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The Eras Tour by Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing tour of all time.

The following is a list of concert tours that have generated the most gross income. The data and rankings come largely from reports made by trade publications Billboard and Pollstar. Billboard, which launched the boxscore ranking in 1975 through Amusement Business, has featured the ranking on its own magazine since October 3, 1981.[1] Pollstar began reporting data on November 29, 1981,[2] but it has relatively little information about pre-2000 tours.[3] In the 21st century, tour revenue skyrocketed, as record sales collapsed and musicians began relying on live shows for their income.[4]

The first tours to surpass $100 million were Michael Jackson's Bad World Tour and Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, both running from 1987 until 1989. Tina Turner became the first female act to achieve the feat, with her Wildest Dreams Tour (1996–1997). Pollstar estimated that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was the first to collect $1 billion in 2023,[5][6] though Coldplay's Music of the Spheres World Tour became the first to officially report the number in August 2024.[7] The Eras Tour concluded in December 2024 with $2.07 billion, becoming the first tour to reach $2 billion.[8]

The Rolling Stones set the all-time record for touring revenue three times (1990, 1995 and 2006), more than any other act. Their Voodoo Lounge Tour remained the highest-grossing tour of all time for 11 years (1995–2006), longer than any other record-holder. They are the only musicians to achieve 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 eight times each, more than any other act. Some of the highest-grossing tours had extensive schedules. Inside the Top 20, Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road is the longest (330 shows in five years), while Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is the shortest (56 shows in a single year).

Highest-grossing tours

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Keys
† Indicates an ongoing tour
* Indicates a tour with dates split between two different calendar decades
Top 20 highest-grossing tours of all time
Rank Peak Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Year Shows Average
gross		 Ref.
1 1 $2,077,618,725 $2,132,275,503 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 2023–2024 149 $13,943,750 [8]
2 2 $1,524,423,018 $1,524,423,018 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 2022–2025 223 $6,835,978 [9]
3 3 $1,070,000,000 $1,070,000,000 The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour † 2022–2026 158 $6,772,152 [10]
4 1 $939,100,000 $992,332,077 Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road 2018–2023 330 $2,845,758 [11]
5 4 $875,700,000 $875,700,000 Ed Sheeran +−=÷× Tour 2022–2025 169 $5,181,657 [12]
6 1 $776,200,000 $977,448,262 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 2017–2019 255 $3,043,922 [13]
7 1 $736,421,586 $1,053,976,160 U2 360° Tour 2009–2011 110 $6,694,742 [14]
8 6 $729,700,000 $729,700,000 Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band 2023–2025 Tour 2023–2025 129 $5,656,589 [15]
9 9 $668,400,000 $668,400,000 Metallica M72 World Tour † 2023–2027 86 $7,772,093 [A]
10 4 $617,325,000 $652,317,538 Harry Styles Love On Tour 2021–2023 169 $3,652,811 [21]
11 8 $584,700,000 $600,081,945 Pink Summer Carnival 2023–2024 97 $6,027,835 [22]
12 3 $584,200,000 $735,667,708 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 2016–2019 158 $3,697,468 [23]
13 7 $579,879,268 $612,749,227 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour 2023 56 $10,353,571 [24]
14 14 $574,500,000 $574,500,000 BTS Arirang World Tour † 2026 48 $11,968,750 [B]
15 14 $565,500,000 $565,500,000 Shakira Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour † 2025–2026 124 $4,560,484 [31]
16 13 $563,000,000 $577,811,075 Rammstein Stadium Tour 2019–2024 141 $3,992,908 [32]
17 1 $558,255,524 $866,814,668 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour 2005–2007 144 $3,876,774 [33]
18 5 $546,500,000 $649,316,898 The Rolling Stones No Filter Tour 2017–2021 58 $9,422,414 [34]
19 3 $523,033,675 $686,987,620 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour 2016–2017 114 $4,588,015 [35]
20 18 $477,700,000 $477,700,000 Zach Bryan The Quittin' Time Tour 2024–2025 92 $5,192,391 [C]

Timeline of the highest-grossing tour

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Timeline of the highest-grossing tour
Year Record gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Ref.
1984 $75,000,000 $232,423,126 The Jacksons Victory Tour [38]
1985 $90,000,000 $269,415,223 Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band Born in the U.S.A. Tour [39]
1989 $125,000,000 $324,664,430 Michael Jackson Bad World Tour [40]
$135,000,000 $350,637,584 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour [41]
1990 $175,000,000 $431,259,552 The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour [42]
1994 $250,000,000 $543,051,190 Pink Floyd The Division Bell Tour [43]
1995 $320,000,000 $676,130,159 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour [44]
2006 $333,000,000 $531,821,558 U2 Vertigo Tour [45]
$437,000,000 $697,915,979 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour [46]
2007 $558,255,524 $866,814,668 [33]
2011 $736,421,586 $1,053,976,160 U2 360° Tour [14]
2019 $776,200,000 $977,448,262 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour [13]
2023 $939,100,000 $992,332,077 Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road [11]
$1,039,263,762 $1,098,173,536 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour [5]
2024 $2,077,618,725 $2,132,275,503 [8]

Highest-grossing tours by decade

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1980s

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Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 1980s
Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Year Shows Average
gross		 Ref.
1 $135,000,000 $350,637,584 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour 1987–1989 197 $685,279 [41]
2 $125,000,000 $324,664,430 Michael Jackson Bad World Tour 1987–1989 123 $1,016,260 [40]
3 $98,000,000 $254,536,913 The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour 1989 * 60 $1,633,333 [D]
4 $90,000,000 $269,415,223 Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band Born in the U.S.A. Tour 1984–1985 156 $576,923 [39]
5 $86,000,000 $243,717,047 David Bowie Glass Spider Tour 1987 86 $1,000,000 [48]
6 $75,000,000 $232,423,126 The Jacksons Victory Tour 1984 55 $1,363,636 [38]
7 $60,000,000 $170,035,149 Genesis Invisible Touch Tour 1986–1987 111 $540,541 [49]
8 $60,000,000 $163,337,085 Tina Turner Break Every Rule World Tour 1987–1988 220 $272,727 [50]
9 $56,000,000 $158,699,473 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 1987 109 $513,761 [51]
10 $50,000,000 $177,068,082 The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981 1981 50 $1,000,000 [52]

1990s

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Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 1990s
Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Year Shows Average
gross		 Ref.
1 $320,000,000 $676,130,159 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 1994–1995 129 $2,480,620 [44]
2 $274,000,000 $541,231,115 The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon Tour 1997–1998 108 $2,537,037 [53]
3 $250,000,000 $543,051,190 Pink Floyd The Division Bell Tour 1994 110 $2,272,727 [43]
4 $173,610,864 $344,314,933 U2 PopMart Tour 1997–1998 93 $1,866,783 [54]
5 $165,000,000 $330,923,507 Michael Jackson HIStory World Tour 1996–1997 83 $1,987,952 [55]
6 $152,900,000 $313,878,103 Eagles Hell Freezes Over Tour 1994–1996 122 $1,274,107 [E]
7 $151,000,000 $336,541,120 U2 Zoo TV Tour 1992–1993 157 $961,783 [58]
8 $133,000,000 $257,046,544 Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love World Tour 1998–1999 97 $1,371,134 [59]
9 $130,000,000 $260,727,612 Tina Turner Wildest Dreams Tour 1996–1997 255 $509,804 [60]
10 $105,000,000 $207,406,084 Garth Brooks The Garth Brooks World Tour 1996–1998 220 $477,273 [61]

2000s

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Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 2000s
Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Year Shows Average
gross		 Ref.
1 $558,255,524 $866,814,668 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour 2005–2007 144 $3,876,774 [33]
2 $411,000,000 $616,786,878 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 2008–2009 85 $4,835,294 [3]
3 $389,000,000 $621,257,016 U2 Vertigo Tour 2005–2006 131 $2,969,466 [62]
4 $358,825,665 $536,574,700 The Police Reunion Tour 2007–2008 146 $2,457,710 [63]
5 $311,637,730 $467,674,118 U2 360° Tour 2009 * 44 $7,082,676 [F]
6 $311,000,000 $544,306,259 The Rolling Stones Licks Tour 2002–2003 117 $2,658,120 [53]
7 $279,200,000 $418,994,881 Celine Dion Taking Chances World Tour 2008–2009 129 $2,164,341 [G]
8 $264,100,000 $396,334,342 AC/DC Black Ice World Tour 2008–2009 * 127 $2,079,528 [H]
9 $250,000,000 $412,123,019 Cher Living Proof: The Farewell Tour 2002–2005 325 $769,231 [I]
10 $235,000,000 $351,410,355 Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band Magic Tour 2007–2008 104 $2,259,615 [72]

2010s

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Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 2010s
Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Year Shows Average
gross		 Ref.
1 $776,200,000 $977,448,262 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 2017–2019 255 $3,043,922 [13]
2 $584,200,000 $735,667,708 Guns N' Roses Not in This Lifetime... Tour 2016–2019 158 $3,697,468 [23]
3 $523,033,675 $686,987,620 Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams Tour 2016–2017 114 $4,588,015 [35]
4 $459,000,000 $634,403,571 Roger Waters The Wall Live 2010–2013 219 $2,094,401 [73]
5 $430,000,000 $541,487,700 Metallica WorldWired Tour 2016–2019 143 $3,006,993 [74]
6 $424,783,856 $607,956,184 U2 360° Tour 2010–2011 * 66 $6,436,119 [F]
7 $415,600,000 $523,354,159 The Rolling Stones No Filter Tour 2017–2019 * 44 $9,445,455 [75]
8 $397,300,000 $500,309,449 Pink Beautiful Trauma World Tour 2018–2019 156 $2,546,795 [76]
9 $396,100,000 $507,854,161 Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour 2017–2018 191 $2,073,822 [77]
10 $390,778,581 $492,097,198 U2 The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 & 2019 2017 · 2019 66 $5,920,888 [78]

2020s

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Top 10 highest-grossing tours of the 2020s
Rank Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Year Shows Average
gross		 Ref.
1 $2,077,618,725 $2,132,275,503 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 2023–2024 149 $13,943,750 [8]
2 $1,524,423,018 $1,524,423,018 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 2022–2025 223 $6,835,978 [9]
3 $1,070,000,000 $1,070,000,000 The Weeknd After Hours til Dawn Tour † 2022–2026 158 $6,772,152 [10]
4 $875,700,000 $875,700,000 Ed Sheeran +–=÷× Tour 2022–2025 169 $5,181,657 [12]
5 $729,700,000 $729,700,000 Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band 2023–2025 Tour 2023–2025 129 $5,656,589 [15]
6 $668,400,000 $668,400,000 Metallica M72 World Tour 2023–2026 86 $7,772,093 [A]
7 $617,325,000 $652,317,538 Harry Styles Love On Tour 2021–2023 169 $3,652,663 [21]
8 $599,644,374 $633,634,701 Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road 2020–2023 * 170 $3,527,320 [J]
9 $584,700,000 $600,081,945 Pink Summer Carnival 2023–2024 97 $6,027,835 [22]
10 $579,800,000 $612,665,465 Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour 2023 56 $10,353,571 [84]

Highest-grossing tours by year

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This list represents the top-grossing tour of each year according to data provided by 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.[85][86] 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.[87][88]

Highest-grossing tours annually
Year Actual gross Adjusted gross
(in 2025 dollars)		 Artist Tour title Shows Average
gross		 Ref.
1987 $35,100,000 $99,470,562 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 79 $444,304 [89]
1988 $27,600,000 $75,135,059 Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour 35 $788,571 [90]
1989 $98,000,000 $254,536,913 The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Tour 60 $1,633,333 [47]
1990 $74,100,000 $182,607,616 New Kids on the Block The Magic Summer Tour 152 $487,500 [91]
1991 $34,700,000 $82,023,577 Grateful Dead Summer Tour 76 $456,579 [92]
1992 $67,000,000 $153,717,097 U2 Zoo TV Tour 73 $917,808 [93]
1993 $45,600,000 $101,630,961 Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Tour 1993 81 $562,963 [94]
1994 $121,200,000 $263,271,217 The Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour 60 $2,020,000 [95]
1995 $225,668,374 $476,816,230 84 $2,686,528 [96]
1996 $60,300,000 $123,785,805 Eagles Hell Freezes Over Tour 45 $1,340,000 [97]
1997 $138,500,000 $277,775,187 U2 PopMart Tour 78 $1,775,641 [98]
1998 $193,350,000 $381,923,489 The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon Tour 82 $2,357,927 [99]
1999 $89,200,000 $172,395,126 No Security Tour 45 $1,982,222 [100]
2000 $122,500,000 $229,021,739 Tina Turner Twenty Four Seven Tour 108 $1,134,259 [101]
2001 $143,000,000 $260,012,216 U2 Elevation Tour 113 $1,265,487 [102]
2002 $126,100,000 $225,720,167 Paul McCartney Driving World Tour 58 $2,174,138 [103]
2003 $299,520,230 $524,214,585 The Rolling Stones Licks Tour 115 $2,604,524 [104]
2004 $125,000,000 $213,068,182 Madonna Re-Invention World Tour 56 $2,232,143 [105]
2005 $260,000,000 $428,607,940 U2 Vertigo Tour 90 $2,888,889 [106]
2006 $425,100,000 $678,910,944 The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Tour 110 $3,864,545 [107]
2007 $212,227,302 $329,529,634 The Police Reunion Tour 66 $3,215,565 [108]
2008 $281,600,000 $421,094,281 Madonna Sticky & Sweet Tour 58 $4,855,172 [67]
2009 $311,637,730 $467,674,118 U2 360° Tour 44 $7,082,676 [64]
2010 $201,100,000 $296,908,668 Bon Jovi The Circle Tour 80 $2,513,750 [109]
2011 $293,281,487 $419,748,282 U2 360° Tour 44 $6,665,488 [66]
2012 $305,158,363 $427,947,117 Madonna The MDNA Tour 88 $3,467,709 [53]
2013 $259,500,000 $358,666,071 Bon Jovi Because We Can 102 $2,544,118 [110]
2014 $290,000,000 $394,398,369 One Direction Where We Are Tour 69 $4,202,899 [111]
2015 $250,733,097 $340,564,750 Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour 85 $2,949,801 [112]
2016 $268,300,000 $359,928,245 Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band The River Tour 2016 76 $3,530,263 [113]
2017 $316,990,940 $416,357,228 U2 The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 50 $6,339,819 [114]
2018 $432,400,000 $554,395,706 Ed Sheeran ÷ Tour 94 $4,600,000 [115]
2019 $215,200,000 $270,995,705 Pink Beautiful Trauma World Tour 68 $3,164,706 [88]
2020 $87,100,000 $108,357,014 Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road 38 $2,292,105 [116]
2021 $115,500,000 $137,229,829 The Rolling Stones No Filter Tour 12 $9,625,000 [117]
2022 $342,192,313 $376,473,804 Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour 64 $5,346,755 [118]
2023 $1,039,263,762 $1,098,173,536 Taylor Swift The Eras Tour 60 $17,321,063 [5]
2024 $1,043,421,552 $1,070,871,276 80 $13,042,769 [119]
2025 $407,600,113 $418,323,018 Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Tour 32 $12,737,504 [120]

See also

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Notes

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  1. 1 2 Metallica's M72 World Tour grossed $476 million from April 2023 to August 2025 (64 shows).[16] They expanded the number with $41.5 million in November 2025 (6 shows), $72.6 million in May 2026 (7 shows), $57.1 million in June 2026 (7 shows) and $21.2 million in July 2026 (2 shows).[17][18][19][20]
  2. ↑ BTS's Arirang World Tour grossed $76.2 million in April,[25] $127.8 million in May,[26] $38.6 million in June,[27] $102.5 million in July,[28] $171.7 million in August 2026,[29] and $57.7 million in September 2026.[30]
  3. ↑ Zach Bryan's The Quittin' Time Tour grossed $318.1 million during March–August 2024,[36] and $159.6 million during November 2024–September 2025.[37]
  4. ↑ Excluding the shows from the Urban Jungle extension.[47]
  5. ↑ Eagles' Hell Freezes Over Tour grossed $79.4 million in 1994, $63.3 million in 1995, and $10.2 million in 1996.[56][57]
  6. 1 2 U2's 360° Tour grossed $311,637,730 in the 2000s decade (2009)[64] and $424,783,856 in the 2010s (2010 and 2011).[65][66]
  7. ↑ Celine Dion's Taking Chances World Tour grossed $236.6 million in 2008 and $42.6 million in 2009.[67][68]
  8. ↑ Within the 2000s decade, AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour grossed $37.5 million in 2008 and $226.6 million in 2009.[69][68]
  9. ↑ Cher's Living Proof: The Farewell Tour grossed $194,683,927 from 280 reported shows according to Billboard, bringing an average gross of $695,000 per show.[70] Total gross for the tour's 325 dates is estimated between $200 million and $250 million.[71]
  10. ↑ Within the 2020s decade, Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road grossed $55,259,351 in 2020 (21 shows)[79][80][81], $334,385,023 in 2022 (84 shows)[82], and $210,000,000 in 2023 (65 shows).[83]

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