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A music group performing at the open-air Dülmener Sommer concert in Germany in 2018. A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. [1] The performance may be carried by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band.
This article lists the most-attended music concerts of all time. The oldest 100,000-crowd concert reported to Billboard Boxscore is Grateful Dead 's gig at the Raceway Park , Englishtown, New Jersey on September 3, 1977.
The concept of a concert residency was established by pianist and singer Liberace with a 1944 debut in Las Vegas. [15] Nearly ten years later, Liberace had his own show at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, which reportedly earned "Mr. Showtime" around $50,000 per week.
Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour is the most-attended tour of all time, with a total of 10.3 million tickets sold in 175 shows. The following is a list of the most-attended concert tours with at least 3.5 million tickets sold, as well as the tours with the most tickets sold by year and the most tickets sold in a single day.
A guerrilla gig is a type of concert performed in a non-traditional setting or arranged in an unusual fashion. It became associated with punk rock , and noise rock bands in UK and the United States during the early to mid-2000s.
The Recording Academy and MusiCares announced a joint fund to aid musicians and music professionals affected by the coronavirus.
Formed out of the male-dominated music scenes of jam music (in the case of Bonnaroo), late-’90s indie rock (Coachella), and early ’90s alternative and grunge (Lollapalooza), these festivals tend to celebrate diversity while dismissing the most popular pop acts — the ones who tend to dominate the charts and who tend so often to be female ...
The Eras Tour by Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing tour of all time.. The following is a list of concert tours that have generated the most gross income.The data and rankings come largely from reports by trade publications Billboard and Pollstar.