2. Roger Waters’ The Wall Tour
Cost per set-up: $10 million
Pink Floyd started a real revolution of on-stage theatrics when they toured the world with their album The Wall, so it was somewhat expected that Roger Waters’ recreation of the message-driven stage would create noise. However, the rock legend’s budget was much larger as he invested $60 million for the props alone, and another $16 million for the wall and giant inflatable pig that would knock it down after every show. The Wall Tour, which took place from 2010 to 2013, required an average of $200,000 a day in maintenance and for every one of the 219 concerts the staff had to build a 500 foot long and 80 feet tall video screen that stretched out over the entire stage. The biggest on-stage video screen in history was used to project pictures of deceased war veterans, with the intention of promoting an anti-war message.
