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Elton John Just Claimed the 3rd Most Successful Tour Ever, and Here’s Why It’s Particularly Impressive · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Fans have been flocking
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Speaker 1: to see Elton John one last time on his Farewell
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Speaker 1: Yellow Brick Road Tour, and with just about fifty shows
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Speaker 1: still to go before he calls it a career, it's
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Speaker 1: already become the third highest grossing tour in music history.
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Speaker 1: Certain John has grossed more than six hundred sixty million
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Speaker 1: dollars from its two d and fifty plush shows to date,
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Speaker 1: making it one of only three tours to surpass the
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Speaker 1: six hundred million dollar mark. YouTube currently ahead of Elton
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Speaker 1: John a number two with more than seven hundred thirty million,
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Speaker 1: and Elton's friend Ed Sheeran reigns at number one with
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Speaker 1: over seven hundred seventy million, but Elton could surpass him.
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Speaker 1: And what might be most impressive about Elton's place on
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Speaker 1: the list is the size of the venues he's played
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Speaker 1: to reach this point, arenas averaging fifteen thousand fans. The
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Speaker 1: others were stadium tours with fifty thousand attendees. Elton also
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Speaker 1: currently ranks as the most successful solo artist in tour
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Speaker 1: history across his career, with more than one point seven
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Speaker 1: billion in tickets sold. That's direct from Hollywood,