Report: Legacy Acts Pacing Summer Tours

Fans are flocking to US stadiums because, well, it really could be the last time.

And the Stones and Mick Jagger aren’t the only mature folks rocking.

The NY Post reports Statistics from ticket reseller StubHub reveal that so-called legacy acts will account for four of the Top 10 concert tours between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Those fogie four are the Stones, the Grateful Dead, Billy Joel and Rush.

If you throw in U2 — which StubHub Editor-in-Chief Jonah Freedman says “could be considered a legacy act” — and oldie-but-goldie performers will make up half of this summer’s Top 10 tours.
StubHub, which bases its list on cumulative dollars spent by ticket buyers on its ticket-reselling site, says nostalgia acts will share the summer stage with pop stars decades younger.

It’s no surprise that Taylor Swift, 25, ranks No. 1, with summer sales to date nearly tripling those of runner-up act One Direction.