Stones’ ‘No Filter’ Spring Euro Leg Grosses $116 Million

The Rolling Stones recently completed a second European “No Filter” tour leg and, in typical Stones fashion, submitted box office numbers that would be the envy of almost anyone else for a full global jaunt.

Mick and the boys, with the help of promoter Concerts West and local co-promoters, saw 14 sold-out stadiums during the May-July leg, ringing up nearly $116.6 million grossed and averaging 57,763 tickets sold per report. Those figures are down somewhat from last fall’s similar-sized tour leg, which grossed just shy of $120 million and averaged 62,945 tickets sold during September and October.

Combining both legs, the Stones rolled up a total gross of $236,545,265 and moved 1,506,259 tickets in Europe. 

Notable stops on the spring caravan included two sellouts at the 68,737-capacity London Stadium with opener Florence + The Machine that grossed $20,496,695 (£14,896,395); and single shows at 55,000-cap Twickenham Stadium ($11,105,252; £8,346,989) and 67,295-capacity Olympiastadion Berlin in Germany ($12,113,470; Euro 10,371,033). 

The tour wrapped July 8 at 52,355-cap Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland, with opener Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, grossing $7,580,943.

So, now that The Rolling Stones have pillaged Europe, when can we expect them to return Stateside? 

We could cajole only a qualified “no comment” from Concerts West’s John Meglen, who reluctantly added, “They never said that was the end!”