Adele tickets: Check out the US cities she will visit
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
Adele has announced the stops for her highly anticipated 2016 tour.聽
The North American tour will kick off this July in St. Paul, Minn. and then聽will proceed to Chicago, Denver, and Vancouver. Later, Adele will travel to Seattle, San Jose, Oakland, and Los Angeles before heading to Phoenix, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York, among other stops. It will conclude with stops in areas including Washington, D.C., Nashville, and Dallas.聽
The singer is the star of the music world after a record-breaking sales run for her newest album, 鈥�25,鈥� which was released last month. It follows the massive success of her 2011 album, 鈥�21.鈥澛�
What place do tours have in the current music business? The music industry is still adapting to the aftermath of Napster and other music downloading services, as well as more current innovations like streaming services. How artists are reimbursed for their music and how much they earn is still an ongoing conversation.
As a part of that, tours have become more and more important. "The records are taking a back seat to all the touring," Apple executive Jimmy Iovine said of artists .
Merchandising can be an important part of this, as well. that $17 of merchandise was bought by each person at Taylor Swift鈥檚 concerts in 2014, which can add up in a major way.聽
Outside of tours, endorsements also often play a financial part for some of the industry鈥檚 biggest names, such as Beyonc茅 and Rihanna.聽
Other music industry experts say concert profitability in general is on the upswing. For example, concert promoter Live Nation stated that its revenues for this year鈥檚 third quarter were the biggest the company had ever had.
鈥淲hen you spend your life tethered to something electronic, the only thing that takes you out of that is community, and live music is the basis of community,鈥� ,聽managing partner of Creative Artists Agency,聽said of the current success of concerts. 鈥淪ocial media and digital allows you to enhance that community experience. As a worldwide culture, people want to share that, and I really believe live music becomes a little more important because of that.鈥�
