List of highest-grossing concert tours
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This is an incomplete list of the highest-grossing concert tours. Some of the gross may be higher than reported on this list because not all concerts are reported. Only tours using reliable references and having grossed over $100 million have been added to the list.
In bold, the tours which, when completed became the highest-grossing of all time.
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Tours [edit]
| Rank | Actual gross | Inflation (adjusted 2013 gross) |
Artist | Tour name | Year(s) | Shows | Attendance | Average gross (millions) |
Average attendance |
Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $736,421,584 | $785,733,084 | U2 | U2 360° Tour | 2009–11 | 110 | 7,272,046 | 6.7 | 66,110 | [2] |
| 2 | $558,255,524 | $618,103,813 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | 2005–07 | 144 | 4,680,000 | 3.8 | 32,500 | [2] |
| 3 | $441,121,000 | $464,412,297 | AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour | 2008–10 | 167 | 4,846,965 | 2.6 | 29,023 | [3] |
| 4 | $407,713,266 | $436,298,096 | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour | 2008–09 | 85 | 3,545,899 | 4.79 | 41,716 | [4] |
| 5 | $389,047,636 | $443,057,055 | U2 | Vertigo Tour | 2005–06 | 131 | 4,619,021 | 2.96 | 35,259 | [5] |
| 6 | $377,368,148 | $377,368,148 | Roger Waters | The Wall | 2010–13 | 192/217 | 3,056,048 | 1.96 | 16,700 | [6] |
| 7 | $358,825,665 | $382,617,970 | The Police | The Police Reunion Tour | 2007–08 | 156 | 3,300,912 | 2.3 | 21,160 | [7] |
| 8 | $320,000,000 | $482,131,470 | The Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge Tour | 1994–95 | 124 | 6,336,776 | 2.6 | 51,103 | [8] |
| 9 | $311,000,000 | $388,131,151 | The Rolling Stones | Licks Tour | 2002–03 | 115 | 3,470,945 | 2.6 | 30,182 | [9] |
| 10 | $305,158,363 | $305,158,363 | Madonna | MDNA Tour | 2012 | 88 | 2,212,345 | 3.47 | 25,140 | [9] |
| 11 | $279,200,000 | $297,712,643 | Celine Dion | Taking Chances Tour | 2008–09 | 132 | 2,600,000 | 2.9 | 27,424 | [3][10] |
| 12 | $251,112,882[e] | $264,371,703 | Eagles | Long Road Out Of Eden Tour | 2008–11 | 155 | 2,001,773 | 1.6 | 12,915 | [3] |
| 13 | $250,000,000 | $387,236,192 | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell Tour | 1994 | 110 | 5,500,000 | 2.3 | 45,000 | [11][12] |
| 14 | $250,000,000[g] | $293,874,595 | Cher | Living Proof: The Farewell Tour | 2002–05 | 326 | 3,500,000 | 0.6 | 10,800 | [13] |
| 15 | $235,000,000 | $250,581,917 | Bruce Springsteen | Magic Tour | 2007–08 | 100 | 2,198,353 | 2.4 | 21,983 | [14] |
| 16 | $227,400,000 | $232,075,828 | Lady Gaga | The Monster Ball Tour | 2009–11 | 201 | 2,500,000 | 1.13 | 12,438 | [15] |
| 17 | $221,500,000 | $276,434,244 | Bruce Springsteen | The Rising Tour | 2002–03 | 120 | 3,232,384[b] | 1.8 | 31,081[b] | [16] |
| 18 | $217,245,629[d] | $228,716,251 | Metallica | World Magnetic Tour | 2008–10 | 187 | 2,699,211 | 1.4 | 16,976 | [17] |
| 19 | $210,650,974 | $224,618,403 | Bon Jovi | Lost Highway Tour | 2007–08 | 99 | 2,157,675 | 2.1 | 21,794 | [14] |
| 20 | $201,000,000 | $211,612,849 | Bon Jovi | The Circle Tour | 2010 | 80 | 1,909,234 | 3.8 | 36,023 | [3] |
| 21 | $194,770,934 | $194,770,934 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball Tour | 2012–13 | 104 | 2,113,475 | 1.87 | 20,321 | [18] |
| 22 | $194,754,447 | $221,791,174 | Madonna | Confessions Tour | 2006 | 60 | 1,210,294 | 3.2 | 20,171 | [19] |
| 23 | $185,175,360 | $188,982,960 | Take That | Progress Live | 2011 | 35[h] | 1,806,473 | 5.3 | 51,613 | [20] |
| 24 | $167,000,000 | $178,708,391 | Bruce Springsteen | Working On A Dream Tour | 2009 | 80 | 1,831,770 | 2.1 | 22,897 | [3] |
| 25 | $165,000,000 | $235,973,259 | Michael Jackson | HIStory World Tour | 1996–97 | 82 | 4,500,000 | 2.0 | 54,878 | [21] |
| 26 | $161,400,000 | $167,989,483 | Lady Gaga | Born This Way Ball | 2012–13 | 80 | 1,645,979 | 2.0 | 19,334 | [22] |
| 27 | $151,000,000 | $239,979,037 | U2 | Zoo TV Tour | 1992–93 | 157 | 5,350,554 | 0.96 | 34,080 | [23][24] |
| 28 | $149,278,271 | $159,744,190 | Pink | Funhouse Tour | 2009–10 | 185 | 3,000,000 | 1.36 | 20,200 | [25] |
| 29 | $147,188,828 | $147,188,828 | Coldplay | Mylo Xyloto Tour | 2011–12 | 67 | 1,811,787 | 2.1 | 27,041 | [26] |
| 30 | $142,977,988 | $145,917,920 | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi Live | 2011 | 57 | 1,519,598 | 2.5 | 26,659 | [27] |
| 31 | $142,844,463 | $185,206,531 | U2 | Elevation Tour | 2001 | 112 | 2,162,282 | 1.3 | 19,306 | [28] |
| 32 | $141,000,000 | $156,116,033 | Tim McGraw and Faith Hill | Soul2Soul II Tour | 2006–07 | 117 | 1,673,667 | 1.2 | 14,304 | [29] |
| 33 | $135,000,000 | $250,030,872 | Pink Floyd | A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour | 1987–89 | 199 | 4,250,000 | 0.68 | 21,250 | [30][31] |
| 34 | $131,800,000 | $141,040,515 | Britney Spears | The Circus Starring Britney Spears | 2009 | 97 | 1,500,000 | 1.4 | 15,488 | [3] |
| 35 | $131,388,461 | $149,628,424 | Bon Jovi | Have A Nice Day Tour | 2005–06 | 78 | 1,823,834 | 1.7 | 23,382 | [32] |
| 36 | $129,059,653 | $142,895,610 | Genesis | Turn It On Again: The Tour | 2007 | 46 | 1,262,393 | 2.8 | 27,443 | [33][34] |
| 37 | $126,800,000 | $140,393,709 | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveShow | 2007 | 119 | 1,600,000 | 1 | 13,445 | [35] |
| 38 | $126,165,542 | $161,039,052 | Paul McCartney | Driving World Tour | 2002 | 58 | 988,077 | 2.2 | 17,036 | [36][37] |
| 39 | $126,000,000 | $134,354,560 | Coldplay | Viva la Vida Tour | 2008–10 | 111 | 1,700,000 | 1.3 | 18,085 | [38] |
| 40 | $125,738,964 | $244,083,600 | Michael Jackson | Bad | 1987–89 | 123 | 4,498,300 | 1.0 | 36,571 | [39][40] |
| 41 | $124,790,787 | $145,856,237 | Madonna | Re-Invention World Tour | 2004 | 56 | 896,787 | 2.1 | 16,428 | [41] |
| 42 | $119,590,787 | $127,975,312 | Beyoncé Knowles | I Am... Tour | 2009–10 | 108 | 1,186,269 | 1.1 | 10,983 | [42] |
Notes [edit]
- ^ Attendance figure only includes 106 dates.
- ^ Figures do not include 5 shows: 2008/11/03 Salt Lake City, 2008/11/04 Denver, 2008/12/02 Vancouver, 2008/11/04-05 Calgary. Official data is missing for those shows.
- ^ Figures do not include 3 shows: 1998/09/08 Stockholm, 1999/30/01 San Jose, 1999/06/15 Santiago de Compostella. Official data is missing for those shows.
- ^ Figures do not include 2 shows: 2008/04/01-03 Rotterdam. Official data is missing for those shows.
- ^ Figures may not include 6 shows. Billboard appears to have miscounted the number of shows.
- ^ Reports from Billboard did not accounted grosses from the European leg (28 dates), actual grosses may be between $205 and $215 million .
References [edit]
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- ^ a b Total gross for the Magic Tour
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- ^ Total gross for The Rising Tour
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- ^ Total gross for Take That Live tour:
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- ^ Total gross for the Funhouse tour:
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- ^ Total gross for Bon Jovi Live
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- ^ Waddell, Ray (2002). "The Top Tours of 2002". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ "McCartney Notches Year's Highest-Grossing Tour". Billboard. 2002. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ "Coldplay Reveals "Mylo Xyloto" Album Art, Released Date". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ Campbell 1993, p. 236.
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- ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (2004-06-01). "Madonna Boasts Top-Grossing Show of Year". People (Time Inc.). Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ Total gross for the I Am... Tour:
- "Beyoncé's $50 Million Pepsi Deal Takes Creative Cues From Jay Z". Forbes. 2004-06-01. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
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Notes [edit]
- de la Parra, Pimm Jal (2003). U2 Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9198-7.
