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The Advertiser
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Beyonce claims highest grossing country tour with $400m
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour is the highest-grossing country tour of all time with over $US400 million ($A614 million) in revenue, Live Nation says in a statement, citing a Billboard story. The Cuff It singer has also become the highest-grossing Black artist of all time and the highest-grossing R&B artist of all time, Live Nation added. Additionally, the 43-year-old performer has made history as the first woman and American act to have two different tours earn over $US400 million. In late April, the singer launched the Cowboy Carter tour in Los Angeles, rolling through Texas Hold 'Em and other country hits while sharing the stage with her two daughters. Last Saturday, Beyonce finished the record-breaking tour in Las Vegas with special appearances from her husband, rapper Jay-Z, her former R&B girl group, Destiny's Child, and country singer Shaboozey. Throughout her tour, the 16 Carriages vocalist has paid homage to Black American contributions to country music, specifically honouring Black performers, some of whom are featured in the Cowboy Carter album. Beyonce has spoken candidly about not feeling welcomed in the country genre despite her Texas roots, after she became the first Black woman to win Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Her performance at the Country Music Association Awards in 2016 received notable backlash, including racist comments across social media from those saying her songs were not real country music. There were 32 sold-out stadium shows across North America, the UK, and Europe that grossed over $US400 million, according to Live Nation. By contrast, pop singer Taylor Swift earned over $US2 billion for her Eras tour that spanned from March 2023 to December 2024, becoming the highest-grossing tour ever. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour is the highest-grossing country tour of all time with over $US400 million ($A614 million) in revenue, Live Nation says in a statement, citing a Billboard story. The Cuff It singer has also become the highest-grossing Black artist of all time and the highest-grossing R&B artist of all time, Live Nation added. Additionally, the 43-year-old performer has made history as the first woman and American act to have two different tours earn over $US400 million. In late April, the singer launched the Cowboy Carter tour in Los Angeles, rolling through Texas Hold 'Em and other country hits while sharing the stage with her two daughters. Last Saturday, Beyonce finished the record-breaking tour in Las Vegas with special appearances from her husband, rapper Jay-Z, her former R&B girl group, Destiny's Child, and country singer Shaboozey. Throughout her tour, the 16 Carriages vocalist has paid homage to Black American contributions to country music, specifically honouring Black performers, some of whom are featured in the Cowboy Carter album. Beyonce has spoken candidly about not feeling welcomed in the country genre despite her Texas roots, after she became the first Black woman to win Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Her performance at the Country Music Association Awards in 2016 received notable backlash, including racist comments across social media from those saying her songs were not real country music. There were 32 sold-out stadium shows across North America, the UK, and Europe that grossed over $US400 million, according to Live Nation. By contrast, pop singer Taylor Swift earned over $US2 billion for her Eras tour that spanned from March 2023 to December 2024, becoming the highest-grossing tour ever. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter tour is the highest-grossing country tour of all time with over $US400 million ($A614 million) in revenue, Live Nation says in a statement, citing a Billboard story. The Cuff It singer has also become the highest-grossing Black artist of all time and the highest-grossing R&B artist of all time, Live Nation added. Additionally, the 43-year-old performer has made history as the first woman and American act to have two different tours earn over $US400 million. In late April, the singer launched the Cowboy Carter tour in Los Angeles, rolling through Texas Hold 'Em and other country hits while sharing the stage with her two daughters. Last Saturday, Beyonce finished the record-breaking tour in Las Vegas with special appearances from her husband, rapper Jay-Z, her former R&B girl group, Destiny's Child, and country singer Shaboozey. Throughout her tour, the 16 Carriages vocalist has paid homage to Black American contributions to country music, specifically honouring Black performers, some of whom are featured in the Cowboy Carter album. Beyonce has spoken candidly about not feeling welcomed in the country genre despite her Texas roots, after she became the first Black woman to win Best Country Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Her performance at the Country Music Association Awards in 2016 received notable backlash, including racist comments across social media from those saying her songs were not real country music. There were 32 sold-out stadium shows across North America, the UK, and Europe that grossed over $US400 million, according to Live Nation. By contrast, pop singer Taylor Swift earned over $US2 billion for her Eras tour that spanned from March 2023 to December 2024, becoming the highest-grossing tour ever.
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce enjoy ‘off season' in rare loved-up personal photos
As Taylor Swift mania hit fever pitch last year, it felt like the pop megastar was everywhere. So much so, media outlets were hiring stand-alone 'Taylor Swift' reporters to keep up with her movements and the public's appetite. But after her blockbuster Eras Tour wrapped in December, the US singer well and truly entered her quiet 'era' for some much-earned down time, only emerging for the occasional public outing. Now, her NFL star boyfriend Travis Kelce has delighted fans with a flurry of personal photos showing what the couple have been up to over the past few months. Taking to Instagram to highlight his 'adventures this off-season', Kelce and Swift, both 35, appear to have been savouring some time together with friends. In some of the photos, the couple could be seen rugged up in winter gear as they enjoyed a holiday in the snow. Elsewhere, in a warmer climate, Swift and Kelce cozied up alongside friends over glasses of wine in the mountains. Another wholesome group photo showed the pair enjoying a balmy evening in what appeared to be a light-filled rocky cave. The pair, who began dating in the summer of 2023, could also be seen goofing around over dinner. Page Six reported back in February the couple embarked on a secret, international holiday together shortly after Kelce's Super Bowl loss. Despite her low-profile of late, Swift did return to social media in May with some huge news for fans, revealing she'd finally bought back her masters after a six-year saga. 'I'm trying to gather my thoughts into something coherent, but right now my mind is just a slide show,' she began her letter, which is on her official website. 'A flashback sequence of all the time I daydreamed about, wished for, and pined away for a chance to get to tell this news. All the times I was thiiiiiiiiiiis close, reaching out for it, only for it to fall through. 'I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away. But that's all in the past now. I've been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found that this is really happening. I really get to say those words. 'All of the music I've ever made … now belong … to me.' The announcement came after Swift had spent the past few years re-recording her albums, which she titled 'Taylor's Version', in a bid to dilute the original works that were infamously bought by Scooter Braun for $US330 million in 2019. Braun's company, Ithaca Holdings, bought Big Machine Label Group, the record label that owned the rights to Swift's first six albums. Braun later sold Swift's master recordings to investment firm Shamrock Capital in November 2020 for a reported $US400 million. In her recent statement celebrating her long-awaited victory to own her masters, Swift revealed one of the only 'Taylor's Version' albums she was yet to release, 2017's Reputation, may never eventuate. 'Full transparency: I haven't even re-recorded a quarter of it,' she confessed. 'To be perfectly honest, it's the only album in those first 6 that I thought couldn't be improved upon by redoing it […] so I kept putting it off.' However, she promised that fans would get to listen to the unreleased vault tracks when the time was right. Elsewhere in the statement, Swift confirmed she had re-recorded her entire debut album, titled Taylor Swift, though stopped short of revealing a release date.
AU Financial Review
6 days ago
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Columbia University agrees to pay $300m to settle White House fight
Washington | Columbia University has reached a landmark deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding for research, easing a crisis that has rattled the school's finances and upended its leadership. The Ivy League school will pay a $US200 million ($302.3 million) penalty over three years to resolve multiple civil rights investigations, clearing the way for the reinstatement of the majority of more than $US400 million in cancelled grants and contracts, as well as access to billions of dollars in future grants.
7NEWS
22-07-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Taxpayers fork out nearly $7 million a year for Anthony Albanese's prime ministership
Taxpayers are forking out nearly $7 million a year to cover the costs of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, new research figures reveal. The $6,865,902 figure, calculated by the Institute of Public Affairs, includes his salary, official residences, international travel and other expenses. Following a recent pay bump, Albanese's salary rose from $607,500 to $622,071 this month, more than what US president Donald Trump earns — $US400,000 ($617,000). As Prime Minister, he also has access to two official residences — The Lodge in Canberra and Kirribilli House in Sydney — with the upkeep of the fully staffed homes costing $2.5 million. On top of that, official work expenses totalled $3,754,921 from April 2024 to March this year, according to figures lodged with the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA). These cover overseas travel, car use, staff costs, family travel and phone bills. Just back from a six-day visit to China, Albanese has pushed back against opposition claims the trip was indulgent, defending it as an important step in stabilising diplomatic ties. It was also revealed last year that the Prime Minister bought a $4.3 million clifftop property on the NSW Central Coast, where his fiancée Jodie Haydon is from. Amid a housing and cost-of-living crisis, Albanese acknowledged that he earns a good income as PM, but insisted he still understands hardship. 'I understand that I've been fortunate,' he said. 'But I also know what it's like to struggle. 'My mum lived in the one public housing that she was born in for all of her 65 years and I know what it's like, which is why I want to help all Australians into a home whether it be public homes or private rentals or home ownership.' Morgan Begg, director of research at the Institute of Public Affairs, told The Daily Telegraph the PM could risk losing touch with his humble beginnings. 'Everyone understands that prime ministers need staff, security, and travel, but Anthony Albanese's entourage is becoming opulent and extravagant,' he said. 'For an individual who trades on his working-class upbringing, Anthony Albanese sure does love the trappings of high office.'
The Age
09-07-2025
- Business
- The Age
SpaceX's latest $600b value rockets Elon Musk's wealth
SpaceX is discussing plans to raise money and sell insider shares in a deal that would value Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker at around $US400 billion ($613 billon), people familiar with the matter said. That would mark the largest-ever valuation for a privately held US company, surpassing SpaceX's previous record of $US350 billion from its share buyback in December and rivalling the values of TikTok owner ByteDance and OpenAI. A representative for SpaceX, formerly known as Space Exploration Technologies, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. The valuation reflects a range of factors, including the rise of its fast-growing Starlink satellite internet unit, which people familiar with the matter said accounts for more than half of SpaceX's annual revenue, and the company's ability to achieve new milestones with its Starship rocket program. SpaceX, already among the industry's pre-eminent rocket launch providers, is working to get development of the revolutionary launch system back on track after a string of explosive setbacks, including a huge blast on its test stand in Texas in June. Loading Musk, the world's richest person, is also again locked in a tit-for-tat public feud with US President Donald Trump over the president's landmark spending and tax-cut package, and has teased the idea of launching a new political party. The latest sparring further erodes a one-time alliance between Musk and the White House that signalled a windfall of opportunity across the billionaire's business empire. SpaceX's strategy involves launching a primary fundraising round during which it would sell a small number of new shares to investors, said some of the people, who asked not to be identified discussing nonpublic information. One of SpaceX's fundraising rounds, in 2021, took in some $US850 million. Then concurrently, SpaceX would sell employee and early investor shares in a secondary offering, with the price being determined by the primary round.
