List of most-attended concert series

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The following is a list of the most-attended concert series in history, held at a single location with at least 300,000 tickets sold. Series lasting 2 to 9 days are multi-day concert engagements, and those lasting 10 days and over are concert residencies. [1] The list excludes music festivals.

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Multi-day concert engagements

*Indicates that the concert series sold most tickets in history up to that point
List of most-attended multi-day concert engagements
YearArtistVenueCityEventShowsTickets soldRef.
2025 Coldplay Wembley Stadium London Music of the Spheres World Tour *10791,670 [a]
2024 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour *8753,112 [3]
2022 Coldplay Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires Music of the Spheres World Tour *10626,841 [4]
2011 Take That Wembley Stadium London Progress Live *8623,737 [5]
2003 Bruce Springsteen  · E Street Band Giants Stadium East Rutherford The Rising Tour *10566,560
1993 Michael Jackson Estadio Azteca Mexico City Dangerous World Tour *5550,000 [6]
1988 Wembley Stadium London Bad World Tour *7504,000 [7]
2022 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 6464,839
1988 Michael Jackson Tokyo Dome Tokyo Bad World Tour 9450,000 [8]
2011 Take That Etihad Stadium Manchester Progress Live 8443,223 [5]
2023 Coldplay Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo Music of the Spheres World Tour 6439,651 [9]
2012 Roger Waters Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires The Wall Live 9430,678 [10]
2022 Ed Sheeran Wembley Stadium London +–=÷× Tour 5420,269 [7]
2023 Taylor Swift SoFi Stadium Inglewood The Eras Tour 6420,000 [b]
2025 Shakira Estadio GNP Seguros Mexico City Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour 7396,000 [12]
2024 Taylor Swift Singapore National Stadium Singapore The Eras Tour 6378,000 [c]
2003 Robbie Williams Knebworth Park Stevenage 2003 Tour3375,000 [14]
1985 Bruce Springsteen  · E Street Band Giants Stadium East Rutherford Born in the U.S.A. Tour *6396,936 [15]
1989 The Rolling Stones Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Steel Wheels Tour 4360,069 [16]
2023 RBD Foro Sol Mexico City Soy Rebelde Tour 7347,923 [17]
1995 The Rolling Stones Estadio River Plate Buenos Aires Voodoo Lounge Tour 5344,144 [18]
2023 Harry Styles Wembley Stadium London Love On Tour 4335,394 [7]
2018 Luis Miguel Auditorio Nacional Mexico City México Por Siempre Tour 35332,867 [19]
1985 Bruce Springsteen  · E Street Band Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles Born in the U.S.A. Tour 4331,892 [15]
2024 Coldplay Croke Park Dublin Music of the Spheres World Tour 4329,200 [20]
2024 Accor Stadium Sydney 4325,072 [21]
2022 Daddy Yankee Foro Sol Mexico City La Última Vuelta World Tour 5322,028 [22]
2024 Bruno Mars Tokyo Dome Tokyo 2022–2024 Tour 7322,000 [17]
2024 Coldplay Singapore National Stadium Singapore Music of the Spheres World Tour 6321,113 [23]
2024 Taylor Swift Accor Stadium Sydney The Eras Tour 4320,000 [d]
2022 Coldplay Stade de France Saint-Denis Music of the Spheres World Tour 4318,331 [25]
2025 Goyang Stadium Goyang 6318,309 [26]
1999 Bruce Springsteen  · E Street Band Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford Reunion Tour 15304,785 [27]
2016 Coldplay Wembley Stadium London A Head Full of Dreams Tour 4303,985 [28]

Concert residencies

List of most-attended concert residencies
Year(s)ArtistVenueCityResidency titleShowsTickets soldRef.
2003–2007 Celine Dion The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Paradise A New Day... 7142,810,000 [29]
2014–2024 Billy Joel Madison Square Garden New York City Billy Joel at The Garden 1041,900,000 [30]
2011–2019 Celine Dion The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Paradise Celine 4271,740,000 [29]
2004–2009 Elton John The Red Piano 247982,000 [31]
2013–2017 Britney Spears Zappos Theater Britney: Piece of Me 248916,184 [32]
2011–2018 Elton John The Colosseum at Caesars Palace The Million Dollar Piano 189770,000
2024 Adele Messe München Munich Adele in Munich 10730,000 [33]
2025–2026 K3 Sportpaleis Antwerp 28500,000 [34]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Rough estimate based on the average of the first six nights. [2]
  2. ↑ Rough estimate based on the fourth night's record attendance. [11]
  3. ↑ Rough estimate based on the sixth night's record attendance. [13]
  4. ↑ Rough estimate based on the fourth night's record attendance. [24]

References

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  4. ↑ "Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour Has Sold 10.3 Million Tickets – So Far". Billboard. December 16, 2024. Archived from the original on December 16, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Take That, Reunited British Boy Band with Robbie Williams, Beats Bruce Springsteen's Record". Billboard. July 18, 2011. Archived from the original on May 9, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
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  7. 1 2 3 "The Iconic Wembley Stadium Turns 100: World Tours, World Cups & World Records". Pollstar. October 4, 2023. Archived from the original on May 9, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
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  9. ↑ "Mid-Year Top Tours: No. 7 Coldplay's Music of the Spheres Tour". Pollstar. June 26, 2023. Archived from the original on May 9, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
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  12. ↑ "Shakira Posts Record-Breaking March on Tour". Billboard. April 30, 2025. Archived from the original on May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
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  14. ↑
  15. 1 2 "Top Boxscores" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. 93. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 10, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  16. ↑ "By the Numbers: 10 Biggest Los Angeles Pop-Act Runs". Los Angeles Times. April 30, 1990. Archived from the original on May 10, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Top Boxscore: Year-End 2024". Billboard. December 16, 2024. Archived from the original on May 10, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
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  24. ↑ "Taylor Swift Blown Away by Size of Biggest Crowd at Final Eras Tour Show in Sydney". Billboard. February 26, 2024. Archived from the original on July 28, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  25. ↑ "Coldplay: Les Chiffres Fous des Quatre Concerts au Stade de France" [Coldplay: The Crazy Figures of the Four Concerts at the Stade de France]. Pure Charts (in French). August 5, 2022. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
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  28. ↑ "Boxoffice Insider: Coldplay Soared with Record-Smashing Dreams Tour". Pollstar. October 19, 2021. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
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  32. ↑ Bob Allen. "Britney Spears' Residency: Final Numbers". billboard.com. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
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