Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Boosts U.K. Live Music Scene as Consumer Spend Hits Record High in 2024

Taylor Swift’s UK Tour Pushes Live Music Spending to Record High of $8.9 Billion

Taylor Swift’s 'Eras Tour' helped give a major boost to the UK economy, pushing the live music spending to a record high of $8.95 billion.

Taylor Swift and Charli XCX tours help drive record year for UK live music

Total consumer spending on the sector reached £6.7 billion in 2024, industry body Live said.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Boosts U.K. Live Music Scene as Consumer Spend Hits Record High in 2024

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour helped boost consumer spend on live music in the U.K. to a record high in 2024, according to LIVE’s newly published annual report released Tuesday (Sept. 2). The report reveals that consumer spend soared to 6.68 billion pounds ($8.95 billion) in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%. The number is up 28.2% from 2022’s figures (5.2 billion pounds), and up 48% from the last non-COVID-affected year in 2019 (4.5 billion po…

UK live music spend reached £6.68 billion last year, but challenges remain

Total consumer spend on live music in the UK reached £6.68 billion last year, according to trade body LIVE, which is a 9.5% increase year-on-year, and over £2 billion more than 2019 before the COVID pandemic shut down the sector for eighteen months. These are the top level stats in a new report from LIVE, which brings together organisations representing artists, promoters, venues, festivals, booking agents, ticket agents and event production com…