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The 10 Highest-Grossing Concert Tours
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has been a trending topic worldwide since its first show in March 2023.
The tour has already become the highest-grossing ever, surpassing $1 billion in revenue, outpacing Elton John’s five-year farewell tour, which ended in 2023 and grossed $939 million.
In addition, the Eras Tour also set various stadium records, including the highest three-day attendance totals ever at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium (217,635) and Dallas’ AT&T Stadium (210,607), and single-day records at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium (71,000), Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium (73,117), and Seattle’s Lumen Field (72,171).
Here, we list the top 10 highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The data comes from Billboard, Forbes, and Pollstar rankings. Figures are not adjusted for inflation.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Grosses $17 Million Per Show
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour grossed about $1.04 billion from 60 shows performed in 2023, and that’s not including any numbers from the ongoing tour in 2024.
Meanwhile, Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour comes in second with almost $1 billion but with 328 shows—more than five times the number of shows performed in the Eras Tour in this comparison.
| Rank | Artist | Tour Name | Gross Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift | Eras Tour (2023-24) | $1.04 billion (so far) |
| 2 | Elton John | Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour (2018-20, 2022-23) | $939 million |
| 3 | Ed Sheeran | The ÷ (Divide) Tour (2017-19) | $776 million |
| 4 | U2 | U2 360° Tour (2009-11) | $736 million |
| 5 | Coldplay | Music of the Spheres World Tour (2022-23) | $618 million |
| 6 | Harry Styles | Love on Tour (2021-23) | $617 million |
| 7 | Guns N' Roses | Not In This Lifetime... Tour (2016-19) | $584 million |
| 8 | Beyoncé | Renaissance World Tour (2023) | $580 million |
| 9 | The Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang Tour (2005-07) | $558 million |
| 10 | The Rolling Stones | No Filter Tour (2017-19, 2021) | $547 million |
In third place, Ed Sheeran’s The ÷ (Divide) Tour (2017-19) amassed $776 million, followed by U2’s 360° Tour (2009-11), which had $736 million. Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour (2022-23), with $618 million, completes the top five.
Combined, The Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang Tour (2005-07) and No Filter Tour (2017-19, 2021) also generated over $1 billion in revenue.
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