7 July at Seattle’s CenturyLink Field with 137,109 sold tickets.Shania Twain is on the third place with total earnings $4.62 million and 50,676 sold tickets among four performances between 6 Juneand 4 July.
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill are currently on 4 place with $4.37 million grossed among six dates between 26 June and 8 July while U2 landed on fifth place with only one date at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville and $1.59 million. Also making the top 10 are Maroon 5, the Dave Matthews Band, Vance Joy, Sam Smith and Fish Fest.
One of the world’s leading contemporary recording artists, topped the US and UK charts with her sixth album “Reputation” and singles “Look What You Made Me Do” and “Delicate”. She also became the first act to have four albums sell one million copies within one week in the US and the youngest woman on the Forbe’s top earning women in music. It seems like sky is the limit for Taylor so we can expect a lot more “firsts” from this talented singer.
You can find tickets for all Reputation dates here.
Reputation Tour
Show Date and Time: Friday, 3 August, 2018, 7pm
Show Location: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Age Restriction: all ages