It’s a great time to be a musician on tour.
With US concert-goers exhibiting a seemingly insatiable appetite for live music, ticket prices continue to soar, rising 8 percent in the first half of the year, a survey out Friday reveals.
The average concert ticket now costs $76.20, according to Pollstar, the concert business tracker behind the survey.
And there is no band taking better advantage of the country’s growing hunger for live music than the Rolling Stones.
The gray-beard rockers are pulling in $8 million a show from their AEG Live-produced tour.
Thanks to an average concert ticket price of $178.44 — and their massive appeal — Mick Jagger and his mates have the highest-grossing US tour in the first half of the year — pulling in $80.7 million.
That’s in just 10 shows, according to Pollstar.
Globally, the youngsters in One Direction grabbed the No. 1 tour spot — bagging $107.7 million, Pollstar said. Fleetwood Mac placed second in global ticket sales, drawing $92 million, just ahead of the Stones.
Pollstar reported that ticket sales are roaring this year with artists, promoters and venues sharing some additional $402 million in ticket revenue, a 39 percent jump over last year, with the top 100 touring acts grossing $1.43 billion in the North American market in 2015, according to statistics.
A record 18.8 million tickets were sold for US concerts as of June 30.
Pollstar believes one reason the numbers are up is an effort to stem the number of tickets being resold on the secondary market.