Madonna has already kicked off her long-awaited ‘Celebration Tour’cementing its position as “queen of pop” and raising an incredible amount of money. According to Billboard’s estimate, the tour is expected to bring in over $100 million. This tour has it all! It features Madonna’s greatest hits from her impressive 40-year career.

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Madonna’s touring career began with “The Virgin Tour” in 1985, where he averaged over 10,000 tickets and earned $100,000 a night. The average ticket price for that tour was just $14.74, a far cry from the prices seen at today’s concerts.

However, the singer’s popularity skyrocketed with her next tour, the “Who’s That Girl World Tour” in 1987, which tripled its appeal and nearly quintupled its sales force in just two years.

In the 21st century, Madonna continued to dominate with seven tours that grossed at least $50 million each. Her most profitable tour to date is the “Sticky & Sweet Tour” in 2008-09, where the artist sold 3.5 million tickets and “earned” $407.7 million.

The recently announced ‘Celebration Tour’ will ‘travel’ around the world and Madonna is expected to perform 78 concerts. The tour started on October 14, 2023 at The O2 Arena in London and will end on April 24, 2024 at Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico.

Taking into account the increase in ticket prices over the years and the trend of dynamic pricing and “VIP ticketing”, Madonna’s projected gross for her tour could be as high as $140.6 million.

How much did Madonna make from her previous tours:

  • The Virgin Tour (1985): 13.6 million dollars
  • Who’s That Girl World Tour (1987): 64.3 million dollars
  • Blond Ambition World Tour (1990): 140.4 million dollars
  • The Girlie Show (1993): 141.8 million dollars
  • Drowned World Tour (2001): 124 million dollars
  • Re-Invention World Tour (2004): 193.3 million dollars
  • Confessions Tour (2006): 282.7 million dollars
  • Sticky & Sweet Tour (2008-2009): 560.6 million dollars
  • The MDNA Tour (2012): 388.9 million dollars
  • Rebel Heart Tour (2015-2016): 207 million dollars
  • Madame X Tour (2019-2020): 58.7 million dollars