{
  "id": 15421472,
  "title": "Is the concert residency slowly replacing traditional touring?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/is-the-concert-residency-slowly-replacing-traditional-touring",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-18T14:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12103566/is-the-concert-residency-slowly-replacing-traditional-touring/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The concert residency model is slowly replacing traditional touring, offering artists and fans alike a different experience. Traditional touring involves months-long, multi-city campaigns, with artists having to manage logistics such as gear transport, accommodation, and crew. This model has become increasingly expensive due to rising diesel fuel prices and red tape associated with international travel.\n\nResidencies, on the other hand, provide a cheaper and more convenient alternative for both artists and fans. Las Vegas pioneered this concept, with artists like Céline Dion, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga performing long-term engagements at a single venue. The Sphere in Las Vegas offers an immersive experience that can't be replicated elsewhere, and artists have achieved significant financial success through residencies.\n\nIn 2024, Live Nation experimented with a temporary stadium in Munich called \"Adele World,\" hosting 10 shows and grossing an estimated US$50 million. This success led to more long-term arena and stadium residencies, with acts like Taylor Swift, Coldplay, and Shakira performing extended runs in major cities. These residencies have attracted large crowds and generated substantial revenue for both artists and cities.\n\nWhile residencies may lower concert ticket prices, fans are now faced with additional expenses like airfare and hotel stays. Governments see the economic benefits of music tourism, with the U.K. alone seeing £11.2 billion from music-related travel. As more countries embrace music tourism, the residency model is poised to become the norm for major artists.",
  "summary": "Touring is extremely complex and very expensive. More acts are thinking about the concert residency so that fans have to come to them.",
  "key_points": [
    "Concert residencies are replacing traditional touring.",
    "Residencies offer cheaper, convenient experiences for artists and fans.",
    "Live Nation's Munich stadium generated $50M in 2024."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}