# List of most-attended concert tours

The following is a list of the most-attended concert tours with at least 3.5 million tickets sold, as well as the tours with the most tickets sold by year and the most tickets sold in a single day. The number of attendances is often considered to measure the success of a tour. However, the most-attended tours do not necessarily generate the largest profit, due to ticket pricing. Rankings of most successful tours are generally based on gross revenue instead of number of attendances.
Pollstar and Billboard provide boxscores, which are the primary data showing the commercial performance of tours, but since not all concerts are reported to them, especially before 2000, the number of tickets may rely on estimations by other sources. Tours may score large total attendances because of their number of shows, which can span multiple calendar years.
Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour was the first tour to sell more than 9 and 10 million tickets, achieving the feat over the course of 184 shows between 2022 and 2025. Taylor Swift's Eras Tour later became the first run by a solo and female act to reach the two milestones. It also broke the record for most-attended tour in a single year, with 5.21 million people in 2024. U2 achieved the annual most-attended tour six times, more than any other act.
Tina Turner, Cher, Madonna, Swift and Pink are the only women with a tour attended by 3.5 million people or more. According to Pollstar and Billboard, Swift is the only female artist to have the largest tour attendance in a single year. She also broke the record for fastest-selling tour, with 2.4 million tickets in a single day for the first American leg of the Eras Tour (2023–2024). Coldplay are the only act to sell a million tickets in two different days, achieving the feat with the first two European legs of the Music of the Spheres World Tour.

## Most-attended tours
### Over 5 million attendance

Key :
| † | Indicates an ongoing concert tour |
* Audience view of Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour in Brazil
* Audience view of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in the United States
* Audience view of Ed Sheeran's +–=÷× Tour in Finland
Tours attended by 5 million people or more :
| Year(s) | Tour title | Artist | Tickets sold | Shows |
| 2022–2025 | Music of the Spheres World Tour † | Coldplay | 10.9 million | 184 |
| 2023–2024 | The Eras Tour | Taylor Swift | 10.1 million | 149 |
| 2017–2019 | ÷ Tour | Ed Sheeran | 8.8 million | 260 |
| 2009–2011 | 360° Tour | U2 | 7.3 million | 110 |
| 1991–1993 | Use Your Illusion Tour | Guns N' Roses | 7 million | 192 |
| 1994–1995 | Voodoo Lounge Tour | The Rolling Stones | 6.5 million | 129 |
| 2014–2017 | The Garth Brooks World Tour (2014–2017) | Garth Brooks | 6.3 million | 390 |
| 2018–2023 | Farewell Yellow Brick Road | Elton John | 6 million | 330 |
| 1989–1990 | Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour | The Rolling Stones | 6 million | 115 |
| 2019–2024 | Rammstein Stadium Tour | Rammstein | 6 million | 135 |
| 2022–2025 | +–=÷× Tour † | Ed Sheeran | 5.8 million | 94 |
| 1994 | The Division Bell Tour | Pink Floyd | 5.5 million | 112 |
| 1996–1998 | The Garth Brooks World Tour (1996–1998) | Garth Brooks | 5.5 million | 220 |
| 2016–2017 | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | Coldplay | 5.38 million | 114 |
| 2016–2019 | Not in This Lifetime... Tour | Guns N' Roses | 5.37 million | 175 |
| 1992–1993 | Zoo TV Tour | U2 | 5.3 million | 157 |
| 2023–2025 | 2023–2025 Tour † | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | 5.1 million | 98 |
| 1984–1985 | Born in the U.S.A. Tour | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | 5 million | 156 |
| 2021–2023 | Love On Tour | Harry Styles | 5 million | 169 |

### 3.5–4.9 million attendance

* Aerial audience view of the A Bigger Bang Tour in the United States
* Audience view of the Where We Are Tour in the United States
* Audience view of the Black Ice World Tour in Switzerland
Tours attended by 3.5 to 4.9 million people or more :
| Year(s) | Tour title | Artist | Tickets sold | Shows |
| 2021–2025 | Extraterrestrial World Tour † | Joker Xue | 4.9 million | 147 |
| 2023–2024 | Summer Carnival | Pink | 4.8 million | 97 |
| 1997–1998 | Bridges to Babylon Tour | The Rolling Stones | 4.8 million | 108 |
| 2008–2010 | Black Ice World Tour | AC/DC | 4.8 million | 168 |
| 2005–2007 | A Bigger Bang Tour | The Rolling Stones | 4.7 million | 147 |
| 1996–1997 | HIStory World Tour | Michael Jackson | 4.5 million | 82 |
| 2005–2006 | Vertigo Tour | U2 | 4.6 million | 131 |
| 2016–2019 | A Classic Tour | Jacky Cheung | 4.5 million | 233 |
| 1987–1989 | Bad World Tour | Michael Jackson | 4.4 million | 125 |
| 1987–1990 | A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour | Pink Floyd | 4.25 million | 198 |
| 2010–2013 | The Wall Live | Roger Waters | 4.1 million | 220 |
| 2016–2019 | WorldWired Tour | Metallica | 4.1 million | 159 |
| 1997–1998 | PopMart Tour | U2 | 4 million | 93 |
| 1987–1988 | Break Every Rule World Tour | Tina Turner | 4 million | 218 |
| 2012–2013 | Wrecking Ball World Tour | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | 3.65 million | 127 |
| 1992–1993 | Dangerous World Tour | Michael Jackson | 3.5 million | 69 |
| 2003–2004 | Licks Tour | The Rolling Stones | 3.5 million | 117 |
| 2008–2009 | Sticky & Sweet Tour | Madonna | 3.5 million | 85 |
| 2014 | Where We Are Tour | One Direction | 3.5 million | 69 |
| 2002–2005 | Living Proof: The Farewell Tour | Cher | 3.5 million | 325 |

## Most-attended tours by year

Annual most-attended tours according to Pollstar or Billboard :
| Year | Artist | Tour title | Tickets sold | Source | Top-grossing tour of the year |
| 1997 | U2 | PopMart Tour | 1.70 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 1999 | NSYNC | NSYNC in Concert | 1.80 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2000 | NSYNC | No Strings Attached Tour | 1.65 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2001 | U2 | Elevation Tour | 2.06 million | Billboard | Yes |
| 2002 | Dave Matthews Band | Dave Matthews Band 2002 Tour | 1.35 million | Billboard | No |
| 2003 | The Rolling Stones | Licks Tour | 3.47 million | Billboard | Yes |
| 2004 | Prince | Musicology Live 2004ever | 1.47 million | Billboard | No |
| 2005 | U2 | Vertigo Tour | 3.00 million | Billboard | Yes |
| 2006 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | 3.50 million | Billboard | Yes |
| 2007 | The Police | The Police Reunion Tour | 1.85 million | Billboard | Yes |
| 2008 | Bon Jovi | Lost Highway Tour | 2.15 million | Billboard | No |
| 2009 | U2 | 360° Tour | 3.07 million | Billboard | Yes |
| 2010 | Bon Jovi | The Circle Tour | 1.90 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 2011 | U2 | 360° Tour | 2.88 million | Billboard | Yes |
| 2012 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball World Tour | 2.28 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2013 | Bon Jovi | Because We Can | 2.65 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 2014 | One Direction | Where We Are Tour | 3.43 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 2015 | One Direction | On the Road Again Tour | 2.36 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2016 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | 2.67 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2017 | U2 | The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 | 2.71 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 2018 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | 4.86 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 2019 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | 2.45 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2020 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Christmas Eve and Other Stories Tour | 0.88 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2021 | Harry Styles | Love On Tour | 0.67 million | Pollstar | No |
| 2022 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 3.80 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 2023 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | 4.35 million | Pollstar | Yes |
| 2024 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | 5.21 million | Pollstar | Yes |

## Fastest-selling tours

Key :
| * | Indicates previous record holder for the fastest-selling tour |
Tours with the most tickets sold in a single day :
| Year | Artist | Tour title | Tickets sold | Notes |
| 2023 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | 2.4 million | First North American leg |
| 2005 | Robbie Williams | Close Encounters Tour* | 1.6 million | |
| 2024 | AC/DC | Power Up Tour | 1.5 million | |
| 2022 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 1.4 million | Second European leg |
| 2010 | Take That | Progress Live | 1.3 million | |
| 2017 | U2 | The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 | 1.1 million | |
| 2016 | Guns N' Roses | Not in This Lifetime... Tour | 1.1 million | |
| 2000 | NSYNC | No Strings Attached Tour* | 1.0 million | |
| 2016 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic World Tour | 1.0 million | |
| 2021 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 1.0 million | First European leg |
| 2024 | Shakira | Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour | 0.9 million | Latin American leg |
| 2024 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 0.8 million | Third British leg |
| 2023 | RBD | Soy Rebelde Tour | 0.8 million | |
| 2024 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 0.7 milion | Third North American leg |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | 0.7 million | Oceanian leg |
| 2023 | Madonna | The Celebration Tour | 0.6 million | |
| 2009 | AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour | 0.5 million | |