Vance Joy earns slot on world’s top-grossing Hot Tours list
Sandwiched between the joint country powerhouse tour of Kip Moore & Lee Brice and Latin singer El Fantasma aka “The King of the Underground” on the Billboard Hot Tour list is Australia’s own Vance Joy.
The list, which tallies the top-grossing concert tours in the world using Boxscores, is topped by RCA Records signing Khalid with $8.7 million in ticket sales from his Roxy tour.
Vance Joy, who in March scored his second ARIA #1 with second release Nation Of Two, ranked 6th on the top-grossing tours list. His shows between June 11-15 in New York, Washington, and Boston grossed $868,074.
Over four dates the folk-pop superstar played to 18,649 fans as part of his Nation of Two World Tour.
Speaking to TIO, Vance Joy’s co-manager Jaddan Comerford said:
“Vance Joy’s audiences in North America are huge,” he said. “People just love him and whether it’s El Paso, Texas or Boston, Massachusetts, people really get into it and you can hear the crowd singing every word. We just started the Canada leg of the tour where he played to a sold out crowd of 16,000 people on Friday night in Toronto.”
Watch Vance Joy’s video for ‘Call If You Need Me’ below:
Vance also added more shows to his Australian leg, that’ll see him conquer some of the country’s biggest stages. He’ll now play two nights at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, with second shows added at Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre on Monday 17 September and Freo Arts Centre on Monday 24 September.
“We can’t wait to bring the tour to Australia to see how the crowds react. Judging from sales and multiple sold out shows I should be a great tour,” Comerford added.
HOT TOURS: JUNE 12 – 18
| Ranked by Gross. Compiled from Boxscores reported June 12-18 | |
| Rank | ACT |
| Total Gross | |
| Show Date Range | |
| Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts) | |
| Total Attendance (Capacity) | |
1 | BRUNO MARS |
| $48,742,553 | |
| April 11-May 13 | |
| Saitama (Japan) Super Arena (4/4) | |
| Taipei (Taiwan) World Trade Center (1/1) | |
| Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai (3/3) | |
| CotaiArena, Cotai, Macau (2/2) | |
| Impact Arena, Bangkok (2/2) | |
| SM Mall of Asia Arena, Manila (2/2) | |
| Indoor Arena, Singapore (2/2) | |
| Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur (1/1) | |
| AsisWorld-Arena, Hong Kong (2/2) | |
| 277,518 (277,518) | |
2 | KHALID |
| $8,748,392 | |
| Jan. 27-June 7 | |
| Radio City Music Hall, New York (1/1) | |
| Moda Center, Portland (1/1) | |
| Rogers Arena, Vancouver (1/1) | |
| WaMu Theater, Seattle (1/1) | |
| Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco (2/2) | |
| UC Davis ARC Pavilion, Davis, Calif. (1/1) | |
| Greek Theatre, Los Angeles (2/2) | |
| Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Colo. (1/1) | |
| Allen (Texas) Event Center (1/1) | |
| H-E-B Center, Cedar Park, Texas (1/1) | |
| Smart Financial Centre, Sugar Land, Texas (1/1) | |
| Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, Ga. (1/1) | |
| Charlotte (N.C.) Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre (1/1) | |
| Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia (1/1) | |
| Toyota presents the Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn. (1/1) | |
| RBC Echo Beach, Tornoto (2/2) | |
| Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester, Mich. (1/1) | |
| Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore (2/2) | |
| Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh, N.C. (1/1) | |
| 158,727 (158,727) | |
3 | ENRIQUE IGLESIAS |
| $6,249,176 | |
| May 7-June 3 | |
| O2 Arena, Prague (2/2) | |
| Dvorana Stozice, Ljubljana, Slovenia (2/2) | |
| HaYarkon Park, Tel Aviv (1/1) | |
| Royal Arena, Copenhagen (1/1) | |
| 102,731 (102,731) | |
4 | TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL |
| $3,210,806 | |
| June 12-16 | |
| Giant Center, Hershey, Pa. (1/1) | |
| Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, N.Y. (1/1) | |
| Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn. (1/1) | |
| SNHU Arena, Manchester, N.H. (1/1) | |
| 34,297 (34,297) | |
5 | KIP MOORE & LEE BRICE |
| $987,310 | |
| April 21-25 | |
| Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (1/0) | |
| Enmore Theatre, Sydney (1/0) | |
| Tamworth (Australia) Regional Entertainment Centre (1/0) | |
| Forum, Melbourne (1/1) | |
| 13,244 (13,947) | |
6 | VANCE JOY |
| $868,074 | |
| June 11-15 | |
| Palace Theatre, Albany, N.Y. (1/1) | |
| The Anthem, Washington, D.C. (1/1) | |
| Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1/1) | |
| Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston (1/1) | |
| 18,649 (18,649) | |
7 | EL FANTASMA |
| $865,136 | |
| June 8-9 | |
| Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wis. (1/0) | |
| Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill. (1/0) | |
| 9,092 (10,300) | |
8 | SIMPLE PLAN |
| $739,900 | |
| April 19-27 | |
| Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand (1/0) | |
| Nightquarter, Gold Coast, Australia (1/0) | |
| Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane (1/0) | |
| Forum, Melbourne (2/2) | |
| NEX, Newcastle, Australia (1/0) | |
| The Big Top at Luna Park, Sydney (1/1) | |
| 12,726 (15,384) | |
9 | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND |
| $680,575 | |
| May 29 | |
| Brandon (Miss.) Amphitheater (1/1) | |
| 7,688 (7,688) | |
10 | THE WATERBOYS |
| $609,296 | |
| April 26-May 13 | |
| Bournemouth (England) Pavilion (1/0) | |
| Palladium, London (1/0) | |
| Corn Exchange, Cambridge, England (1/0) | |
| Watford (England) Colosseum (1/0) | |
| St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales (1/0) | |
| G Live, Guildford, England (1/1) | |
| Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, England (1/0) | |
| Barbican Centre, York, England (1/0) | |
| New Theatre, Oxford, England (1/0) | |
| Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England (1/0) | |
| De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England (1/0) | |
| Warwick Arts Center, Coventry, England (1/0) | |
| 12,835 (16,230) |
This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.