List of highest - attended concerts - wikipedia List of highest - attended concerts The record for biggest concert attendance is held by Vasco Rossi ( left ) for a ticketed concert and Rod Stewart ( right ) for a free concert. This page lists the highest - attended concerts of all time. The oldest 100,000 - crowd concert reported to Billboard Boxscore is Grateful Dead 's gig at the Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey on September 3, 1977. The concert was attended by 107,019 people, which remains the largest ticketed concert in the United States to date. Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, and Paul McCartney broke the record respectively in Maracanã Stadium. With an audience of over 184,000 people on April 21, 1990, McCartney held the record for 27 years. Italian singer Vasco Rossi surpassed McCartney 's record with his solo concert on July 1, 2017. The concert was a celebration of his 40 years of career. Although the attendance numbers of free concerts are known to be exaggerations, several concerts have been reported to have a million audience or more. According to the Guinness World Records, Rod Stewart 's show in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, remains the highest - attended free concert with an estimated 3.5 million audience. Contents 1 Highest - attended concerts 1.1 Single - artist concerts 1.2 Free concerts 2 See also 3 References Highest - attended concerts Key Indicates the concert was the highest - attended of all time up to that point Single - artist concerts The following are the highest - attended single - artist 's ticketed concerts ( excluding music festivals ) with attendance of 100,000 people or more. Date Artist Venue City Title Attendance Ref. July 1, 2017 Vasco Rossi Enzo Ferrari Park Modena Modena Park 2017 7005220000000000000 ♠ 220,000 April 21, 1990 Paul McCartney Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro The Paul McCartney World Tour 7005184000000000000 ♠ 184,000 January 16, 1988 Tina Turner Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro Break Every Rule World Tour 7005180000000000000 ♠ 180,000 January 26, 1980 Frank Sinatra Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro Frank Sinatra Live 7005175000000000000 ♠ 175,000 September 10, 2005 Luciano Ligabue Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Campovolo 7005165264000000000 ♠ 165,264 July 19, 1988 Bruce Springsteen Radrennbahn Weissensee Berlin Tunnel of Love Express Tour 7005160000000000000 ♠ 160,000 September 20, 1997 U2 Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia PopMart Tour 7005150000000000000 ♠ 150,000 March 20, 1981 Queen Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo The Game Tour 7005131000000000000 ♠ 131,000 August 29, 1987 Madonna Parc de Sceaux Paris Who 's That Girl World Tour 7005130000000000000 ♠ 130,000 August 5, 1995 The Rolling Stones Strahov Stadium Prague Voodoo Lounge Tour 7005126742000000000 ♠ 126,742 September 7, 1996 Michael Jackson Letná Park Prague HIStory World Tour 7005125000000000000 ♠ 125,000 August 10, 1996 Oasis Knebworth Park Stevenage ( What 's the Story ) Morning Glory ? Tour 7005125000000000000 ♠ 125,000 August 11, 1996 7005125000000000000 ♠ 125,000 August 1, 2003 Robbie Williams Knebworth Park Stevenage 2003 Tour 7005125000000000000 ♠ 125,000 August 2, 2003 7005125000000000000 ♠ 125,000 August 3, 2003 7005125000000000000 ♠ 125,000 March 21, 1981 Queen Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo The Game Tour 7005120000000000000 ♠ 120,000 July 25, 1982 The Rolling Stones Roundhay Park Leeds The Rolling Stones European Tour 1982 7005120000000000000 ♠ 120,000 August 9, 1986 Queen Knebworth Park Stevenage Magic Tour 7005120000000000000 ♠ 120,000 November 6, 1993 Madonna Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro The Girlie Show World Tour 7005120000000000000 ♠ 120,000 September 20, 1996 Michael Jackson Bemowo, Airport Warsaw HIStory World Tour 7005120000000000000 ♠ 120,000 July 15, 1987 U2 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Madrid The Joshua Tree Tour 7005115000000000000 ♠ 115,000 September 3, 1977 Grateful Dead Raceway Park Englishtown Terrapin Station Tour 7005107019000000000 ♠ 107,019 Free concerts The following are free concerts with reported attendance of one million people or more. It also includes multi-artist festivals which may not be directly comparable with single - artist concerts. Attendance numbers for many of the kinds of events listed here rely on estimations from the promoters and are known to be exaggerations. Date Headlining artist Location City Event Attendance Ref. December 31, 1993 Rod Stewart Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro New Year 's Eve 7006350000000000000 ♠ 3,500,000 September 6, 1997 Jean - Michel Jarre State University of Moscow Moscow The 850th Anniversary of Moscow 7006350000000000000 ♠ 3,500,000 July 14, 1990 Jean - Michel Jarre La Défense Paris Bastille Day 7006200000000000000 ♠ 2,000,000 September 28, 1991 AC / DC, Pantera, Metallica, The Black Crowes, E.S.T. Tushino Airfield Moscow Monsters of Rock 7006160000000000000 ♠ 1,600,000 July 2, 2005 Various artists Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Live 8 7006150000000000000 ♠ 1,500,000 February 18, 2006 The Rolling Stones Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro A Bigger Bang 7006150000000000000 ♠ 1,500,000 April 5, 1986 Jean - Michel Jarre Downtown Houston Houston Rendez - vous Houston 7006130000000000000 ♠ 1,300,000 September 20, 2009 Various artists Plaza de la Revolución Havana Paz Sin Fronteras II 7006110000000000000 ♠ 1,100,000 See also List of highest - grossing concert tours References ^ Jump up to : Dwyer, Jim ( July 23, 2008 ). `` Great Lawn : A Bubble of History Bursts ''. The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2016. Jump up ^ Gottfried, Gideon ( June 29, 2017 ). `` Rossi Sets Record In Italy ''. Pollstar. Retrieved December 9, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Arts and Media / Music Feats & Facts / Solo Rock Show Crowd ''. Guinness World Records. May 25, 2006. 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Question: what is the most attended concert in history
Answer: Rod Stewart's show in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro