Paul McCartney Has Top Debut On Both LIVE75 And Artist Power Index

Paul McCartney has the highest-ranked debut on both LIVE75 and the Artist Power Index based on recent concerts during his “Got Back” tour that returned this fall for a third year on the road. After an opening run of arena dates in the U.S. in 2022, followed by Australian, Mexican and Brazilian shows in 2023, the tour resumed on Oct. 1 of this year for a final stretch through Latin America and Europe.

On LIVE75, the rock legend debuts at No. 1 based on ticket sales from four performances at three stadiums in early November that averaged 42,040 tickets sold per show. As the only touring artist ranked on the chart with only stadium concerts, his average is more than double the per-show average of country star Cody Johnson who lands at No. 2 with sales totals from one stadium show and two arena dates.

He is also one of only two headliners with an average gross of more than $5 million per show. His average from the four stadium performances is $5.39 million, yet that is the second-highest on the chart as Eagles earn “Heavy Hitter” status as the act with the top gross average. Ranked No. 3, the band averaged $5.47 million per night from the four recent November shows with their residency at Sphere in Las Vegas.

The first of McCartney’s four shows included in the LIVE75 tallies was a Nov. 1 performance at Estadio El Campín in Bogotá, Colombia, attended by a sellout crowd of 26,374. That concert logged a gross of $3.48 million. Then, on the 5th, he played for 22,188 fans at San José, Costa Rica’s Estadio Nacional, grossing $2.76 million. Both of those shows were promoted by Move Concerts.

Finally, he headed to Mexico City for performances on Nov. 12 and 14 at Estadio GNP Seguros and sold a total of 119,601 tickets. The two-night box-office haul from that OCESA-produced engagement totaled $15.32 million.

On the Artist Power Index, McCartney makes his debut at No. 34 with the eighth-highest Live score among the 50 performers ranked on the chart. The Costa Rica concert and the Mexico City shows contribute to his Live rank, along with two other dates that fall in the APX eligibility timeframe. One was his concert on Nov. 8 at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico, but also fueling his chart appearance was a Dec. 4 concert at Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France. It was the first of eight European shows booked on the “Got Back” tour’s final leg, set to wrap on Dec. 19 in London.

Also on the Artist Power Index, Taylor Swift is back at No. 1 after spending one week in the second position behind Bruno Mars who took the highest APX ranking in the previous issue, his third appearance at No. 1 in 2024. Swift’s return to the top is due to her massive six-night concert engagement at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Nov. 14-23, which earns the pop star the third-highest Live score on the chart. She also has Top 10 scores in Streaming and Social and the 11th rank in Airplay. The Toronto event marked the second-to-last stop on “The Eras Tour” that concludes with a final three-show run at Vancouver’s BC Place, Dec. 6-8.

Green Day makes an impact on Global Concert Pulse based on box-office results reported from “The Saviors Tour” that launched in Europe earlier this year, followed by a North American leg from late July through the end of September. The band debuts on the chart at No. 4 with an average gross of $4.08 million from nine performances during the most recent three-month timeframe of chart eligibility. The shows, dated Sep. 7-28, were the final nine U.S. dates on the tour. Eight were set in stadiums while one was an amphitheater performance in Austin, Texas.

The top grosser among the stadium dates was the band’s Sep. 14 concert at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, with revenue totaling $5.66 million from 47,849 tickets sold. Two other events in California stadiums also topped the $5 million threshold including a Sep. 20 concert at San Francisco’s Oracle Park with 36,074 tickets sold and a $5.32 million take. Then at San Diego’s Petco Park, 39,652 sold tickets produced a gross of $5.15 million on Sep. 28.