Bruce Springsteen’s last tour established a record

The ‘The Land of Hope and Dreams Tour’ Of Bruce Springsteen – which closed on 3 July with the second concert of the boss at the San Siro stadium in Milan (Read the review here) – has established a new personal record as regards

According to Billboard, the tour has yielded over 700 million dollars to the boss, making it the most profitable tour of his entire career. The previous record of Bruce Springsteen dated back to ‘Wrecking Ball Tour’ of 2012-2013, which had yielded 347 million dollars to him.

With a total collection of 729.7 million dollars, this tour is also one of the most profitable in the history of music, together with those of other pop and rock giants such as Taylor Swift, Elton John, Ed Sheeran And U2. In addition, it was the longest tour of Springsteen’s career with 129 concerts, as well as the most profitable in terms of tickets sold, with 4.9 million tickets sold in about two years.

Billboard’s report stresses that the price of Springsteen tickets increased by 29% from the tour ‘The River’ of 2016 to today, but this increase is “well below the typical increase recorded by other artists who perform in arenas and stadiums, both traditional and contemporary”.

In August 2024, Forbes magazine reported that Springsteen had exceeded the ten -digit threshold, writing: “Despite his discomfort for the traps of wealth, the first hero of the Garden State guitar has accumulated a considerable fortune in six decades – which Forbes prudently estimates in 1.1 billion dollars – singing his roots”.

A few months later, Bruce Springsteen He faced the question of chest by declaring: “I am not a billionaire. I would like to be, but they were wrong on this. I spent too many money in superfluous things”.