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.

Kid Harpoon has been named Abbey Road Studios’ first-ever Producer in Residence, with the Grammy winner tasked with both guiding the legendary studio’s vision as well as mentoring future musical talent.

According to the studio, Kid Harpoon “will have complete access to Abbey Road as his creative playground and studio home in the UK, as well as its collection of vintage gear, microphones and instruments” and “will also consult on the studios’ music tech and innovation work.”

“I’m beyond excited to become Producer in Residence at Abbey Road,” Kid Harpoon said in a statement. “In this position, I’m hoping to use my experience to help guide some of the incredible up-and-coming talent we have in the UK while they navigate their way through what can be a difficult industry. Mark and the team have a real desire to give back and develop new talent, which is something I’m really passionate about. To be able to contribute to the Abbey Road legacy in any way is an honor, and I can’t wait to get stuck in!”

The British-born Thomas “Kid Harpoon” Hull has won Grammys for both Record of the Year (for Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers”) and Album of the Year (for Harry Styles’ Harry’s House) in recent years. His production and songwriting work also includes Shawn Mendes’ Wonder, Maggie Rogers’ Surrender, as well as songs by Florence + the Machine, Lizzo, King Princess, Noah Cyrus, and Jessie Ware. Most recently, Kid Harpoon produced David Byrne’s new album Who Is the Sky?

In addition to shaping Abbey Road’s sound, Kid Harpoon will also take part in the nearly century-old studio’s free education programs aimed at nurturing the next generation of artists and producers via panels and workshops.

“[Kid Harpoon] brings a spirit of collaboration and innovation that perfectly aligns with our vision. With his creative lead, we’re excited to deepen our artistic community and continue placing creativity at the heart of our home,” Abbey Road’s managing director Sally Davies added in a statement.

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