List of highest-grossing concert tours

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With over 300 dates, the ÷ Tour by Ed Sheeran is the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, unadjusted for inflation.

This is an incomplete list of the highest-grossing concert tours. Only tours using reliable references and having grossed over $100 million (adjusted for inflation) have been added to the list. Some of the gross may be higher than reported on this list because not all concerts are reported. Billboard and Pollstar regularly provide the official figure of concerts' gross revenue worldwide.

Tours that span multiple decades are included in the decade that they concluded.

In bold, the tours which, when completed, became the highest-grossing of all time.

Highest-grossing tours

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours (by actual gross, not adjusted for inflation) of all time
Rank Actual gross Gross adjusted for inflation
(2024 $) 		Artist Tour name Year(s) Shows Attendance Average gross per show (millions) Average attendance per show Average gross per attendee Ref.
1 $776,200,000 $925,014,604 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 2017–19 255 8,796,567 $3.04 34,496 $88.24 [1][2][3][4][5]
2 $736,421,584 $997,437,282 U2 U2 360° Tour 2009–11 110 7,272,046 $6.69 66,110 $101.27
3 $584,200,000 $696,203,983 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 2016–19 158 5,371,891 $3.7 33,999 $108.75 [6]
4 $558,255,524 $820,315,772 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour 2005–07 147 4,680,000 $3.8 31,837 $119.29 [7]
5 $546,515,799 $651,294,892 The Rolling Stones No Filter Tour 2017–2021 58 2,867,799 $9.42 49,445 $190.57 [8]
6 $523,033,675 $664,017,794 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour 2016–17 114 5,389,586 $4.59 47,277 $97.05 [9]
7 $458,673,798 $599,945,328 Roger Waters The Wall Live 2010–13 219 4,129,863 $2.09 18,858 $111.06 [10]
8 $441,121,000 $616,344,251 AC/DC Black Ice World Tour 2008–10 167 4,846,965 $2.64 29,024 $91.01 [11][12][13]
9 $416,900,000 $496,828,895 Metallica WorldWired Tour 2016–2019 128 4,055,397 $3.26 31,683 $102.8 [14][15]

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10 $411,000,000 $583,700,326 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008–09 85 3,545,899 $4.84 41,716 $115.91 [18][19]
11 $397,300,000 $473,471,144 Pink Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018–19 156 3,088,647 $2.55 19,799 $128.63 [20]
12 $390,778,581 $485,741,065 U2 The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019 2017, 2019 66 3,279,712 $5.92 49,693 $119.15 [21][22][23]
13 $389,047,636 $588,002,667 U2 Vertigo Tour 2005–06 131 4,619,021 $2.97 35,260 $84.23 [24]
14 $367,700,000 $445,302,412 Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour 2017–18 204 3,298,583 $1.8 16,170 $111.47 [1][2]
15 $364,300,000 $442,026,345 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood World Tour 2014–17 390 6,443,727 $0.93 16,522 $56.54 [25][26][27][28]
16 $362,000,000 $512,283,153 The Police The Police Reunion Tour 2007–08 143 3,300,912 $2.53 23,083 $109.67 [29]
17 $358,600,000 $427,351,503 Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road 2018–present 178 2,630,000 $2.01 14,775 $136.35 [30]
18 $355,600,000 $505,021,498 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Wrecking Ball World Tour 2012–13 136 3,650,535 $2.61 26,842 $97.41 [31][32]
19 $345,700,000 $419,457,885 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 53 2,888,892 $6.52 54,507 $119.67 [33][34]
20 $320,000,000 $639,860,231 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 1994–95 124 6,336,776 $2.58 51,103 $50.5 [35]

Highest-grossing tours by decade

1980s

List of the highest-grossing tours of the 1980s decade
Rank Actual gross Inflation
(adjusted 2024 gross) 		Artist Tour name Year(s) Shows Attendance Average
gross (millions) 		Average
attendance 		Ref.
1 $135,000,000 $331,828,188 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour 1987–89 197 5,500,000 $0.69 27,919 [citation needed]
2 $125,738,964 $323,935,271 Michael Jackson Bad World Tour 1987–89 123 4,498,300 $1.02 36,572 [36][37]
3 $98,000,000 $240,882,685 The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour 1989 57 3,268,722 $1.72 57,346 [38][39]
4 $86,000,000 $230,643,234 David Bowie Glass Spider Tour 1987 86 3,000,000 $1 34,884 [40][41]
5 $85,000,000 $240,798,267 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Born in the U.S.A. Tour 1984–85 156 3,900,000 $0.54 25,000 [42]
6 $75,000,000 $219,955,157 The Jacksons Victory Tour 1984 55 2,750,000 $1.36 50,000 [43]
7 $60,000,000 $154,575,127 Tina Turner Break Every Rule World Tour 1987-88 220 4,000,000 $0.27 18,182 [44][45][46]
8 $56,278,095 $150,932,114 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 1987 109 3,176,952 $0.52 29,146 [47]
9 $52,000,000 $174,272,328 The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981 1981 50 3,000,000 $1.04 60,000 [43]

1990s

List of the highest-grossing tours of the 1990s decade
Rank Actual gross Inflation
(adjusted 2024 gross) 		Artist Tour name Year(s) Shows Attendance Average
gross (millions) 		Average
attendance 		Ref.
1 $320,000,000 $639,860,231 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 1994–95 129 6,336,776 $2.48 49,122 [citation needed]
2 $274,000,000 $512,197,632 The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon Tour 1997–98 108 — $2.54 — [48]
3 $250,000,000 $513,920,072 Pink Floyd The Division Bell Tour 1994 110 6,000,000 $2.27 54,545 [49]
4 $171,677,027 $325,844,705 U2 PopMart Tour 1997–98 93 3,936,841 $1.85 42,332 [47]
5 $165,000,000 $313,171,642 Michael Jackson HIStory World Tour 1996–97 82 4,500,000 $2.39 65,217 [50]
6 $151,000,000 $318,487,906 U2 Zoo TV Tour 1992–93 157 5,350,554 $0.96 34,080 [47][51]
7 $142,700,000[a] $285,337,672 Eagles Hell Freezes Over Tour 1994–95 — — — — [52][53]
8 $130,000,000 $246,741,294 Tina Turner Wildest Dreams Tour 1996–97 — 3,000,000 (Europe) — — [54][55]
9 $105,000,000 $196,280,114 Garth Brooks The Garth Brooks World Tour 1996–98 220 5,500,000 $0.48 25,000 [56][57]
10 $100,000,000 $217,121,176 Michael Jackson Dangerous World Tour 1992–93 69 4,019,500 $1.45 58,254 [39]
11 $74,000,000 $172,578,706 New Kids on the Block The Magic Summer Tour 1990–91 152 3,291,987 $0.49 21,658 [39]
12 $70,000,000 $163,250,127 Tina Turner Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour 1990 121 3,000,000 $0.58 24,793 [58][59]
$70,000,000 $147,643,400 Madonna The Girlie Show 1993 39 1,369,123 $1.79 35,106 [60][61]
13 $62,700,000 $146,225,471 Madonna Blond Ambition World Tour 1990 57 887,772 $1.1 15,575 [62][63]

2000s

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours of the 2000s decade
Rank Actual gross Inflation
(adjusted
2024 gross) 		Artist Tour name Year(s) Shows Attendance Average
gross (millions) 		Average
attendance 		Ref.
1 $558,255,524 $820,315,772 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour 2005–07 144 4,680,000 $3.88 32,500 [citation needed]
2 $411,000,000 $583,700,326 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008–09 85 3,545,899 $4.84 41,716 [18][19]
3 $389,047,636 $588,002,667 U2 Vertigo Tour 2005–06 131 4,619,021 $2.97 35,260 [24]
4 $362,000,000 $512,283,153 The Police The Police Reunion Tour 2007–08 156 3,300,912 $2.32 21,160 [29]
5 $311,000,000 $515,107,815 The Rolling Stones Licks Tour 2002–03 115 3,470,945 $2.7 30,182 [48]
6 $279,200,000 $395,108,995 Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour 2008–09 132 2,600,000 $2.12 19,697 [11][12][64]
7 $250,000,000 $390,015,335 Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour 2002–05 326 3,500,000 $0.77 10,736 [65][better source needed]
8 $235,000,000 $332,559,505 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Magic Tour 2007–08 100 2,198,353 $2.35 21,984 [66]
9 $221,500,000 $366,869,392 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band The Rising Tour 2002–03 120 3,232,384 $1.85 26,937 [67]
10 $210,650,974 $298,102,058 Bon Jovi Lost Highway Tour 2007–08 99 2,157,675 $2.13 21,795 [66]
11 $209,400,000 $292,578,422 Coldplay Viva la Vida Tour 2008-10 168 2,831,377 $1.25 16,853 [68]
12 $194,754,447 $294,349,904 Madonna Confessions Tour 2006 60 1,210,294 $3.25 20,172 [69]
13 $167,000,000 $237,172,638 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Working on a Dream Tour 2009 80 1,831,770 $2.09 22,897 [12]
14 $142,844,463 $245,796,637 U2 Elevation Tour 2001 112 2,162,282 $1.28 19,306 [70]
15 $141,000,000 $207,189,215 Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Soul2Soul II Tour 2006–07 117 1,673,667 $1.21 14,305 [71]
16 $132,500,000 $188,175,896 Tina Turner Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour 2008–09 90 1,176,199 $1.47 13,069 [11][12]
17 $131,800,000 $187,181,759 Britney Spears The Circus Starring Britney Spears 2009 97 1,500,000 $1.36 15,464 [12]
18 $131,388,461 $198,579,193 Bon Jovi Have a Nice Day Tour 2005–06 89 1,823,834 $1.48 20,493 [72]
19 $129,059,653 $189,643,746 Genesis Turn It On Again: The Tour 2007 46 1,262,393 $2.81 27,443 [73][74]
20 $126,800,000 $186,323,351 Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow 2007 119 1,600,000 $1.07 13,445 [75]

2010s

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours of the 2010s decade
Rank Actual gross Inflation
(adjusted 2024 gross) 		Artist Tour name Year(s) Shows Attendance Average
gross (millions) 		Average
attendance 		Ref.
1 $776,200,000 $925,014,604 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 2017–19 255 8,796,567 $3.04 34,496 [citation needed]
2 $736,421,584 $997,437,282 U2 U2 360° Tour 2009–11 110 7,272,046 $6.69 66,110 [7]
3 $563,300,000 $683,484,601 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 2016–19 175 4,377,126 $3.22 25,012 [76][1][2]
4 $523,033,675 $664,017,794 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour 2016–17 114 5,389,536 $4.59 47,277 [9]
5 $458,673,798 $599,945,328 Roger Waters The Wall Live 2010–13 219 4,129,863 $2.09 18,858 [10]
6 $454,000,000 $457,000,000 Billy Joel Billy Joel in Concert 2014–present 120 2,065,755 $2.51 17,215 [76][25][26][28][77]
7 $441,121,000 $616,344,251 AC/DC Black Ice World Tour 2008–10 167 4,846,965 $2.64 29,024 [18]
8 $416,900,000 $496,828,895 Metallica WorldWired Tour 2016–2019 128 4,055,397 $3.26 31,683 [14][15]

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9 $415,600,000 $495,279,656 The Rolling Stones No Filter Tour 2017–2021 45 2,290,871 $9.24 50,908 [8]
10 $397,300,000 $473,471,144 Pink Beautiful Trauma Tour 2018–19 156 3,088,647 $2.55 19,799 [20]
11 $390,778,581 $485,741,065 U2 The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019 2017, 2019 66 3,279,712 $5.92 49,693 [21][22][23]
12 $375,828,391 $455,979,963 Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour 2017–18 204 3,298,583 $1.84 16,170 [1][2]
13 $364,300,000 $394,703,328 Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood 2014–17 366 4,743,727 $1 12,961 [25][26][27][28]
14 $358,600,000 $427,351,503 Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road 2018–present 178 2,630,000 $2.01 14,775 [30]
15 $355,600,000 $465,124,800 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Wrecking Ball World Tour 2012–13 127 3,650,535 $2.8 28,744 [31][32]
16 $345,700,000 $419,336,549 Taylor Swift Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour 2018 53 2,888,918 $6.52 54,508 [33]
17 $306,500,000 $389,117,304 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band The River Tour 2016 2016–17 89 2,667,775 $3.44 29,975 [26][27]
18 $305,158,363 $404,990,574 Madonna The MDNA Tour 2012 88 2,212,345 $3.47 25,140 [48]
19 $290,178,452 $373,471,170 One Direction Where We Are Tour 2014 69 3,449,560 $4.21 49,994 [79]
20 $275,700,000 $354,388,488 Paul McCartney Out There! Tour 2013–15 84 1,958,754 $3.28 23,319 [25][26][32]

2020s

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours of the 2020s decade
Rank Actual gross Inflation
(adjusted 2024 gross) 		Artist Tour name Year(s) Shows Attendance Average
ticket price 		Average
gross (millions) 		Average
attendance 		Ref.
1 $181,027,830 Ed Sheeran +–=÷x Tour 2022–present 39 2,234,199 $81.03 $4.64 57,287 [80]
2 $179,684,106 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 2022–present 34 1,947,618 $92.26 $5.28 57,283 [81]
3 $157,438,120 Harry Styles Love On Tour 2021–present 67 1,394,278 $112.92 $2.35 20,810 [82]
4 $137,268,384 Bad Bunny World's Hottest Tour 2022–present 13 580,566 $236.44 $10.5 44,659 [83]
5 $135,259,120 Kenny Chesney Here and Now Tour 2022 41 1,296,079 $104.36 $3.3 31,612 [84]
6 $116,762,953 Bad Bunny El Último Tour del Mundo 2022 2022 35 574,868 $203.11 $3.34 16,425 [85]
7 $112,394,525 Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball 2022 20 833,798 $161.67 $6.74 41,690
8 $105,077,787 Paul McCartney Got Back 2022 16 423,659 $248.02 $6.57 26,479 [86]
9 $104,752,124 Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses 2020 Tour 2020–present 37 961,622 $108.93 $2.83 25,990 [87]
10 $100,288,913 Genesis The Last Domino? Tour 2021–2022 47 562,579 $178.27 $2.13 11,970 [88]

Highest-grossing tours annually

List of the annual highest-grossing tours
Year Actual gross Inflation
(adjusted 2024 gross) 		Artist(s) Tour name Shows Attendance Ref.
1989 $98,000,000 $240,882,685 The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour 57 3,268,722 [citation needed]
1990 $74,100,000 $172,811,921 New Kids on the Block The Magic Summer Tour 220 2,392,923 [89]
1991 $34,700,000 $77,623,552 The Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Summer Tour 76 [89]
1992 $67,000,000 $145,471,188 U2 Zoo TV Tour 73 2,495,984 [90]
1993 $45,600,000 $96,179,129 The Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Tour 1993 [91]
1994 $121,200,000 $249,148,451 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 129 6,336,776 [92]
1995 $63,300,000 $126,572,352 Eagles Hell Freezes Over Tour [93]
1996 $43,600,000 $84,702,228 Kiss Alive/Worldwide Tour 92 1,200,000 [94]
1997 $87,000,000 $165,126,866 The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon Tour 33 1,404,768 [95]
1998 $193,350,000 $361,435,811 64 3,032,799 [96]
1999 $89,200,000 $163,147,263 No Security Tour 43 1,078,186 [97]
2000 $122,500,000 $216,736,232 Tina Turner Twenty Four Seven Tour 108 2,400,000 [98][99]
2001 $143,000,000 $246,064,274 U2 Elevation Tour 113 2,179,642 [100][101]
2002 $126,100,000 $213,611,767 Paul McCartney Driving World Tour 58 996,667 [102]
2003 $115,900,000 $191,964,616 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band The Rising Tour 43 3,232,384 [103]
2004 $125,000,000 $201,638,478 Madonna Re-Invention World Tour 56 900,000 [104]
2005 $260,000,000 $405,615,948 U2 Vertigo Tour 90 3,000,000 [105]
2006 $138,500,000 $209,327,501 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour 147 1,010,000 [106]
2007 $212,000,000 $311,518,536 The Police The Police Reunion Tour 151 1,800,000 [107]
2008 $210,650,974 $298,102,058 Bon Jovi Lost Highway Tour 99 2,157,675 [108]
2009 $311,637,730 $442,586,483 U2 U2 360° Tour 44 3,071,290 [109]
2010 $146,507,388 $204,703,440 Bon Jovi The Circle Tour 69 1,591,154 [110]
2011 $293,281,487 $397,231,553 U2 U2 360° Tour 44 2,887,972 [111]
2012 $305,200,000 $451,230,613 Madonna The MDNA Tour 88 2,212,345 [112]
2013 $205,158,370 $268,347,148 Bon Jovi Because We Can 90 2,178,170 [113]
2014 $290,178,452 $373,471,170 One Direction Where We Are Tour 69 3,439,560 [114][115]
2015 $250,733,097 $322,295,695 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 85 2,278,647 [116]
2016 $268,300,000 $340,620,466 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band The River Tour 76 2,406,591 [117]
2017 $316,000,000 $392,790,660 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 50 2,713,136 [118]
2018 $432,400,000 $524,656,030 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 94 4,860,482 [119]
2019 $215,200,000 $256,458,571 Pink Beautiful Trauma Tour 68 1,818,933 [120]
2020 $87,100,000 $102,544,374 Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road 38 664,749 [121]
2021 $115,500,000 $115,500,000 The Rolling Stones No Filter Tour 12 516,624 [122]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Figure for Hell Freezes Over Tour only includes North American dates. Official data for the rest of the world tour is unavailable.

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