Concerts

Now that music festival season has started, which ones are the most successful?

With the first weekend of Coachella in the bag, festival season in the northern hemisphere has begun. So far, though, there’s seems to be a lack enthusiasm for festivals. Lineups are weak, there’s a lack of iconic headliners, Boomers and GenX have long aged out of their festival years, and high ticket prices hurt. Coachella struggled with tickets, no one seems happy with Lollapalooza, and even this year’s Glastonbury’s lineup has elicited moans. And I won’t even touch all the festivals canceled in Australia and the UK this year. (Read this. It summarizes pretty much everything I’ve been feeling about the festival scene this year.

But festivals aren’t going away; it’s just that we’re in a down part of the cycle that still has a chance to be corrected. Statista has this graph of the world’s highest-grossing festivals from last year. It’ll be interesting a year from now to see how things may have changed.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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