Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance clocks up €16m in global box office receipts

Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance show last year clocked up $17.6m (€16m) in box office receipts.

Figures from trade industry journal Pollstar show that Mr Flatley’s show sold 309,492 tickets across the globe last year, performing 161 shows in 59 cities.

The 57-year-old super hoofer, who is also an accomplished flautist and a successful abstract expressionist painter, is hanging up his dancing shoes once and for all after his final stage outing in Las Vegas on St Patrick’s Day.