Pollstar reported last week that Bad Bunny had the highest-grossing North American and global tours of this year, as artists return to touring.

Elton John performs in concertElton John performs in concert, the last of 3-night stand to finish the American leg of his farewell tour at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA.

The final night of the American leg of John's farewell tour will be at Dodger Stadium.

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John, who has been touring his massive "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour, was the most in demand act internationally, according to StubHub, which based its rankings on cumulative ticket sales on StubHub North America and viagogo.

According to StubHub, John's tour was the highest selling tour in five years, and drove over 50% more sales than Style's "Love On Tour".

Pollstar says John's tour was the second highest-grossing tour of the year.

Over 1.5 million tickets were sold.

According to Pollstar, Bad Bunny's North American tour made $356 million this year.

The Bad Bunny and John's North American tours brought in over $170 million.

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$6.28 billion is the total amount of money. Pollstar shows how much money the top 100 concerts in the world made. The live music industry suffered a major dip due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

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Pollstar said that Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" has a chance of crossing $1 billion. Swift's tour is one of the largest of her career, and early ticket sales caused trouble for the seller.

The Rolling Stones made more money on tour last year than any other act. Styles sold 669,000 tickets for the global tour in 2011.

Tangent

StubHub said that the MLB World Series between the Astros and thePhillies was the most in demand sporting event of the year.

The Rolling Stones and Harry Styles were the top-earning tours of the year.

Taylor Swift fans will have another chance to buy her tickets after the pre-sale.