A concert tour (or simply tour ) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often, concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific tour with a particular album or product. Especially in the popular music world, such tours can become large-scale enterprises that last for several months or even years, are seen by hundreds of thousands or millions of people, and bring in millions of dollars in ticket revenues. A performer who embarks on a concert tour is called a touring artist .
20-864: The Mañana Será Bonito Tour was the fourth concert tour by Colombian singer Karol G , launched in-support of her multi-platinum fourth studio album Mañana Será Bonito (2023) and its mixtape / B-side , Bichota Season (2023). The show's setlist also features additional hits and fan-favorite songs from her previous three albums Unstoppable (2017), Ocean (2019) and KG0516 (2021). The tour began on August 10, 2023, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise (near Las Vegas ), Nevada , before visiting additional sities throughout North America, much of Latin America and parts of Europe. The Mañana Será Bonito Tour ended on July 23, 2024, at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid . With
40-418: A concert tour to celebrate the anniversary of their past albums, such as U2 's 2017 tour to mark the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree (1987) and Janet Jackson 's 2019 tour to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). A farewell tour is a concert tour intended to signal the retirement of a singer, the disbanding of a band, or the end of a show's run. Many of
60-427: A gross over $ 307 million from an audience of 2.3 million, Mañana Será Bonito became the highest-grossing Latin tour of all time by a female artist, and third highest-grossing concert tour by any Latin act, behind Bad Bunny 's World's Hottest Tour and Luis Miguel 's Tour 2023–24 . The previously successful tours by Karol G, the $ trip Love Tour (2022), as well as the updated leg of her Bichota Tour (2022)—dubbed
80-449: A lot of costs, time, and energy. It is very common for musicians to not see family members for over a year during their touring. British singer Adele expressed her unhappiness of concert tours, saying "Touring is a peculiar thing, it doesn't suit me particularly well. I'm a real homebody and I get so much joy in the small things." A concert residency concept is offered as an alternative to performers who just need to stay in one venue and
100-565: A video trailer. The singer had initially held three special sold-out album-release concerts at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in March 2023, featuring surprise guests Feid , Maldy , Mariah Angeliq , Sean Paul , Romeo Santos , and Bad Gyal . Six more North American shows were announced on June 1. Opening acts were announced on August 4. Latin American and European dates were announced by
120-435: Is how to move the performance's logistics from one venue to another venue, especially for a transcontinental tour. Tour logistics should be very organized and everything has to happen on time and in the right order as planned. Autoweek magazine estimated 30 to 50 trucks were required by Taylor Swift 's The 1989 World Tour to bring all the stage, sound equipment, instruments, props, and clothes. When Beyoncé visited
140-572: Is produced outside of the presenting organization. Performing arts presenters are typically found in three varieties: Many organizations also experiment with performances of a more conceptual nature or work across genres. The Association of Performing Arts Presenters , located in Washington, D.C., is the largest organizing body of performing arts presenters in the United States. The primary international organizing body of performing arts presenters
160-830: Is the International Society for the Performing Arts. [1] Performing arts presenters as a segment of the live performance market confronted particular difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic . National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) chair, Maria Rosario Jackson was quoted in the Chicago Tribune as saying, "Few areas of the U.S. economy were hit harder than the performing arts, with the value added by performing arts presenters (including festivals) to Gross Domestic Product falling by nearly 73% between 2019 and 2020." A press release from
180-444: The 11th spot on Billboard's year-end Top Tours chart that includes all music genres. Concert tour Different segments of longer concert tours are known as "legs". The different legs of a tour are denoted in different ways, dependent on the artist and type of tour, but the most common means of separating legs are dates (especially if there is a long break at some point), countries and/or continents, or different opening acts. In
200-574: The 2018 European leg of her Joanne World Tour , signed for a Las Vegas residency to help manage her fibromyalgia illness, which can be exacerbated by touring. The 2015 study by charity Help Musicians found that over 60% of musicians suffered from depression or other psychological issues, with touring an issue for 71% of respondents. Performing arts presenters Performing arts presenting organizations facilitate exchanges between artists and audiences through creative, educational, and performance opportunities. The work that these artists perform
220-579: The Bichota Reloaded Tour—, respectively, grossed nearly $ 90 million and sold 691,454 tickets across 53 shows in North and Latin America, according to Billboard Boxscore . It was the highest-grossing tour by a Latina, for 2022, and 26th highest-grossing, overall. Wanting to capitalize on the success of, and tour in-support of, her successful fourth studio album Mañana Será Bonito , Karol G announced new tour dates at larger venues on April 27, 2023, through
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#1732851897441240-515: The Spheres World Tour became the second tour to gross $ 1 billion in revenue. In third place is Elton John 's Farewell Yellow Brick Road , with a total gross of $ 939 million from 2018–2023. On fourth place is Ed Sheeran 's ÷ Tour , with a gross of $ 776.2 million. On fifth place is U2 's 360° Tour , with $ 736.4 million. Global touring revenue reported to Billboard Boxscore exceeded $ 5.5 billion in 2016. Due to
260-501: The United Kingdom with her 2016 The Formation World Tour , it took seven Boeing 747 air freighters and a fleet of more than 70 trucks to get her stage set and other gear to the venues. The logistics phase of that tour did not include transportation of the backstage staff, musicians, performers, and the singer herself. The majority of concert tours are part of a promotional campaign to support an album release. Hence, new songs from
280-479: The collapse of record sales in the 21st century, concert tours have become a major source of income for recording artists. Besides the tickets, touring also generates money from the sales of merchandise and meet-and-greet packages. However, the touring business suffered in the early 2020s because of the COVID-19 pandemic . Pollstar estimated the total lost revenue for the industry in 2020 at more than $ 30 billion. The mobility of concert tours requires
300-579: The fans come to see them. The concept has been revitalized in the 21st century by Canadian superstar Céline Dion with the success of her A New Day... residency (2003–2007). Her residency introduced a new form of theatrical entertainment, a fusion of song, performance art, innovative stage craft, and state-of-the-art technology. She managed to popularize the Las Vegas residency as a desirable way for top artists to essentially tour in place, letting their fans come to them. American singer Lady Gaga , who cancelled
320-716: The first female latin artist to headline all- stadium tour across North and South America. Karol is the first female latin artist in history headlined a sold-out stadium show at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and 4 shows at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain. establishing herself as the highest-earning Latin touring artist. She generated an impressive $ 155.3 million in revenue and sold 925,000 tickets in just 20 shows, earning
340-439: The largest concert tours, it has become more common for different legs to employ separate touring production crews and equipment, local to each geographical region. Concert tours are often administered on the local level by concert promoters or by performing arts presenters . Usually, small concert tours are managed by a road manager whereas large concert tours are managed by a tour manager . The main challenge in concert tours
360-455: The respective album are included on its tour's setlist . Some tours are known as "greatest hits tours" or "reunion tour" without any new material or specific album release, such as Fleetwood Mac 's 2009 Unleashed tour and No Doubt 's 2009 Summer Tour . Taylor Swift 's The Eras Tour (2023–2024) is a retrospective of her career to that point, where each act of the concert represents one of her albums . In another case, artists embark on
380-430: The tours end up not being the last tour, with frequent regroupings, or revivals of shows. Luciano Pavarotti 's 2004 tour and Kenny Rogers 's 2015–2017 tour are examples of farewell tours which were the last to be staged before their deaths. As of October 2024, the highest-grossing concert tour of all time is Taylor Swift 's Eras Tour , with $ 2.089 billion earned from 125 shows. In 2024, Coldplay 's Music of
400-421: The year’s end. This set list is representative of the show on August 14, 2023, in Santa Clara. It is not representative of all of the concerts of the tour. Notes The Mañana Será Bonito Tour is the third highest-grossing tour of all time by Latin artists , the highest-grossing tour by Latin female artist and the highest-grossing tour in 2023 by Latin artist in history. Karol G made history in 2023 by becoming
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