2021 Tour Stats: Harry Styles Sold Most Tickets, but Stones Had Highest Grosses

variety.com:

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Rolling Stones had what was almost certainly the most high-profile tour of the year. On Pollstar’s just-released ranking of 2021’s top tours, though, the Stones come in only at No.

8. There’s a good reason for that, of course — the list is ranked by tickets sold, not grosses.Harry Styles was No. 1, with 669,051 attendees at his arena shows, adding up to an $86.7 million gross for the year.

The Stones played a far more modest amount of stadium shows, with 516,624 paying customers, but higher ticket prices accounted for a robust $115.5 million take, which made the group the only artist to bring in a nine-figure gross for 2021.These are among the stats included in Pollstar’s 2021 year-end touring report, dubbed.