The blockbuster tour is now the biggest payday in music. Ranked by worldwide box-office gross, these are the highest-earning concert tours ever staged, led by the first trek to clear two billion dollars.
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The blockbuster tour is now the biggest payday in music. Ranked by worldwide box-office gross, these are the highest-earning concert tours ever staged, led by the first trek to clear two billion dollars.
The Eras Tour (Taylor Swift)
Taylor Swift's career-spanning 2023 to 2024 tour is the highest-grossing in history and the first to surpass two billion dollars, finishing near 2.08 billion across 149 shows. Nothing in live music comes close.
Music of the Spheres World Tour (Coldplay)
Coldplay's 2022 to 2025 stadium spectacular grossed about 1.52 billion dollars and sold more tickets than any tour ever, over 13 million. It was the first tour to officially report passing one billion.
Farewell Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
Elton John's five-year retirement tour grossed roughly 939 million dollars across 330 shows, the longest run inside the all-time top twenty. It closed a touring career that began in the early 1970s.
Mathematics Tour (Ed Sheeran)
Ed Sheeran's plus-minus-equals-divide-multiply tour, played solo with a loop pedal, grossed about 876 million dollars from 2022 to 2025. It surpassed his own earlier record-setting trek.
Divide Tour (Ed Sheeran)
Sheeran's 2017 to 2019 tour behind the album Divide grossed roughly 776 million dollars, briefly the highest-grossing tour ever. He gives the all-time top five two of its entries.
360° Tour (U2)
U2's tour in the round, played under a claw-shaped stage from 2009 to 2011, grossed about 736 million dollars. It set the all-time record that stood until the streaming-era blockbusters.
2023 to 2025 Tour (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's marathon road show grossed roughly 730 million dollars across 129 shows. Decades on, he remains one of the biggest live draws in music.
After Hours til Dawn Tour (The Weeknd)
The Weeknd's ongoing stadium production has grossed about 693 million dollars. It is the highest-grossing tour by a Black artist in history.
Love On Tour (Harry Styles)
Harry Styles' 2021 to 2023 tour grossed roughly 617 million dollars across 169 shows, many of them multi-night residencies. It cemented his arrival as a stadium headliner.
Summer Carnival (Pink)
Pink's acrobatic 2023 to 2024 stadium tour grossed about 585 million dollars. Her aerial stunts make it one of the most physically demanding shows in pop.
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