# List of most-attended concerts

The following is a list of the most-attended concerts which have drawn at least 100,000 people. The oldest 100,000-crowd show reported to Billboard Boxscore is Grateful Dead at Englishtown's Raceway Park on September 3, 1977, with 107,019 fans. Internationally, 40 paid gigs have surpassed the initial record set by Grateful Dead with some artists appearing two or more times. Currently, Italian singer Vasco Rossi holds the record with his solo concert on July 1, 2017 with a total of 225,173 tickets sold at Modena Park.
Although the attendance numbers of free concerts are known to be exaggerations, media outlets have registered several concerts with a million people or more. Both Jean-Michel Jarre's concert in Moscow 1997 and Rod Stewart's concert in Copacabana 1994 were reported to attract audiences of more than 3.5 million people. Jarre is the only act to attract a million spectators on five occasions (Paris in 1979, 1990 and 1995; Houston in 1986; and Moscow in 1997). In the 21st century, Madonna's closing performance of The Celebration Tour in Rio de Janeiro, which was free to attend, attracted over 1.6 million people, the most for a free standalone concert.

## Most-attended concerts

Key :
| * | Indicates the concert was the most-attended of all time up to that point |
| ‡ | Indicates standalone free concert |

### Ticketed concerts

The following are the most-attended single-artist's ticketed concerts (excluding music festivals) with attendance of 100,000 people or more.
| Date | Artist | Venue | City | Event | Ticketed attendance |
| 1 July 2017 | Vasco Rossi * | Parco Enzo Ferrari | Modena | Modena Park 2017 | 225,173 |
| 28 June 2005 | Bijelo Dugme * | Belgrade Hippodrome | Belgrade | 2005 Tour: Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade | 220,000 |
| 31 July 1999 | Glay * | Makuhari Messe | Chiba | Glay Expo'99 Survival | 200,000 |
| 20 April 1990 | Paul McCartney * | Maracanã Stadium | Rio de Janeiro | The Paul McCartney World Tour | 184,000 |
| 16 January 1988 | Tina Turner * | Maracanã Stadium | Rio de Janeiro | Break Every Rule World Tour | 180,000 |
| 26 January 1980 | Frank Sinatra * | Maracanã Stadium | Rio de Janeiro | Frank Sinatra Live | 175,000 |
| 10 September 2005 | Luciano Ligabue | Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia | Reggio Emilia | Campovolo | 165,264 |
| 19 July 1988 | Bruce Springsteen | Radrennbahn Weissensee | Berlin | Tunnel of Love Express Tour | 160,000 |
| 28 June 2013 | Ceca | Ušće Park | Belgrade | Poziv Tour | 150,500 |
| 21 July 1990 | Roger Waters | Potsdamer Platz | Berlin | Live in Berlin | 150,000 |
| 20 September 1997 | U2 | Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia | Reggio Emilia | PopMart Tour | 150,000 |
| 18 June 1983 | Kiss | Maracanã Stadium | Rio de Janeiro | Creatures of the Night Tour/10th Anniversary Tour | 137,000 |
| 9 August 2003 | Robbie Williams | Phoenix Park | Dublin | 2003 Tour | 135,000 |
| 20 March 1981 | Queen | Estádio do Morumbi | São Paulo | The Game Tour | 131,000 |
| 20 August 2022 | Helene Fischer | Neue Messe München | Munich | Rausch Live – Die Tour | 130,000 |
| 29 August 1987 | Madonna | Parc de Sceaux | Paris | Who's That Girl World Tour | 130,000 |
| 5 August 1995 | The Rolling Stones | Strahov Stadium | Prague | Voodoo Lounge Tour | 126,742 |
| 11 September 1988 | Michael Jackson | Aintree Racecourse | Liverpool | Bad World Tour | 125,000 |
| 7 September 1996 | Michael Jackson | Letná Park | Prague | HIStory World Tour | 125,000 |
| 1 August 2003 | Robbie Williams | Knebworth Park | Stevenage | 2003 Tour | 125,000 |
| 2 August 2003 | Robbie Williams | Knebworth Park | Stevenage | 2003 Tour | 125,000 |
| 3 August 2003 | Robbie Williams | Knebworth Park | Stevenage | 2003 Tour | 125,000 |
| 17 June 2006 | Ceca | Ušće Park | Belgrade | Grom Tour | 120,000 |
| 20 May 2022 | Vasco Rossi | Trentino Music Arena | Trento | Vasco Live Tour 2022 | 120,000 |
| 21 March 1981 | Queen | Estádio do Morumbi | São Paulo | The Game Tour | 120,000 |
| 25 July 1982 | The Rolling Stones | Roundhay Park | Leeds | The Rolling Stones European Tour 1982 | 120,000 |
| 9 August 1986 | Queen | Knebworth Park | Stevenage | The Magic Tour | 120,000 |
| 6 November 1993 | Madonna | Maracanã Stadium | Rio de Janeiro | The Girlie Show | 120,000 |
| 20 September 1996 | Michael Jackson | Bemowo, Airport | Warsaw | HIStory World Tour | 120,000 |
| 7 September 1994 | Pink Floyd | Strahov Stadium | Prague | The Division Bell Tour | 115,000 |
| 26 January 2025 | Coldplay | Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 111,989 |
| 25 January 2025 | Coldplay | Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 111,581 |
| 15 June 2024 | George Strait | Kyle Field | College Station | The King at Kyle Field | 110,905 |
| 31 October 1993 | Michael Jackson | Estadio Azteca | Mexico City | Dangerous World Tour | 110,000 |
| 29 October 1993 | Michael Jackson | Estadio Azteca | Mexico City | Dangerous World Tour | 110,000 |
| 7 November 1993 | Michael Jackson | Estadio Azteca | Mexico City | Dangerous World Tour | 110,000 |
| 9 November 1993 | Michael Jackson | Estadio Azteca | Mexico City | Dangerous World Tour | 110,000 |
| 11 November 1993 | Michael Jackson | Estadio Azteca | Mexico City | Dangerous World Tour | 110,000 |
| 3 March 2023 | Ed Sheeran | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | +–=÷× Tour | 110,000 |
| 2 March 2023 | Ed Sheeran | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | +–=÷× Tour | 108,000 |
| 3 September 1977 | Grateful Dead* | Raceway Park | Englishtown | Terrapin Station Tour | 107,019 |
| 15 October 1993 | Michael Jackson | Estádio do Morumbi | São Paulo | Dangerous World Tour | 105,000 |
| 17 October 1993 | Michael Jackson | Estádio do Morumbi | São Paulo | Dangerous World Tour | 105,000 |
| 25 May 2024 | AC/DC | RCF Arena | Reggio Emilia | Power Up Tour | 105,000 |
| 7 June 2014 | George Strait | AT&T Stadium | Arlington | The Cowboy Rides Away Tour | 104,793 |
| 30 April 2022 | Garth Brooks | Tiger Stadium | Baton Rouge | The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour | 102,000 |
| 21 September 1993 | Michael Jackson | Yarkon Park | Tel Aviv | Dangerous World Tour | 100,000 |
| 25 November 2017 | Ricky Martin | Zócalo | Mexico City | One World Tour | 100,000 |
| 28 March 2007 | Shakira | Giza Plateau | Cairo | Oral Fixation Tour | 100,000 |
| 22 July 2023 | Harry Styles | RCF Arena | Reggio Emilia | Love On Tour | 100,000 |

### Free concerts

The following are free concerts with reported attendance of one million people or more. The first ever was by French artist Jean-Michel Jarre in Paris in 1979, which created the Guinness Book entry. 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 |
| December 31, 1994 | Rod Stewart * | Copacabana Beach | Rio de Janeiro | New Year's Eve | >3,500,000 |
| September 6, 1997 | Jean-Michel Jarre * | Moscow State University | Moscow | Oxygene in Moscow (850th anniversary of Moscow) | >3,500,000 |
| December 31, 1993 | Jorge Ben Jor * | Copacabana Beach | Rio de Janeiro | New Year's Eve | 3,000,000 |
| July 14, 1990 | Jean-Michel Jarre * | La Défense | Paris | Bastille Day | 2,500,000 |
| June 24, 2001 | Antonello Venditti | Circus Maximus | Rome | AS Roma's 3rd Serie A victory | 1,800,000 |
| September 28, 1991 | AC/DC, Pantera, Metallica, The Black Crowes, E.S.T. | Tushino Airfield | Moscow | Monsters of Rock | 1,600,000 |
| May 4, 2024 | Madonna ‡ | Copacabana Beach | Rio de Janeiro | The Celebration Tour | 1,600,000 |
| July 2, 2005 | Various artists | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia | Live 8 | 1,500,000 |
| February 18, 2006 | The Rolling Stones ‡ | Copacabana Beach | Rio de Janeiro | A Bigger Bang | 1,500,000 |
| April 5, 1986 | Jean-Michel Jarre * | Downtown Houston | Houston | Rendez-vous Houston (150th anniversary of Houston) | 1,300,000 |
| September 20, 2009 | Various artists | Plaza de la Revolución | Havana | Paz Sin Fronteras II | 1,000,000 |
| July 14, 1979 | Jean-Michel Jarre * | Place de la Concorde | Paris | Bastille Day | 1,000,000 |
| July 4, 1985 | The Beach Boys | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia | Independence Day concert | 1,000,000 |
| December 31, 2006 | The Black Eyed Peas | Ipanema Beach | Rio de Janeiro | New Year's Eve | 1,000,000 |