Harry Types, Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran led the British stars who contributed to UK music export raking in £4Billion in 2022.
Final yr noticed the return of reside live shows following the COVID pandemic with the sector contributing £6.7billion to the UK economic system.
Former One Path star Harry, 29, noticed his Love On Tour gigs pack stadiums all over the world with field workplace receipts of £460M.
In the meantime Dua, 28, took her Nostalgia tour to the US and Australia and raking in £80M, after beforehand entertaining residence crowds in 2021.
Singer-songwriter Ed, 32, did not relaxation on his laurels both and offered extra live performance tickets in 2022 than another artist.
Unimaginable: Harry Types (pictured) Dua Lipa and Ed Sheeran led the British stars who contributed to UK music export raking in £4Billion in 2022
Showstopper: In the meantime Dua, 28 (pictured) took her Nostalgia tour to the US and Australia and raking in £80M, after beforehand entertaining residence crowds in 2021
Followers scrambled for seats to his +–=÷x tour, as he travelled Europe and performed 5 nights at Wembley, brining in round £202M.
Exports embody streaming, gross sales in addition to reside exhibits and the spending of vacationers who journey to the UK to see reside live shows.
It comes after The Mail On Sunday revealed Madonna, Dua Lipa and Coldplay will headline Glastonbury subsequent yr.
After months of discussions, it has been agreed that they’ll all seem on the world-famous Pyramid Stage, with Madonna closing the music extravaganza on Sunday night time.
British singing sensation Ms Lipa shall be Friday’s high act, and Coldplay will play on Saturday. Organisers are stated to be ‘thrilled’ with the line-up, which would be the first time that two feminine artists have headlined in Glastonbury’s historical past.
One pageant insider stated: ‘It is the dream line-up, an excellent combine of various music and totally different atmospheres. Then, in fact, you’ve got Madonna on the ultimate night time, which shall be epic.’
It is going to be the primary time that Madonna, 65, has carried out on the pageant, which is held at Worthy Farm, Somerset. For Ms Lipa, 28, it is going to be her first look as a headline act.
Earlier this yr she discovered herself embroiled in controversy after she failed to hitch Sir Elton John on the Glastonbury stage for his or her duet Chilly Coronary heart. Followers claimed there should have been a falling-out between the pair, although Ms Lipa insisted she was working in New York.
Effectively performed! Former One Path star Harry, 29, noticed his Love On Tour gigs pack stadiums all over the world with field workplace receipts of £460M
Wow: In the meantime Dua, 28, took her Nostalgia tour to the US and Australia and raking in £80M, after beforehand entertaining residence crowds in 2021
Cash luggage: Singer-songwriter Ed, 32, did not relaxation on his laurels both and offered extra live performance tickets in 2022 than another artist
Coldplay have headlined 4 occasions earlier than – in 2002, 2005, 2011 and 2016.
Glastonbury bosses have been accused of selecting too many male acts to headline. Final yr the line-up was all male, with Arctic Monkeys, Weapons N’ Roses and Sir Elton John taking the highest slots.
Talking final month, organiser Emily Eavis, daughter of Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis, revealed that an enormous US star’s workforce, believed to be Madonna’s, had bought in contact along with her saying that she was free.
She stated: ‘2024 remains to be a bit up within the air, and I assumed it was taking form, then final week I simply bought a name, and that is what occurs should you wait a bit longer, as a result of typically we’ll be booked up from July.
‘This yr we’re holding out for a bit bit longer and final week I bought a name from a very huge American artist saying this particular person’s round subsequent yr, and I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, that is unbelievable.’ Thank God we held the slot.’
Secret: It comes after The Mail On Sunday revealed Madonna , Dua Lipa and Coldplay (pictured) will headline Glastonbury subsequent yr
Madonna, pictured, shall be closing the pageant on the Pyramid stage on the ultimate night time
Addressing the shortage of ladies headliners, Ms Eavis added: ‘I’ve at all times been actually captivated with gender cut up [on festival line-ups] and I believe, really, our downside was that I might been so outspoken about it that having a yr when there wasn’t a feminine despatched individuals a bit mad – or some individuals.
‘And we did have a feminine – she pulled out and we changed them with Weapons N’ Roses. However everybody is aware of that it is high of my checklist.
‘It’s troublesome with feminine artists as a result of there aren’t sufficient headliners. However we’re additionally creating them. We’re placing the bands and feminine artists on smaller levels and bringing them by on a regular basis. And who is aware of? Subsequent yr we would get two. And definitely, I can say that the Legend is feminine.’
Glastonbury 2024 shall be held from June 26–30
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