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The following is a list of concert tours that have generated the most gross income, largely from ticket sales. The rankings are based largely on reports by trade publications Billboard and Pollstar. Billboard, which launched the boxscore ranking in 1975 through its spin-off magazine Amusement Business, has featured the ranking in its own magazine since the issue date of October 3, 1981.^[1] Pollstar began reporting box office data on November 29, 1981,^[2] but it has relatively little data about tours before 2000.^[3]

The Eras Tour by Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing concert tour of all time and the first to yield over $1 billion in revenue

Michael Jackson's Bad tour and Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, which both ran from 1987 to 1989, were the first tours to have reportedly surpassed $100 million in revenue. As record sales collapsed in the early 21st century, musicians began relying on live music shows for their income, causing the touring industry to skyrocket.^[4] In 2023, Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour became the first tour to surpass $1 billion in revenue.^{[upper-alpha 1]} The tour reportedly grossed $1.039 billion from 60 shows in one calendar year, surpassing Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road which earned $939.1 million from 330 shows from 2018 to 2023.

While the touring industry is largely dominated by bands and male soloists of rock music,^[7] some of the highest-grossing tours have featured pop stars such as Swift, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Beyoncé, Pink, and Madonna, as well as country singer Garth Brooks.

The Rolling Stones set the all-time tour-revenue record three times (1990, 1995, and 2006); their Voodoo Lounge Tour held the record for 11 years (1995–2006), longer than any other record-holder. They are the only act to have the highest-grossing tour of the decade twice, in the 1990s and the 2000s. U2 has mounted the highest-grossing tour of the year at least eight times, more than any other act.

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[SWIFTBOX-7] The figure, calculated after 60 shows, is an estimation "based on Pollstar box office reports combined with extensive research including ticket prices in each market, record capacities at each venue and comparable tour data". Swift has yet to report her numbers formally.^[5]^[6]

[46] Eagles' Hell Freezes Over Tour grossed $79.4 million in 1994, $63.3 million in 1995, and $10.2 million in 1996.^[43]^[44]

[u2360-55] U2's 360° Tour grossed $311,637,730 in the 2000s decade (2009)^[50] and $424,783,856 in the 2010s (2010 and 2011).^[51]^[52]

[58] Celine Dion's Taking Chances World Tour grossed $236.6 million in 2008 and $42.6 million in 2009.^[53]^[54]

[60] Within the 2000s decade, AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour grossed $37.5 million in 2008 and $226.6 million in 2009.^[55]^[54]

[63] 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.^[56] Total gross for the tour's 325 dates is estimated between $200 million and $250 million.^[57]

[24kmagic-68] Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour grossed $200.1 million in 2017 and 167.6 million in 2018.^[60]^[61]

[73] Within the 2020s decade, Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road grossed $87.1 million in 2020,^[63] $274 million in 2022,^[64] and $110.3 million in 2023.^[65]

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Rank	Peak	Actual gross	Adjusted gross (in 2023 dollars)	Artist	Tour title	Year(s)	Shows	Average gross	Ref.
1	1	$1,039,263,762	$1,039,263,762	Taylor Swift	The Eras Tour †	2023–2024	60	$17,321,063	^{[upper-alpha 1]}
2	1	$939,100,000	$939,100,000	Elton John	Farewell Yellow Brick Road	2018–2023	330	$2,845,758	^[8]
3	3	$810,966,041	$810,966,041	Coldplay	Music of the Spheres World Tour †	2022–2024	132	$6,143,682	^[9]
4	1	$776,200,000	$925,014,604	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour	2017–2019	255	$3,043,922	^[10]
5	1	$736,421,586	$997,437,284	U2	U2 360° Tour	2009–2011	110	$6,694,742	^[11]
6	4	$617,325,000	$617,325,000	Harry Styles	Love On Tour	2021–2023	169	$3,652,811	^[12]
7	3	$584,200,000	$696,203,983	Guns N' Roses	Not in This Lifetime... Tour	2016–2019	158	$3,697,468	^[13]
8	7	$579,879,268	$579,879,268	Beyoncé	Renaissance World Tour	2023	56	$10,353,571	^[14]
9	1	$558,255,524	$820,315,772	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	2005–2007	144	$3,876,774	^[15]
10	5	$546,500,000	$614,485,325	The Rolling Stones	No Filter Tour	2017–2021	58	$9,422,414	^[16]
11	11	$556,400,000	$556,400,000	Ed Sheeran	+–=÷× Tour †	2022–2024	94	$5,919,149	^[17]
12	3	$523,033,675	$650,135,260	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	2016–2017	114	$4,588,015	^[18]
13	3	$459,000,000	$600,372,000	Roger Waters	The Wall Live	2010–2013	219	$2,094,401	^[19]
14	3	$441,900,000	$617,432,687	AC/DC	Black Ice World Tour	2008–2010	165	$2,678,182	^[20]
15	8	$430,000,000	$512,440,453	Metallica	WorldWired Tour	2016–2019	143	$3,006,993	^[21]
16	2	$411,000,000	$583,700,326	Madonna	Sticky & Sweet Tour	2008–2009	85	$4,835,294	^[3]
17	10	$397,300,000	$473,471,144	Pink	Beautiful Trauma World Tour	2018–2019	156	$2,546,795	^[22]
18	12	$390,778,581	$485,741,065	U2	The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 & 2019	2017, 2019	66	$5,920,888	^[23]
19	1	$389,000,000	$587,930,670	U2	Vertigo Tour	2005–2006	131	$2,969,466	^[24]
20	20	$379,496,085	$379,496,085	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	2023 Tour †	2023–2024	66	$5,749,941	^[5]

Established	Artist	Tour title	Record-setting gross	Ref.
1984	The Jacksons	Victory Tour	$75,000,000	^[25]
1985	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Born in the U.S.A. Tour	$90,000,000	^[26]
1989	Michael Jackson	Bad	$125,000,000	^[27]
1989	Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour	$135,000,000	^[28]
1990	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour	$175,000,000	^[29]
1994	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell Tour	$250,000,000	^[30]
1995	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge Tour	$320,000,000	^[31]
2006	U2	Vertigo Tour	$333,000,000	^[32]
2006	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	$437,000,000	^[33]
2007	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	$558,255,524	^[15]
2011	U2	U2 360° Tour	$736,421,586	^[11]
2019	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour	$776,200,000	^[10]
2023	Elton John	Farewell Yellow Brick Road	$939,100,000	^[8]
2023	Taylor Swift	The Eras Tour	$1,039,263,762	^{[upper-alpha 1]}

Rank	Actual gross	Adjusted gross (in 2023 dollar)	Artist	Tour title	Year(s)	Shows	Average gross	Ref.
1	$135,000,000	$331,828,188	Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour	1987–1989	197	$685,279	^[28]
2	$125,000,000	$307,248,322	Michael Jackson	Bad	1987–1989	123	$1,016,260	^[27]
3	$98,000,000	$240,882,685	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels Tour	1989 *	60	$1,633,333	^[34]
4	$90,000,000	$254,962,871	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Born in the U.S.A. Tour	1984–1985	156	$576,923	^[26]
5	$86,000,000	$230,643,234	David Bowie	Glass Spider Tour	1987	86	$1,000,000	^[35]
6	$75,000,000	$219,955,157	The Jacksons	Victory Tour	1984	55	$1,363,636	^[25]
7	$60,000,000	$160,913,884	Genesis	Invisible Touch Tour	1986–1987	111	$540,541	^[36]
8	$60,000,000	$154,575,127	Tina Turner	Break Every Rule World Tour	1987–1988	220	$272,727	^[37]
9	$56,000,000	$150,186,292	U2	The Joshua Tree Tour	1987	109	$513,761	^[38]
10	$50,000,000	$167,569,546	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981	1981	50	$1,000,000	^[39]

Rank	Actual gross	Adjusted gross (in 2023 dollar)	Artist	Tour title	Year(s)	Shows	Average gross	Ref.
1	$320,000,000	$639,860,231	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge Tour	1994–1995	129	$2,480,620	^[31]
2	$274,000,000	$512,197,632	The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon Tour	1997–1998	108	$2,537,037	^[40]
3	$250,000,000	$513,920,072	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell Tour	1994	120	$2,083,333	^[30]
4	$173,610,864	$325,844,705	U2	PopMart Tour	1997–1998	93	$1,866,783	^[41]
5	$165,000,000	$313,171,642	Michael Jackson	HIStory World Tour	1996–1997	83	$1,987,952	^[42]
6	$152,900,000	$297,040,611	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over Tour	1994–1996	122	$1,274,107	^{[upper-alpha 2]}
7	$151,000,000	$318,487,906	U2	Zoo TV Tour	1992–1993	157	$961,783	^[45]
8	$133,000,000	$243,257,691	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love World Tour	1998–1999	97	$1,371,134	^[46]
9	$130,000,000	$246,741,294	Tina Turner	Wildest Dreams Tour	1996–1997	255	$509,804	^[47]
10	$105,000,000	$196,280,114	Garth Brooks	The Garth Brooks World Tour	1996–1998	220	$477,273	^[48]

Rank	Actual gross	Adjusted gross (in 2023 dollar)	Artist	Tour title	Year(s)	Shows	Average gross	Ref.
1	$558,255,524	$820,315,772	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	2005–2007	144	$3,876,774	^[15]
2	$411,000,000	$583,700,326	Madonna	Sticky & Sweet Tour	2008–2009	85	$4,835,294	^[3]
3	$389,000,000	$587,930,670	U2	Vertigo Tour	2005–2006	131	$2,969,466	^[24]
4	$358,825,665	$507,791,003	The Police	The Police Reunion Tour	2007–2008	146	$2,457,710	^[49]
5	$311,637,730	$442,586,483	U2	U2 360° Tour	2009 *	44	$7,082,676	^{[upper-alpha 3]}
6	$311,000,000	$515,107,815	The Rolling Stones	Licks Tour	2002–2003	117	$2,658,120	^[40]
7	$279,200,000	$394,814,332	Celine Dion	Taking Chances World Tour	2008–2009	129	$2,164,341	^{[upper-alpha 4]}
8	$264,100,000	$375,073,616	AC/DC	Black Ice World Tour	2008–2009 *	127	$2,079,528	^{[upper-alpha 5]}
9	$250,000,000	$390,015,335	Cher	Living Proof: The Farewell Tour	2002–2005	325	$769,231	^{[upper-alpha 6]}
10	$235,000,000	$332,559,505	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Magic Tour	2007–2008	104	$2,259,615	^[58]

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Timeline of the highest-grossing tour

Highest-grossing tours by decade

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Highest-grossing tours by year

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Year	Actual gross	Adjusted gross (in 2023 dollar)	Artist	Tour title	Shows	Ref.
1987	$35,000,000	$93,866,432	U2	The Joshua Tree Tour	79	^[73]
1989	$98,000,000	$240,882,685	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels Tour	60	^[34]
1990	$74,100,000	$172,811,921	New Kids on the Block	The Magic Summer Tour	152	^[74]
1991	$34,700,000	$77,623,552	Grateful Dead	Grateful Dead Summer Tour	76	^[75]
1992	$67,000,000	$145,471,188	U2	Zoo TV Tour	73	^[76]
1993	$45,600,000	$96,179,129	Grateful Dead	Grateful Dead Tour 1993	81	^[77]
1994	$121,200,000	$249,148,451	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge Tour	60	^[78]
1995	$63,300,000	$126,572,352	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over Tour	58	^[43]
1996	$43,600,000	$84,702,228	Kiss	Alive/Worldwide Tour	92	^[79]
1997	$138,500,000	$262,874,378	U2	PopMart Tour	78	^[80]
1998	$193,350,000	$361,435,811	The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon Tour	82	^[81]
1999	$89,200,000	$163,147,263	The Rolling Stones	No Security Tour	45	^[82]
2000	$122,500,000	$216,736,232	Tina Turner	Twenty Four Seven Tour	108	^[83]
2001	$143,000,000	$246,064,274	U2	Elevation Tour	113	^[84]
2002	$126,100,000	$213,611,767	Paul McCartney	Driving World Tour	58	^[85]
2003	$299,520,230	$496,093,927	The Rolling Stones	Licks Tour	115	^[86]
2004	$125,000,000	$201,638,478	Madonna	Re-Invention World Tour	56	^[87]
2005	$260,000,000	$405,615,948	U2	Vertigo Tour	90	^[88]
2006	$425,100,000	$642,491,845	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	110	^[89]
2007	$212,227,302	$311,852,540	The Police	The Police Reunion Tour	66	^[90]
2008	$281,600,000	$398,505,348	Madonna	Sticky & Sweet Tour	58	^[53]
2009	$311,637,730	$442,586,483	U2	U2 360° Tour	44	^[50]
2010	$201,100,000	$280,981,474	Bon Jovi	The Circle Tour	80	^[91]
2011	$293,281,487	$397,231,553	U2	U2 360° Tour	44	^[52]
2012	$305,158,363	$404,990,574	Madonna	The MDNA Tour	88	^[40]
2013	$259,500,000	$339,426,000	Bon Jovi	Because We Can	102	^[92]
2014	$290,000,000	$373,241,496	One Direction	Where We Are Tour	69	^[93]
2015	$250,733,097	$322,295,695	Taylor Swift	The 1989 World Tour	85	^[94]
2016	$268,300,000	$340,620,466	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	The River Tour	76	^[95]
2017	$316,990,940	$394,022,407	U2	The Joshua Tree Tour 2017	50	^[96]
2018	$432,400,000	$524,656,030	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour	94	^[61]
2019	$215,200,000	$256,458,571	Pink	Beautiful Trauma World Tour	68	^[72]
2020	$87,100,000	$87,100,000	Elton John	Farewell Yellow Brick Road	38	^[63]
2021	$115,500,000	$129,868,353	The Rolling Stones	No Filter Tour	12	^[97]
2022	$342,192,313	$356,278,465	Coldplay	Music of the Spheres World Tour	64	^[98]
2023	$1,039,263,762	$1,039,263,762	Taylor Swift	The Eras Tour	60	^{[upper-alpha 1]}