List of most-attended concert tours

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Ed Sheeran's / Tour is the most-attended tour of all time, with a total of 8.9 million tickets sold in 260 shows Ed Sheeran at Bank Stadium Minneapolis.jpg
Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour is the most-attended tour of all time, with a total of 8.9 million tickets sold in 260 shows

The following is a list of the most-attended concert tours with at least 3.5 million ticketed 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 attendance 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 attendance. [1] Pollstar and Billboard provide boxscores which are the primary data showing the commercial performance of tours. However, since not all concerts are reported to those publications, especially prior to the 2000s decade, the number of tickets sold may rely on estimations by other reliable sources.

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Tours may score a very large attendance in total because of their extensive number of shows which can span multiple calendar years. Currently, Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour is the most-attended tour of all time, with a total of 8.9 million tickets sold in 260 shows across three different years (2017–2019). [2] It also holds the record for the most-attended tour in a year, attracting 4.86 million people in 2018. U2 scored the annual most-attended tours at least six times since 1997, more than any other act. Meanwhile, Tina Turner, Cher, Madonna and Taylor Swift are the only women having a tour attended by 3.5 million people or more. According to Pollstar and Billboard reports, Taylor Swift is the only woman who has ever achieved the largest tour attendance in a single year. [lower-alpha 1] Swift also holds the record for the fastest-selling tour of all time, with a total of 2.4 million tickets sold in a single day for the 2023 U.S. leg of the Eras Tour (2023–2024).

Most-attended tours

Over 5 million attendance

Key
Indicates an ongoing concert tour
Tours attended by 5 million people or more
Year(s)Tour titleArtistTickets soldShowsRef.
2017–2019 ÷ Tour Ed Sheeran 8.8 million [lower-alpha 2] 260 [2]
2022–2024 Music of the Spheres World Tour Coldplay 7.6 million132 [4]
2009–2011 U2 360° Tour U2 7.3 million110 [5]
1994–1995 Voodoo Lounge Tour The Rolling Stones 6.5 million [lower-alpha 3] 129 [7]
2014–2017 The Garth Brooks World Tour (2014–2017) Garth Brooks 6.3 million390 [8]
2018–2023 Farewell Yellow Brick Road Elton John 6 million [lower-alpha 4] 330 [10]
1989–1990 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour The Rolling Stones 6 million115 [11]
2022–2024 +–=÷× Tour Ed Sheeran 5.8 million94 [12]
1994 The Division Bell Tour Pink Floyd 5.5 million112 [13]
1996–1998 The Garth Brooks World Tour (1996–1998) Garth Brooks 5.5 million220 [6]
2016–2017 A Head Full of Dreams Tour Coldplay 5.38 million114 [14]
2016–2019 Not in This Lifetime... Tour Guns N' Roses 5.37 million175 [3]
1992–1993 Zoo TV Tour U2 5.3 million157 [15]
1984–1985 Born in the U.S.A. Tour Bruce Springsteen  · E Street Band 5 million156 [16]
2021–2023 Love On Tour Harry Styles 5 million169 [17]

3.5–4.9 million attendance

Tours attended by 3.5 to 4.9 million people
Year(s)Tour titleArtistTickets soldShowsRef.
1997–1998 Bridges to Babylon Tour The Rolling Stones 4.8 million [lower-alpha 5] 108 [18] [ better source needed ]
2008–2010 Black Ice World Tour AC/DC 4.8 million168 [19]
2005–2007 A Bigger Bang Tour The Rolling Stones 4.7 million147 [6]
1996–1997 HIStory World Tour Michael Jackson 4.5 million82 [20]
2005–2006 Vertigo Tour U2 4.6 million131 [21]
1987–1989 Bad Michael Jackson 4.4 million125 [22]
2023 The Eras Tour Taylor Swift 4.35 million [lower-alpha 1] 60 [23]
1987–1990 A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour Pink Floyd 4.25 million198 [24]
2010–2013 The Wall Live Roger Waters 4.1 million220 [25]
2016–2019 WorldWired Tour Metallica 4.1 million159 [26]
1987–1988 Break Every Rule World Tour Tina Turner 4 million218 [27]
1997–1998 PopMart Tour U2 3.9 million [lower-alpha 6] 93 [19] [28]
2012–2013 Wrecking Ball World Tour Bruce Springsteen  · E Street Band 3.65 million127 [lower-alpha 7]
1992–1993 Dangerous World Tour Michael Jackson 3.5 million69 [31]
2003–2004 Licks Tour The Rolling Stones 3.5 million117 [6]
2008–2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour Madonna 3.5 million85 [32]
2014 Where We Are Tour One Direction 3.5 million [lower-alpha 8] 69 [34]
2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour Cher 3.5 million [lower-alpha 9] 325 [19]

Most-attended tours by year

U2 frontman Bono at the Joshua Tree Tour 2017, their sixth annual most-attended tour since 1997 U2 performing in Amsterdam 07-29-17 (35459354254).jpg
U2 frontman Bono at the Joshua Tree Tour 2017, their sixth annual most-attended tour since 1997
Annual most-attended tours according to Pollstar or Billboard
YearArtistTour titleTickets soldSource Top-grossing
tour of the year
Ref.
1997 U2 PopMart Tour 1.70 millionPollstarYes [36]
1999 NSYNC NSYNC in Concert 1.80 millionPollstarNo [37]
2000 No Strings Attached Tour 1.65 millionPollstarNo [37]
2001 U2 Elevation Tour 2.06 millionBillboardYes [38]
2002 Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews Band 2002 Tour1.35 millionBillboardNo [39]
2003 The Rolling Stones Licks Tour 3.47 millionBillboardYes [40]
2004 Prince Musicology Live 2004ever 1.47 millionBillboardNo [41]
2005 U2 Vertigo Tour 3.00 millionBillboardYes [42]
2006 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour 3.50 millionBillboardYes [43]
2007 The Police The Police Reunion Tour 1.85 millionBillboardYes [44]
2008 Bon Jovi Lost Highway Tour 2.15 millionBillboardNo [45]
2009 U2 U2 360° Tour 3.07 millionBillboardYes [46]
2010 Bon Jovi The Circle Tour 1.90 millionPollstarYes [47]
2011 U2 U2 360° Tour 2.88 millionBillboardYes [48]
2012 Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball World Tour 2.28 millionPollstarNo [29]
2013 Bon Jovi Because We Can 2.65 millionPollstarYes [30]
2014 One Direction Where We Are Tour 3.43 millionPollstarYes [49]
2015 On the Road Again Tour 2.36 millionPollstarNo [50]
2016 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour 2.67 millionPollstarNo [51]
2017 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 2.71 millionPollstarYes [52]
2018 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 4.86 millionPollstarYes [53]
20192.45 millionPollstarNo [54]
2020 Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve and Other Stories Tour 0.88 millionPollstarNo [55]
2021 Harry Styles Love On Tour 0.66 millionPollstarNo [56]
2022 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 3.80 millionPollstarYes [57]
2023 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 4.35 million [lower-alpha 1] PollstarYes [23]

Fastest-selling tours

Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour, the fastest-selling tour ever with 2.4 million tickets sold in a single day Taylor Swift The Eras Tour Speak Now Set Era (53109969638) (cropped).jpg
Taylor Swift at the Eras Tour, the fastest-selling tour ever with 2.4 million tickets sold in a single day
Key
*Indicates previous record holder for the fastest-selling tour
Tours with the most tickets sold in a single day
YearArtistTour titleTickets soldNotesRef.
2023 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 2.4 millionFirst North American leg [58]
2005 Robbie Williams Close Encounters Tour*1.6 million [59]
2022 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 1.4 millionSecond European leg [60]
2010 Take That Progress Live 1.3 million [61]
2017 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 1.1 million [62]
2016 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 1.1 million [63]
2000 NSYNC No Strings Attached Tour*1.0 million [64]
2016 Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour 1.0 million [65]
2021 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 1.0 millionFirst European leg [66]
2023 RBD Soy Rebelde Tour 0.8 million [67]
2017 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 0.7 millionOceanian leg [68]
2023 Madonna The Celebration Tour 0.6 million [69]
2009 AC/DC Black Ice World Tour 0.5 million [70]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Based on estimations, as Swift has not reported her numbers to Billboard or Pollstar.
  2. Other estimate attendances are 8.9 million. [3]
  3. Other estimate attendances are 6.4 million. [6]
  4. Other estimate attendances are 6.2 million. [9]
  5. Other estimate attendances are 5 million. [6]
  6. Other estimate attendances are 4 million. [6]
  7. Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball World Tour was attended by 2.29 million people in 2012 and 1.36 million people in 2013. [29] [30]
  8. Other estimate attendances are 3.4 million. [33]
  9. Other estimate attendances are 3 million. [35]

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