Rocker and the E Street Band just completed the most successful trek in their touring history, and propelled Springsteen into the $2 billion touring club

Bruce Springsteen’s just-completed world tour with the E Street Band has proven to be the most successful of the rocker’s career with a gross of more than $700 million.

The tour, which spanned 129 shows and two continents from 2023 to 2025 (with a peptic ulcer postponement in between), made almost $730 million over its run, more than doubling the $347 million earned by Springsteen’s previous top-grossing tour, the Wrecking Ball tour in 2012 and 2013, Billboard reports

The trek also sold 4.9 million tickets across its dates, good for a nightly gate of 37,900 tickets and $5.7 million on average per show, both the best totals of Springsteen’s touring career. 

Critics will point to the fact that tickets to Springsteen’s latest tour cost more than his previous treks, but Billboard throws cold water on that theory, noting that ticket prices jumped 29 percent (or $115 to $149) from the previous E Street tour in 2017 to his latest jaunt, a percentage that is “well below the typical uptick for other arena and stadium acts, legacy or contemporary.”

Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2023-2025 Tour, which wrapped earlier this month in Italy, also became one of the top 10 highest-grossing tours of all time, joining the likes of Taylor Swift’s the Eras Tour and jaunts by U2, Coldplay, and Ed Sheeran in a small club of artists that have grossed over $700 million on a single tour.

Over the course of his entire touring career, as a solo artist and with the E Street Band, Springsteen has grossed over $2.3 billion, one of only five artists to reach that number, Billboard added.

There is no question that Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out made a serious impact and continues to hold weight. The project showed that hip hop is not limited by age and proved that a long-awaited return can still land in a major way regardless of the time away.

If you need a reminder, the Virginia duo’s fourth studio album debuted comfortably within the top five of the Hot 200. It secured the number four position and moved an impressive 118,000 units in its first week.

On top of that, it picked up a win at this year’s Grammys, earning Best Rap Performance for “Chains & Whips.” The album also received four additional nominations, including Best Music Video, Rap Album, and Album of the Year.

It is hard to believe the project will officially hit its one year mark this summer on July 11. Even so, Pusha T is making it clear that both supporters and critics should not be overlooking it anytime soon.

While performing at Coachella yesterday, King Push told the crowd that LGSEO still sits at the top, regardless of genre.

He said, “‘Let God Sort Em Out’ is still the album of the motherfckin year. Whole new year, still album of the year,” per Kurrco. “Album of the motherfcking year until we drop again. We don't care who dropping. It don't matter.”

That is a strong statement for obvious reasons, especially considering the recent claims surrounding Push himself.

Over the same weekend, hip hop social media lit up after several alleged reference tracks connected to Quentin Miller and Push began circulating. Three tracks surfaced in total, but one that drew the most attention was an alleged record titled “Real Gon’ Come.” It is said to come from the DAYTONA era, around 2017 to 2018.

The situation gained traction because fans remember the past tension between Drake and Pusha T before Drake’s clash with Kendrick Lamar. During that feud, Pusha accused Drake of using ghostwriters on tracks like “Infrared,” which appears on DAYTONA. On that song, he raps, “The bigger question is how the Russians did it /
It was written like Nas, but it came from Quentin.”

Reactions have been mixed. Some people argue it is not a major issue since Miller’s alleged contributions were limited to hooks. Others point out that the songs were never officially released, so they see no real problem. Meanwhile, critics view it as clear hypocrisy on Pusha T’s part, a perspective that DJ Akademiks has also supported.

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