To freight a stage set across the world can cost up to three times the pre-pandemic price right now.” “On the logistical side there’s things like immense crew shortages, extremely overbooked trucks and tour buses and venues, inflated flight and accommodation costs, ongoing general COVID costs, and truly mindboggling freight costs. Add global economic downturn, and then add the totally understandable wariness for concertgoers around health risks. She lays out the perfect storm of factors that have led to the current situation, including “three years’ worth of shows happening in one. But for pretty much every artist selling less tickets than I am, touring has become a demented struggle to break even or face debt.” Hence, in her statement to fans, Lorde writes: “Profits being down across the board is fine for an artist like me. In the UK, Lorde has been selling out 3,000-capacity buildings like O2 Academy Birmingham, May 30 (3,009 tickets, $141,831 grossed) or Victoria Warehouse Manchester (3,500 tickets, $164,975) or three nights at the Roundhouse London (8,333 tickets, $446,427). Tickets across both nights, grossing $1,114,775. 25, where the NZ superstar sold out 7,016 tickets, grossing $712,929 two sold-out nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York, April 18-19, selling 11,776 29, which grossed $819,125 Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT, Aug. Highlights include a sold out 6,000-capacity Anthem in Washington, DC, Aug. While her remarks are nothing new to the pros working in this sector, Lorde’s statement will help make the fans understand the tough decisions that are currently being made by anyone putting on shows.Īs Pollstar’s boxoffice shows, Lorde has been selling out pretty much every building she’s been performing at on tour.
LORDE AT HOUDINI ESTATE FULL
She summarized the situation in a recent newsletter to fans, published in full by, where she wrote that touring has become unviable for most artists. Lorde has been touring Europe, the U.S., Canada and South America in 2022, experiencing first hand all the struggles this business has to overcome at the moment.
Lorde at the iHeart Radio Secret Sessions by AT&T at the Houdini Estate in Los Angeles, Aug.
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