Dua Lipa's The Radical Optimism Tour grossed over $100M

[Teletubby 148,475]

Dua Lipa wrapped the European leg of the Radical Optimism Tour on June 27 at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. Including prior shows in Asia (November-December 2024) and Oceania (March-April), it has grossed $112.3 million and sold 960,000 tickets over its first 44 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. That makes it the biggest tour of Lipa’s career so far, before she brings the tour to the Americas this fall.

The Asia shows grossed $21 million and sold 166,000 tickets. Then, Lipa traveled to Australia and New Zealand, where she brought in $17.2 million from 139,000 tickets over 10 shows (March 17-April 4). That’s up 45% from the Oceania leg of 2022’s Future Nostalgia Tour.

Next was Europe: double the shows than either of the previous legs, and more than triple the gross. Over 23 shows, Lipa grossed $74.1 million and sold 656,000 tickets. That’s 10 fewer shows than her last run through Europe, but up 188% in earnings. Three years deeper into her career, Lipa essentially doubled her average ticket price ($56.18 vs. $112.98) and per-show attendance (14,300 vs. 28,500) in Europe.

Dua played multiple nights in seven arenas and leveled up to five stadiums. Her two nights at London’s Wembley Stadium (June 20-21) grossed $19.1 million from 151,000 tickets. Not only is it the highlight of the tour so far, but it is also the most attended and highest grossing engagement of Lipa’s career so far.

From Sept. 1 to Oct. 16, Lipa will play 22 shows in the U.S., plus two in Toronto. Then, she’s off to Latin America for 11 shows before ending on Dec. 5 at Mexico City’s Estadio GNP Seguros. By the time curtains close, the Radical Optimism Tour will be headed for $165 million to $175 million. 

Dating back to Lipa’s first reported show at the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix (March 14, 2017), she has grossed $220.1 million and sold 2.4 million tickets. source

[BeyonkaAte 426]

very impressive ! good on her

[ThisGuyTony 29,955]

During her “flop era” mind you

[LadyxGaGa 1,844]

it clearly shows that touring rly is the big money maker it’s ok if ur album doesn’t become a best seller that people expected in rly happy and can’t wait to see what she does after this 

[Saint Hollywood 37,364]

So excited to see her for the first time at the last New York show! I will be in the pit 

[FfFfFfFF 55,678]

She has always been very popular worldwide. 

[Idefix1999 49]

The ticket prices are very fair compared to other artists and she is not a new artist anymore but an established star, especially in Europe.

Very happy for her success 

But I don't get how fans can celebrate or shade a tour by comparing the grosses of the concerts. How can it be an achievement, if a single concert makes you nearly 20 million but fans paid an average price of $300 per ticket? And then call the other tour (with a similar amount of or even more tickets sold) a flop, because it has "cheaper" (I would call it affordable insteadt) ticket prces. 

Edited July 9 by Idefix1999

[Lextyr97 19,828]

The Wembley gross is actually very impressive. Good for her

[andy232000 11,329]

50 minutes ago, Idefix1999 said:

The ticket prices are very fair compared to other artists and she is not a new artist anymore but an established star, especially in Europe.

Very happy for her success 

But I don't get how fans can celebrate or shade a tour by comparing the grosses of the concerts. How can it be an achievement, if a single concert makes you nearly 20 million but fans paid an average price of $300 per ticket? And then call the other tour (with a similar amount of or even more tickets sold) a flop, because it has "cheaper" (I would call it affordable insteadt) ticket prces. 

I criticized this take exactly cause Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour had an average prize of like $350 and I said that wasn’t a flex and that we should normalize accesible concerts again. Surprise surprise, the Beyhive attacked me and called me broke lol (I could easily afford 1-2k tickets, I just don’t want to). Stan mentality is the garbage of the internet. 

[Idefix1999 49]

19 minutes ago, andy232000 said:

I criticized this take exactly cause Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour had an average prize of like $350 and I said that wasn’t a flex and that we should normalize accesible concerts again. Surprise surprise, the Beyhive attacked me and called me broke lol (I could easily afford 1-2k tickets, I just don’t want to). Stan mentality is the garbage of the internet. 

I agree, especially with your last sentence. The stan "discussions" about measuring the success of tours by gross is so stupid in my opinion. You can't read any posts about touring data or concert news without seing comments with "flop", "your fave ... could never", etc. 

Shouldn't it be more about the amount people who attented? 

[Cavadour 2,348]

Ya'll discussing beezness...

Dua needs new music. New hits. To conjure the follow-up curse of FN. She's beautiful of physical sensuality.

(Those girls. They have to fight. They need to go full Lara Croft...)

Aand I love her voice in studio. That little crack in her voice...

... And her videos. Mostly FN. 💋ྀིྀ  💋ྀིྀི  💋

 

I mean I love them girls, music and voice but are they apt for the long lasting and creativ career ? I've seen many one-single-hit singers along the way, ngl... Dua needs new songs, a new hit, and then SB LX !