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4 sourced facts about event tickets and the concert industry, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.

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How much did Taylor Swift's Eras Tour gross from 2023 to 2024, becoming the first tour ever to cross $2 billion?

Answer$2.089 billion from 149 shows

It's the highest-grossing concert tour in history by a wide margin.

Source: Wikipedia (Concert tour) (2024) en.wikipedia.org

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In 2016, Ticketmaster paid a settlement to the New York Attorney General over bot-driven ticket scalping. How much?

Answer$3.35 million

The case targeted violations related to automated 'bot' ticket buying software.

Source: Wikipedia (Ticket resale) (2016) en.wikipedia.org

During The Tragically Hip's 2016 farewell tour, about what share of tickets did resellers buy up?

Answerabout two-thirds

The tour drew huge demand across Canada after the singer's terminal diagnosis was announced.

Source: Wikipedia (Ticket resale) (2016) en.wikipedia.org

About how much global touring revenue did the concert industry generate in 2016?

Answerover $5.5 billion

That figure comes from Billboard's Boxscore tracking of reported ticket sales.

Source: Billboard Boxscore (via Wikipedia) (2016) en.wikipedia.org

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