List of most-attended concerts

See also: List of most-attended concert tours and most-attended concert series at a single venue

Marko Perković Thompson's concert in July 2025 at the Zagreb Hippodrome in Zagreb, Croatia, is the concert with the most tickets sold in history (485,430).

The following is a list of the most-attended concerts in history, including ticketed concerts with at least 100,000 tickets sold and free concerts with at least one million attendees. The list excludes concerts that are part of music festivals.

The first concert to sell at least 100,000 tickets was by Grateful Dead at Englishtown Raceway Park in 1977, with 107,019 tickets sold. Currently, Marko Perković Thompson holds the record for the concert with the most tickets sold, held in 2025 at the Zagreb Hippodrome, with 485,430 tickets sold. Additionally, Michael Jackson held 11 concerts with at least 100,000 tickets sold, Robbie Williams held four such concerts, and Queen and the Rolling Stones each held such concert three times.

The attendance numbers of free concerts are exaggerations. ^[1] The first free concert to attract at least one million attendees was by Jean-Michel Jarre on Place de la Concorde in 1979. Currently, Rod Stewart holds the record for the free concert with the highest attendance, held on New Year's Eve 1994 on Copacabana Beach, attracting over 3.5 million attendees. Additionally, Jean-Michel Jarre held a total of 5 free concerts with over a million attendees. Madonna and Lady Gaga are only female artists to have held such concert, each did so once, with Gaga holding the female attendance record.

Ticketed concerts

Key

*	Indicates the concert had sold the most tickets up to that point

Concerts with over 100,000 tickets sold

Rank	Tickets sold	Artist	Venue	City	Event	Date	Ref.
1	485,430	Marko Perković Thompson	Zagreb Hippodrome	Zagreb	Hodočasnik Tour 2025 *	July 5, 2025	[2]
2	225,173	Vasco Rossi	Parco Enzo Ferrari	Modena	Modena Park 2017 *	July 1, 2017	[3]
3	220,000	Bijelo Dugme	Belgrade Hippodrome	Belgrade	Turneja 2005 *	June 28, 2005	[4]
4	200,000	Glay	Makuhari Messe	Chiba	Glay Expo'99 Survival *	July 31, 1999	[5]
5	190,000	Indio Solari	Predio La Colmena	Olavarría	Olavarría 2017	March 11, 2017	[a]
6	184,000	Paul McCartney	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro	The Paul McCartney World Tour *	April 20, 1990	[9]
7	180,000	Tina Turner			Break Every Rule World Tour *	January 16, 1988	[10]
8	175,000	Frank Sinatra			Frank Sinatra Live *	January 26, 1980
9	165,264	Luciano Ligabue	Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	Campovolo	September 10, 2005	[11]
10	160,000	Bruce Springsteen  · E Street Band	Radrennbahn Weissensee	Berlin	Tunnel of Love Express Tour	July 19, 1988	[12]
11	150,500	Ceca	Ušće Park	Belgrade	Poziv Tour	June 28, 2013	[13]
12	150,000	Marko Perković Thompson	Sinj Hippodrome	Sinj	Hodočasnik Tour 2025	August 4, 2025	[14]
13	150,000	U2	Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	PopMart Tour	September 20, 1997	[15]
14	150,000	Roger Waters	Potsdamer Platz	Berlin	Live in Berlin	July 21, 1990	[16]
15	137,000	Kiss	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro	Creatures of the Night Tour	June 18, 1983	[17]
16	135,000	Robbie Williams	Phoenix Park	Dublin	2003 Tour	August 9, 2003	[18]
17	131,000	Queen	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	The Game Tour	March 20, 1981	[19]
18	130,000	Helene Fischer	Neue Messe München	Munich	Rausch Live – In München 2022	August 20, 2022	[20]
19	130,000	Madonna	Parc de Sceaux	Paris	Who's That Girl World Tour	August 29, 1987	[21]
20	126,742	The Rolling Stones	Great Strahov Stadium	Prague	Voodoo Lounge Tour	August 5, 1995	[22]
21	125,000	Michael Jackson	Letná Park	Prague	HIStory World Tour	September 7, 1996	[23]
22	125,000		Aintree Racecourse	Liverpool	Bad World Tour	September 11, 1988	[24]
23	122,000	Lepa Brena	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Sofia	Great Bulgarian Tour	July 24, 1990	[25]
24	120,000	Michael Jackson	Warsaw Babice Airport	Warsaw	History World Tour	September 20, 1996	[26]
25	120,000	Vasco Rossi	Trentino Music Arena	Trento	Vasco Live Tour 2022	May 20, 2022	[27]
26	120,000	Ceca	Ušće Park	Belgrade	Grom Tour	June 17, 2006	[28]
27	120,000	Madonna	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro	The Girlie Show	November 6, 1993	[29]
28	120,000	The Rolling Stones	Roundhay Park	Leeds	European Tour 1982	July 25, 1982	[30]
29	120,000	Queen	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	The Game Tour	March 21, 1981	[19]
30	115,000	Pink Floyd	Strahov Stadium	Prague	The Division Bell Tour	September 7, 1994	[31]
31	112,408	Zach Bryan	Michigan Stadium	Ann Arbor	Big House	September 27, 2025	[32]
32	111,989	Coldplay	Narendra Modi Stadium	Ahmedabad	Music of the Spheres World Tour	January 26, 2025	[33]
33	111,581					January 25, 2025
34	110,905	George Strait	Kyle Field	College Station	The King at Kyle Field	June 15, 2024	[32]
35	110,000	Michael Jackson	Estadio Azteca	Mexico City	Dangerous World Tour	November 11, 1993	[34]
36	110,000					November 9, 1993
37	110,000					November 7, 1993
38	110,000					October 31, 1993
39	110,000					October 29, 1993
40	110,000	Ed Sheeran	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	+–=÷× Tour	March 3, 2023	[35]
41	108,000					March 2, 2023
42	107,019	Grateful Dead	Raceway Park	Englishtown	Terrapin Station Tour *	September 3, 1977	[36]
43	105,000	AC/DC	RCF Arena	Reggio Emilia	Power Up Tour	May 25, 2024	[37]
44	105,000	Michael Jackson	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	Dangerous World Tour	October 17, 1993	[38]
45	105,000					October 15, 1993
46	104,793	George Strait	AT&T Stadium	Arlington	The Cowboy Rides Away Tour	June 7, 2014	[39]
47	102,000	Garth Brooks	Tiger Stadium	Baton Rouge	The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour	April 30, 2022	[40]
48	100,000	Hua Chenyu	Beijing National Stadium	Beijing	2023 Mars Concert Tour	September 9, 2023	[41]
49	100,000					September 10, 2023
50	100,000	Harry Styles	RCF Arena	Reggio Emilia	Love On Tour	July 23, 2023	[42]
51	100,000	Ricky Martin	Zócalo	Mexico City	One World Tour	November 25, 2017	[43]
52	100,000	Shakira	Giza Plateau	Cairo	Oral Fixation Tour	March 28, 2007	[44]
53	100,000	Luna Sea	Tokyo Big Sight	Tokyo	10th Anniversary Gig	May 30, 1999	[45]
54	100,000	Michael Jackson	Yarkon Park	Tel Aviv	Dangerous World Tour	September 21, 1993	[46]
55	100,000	The Alfee	Odaiba	Tokyo	Sweat & Tears Tokyo-Bay Area	August 3, 1986	[47]
56	100,000	Bob Marley and the Wailers	San Siro	Milan	Uprising Tour	June 27, 1980	[48]

Free concerts

Keys

*	Indicates the concert had the highest attendance up to that point
‡	Indicates a standalone free concert

Concerts with over 1 million people in attendance

Rank	Attendees	Artist	Venue	City	Event	Date	Ref.
1	3,500,000	Rod Stewart	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	New Year's Eve *	December 31, 1994	[b]
2	3,500,000	Jean-Michel Jarre	Moscow State University	Moscow	850th Anniversary of Moscow	September 6, 1997	[50]
3	3,000,000	Jorge Ben	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	New Year's Eve *	December 31, 1993	[51]
4	2,500,000	Jean-Michel Jarre	La Défense	Paris	Bastille Day *	July 14, 1990	[52]
5	2,500,000	Lady Gaga	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	Mayhem on the Beach / Todo Mundo no Rio ‡	May 3, 2025	[c]
6	1,800,000	Antonello Venditti	Circus Maximus	Rome	AS Roma's 3rd Serie A Victory	June 24, 2001	[56]
7	1,600,000	Madonna	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	The Celebration Tour / Todo Mundo no Rio ‡	May 4, 2024	[d]
8	1,600,000	Various	Tushino Airfield	Moscow	Monsters of Rock	September 28, 1991	[60]
9	1,500,000	The Rolling Stones	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	A Bigger Bang Tour ‡	February 18, 2006	[e]
10	1,500,000	Various	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia	Live 8	July 2, 2005	[63]
11	1,300,000	Jean-Michel Jarre	Downtown Houston	Houston	150th Anniversary of Houston *	April 5, 1986	[64]
12	1,000,000	Various	Plaza de la Revolución	Havana	Paz Sin Fronteras II	September 20, 2009	[65]
13	1,000,000	Black Eyed Peas	Ipanema Beach	Rio de Janeiro	New Year's Eve	December 31, 2006	[66]
14	1,000,000	The Beach Boys	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia	Independence Day	July 4, 1985	[67]
15	1,000,000	Jean-Michel Jarre	Place de la Concorde	Paris	Bastille Day *	July 14, 1979	[68]

See also

• List of highest-grossing live music artists
• List of highest-grossing concert tours
• List of highest-grossing concert tours by Latin artists
• List of highest-grossing concert tours by women
• List of highest-grossing benefit concerts

Notes

1. Estimated ticket sales ranged between 190,000 and 200,000, ^[6] while total attendance was higher, estimated between 350,000 and 400,000 people. ^{[7] [8]}
2. According to Folha de S. Paulo in 1995, event's organizers estimated an audience of 4 million, while the Military Police of 3.5 million. ^[49]
3. Promoter Live Nation and Gaga's representatives estimated an audience of 2.5 million, ^{[53] [54]} whilst the local authorities claimed a number of 2.1 million. ^[55]
4. Reported official assistance by Rio City Hall. ^{[57] [58]} Other media outlets estimated an attendance as high as 2.5 million people according to El País . ^[59]
5. According to Folha de S. Paulo in 2006, other estimations ranged from 1.2 to 1.3 million attendees. ^{[61] [62]}

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