Here’s the huge amount Bruce Springsteen made from the biggest tour of his career
Bruce Springsteen‘s most recent tour saw him make an eye-watering $729.7million (£543m) and sell 4.9million tickets, making it his biggest-ever run of dates.
As Billboard reports, The Boss’ 2023-2025 trek with the E Street Band – which concluded earlier this month – grossed more than double his previous largest stint, 2012/2013’s ‘Wrecking Ball World Tour’ ($347million/£258million).
Other runs that brought in more than $200million (£149m) for Springsteen include ‘The Rising Tour’ (2002-2003), ‘The Magic Tour’ (2007-2008) and ‘The River Tour’ (2016-2017).
Some of the increased revenue for the icon on his latest tour can be attributed to higher ticket prices across the live music industry. However, The Boss also sold more tickets for his 2023/2025 dates than for previous tours.
The 4.9million tickets shifted for his most recent trek exceeded the 3.6million sold during the ‘Wrecking Ball World Tour’ by 37 per cent. Additionally, the ’23-’25 jaunt became Springsteen’s longest-ever tour with 129 concerts.
In late 2022, the artist responded to the backlash surrounding the ticket prices for the tour following reports that some were priced at $5,000 each, due to Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” model.
Last summer, The Boss played two huge shows at London’s Wembley Stadium as part of the run, following a double billing at the capital’s BST Hyde Park 2023 the previous year.
In a five-star review of his first slot at BST ’23, NME wrote: “A force of personality like no other, if Springsteen’s ultimate goal really is to change lives by night, then it’s mission accomplished here. Punctuated with lessons of life, love and loss, he’s hit another home run at Hyde Park.”
Back in May, Springsteen made headlines for calling President Donald Trump’s administration “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous” at his show in Manchester. This led to Trump describing him as a “dried out ‘prune’” who “ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the country”.
The Boss also released a live EP, titled ‘Land Of Hope And Dreams’, from the opening night of his 2025 UK and European tour – which includes his speeches heavily criticising the Trump administration.
In other news, Springsteen has confirmed the existence of an electric version of ‘Nebraska’. Elsewhere, he has shared his verdict on Stephen Graham‘s portrayal of his father in the new biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.
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