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The Top 10 Music Tours Of 2023

By Robert Lang , Tom Tapp

As in most other areas, Taylor Swift dominated the touring landscape in 2023. Her The Eras Tour grossed more than $1 billion , the biggest haul for any tour ever.

But there were other notable acts making big bucks on the road this year, including Beyoncé , Harry Styles and Drake .

Scroll through the gallery below to see who came out where on the list.

1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

2. Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour

$579 million

3. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band 2023 World Tour

$379 million

4. Coldplay: Music Of The Spheres Tour

$325 million

5. Harry Styles: Love On Tour

$290 million

6. Morgan Wallen: Dangerous Tour

$284 million

7. Ed Sheeran: + – = ÷ x Tour

$268 million

8. P!NK: Summer Carnival Tour

$231 million

9. The Weeknd: After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour

$220 million

10. Drake: It’s All A Blur Tour

$184 million

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4Aviation offers different kinds of aviation tours. We aim for unique destinations worldwide that enable all aviation enthusiasts to take one of a kind pictures of aircraft and enjoy a great tour. This can be a ‘regular’ spotters trip, facilitating a visit to an air show or a more substantial and unique behind the scenes visit to an airport, air base or aircraft manufacturing plant. In general plenty of opportunities occur to make great pictures or collect serials. We specialise in military aviation, and can therefore not guarantee exactly what you can expect to see during a tour. The tour guides are experienced aviation enthusiasts and travellers. They offer just that ingredient that makes each tour to a success, both for the aircraft seen during the tour as for the companionship within the group.

Booking is available to anyone interested. We do not use memberships or the like.

The info below shows our current tours. We are constantly preparing more visits to bases and airports. We expect to publish more information soon!

Our (shorter) bus trips are listed here .

Tour – UK – April/May 2024 – 4Aviation

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Update: All shows have been postponed to 2024 due to Steven Tyler’s damaged vocal cords and fractured larynx. New dates will be added once announced.

We’ve got important news for Aerosmith fans that “don’t want to miss a thing.”

Following Steven Tyler’s sustained vocal injury at a Sept. 9 concert in Long Island, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers officially announced rescheduled tour dates for six shows on their ‘Peace Out Farewell Tour.’

“I’m heartbroken to say I have received strict doctor’s orders not to sing for the next thirty days,” Tyler shared on Instagram . “I sustained vocal cord damage during Saturday’s show that led to subsequent bleeding. We’ll need to postpone a few dates so that we can come back and give you the performance you deserve.”

The new show dates will take place in late January and early February 2024.

According to the band’s Instagram account, “All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates” and “Refunds will be available for those unable to attend.”

If you’re in New York or New Jersey, you don’t need to worry about your show dates — nothing has changed.

Aerosmith’s concerts are still set for Dec. 28 at Newark’s Prudential Center , Buffalo, NY’s KeyBank Center Jan. 16, 2024 and New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Jan. 19, 2024.

Looking to find the rescheduled show dates, the band’s tour calendar and more?

You’re in the right place.

We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Aerosmith’s ‘Peace Out Farewell Tour’ below.

Aerosmith rescheduled tour dates

A complete calendar of all new Aerosmith concert dates can be found here:

Aerosmith 2023-24 tour schedule

If you’re curious where Aerosmith’s regularly scheduled shows will be, you can find them below.

(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout .)

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They offer a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and your tickets will be delivered prior to the event.

Aerosmith band members

The original Aerosmtih lineup won’t be fully intact on this run of concerts.

Yes, lead singer Steven Tyler, guitarist Joe Perry, bassist Tom Hamilton and rhythm guitarist Brad Whitford are slated to perform at all shows.

However, drummer Joey Kramer will be sitting this run of shows out to “focus his attention on his family and health” according to  AP News .

Kramer, 72, will be replaced by John Douglas who has drummed with the band since 2019.

Aerosmith set list

Aerosmith got three shows deep into their ‘Peace Out’ Farewell Tour before postponing.

For a closer look, here’s what they played at a recent live show courtesy of Set List FM :

01.) “Back in the Saddle” 02.) “Same Old Song and Dance” 03.) “Rag Doll” 04.) “Livin’ on the Edge” 05.) “Janie’s Got a Gun” 06.) “No More No More” 07.) “Cryin'” 08.) “Adam’s Apple” 09.) “Hangman Jury” 10.) “Seasons of Wither” 11.) “Movin’ Out” 12.) “Love in an Elevator” 13.) “Stop Messin’ Around” (Fleetwood Mac cover) 14.) “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” 15.) “Rats in the Cellar” 16.) “Sweet Emotion” 17.) “Toys in the Attic”

18.) “Dream On” 19.) “Walk This Way”

Aerosmith opening act

On all dates, Aerosmith will be joined by Rolling Stone’s “best new band of 1990”  The Black Crowes .

If you’d like to brush up on their catalog, we recommend checking out their two most well-known tracks “Hard To Handle” and “She Talks To Angels.”

You can hear both classics  here .

Classic rockers on tour in 2023

Many of the biggest acts that defined the sound of the ’70s and ’80s are back on the road this year for another spin.

Here are just five of our favorite classic rockers you won’t want to miss live these next few months.

•  Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

•  Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band

•  Billy Joel with Stevie Nicks

•  Queen with Adam Lambert

•  The Eagles

Need more classic rock in your life? Check out our list of the  22 biggest classic rockers in 2023 here .

Looking for other farewell tours too? Take a look at our  13 biggest farewell tours of 2023  to find out more.

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Top 10 Highest-Grossing Rock Tours of 2023

Check out our recap of Billboard Boxscore's top 10 rock tours of the year, featuring blink-182, Metallica, and more.

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Last week, Billboard revealed its year-end Boxscore charts , ranking the top tours, venues, and promoters of 2023. That coverage included analysis of the new wave of genre diverse artists crashing stadium stages, and in turn, our charts. This week, we are breaking down the year’s biggest tours, genre by genre . Today, we continue with rock.

Rock music has been at the center of the touring industry for decades, with legendary acts like The Rolling Stones , U2 , and the Eagles controlling stadium calendars and delivering record-breaking grosses. That is still the case, as rock is responsible for more entries in the all-genre top 10, 20, 40 and 100 than any other genre.

But at 32.4% of all top 100 tours’ grosses, rock takes a dramatic hit from last year’s 42.5% figure. Combined with pop, the two central genres have lost a third of their total market share since the pandemic, as pockets of Latin and K-pop acts take up prime Boxscore real estate. And as rock accounts for many of the oldest artists in the top 100, with Latin and K-pop bringing up the chart’s youngest names, the future of rock bands as touring titans is blurrier than it was 5-10 years ago.

But with a new round of legacy tours from ‘90s and ‘00s bands, plus steady arena grosses from 21st century acts like Arctic Monkeys, Greta Van Fleet and Imagine Dragons, there is still plenty of juice for the coming years.

Scroll to check out the top 10 highest-grossing tours by rock artists, with such acts qualifying due to recent performance on Billboard ’s Top Rock Albums and/or Hot Rock Songs charts. Rankings are determined according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. All reported shows worldwide between Nov. 1, 2022 – Sept. 30, 2023 are eligible.

$76.8M / 597K tickets / 41 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 24

Phish is among the most consistent touring acts, regardless of genre. From its annual destination event in Mexico to its reliable runs of shows at Madison Square Garden, the jam-band legends continue to one-up themselves, after winding up at No. 31 on last year’s all-genre ranking.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

$77.2M / 657K tickets / 18 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 23

Red Hot Chili Peppers repeat in the year-end rock breakdown with shows in Asia, Europe and North America. Still, the band’s $77.2 million total doesn’t include the $48.2 million from its co-headline shows with Post Malone in Australia.

$92.7M / 1M tickets / 45 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 20

Muse makes its first appearance among the year-end top 10 rock tours since 2013, when the glam-rock band earned $43.2 million while on The 2nd Law World Tour. The European leg did the heaviest lifting, with nine of the top 10 grosses of the year.

$95.7M / 692K tickets / 45 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 19

Blink is back with the biggest tour of its career. The original trio of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reunited for 45 sold-out shows in North America and Europe. Things came to a head with two nights at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium, where blink-182 grossed $8.8 million and sold 43,600 tickets.

Guns N' Roses

$96.2M / 888K tickets / 31 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 18

Guns N’ Roses logs a second year between $90-100 million after being No. 8 on 2022’s genre Boxscore breakout. More shows after the tracking period’s cutoff puts the rock icons on tap for the ’24 ranking with $19.7 million already in the bank.

Dead & Company

$114.7M / 845K tickets / 28 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 15

Dead & Company played its farewell tour between May 19 and July 16, yielding its first $100 million summer since launching as a touring unit in 2015. The peak was a three-night run at San Francisco’s Oracle Park to end the tour, earning $20.4 million from 118,000 tickets sold.

$125.8M / 1.2M tickets / 19 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 14

Metallica grossed more than $10 million in seven markets between Europe and North America, doubling up in Montreal, Paris and more. The M72 World Tour continues with scheduled dates through Sept. 29, 2024.

Depeche Mode

$175.2M / 1.8M tickets / 47 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: No. 9

The first of three rock acts in the all-genre top 10, Depeche Mode scores the biggest year of its touring career, blowing past 2017’s $123.5 million. Three shows at Mexico City’s Foro Sol on Sept. 21, 23 and 25 delivered the band’s biggest gross ever, at $15.4 million from 195,000 tickets sold.

$210M / 1.3M tickets / 65 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: No. 7

Elton John notches a fifth year on the year-end Boxscore recap with the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, having topped the abridged 2020 report. After all was said and done, set a new record as the highest-grossing tour in Boxscore history, regardless of genre. Over 329 shows, the trek earned $939.1 million and sold six million tickets.

$342.5M / 3.2M tickets / 55 shows

All-Genre Top 100 Rank: No. 2

Switching places with John from last year, Coldplay takes top honors as the highest-grossing rock act of 2023. The band’s spread covers shows in North and South America, as well as Europe, with dates in Asia and Australia in the 2024 tracking window. After kicking off in 2022, the Music of the Spheres Tour has brought in $664.5 million and sold 6.7 million tickets.

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Editor's Pick: The 2023 tours you should book now with 10% off

Recently updated on July 7th, 2023 at 02:54 pm

With the year drawing to an end, there’s no time like right now explore our 2023 tours. Now that the world is open, it’s time to stop dreaming and start planning your next grand adventure. Maybe your 2023 travels will see you lap the Emerald Isle, find Dracula in Transylvania, tick off the Blue Lagoon in Iceland or hop between Greek islands.

We’ve rounded up a selection of the best trips to kick-start your 2023 travels. Best of all, if you book now you can enjoy 10% off all these trips plus so many more. Take a look at these great 2023 tours below and make the most of our Worldwide 2023 sale .

1. Grand Italian Experience | 17 days

There’s nowhere on earth quite like Italy , and this grand adventure ticks off the whole boot from Rome to Venice and the Italian Lakes down to Sorrento. Make the summer of 2023 one to remember as you tick off Italy’s greatest hits and hidden gems over 17 magical days. From the extraordinary limestone trulli houses of Alberobello in the south, to the Dolomites surrounded Austrian-influenced town of Trento in the north, this mammoth Italian trip will have you living la dolce vita . 

BOOK THIS TRIP: Grand Italian Experience

2. Scotland’s Highlands, Islands and Cities | 13 days

Keep your eyes peeled for Nessie as you traverse the far reaches of Scotland’s rugged countryside. This incredible trip takes you through the Scottish Highlands, diving into the history of kings and warriors as you travel through landscapes straight out of a fantasy novel. The 13-day tour includes the best of Scotland , ticking off the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, plus taking ferries to the Isle of Skye, Orkney Islands and Isle of Mull. Whisky lovers will delight in visiting a distillery at the foothills of the Grampian Mountains for a tour and tasting of single malt whisky.

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3. European Whirl | 12 days

As the name suggests, this trip is a whirlwind. If you’re short on time but eager to travel fast this is one of our 2023 tours to consider. European Whirl ticks off nine countries over 12 days, venturing through France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, England and the Vatican City. Tick off the Eiffel Tower in Paris, view the canals of Amsterdam, eat pasta in Rome, Venice and Florence, and enjoy the alps on this fast-moving trip of a lifetime.

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4. Iceland including the Blue Lagoon | 6 days

In 2023 we hope people will travel to destinations they’ve always dreamed of. Iceland is one of those magical and mystical places that should be on everyone’s bucket list. Maybe next year could be the year you embrace adventure and journey to the famous Blue Lagoon to soak in geothermal waters. Over six magical days explore the south-west of Iceland, visiting magnificent natural treasures including volcanoes, lava fields, glaciers, waterfalls and more.

BOOK THIS TRIP: Iceland including the Blue Lagoon

5. Greek Island Hopper | 10 days

If your idea of adventure is more sunshine and vitamin sea, put this Greece trip at the top of your 2023 tours list. Board a high-speed ferry and slow down with 10 blissful days hopping between the spectacular Greek Islands of Santorini and Mykonos. Kicking off in Athens, tick off the capital’s ancient treasures before swapping the mainland for island breezes and sunsets with a cocktail in hand. 

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6. Contrasts of Switzerland | 8 days

While we love touring in our comfortable Trafalgar coaches, some places are best experienced by rail like this eight-day trip through Switzerland. Embark on some of the world’s most beautiful train journeys, soaking in views of the alps and stunning Swiss countryside as you zip in and out of tunnels and go where no cars can reach. From Zurich to St. Moritz to Zermatt to Geneva, this train tour explores the best of the small mountainous country.

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7. Balkan Adventure | 14 days 

From Bucharest to Belgrade our Balkans tour crosses many borders on this two-week adventure-filled trip that takes you through Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Albania. Follow the mythical footsteps of Count Dracula at Bran Castle in Transylvania, witness the stunning bay of Kotor and venture into the Carpathian Mountains on this brilliant trip that goes deep on the beauty, history and traditions of the Balkans.

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8. Irish Experience | 11 days

Run a lap of the Emerald Isle on this grand adventure that explores the best of both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Dance a jig in Galway, drink Guinness at the source in Dublin, tour the Ring of Kerry and uncover history in Belfast over 11 brilliant days.  The Irish love a good story, so you’ll hear plenty of tales of mythical creatures and the troubled history of an island split in two.

BOOK THIS TRIP: Irish Experience

Ready to kick-start your 2023 travel plans with one of these tours? Don’t forget if you book now you can enjoy 10% off all these trips plus so many more with our Worldwide 2023 sale .

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Moscow Sky Lights Up With Strange Glow After Explosion at Electrical Substation: Reports

N ew footage has emerged showing bright flashes lighting up the night sky in southern Moscow during the early morning hours of November 22.

Knewz.com has learned that there was an explosion at an electrical substation on the outskirts of Russia's capital city followed by an alleged power outage in "several" homes.

Video snippets, shared on Russian news channels like ASTRA , captured a series of flashes that caused the sky to change color. Smoke could also be seen rising from a building.

Corroborating the video, several Russian Telegram accounts reported an explosion near the south of Moscow and a subsequent fire at the Lyublino electrical substation, southeast of central Moscow, per Newsweek .

The local authorities from the area have since confirmed that an explosion occurred in the village of Molokovo, but they reassured the public that all vital facilities were operating as normal.

Russian outlet MSK1.ru reported the blaze at the substation and noted “several” power outages.

The town of Lytkarino, located to the southeast of Moscow, was one of the affected areas, as reported by the independent outlet, Meduza .

Additional power failures were reported in the southern Domodedovo section of the city. However, electricity was later restored to these areas.

One local resident speculated that a drone may have been responsible for the explosion, but additional sources are yet to support this theory.

Newsweek reported that messages on the ASTRA Telegram account run by independent Russian journalists showed residents near the substation panicking. One concerned Russian called it a "nightmare."

The incident follows an attack by Russia on a power station in southwestern Ukraine that left 2,000 people without electricity .

Knewz.com reported previously:

“ Russian forces launched a total of 38 Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones during the later hours of November 17 and 18.

The Ukrainian Air Force Command reported that 29 of these drones were shot down [...].

One civilian was injured as a result of the attack that targeted energy infrastructure in the southwestern Odesa Oblast.”

The assault came after repeated warnings by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky that Russia would try to cripple its power grid as winter approaches.

Ukraine's leader warned that if Russia resorted to attacking its power utilities, it would respond in kind.

Ukraine has conducted numerous long-range aerial drone strikes on Moscow since May 2023.

Most recently on November 20, it was reported that one such incursion was intercepted close to the city, per Kyiv Post .

Moscow’s Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed this and elaborated that the region's air defense systems intercepted the unmanned craft over the city of Elektrostal to the east of Moscow, as well as another over the Bogorodsky district, northeast of central Moscow.

The details of the recently surfaced video footage have yet to be independently verified.