# List of highest-grossing concert tours

The following is a list of concert tours that have generated the most gross income. The data and rankings come largely from reports by trade publications Billboard and Pollstar. Billboard, which launched the boxscore ranking in 1975 through its spin-off magazine Amusement Business, has featured the ranking in its own magazine since the issue date of October 3, 1981. Pollstar began reporting box office data on November 29, 1981, but it has relatively little information about pre-2000 tours. In the early 21st century, tour revenue skyrocketed as record sales collapsed and musicians began relying on live shows for their income.
The first tours to surpass $100 million in revenue, according to reports, were Michael Jackson's Bad World Tour and Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, both of which ran from 1987 to 1989. In December 2023, Pollstar estimated that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was the first tour to collect over $1 billion in revenue, although Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour became the first to report $1 billion to official boxscore in August 2024. The Eras Tour concluded in December 2024, with a gross of $2.07 billion, becoming the first tour to surpass $2 billion.
More than any other act, the Rolling Stones set the all-time record for touring revenue three times (1990, 1995, and 2006), with their Voodoo Lounge Tour remaining the highest-grossing tour for 11 years (1995–2006), longer than any other record-holder. They are the only act to have the highest-grossing tour of the decade twice, in the 1990s and the 2000s. The Rolling Stones and U2 have mounted the highest-grossing tour of the year at least eight times, more than any other act. Some of the highest-grossing tours had extensive schedules spanning multiple years. Among the top 20 tours of all time, Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road is the longest-running tour with a total of 330 shows in five different calendar years, while Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is the shortest one with 56 shows in a single year.

## Highest-grossing tours

Key :
| † | Indicates ongoing tour |
| * | Indicates tour dates are split between two different calendar decades |
* Coldplay on the Music of the Spheres World Tour
* Elton John on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road
* Ed Sheeran on the ÷ Tour
Top 20 highest-grossing tours of all time :
| Rank | Peak | Actual gross | Adjusted gross (in 2024 dollars) | Artist | Tour title | Year(s) | Shows | Average gross |
| 1 | 1 | $2,077,618,725 | $2,077,618,725 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | 2023–2024 | 149 | $13,943,750 |
| 2 | 2 | $1,201,654,283 | $1,201,654,283 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour † | 2022–2025 | 184 | $6,530,730 |
| 3 | 1 | $939,100,000 | $969,152,021 | Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road | 2018–2023 | 330 | $2,845,758 |
| 4 | 1 | $776,200,000 | $954,615,879 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | 2017–2019 | 255 | $3,043,922 |
| 5 | 1 | $736,421,586 | $1,029,356,149 | U2 | 360° Tour | 2009–2011 | 110 | $6,694,742 |
| 6 | 6 | $649,529,567 | $649,529,567 | Ed Sheeran | +–=÷× Tour † | 2022–2025 | 119 | $5,675,257 |
| 7 | 6 | $630,792,517 | $630,792,517 | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | 2023–2025 Tour † | 2023–2025 | 110 | $5,734,477 |
| 8 | 4 | $617,325,000 | $637,079,939 | Harry Styles | Love On Tour | 2021–2023 | 169 | $3,652,811 |
| 9 | 8 | $584,700,000 | $584,700,000 | Pink | Summer Carnival | 2023–2024 | 97 | $6,027,835 |
| 10 | 7 | $584,200,000 | $718,483,119 | Guns N' Roses | Not in This Lifetime... Tour | 2016–2019 | 158 | $3,697,468 |
| 11 | 7 | $579,879,268 | $598,435,911 | Beyoncé | Renaissance World Tour | 2023 | 56 | $10,353,571 |
| 12 | 1 | $558,255,524 | $846,566,594 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | 2005–2007 | 144 | $3,876,774 |
| 13 | 5 | $546,500,000 | $634,149,392 | The Rolling Stones | No Filter Tour | 2017–2021 | 58 | $9,422,414 |
| 14 | 3 | $523,033,675 | $670,940,157 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | 2016–2017 | 114 | $4,588,015 |
| 15 | 3 | $459,000,000 | $619,584,429 | Roger Waters | The Wall Live | 2010–2013 | 219 | $2,094,401 |
| 16 | 3 | $441,900,000 | $637,191,073 | AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour | 2008–2010 | 165 | $2,678,182 |
| 17 | 8 | $430,000,000 | $528,838,995 | Metallica | WorldWired Tour | 2016–2019 | 143 | $3,006,993 |
| 18 | 2 | $411,000,000 | $602,379,246 | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour | 2008–2009 | 85 | $4,835,294 |
| 19 | 10 | $397,300,000 | $488,622,634 | Pink | Beautiful Trauma World Tour | 2018–2019 | 156 | $2,546,795 |
| 20 | 20 | $390,800,000 | $390,800,000 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Unlimited Love Tour | 2022–2024 | 119 | $3,284,034 |

### Timeline of the highest-grossing tour

Timeline of the highest-grossing tour record :
| Established | Artist | Tour title | Record-setting gross |
| 1984 | The Jacksons | Victory Tour | $75,000,000 |
| 1985 | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | Born in the U.S.A. Tour | $90,000,000 |
| 1989 | Michael Jackson | Bad World Tour | $125,000,000 |
| 1989 | Pink Floyd | A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour | $135,000,000 |
| 1990 | The Rolling Stones | Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour | $175,000,000 |
| 1994 | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell Tour | $250,000,000 |
| 1995 | The Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge Tour | $320,000,000 |
| 2006 | U2 | Vertigo Tour | $333,000,000 |
| 2006 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | $437,000,000 |
| 2007 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | $558,255,524 |
| 2011 | U2 | 360° Tour | $736,421,586 |
| 2019 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | $776,200,000 |
| 2023 | Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road | $939,100,000 |
| 2023 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | $1,039,263,762 |
| 2024 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | $2,077,618,725 |

## Highest-grossing tours by decade
### 1980s

* Pink Floyd on the Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour
* Michael Jackson on the Bad World Tour
* David Bowie on the Glass Spider Tour
Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 1980s :
| Rank | Actual gross | Adjusted gross (in 2024 dollar) | Artist | Tour title | Year(s) | Shows | Average gross |
| 1 | $135,000,000 | $342,446,980 | Pink Floyd | A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour | 1987–1989 | 197 | $685,279 |
| 2 | $125,000,000 | $317,080,537 | Michael Jackson | Bad World Tour | 1987–1989 | 123 | $1,016,260 |
| 3 | $98,000,000 | $248,591,141 | The Rolling Stones | Steel Wheels Tour | 1989 * | 60 | $1,633,333 |
| 4 | $90,000,000 | $263,121,906 | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | Born in the U.S.A. Tour | 1984–1985 | 156 | $576,923 |
| 5 | $86,000,000 | $238,024,019 | David Bowie | Glass Spider Tour | 1987 | 86 | $1,000,000 |
| 6 | $75,000,000 | $226,993,914 | The Jacksons | Victory Tour | 1984 | 55 | $1,363,636 |
| 7 | $60,000,000 | $166,063,269 | Genesis | Invisible Touch Tour | 1986–1987 | 111 | $540,541 |
| 8 | $60,000,000 | $159,521,666 | Tina Turner | Break Every Rule World Tour | 1987–1988 | 220 | $272,727 |
| 9 | $56,000,000 | $154,992,384 | U2 | The Joshua Tree Tour | 1987 | 109 | $513,761 |
| 10 | $50,000,000 | $172,931,918 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981 | 1981 | 50 | $1,000,000 |

### 1990s

* The Rolling Stones on the Voodoo Lounge Tour
* U2 on the PopMart Tour
* Michael Jackson on the HIStory World Tour
Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 1990s :
| Rank | Actual gross | Adjusted gross (in 2024 dollar) | Artist | Tour title | Year(s) | Shows | Average gross |
| 1 | $320,000,000 | $660,336,318 | The Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge Tour | 1994–1995 | 129 | $2,480,620 |
| 2 | $274,000,000 | $528,588,403 | The Rolling Stones | Bridges to Babylon Tour | 1997–1998 | 108 | $2,537,037 |
| 3 | $250,000,000 | $530,365,963 | Pink Floyd | The Division Bell Tour | 1994 | 110 | $2,272,727 |
| 4 | $173,610,864 | $336,272,021 | U2 | PopMart Tour | 1997–1998 | 93 | $1,866,783 |
| 5 | $165,000,000 | $323,193,408 | Michael Jackson | HIStory World Tour | 1996–1997 | 83 | $1,987,952 |
| 6 | $152,900,000 | $306,546,170 | Eagles | Hell Freezes Over Tour | 1994–1996 | 122 | $1,274,107 |
| 7 | $151,000,000 | $328,679,797 | U2 | Zoo TV Tour | 1992–1993 | 157 | $961,783 |
| 8 | $133,000,000 | $251,042,149 | Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love World Tour | 1998–1999 | 97 | $1,371,134 |
| 9 | $130,000,000 | $254,637,231 | Tina Turner | Wildest Dreams Tour | 1996–1997 | 255 | $509,804 |
| 10 | $105,000,000 | $202,561,249 | Garth Brooks | The Garth Brooks World Tour | 1996–1998 | 220 | $477,273 |

### 2000s

* The Rolling Stones on the Bigger Bang Tour
* Madonna on the Sticky & Sweet Tour
* U2 on the Vertigo Tour
Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 2000s :
| Rank | Actual gross | Adjusted gross (in 2024 dollar) | Artist | Tour title | Year(s) | Shows | Average gross |
| 1 | $558,255,524 | $846,566,594 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | 2005–2007 | 144 | $3,876,774 |
| 2 | $411,000,000 | $602,379,246 | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour | 2008–2009 | 85 | $4,835,294 |
| 3 | $389,000,000 | $606,744,965 | U2 | Vertigo Tour | 2005–2006 | 131 | $2,969,466 |
| 4 | $358,825,665 | $524,040,759 | The Police | The Police Reunion Tour | 2007–2008 | 146 | $2,457,710 |
| 5 | $311,637,730 | $456,749,637 | U2 | 360° Tour | 2009 * | 44 | $7,082,676 |
| 6 | $311,000,000 | $531,591,715 | The Rolling Stones | Licks Tour | 2002–2003 | 117 | $2,658,120 |
| 7 | $279,200,000 | $407,448,736 | Celine Dion | Taking Chances World Tour | 2008–2009 | 129 | $2,164,341 |
| 8 | $264,100,000 | $387,076,299 | AC/DC | Black Ice World Tour | 2008–2009 * | 127 | $2,079,528 |
| 9 | $250,000,000 | $402,496,166 | Cher | Living Proof: The Farewell Tour | 2002–2005 | 325 | $769,231 |
| 10 | $235,000,000 | $343,201,700 | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | Magic Tour | 2007–2008 | 104 | $2,259,615 |

### 2010s

* Guns N' Roses on the Not in This Lifetime... Tour
* Coldplay on the Head Full of Dreams Tour
* Roger Waters during the Wall Live
Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 2010s :
| Rank | Actual gross | Adjusted gross (in 2024 dollar) | Artist | Tour title | Year(s) | Shows | Average gross |
| 1 | $776,200,000 | $954,615,879 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | 2017–2019 | 255 | $3,043,922 |
| 2 | $584,200,000 | $718,483,119 | Guns N' Roses | Not in This Lifetime... Tour | 2016–2019 | 158 | $3,697,468 |
| 3 | $523,033,675 | $670,940,157 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams Tour | 2016–2017 | 114 | $4,588,015 |
| 4 | $459,000,000 | $619,584,429 | Roger Waters | The Wall Live | 2010–2013 | 219 | $2,094,401 |
| 5 | $430,000,000 | $528,838,995 | Metallica | WorldWired Tour | 2016–2019 | 143 | $3,006,993 |
| 6 | $424,783,856 | $593,754,831 | U2 | 360° Tour | 2010–2011 * | 66 | $6,436,119 |
| 7 | $415,600,000 | $511,129,038 | The Rolling Stones | No Filter Tour | 2017–2019 * | 44 | $9,445,455 |
| 8 | $397,300,000 | $488,622,634 | Pink | Beautiful Trauma World Tour | 2018–2019 | 156 | $2,546,795 |
| 9 | $390,778,581 | $501,285,204 | U2 | The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 & 2019 | 2017, 2019 | 66 | $5,920,888 |
| 10 | $367,700,000 | $460,429,009 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic World Tour | 2017–2018 | 196 | $1,876,020 |

### 2020s

* Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on the 2023–2025 Tour
* Harry Styles on the Love On Tour
* Pink on the Summer Carnival tour
Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 2020s (as of March 2025) :
| Rank | Actual gross | Adjusted gross (in 2024 dollar) | Artist | Tour title | Year(s) | Shows | Average gross |
| 1 | $2,077,618,725 | $2,077,618,725 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | 2023–2024 | 149 | $13,943,750 |
| 2 | $1,201,654,283 | $1,201,654,283 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour † | 2022–2025 | 184 | $6,530,730 |
| 3 | $630,792,517 | $630,792,517 | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | 2023–2025 Tour † | 2023–2025 | 110 | $5,734,477 |
| 4 | $617,325,000 | $637,079,939 | Harry Styles | Love On Tour | 2021–2023 | 169 | $3,652,663 |
| 5 | $584,700,000 | $584,700,000 | Pink | Summer Carnival | 2023–2024 | 97 | $6,027,835 |
| 6 | $584,551,454 | $584,551,454 | Ed Sheeran | +–=÷× Tour † | 2022–2025 | 103 | $5,675,257 |
| 7 | $579,800,000 | $598,354,107 | Beyoncé | Renaissance World Tour | 2023 | 56 | $10,353,571 |
| 8 | $471,400,000 | $486,485,212 | Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road | 2020–2023 * | 136 | $3,466,176 |
| 9 | $390,800,000 | $390,800,000 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Unlimited Love Tour | 2022–2024 | 119 | $3,284,034 |
| 10 | $350,985,529 | $362,217,373 | The Weeknd | After Hours til Dawn Tour | 2022–2023 | 61 | $5,753,861 |

## Highest-grossing tours by year

This list represents the top-grossing tour of each year according to either Pollstar or Billboard Boxscore (formerly Amusement Business). The two publications may differ on their annual figures due to different total of dates reported or different year-end tracking period. For example, Pollstar listed Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour as the top tour of 2008 with $281.6 million, but Billboard ranked it third on their year-end chart whose tracking period ended on November 11, 2008, thus excluding 20 shows by Madonna. In 2019, Billboard listed Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour as the top tour of the year ($223.7 million), instead of Pink's Beautiful Trauma World Tour ($215.2 million) as reported by Pollstar. However, Billboard's figure included Sheeran's gross from November 2018 shows; therefore, Pollstar's figure is closer to accurate for the 2019 calendar year.
* U2 on the Joshua Tree Tour 2017, the most recent of their eight that achieved highest-grossing tour of the year
* The Rolling Stones on the No Filter Tour, the most recent of their eight that achieved highest-grossing tour of the year
* Madonna on the MDNA Tour, the most recent of her three that achieved highest-grossing tour of the year
Annual highest-grossing tours :
| Year | Actual gross | Adjusted gross (in 2024 dollars) | Artist | Tour title | Shows |
| 1987 | $35,100,000 | $97,147,012 | U2 | The Joshua Tree Tour | 79 |
| 1988 | $27,600,000 | $73,379,966 | Pink Floyd | A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour | 35 |
| 1989 | $98,000,000 | $248,591,141 | The Rolling Stones | Steel Wheels Tour | 60 |
| 1990 | $74,100,000 | $178,342,053 | New Kids on the Block | The Magic Summer Tour | 152 |
| 1991 | $34,700,000 | $80,107,574 | Grateful Dead | Grateful Dead Summer Tour | 76 |
| 1992 | $67,000,000 | $150,126,393 | U2 | Zoo TV Tour | 73 |
| 1993 | $45,600,000 | $99,256,945 | Grateful Dead | Grateful Dead Tour 1993 | 81 |
| 1994 | $121,200,000 | $257,121,419 | The Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge Tour | 60 |
| 1995 | $225,668,374 | $465,678,197 | The Rolling Stones | Voodoo Lounge Tour | 84 |
| 1996 | $60,300,000 | $120,894,271 | Eagles | Hell Freezes Over Tour | 45 |
| 1997 | $138,500,000 | $271,286,588 | U2 | PopMart Tour | 78 |
| 1998 | $193,350,000 | $373,002,072 | The Rolling Stones | Bridges to Babylon Tour | 82 |
| 1999 | $89,200,000 | $168,368,118 | The Rolling Stones | No Security Tour | 45 |
| 2000 | $122,500,000 | $223,671,981 | Tina Turner | Twenty Four Seven Tour | 108 |
| 2001 | $143,000,000 | $253,938,545 | U2 | Elevation Tour | 113 |
| 2002 | $126,100,000 | $220,447,530 | Paul McCartney | Driving World Tour | 58 |
| 2003 | $299,520,230 | $511,969,366 | The Rolling Stones | Licks Tour | 115 |
| 2004 | $125,000,000 | $208,091,085 | Madonna | Re-Invention World Tour | 56 |
| 2005 | $260,000,000 | $418,596,013 | U2 | Vertigo Tour | 90 |
| 2006 | $425,100,000 | $663,052,146 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour | 110 |
| 2007 | $212,227,302 | $321,832,094 | The Police | The Police Reunion Tour | 66 |
| 2008 | $281,600,000 | $411,257,867 | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour | 58 |
| 2009 | $311,637,730 | $456,749,637 | U2 | 360° Tour | 44 |
| 2010 | $201,100,000 | $289,973,127 | Bon Jovi | The Circle Tour | 80 |
| 2011 | $293,281,487 | $409,943,309 | U2 | 360° Tour | 44 |
| 2012 | $305,158,363 | $417,950,626 | Madonna | The MDNA Tour | 88 |
| 2013 | $259,500,000 | $350,287,929 | Bon Jovi | Because We Can | 102 |
| 2014 | $290,000,000 | $385,185,550 | One Direction | Where We Are Tour | 69 |
| 2015 | $250,733,097 | $332,609,439 | Taylor Swift | The 1989 World Tour | 85 |
| 2016 | $268,300,000 | $351,520,618 | Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band | The River Tour | 76 |
| 2017 | $316,990,940 | $406,631,468 | U2 | The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 | 50 |
| 2018 | $432,400,000 | $541,445,481 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ Tour | 94 |
| 2019 | $215,200,000 | $264,665,469 | Pink | Beautiful Trauma World Tour | 68 |
| 2020 | $87,100,000 | $105,825,884 | Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road | 38 |
| 2021 | $115,500,000 | $134,024,254 | The Rolling Stones | No Filter Tour | 12 |
| 2022 | $342,192,313 | $367,679,687 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour | 64 |
| 2023 | $1,039,263,762 | $1,072,521,110 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | 60 |
| 2024 | $1,043,421,552 | $1,043,421,552 | Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | 80 |