Pollstar recently unveiled their end-of-year figures for 2015, declaring Frontier Touring as the most successful Australian concert promoter of 2015, ranking #8 globally, after selling 1.9 million tickets.
Among the company’s big-ticket coups (no pun intended) were Taylor Swift’s monolithic 1989 tour, as well as Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Foo Fighters, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Barnes, Kylie Minogue, Eagles, and more.
The second highest ranking Aussie was Chugg Entertainment, who came in at #39 after moving almost 495,000 tickets. Going down the list we saw Nine Live at #54 (365,576), Adrian Bohm Presents at #61 (298,282), Dainty Group at #85 (193,840), and Bluesfest Touring at #90 (175,622).
Looking elsewhere at Pollstar’s stats, AC/DC had the highest grossing tour of an Australian act, taking in a US$100 million gross from 2.3 million tickets sold, which put them at the #3 spot for World Tours.
Aussies also did well in the global festival market. Looking at the list of Top 20 Worldwide Grossing Festivals, Bluesfest came in at #8, shifting 105,475 tickets for a $9.8 million gross.
Several Aussies also featured in the list of Top 200 Clubs, including Melbourne’s Corner Hotel at #26 (114,085 tickets) and Northcote Social Club at #96 (40,360), Sydney’s Newtown Social Club at #103 (35,528), and Melbourne’s 170 Russell at #189 (11,367).
Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena was at #29 (442,906) on the Top 200 Arenas List, with Perth Arena at #47 (338,986), Sydney’s Allphones Arena at #51 (325,171), Sydney’s Qantas Credit Union Arena at #54 (313,835), and Brisbane Entertainment Centre (235,542).
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The global concert industry had a booming year, grossing a total of $4.71 billion from the Top 100 tours, an increase of 11 percent on 2014 figures, but less than the $5 billion record set in 2013.
To the surprise of almost no one, the biggest touring act of 2015 was Taylor Swift, whose 1989 World Tour generated more than $250 million in ticket sales and smashing the record for biggest North American tour of all time.
