List of highest-grossing concert tours

In 2023, with 278 reported dates, the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour by Elton John became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, unadjusted for inflation.

This is an incomplete list of the highest-grossing concert tours. Only tours using reliable references and having grossed over $100 million (adjusted for inflation) have been added to the list. Some of the gross may be higher than reported on this list because not all concerts are reported. Billboard and Pollstar regularly provide the official figure of concerts' gross revenue worldwide.

Tours that span multiple decades are included in the decade that they concluded.

In bold, the tours which, when completed, became the highest-grossing of all time.

Highest-grossing tours

U2's 360° Tour is the highest-grossing tour by a group and held the all-time record from 2011 to 2019, before being overtaken by Ed Sheeran's ÷ tour. Adjusted for inflation, it remains the highest-grossing tour worldwide.
Guns N' Roses' Not in This Lifetime... Tour is the highest-grossing tour by an American act.
The Rolling Stones, had claimed the highest-grossing tour multiple times, with the latest being A Bigger Bang Tour (currently the fifth).
Madonna scored the highest-grossing concert tour in history by a female artist twice, with the Confessions Tour and the Sticky & Sweet Tour.

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours (by actual gross, not adjusted for inflation) of all time
Rank	Actual gross	Gross adjusted for inflation (2023 $)	Artist	Tour name	Year(s)	Shows	Attendance	Average gross per show (millions)	Average attendance per show	Average gross per attendee
1	$817,900,000	$817,900,000	Elton John	Farewell Yellow Brick Road	2018–2023	278	5,300,000	$2.94	19,065	$154.32
2	$776,200,000	$822,672,992	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour	2017–19	255	8,796,567	$3.04	34,496	$88.24
3	$736,421,584	$887,082,982	U2	U2 360° Tour	2009–11	110	7,272,046	$6.69	66,110	$101.27
4	$584,200,000	$619,177,483	Guns N' Roses	Not in This Lifetime... Tour	2016–19	158	5,371,891	$3.7	33,999	$108.75
5	$558,255,524	$729,557,813	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	2005–07	147	4,680,000	$3.8	31,837	$119.29
6	$546,515,799	$579,237,036	The Rolling Stones	No Filter Tour	2017–2021	58	2,867,799	$9.42	49,445	$190.57
7	$523,033,675	$590,552,304	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	2016–17	114	5,389,586	$4.59	47,277	$97.05
8	$458,673,798	$533,568,677	Roger Waters	The Wall Live	2010–13	219	4,129,863	$2.09	18,858	$111.06
9	$441,121,000	$548,153,259	AC/DC	Black Ice World Tour	2008–10	167	4,846,965	$2.64	29,024	$91.01
10	$433,838,725	$459,813,710	Metallica	WorldWired Tour	2016–19	143	4,198,613	$3.03	29,361	$103.33
11	$411,000,000	$519,120,987	Madonna	Sticky & Sweet Tour	2008–09	85	3,545,899	$4.84	41,716	$115.91
12	$397,300,000	$421,087,323	Pink	Beautiful Trauma World Tour	2018–19	156	3,088,647	$2.55	19,799	$128.63
13	$390,778,581	$431,999,726	U2	The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019	2017, 2019	66	3,279,712	$5.92	49,693	$119.15
14	$389,047,636	$522,947,326	U2	Vertigo Tour	2005–06	131	4,619,021	$2.97	35,260	$84.23
15	$367,700,000	$396,035,118	Bruno Mars	24K Magic World Tour	2017–18	204	3,298,583	$1.8	16,170	$111.47
16	$364,300,000	$393,121,508	Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood	World Tour	2014–17	390	6,443,727	$0.93	16,522	$56.54
17	$362,000,000	$455,605,255	The Police	The Police Reunion Tour	2007–08	143	3,300,912	$2.53	23,083	$109.67
18	$355,600,000	$449,147,014	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	Wrecking Ball World Tour	2012–13	136	3,650,535	$2.61	26,842	$97.41
19	$353,900,031	$353,900,031	Harry Styles	Love on Tour	2021–present	125	2,692,316	$2.83	21,539	$131.45
20	$345,700,000	$373,049,973	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour	2018	53	2,888,892	$6.52	54,507	$119.67

Highest-grossing tours by decade

1980s

List of the highest-grossing tours of the 1980s decade
Rank	Actual gross	Inflation (adjusted 2023 gross)	Artist	Tour name	Year(s)	Shows	Attendance	Average gross (millions)	Average attendance	Ref.
1	$135,000,000	$295,115,436	Pink Floyd	A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour	1987–89	197	5,500,000	$0.69	27,919	^{[citation needed]}
2	$125,738,964	$288,095,775	Michael Jackson	Bad World Tour	1987–89	123	4,498,300	$1.02	36,572
3	$98,000,000	$214,231,946	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels Tour	1989	57	3,268,722	$1.72	57,346
4	$86,000,000	$205,125,366	David Bowie	Glass Spider Tour	1987	86	3,000,000	$1	34,884
5	$85,000,000	$214,156,869	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	Born in the U.S.A. Tour	1984–85	156	3,900,000	$0.54	25,000
6	$75,000,000	$195,619,795	The Jacksons	Victory Tour	1984	55	2,750,000	$1.36	50,000
7	$60,000,000	$137,473,270	Tina Turner	Break Every Rule World Tour	1987-88	220	4,000,000	$0.27	18,182
8	$56,278,095	$134,233,312	U2	The Joshua Tree Tour	1987	109	3,176,952	$0.52	29,146
9	$52,000,000	$154,991,215	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones American Tour 1981	1981	50	3,000,000	$1.04	60,000

1990s

List of the highest-grossing tours of the 1990s decade
Rank	Actual gross	Inflation (adjusted 2023 gross)	Artist	Tour name	Year(s)	Shows	Attendance	Average gross (millions)	Average attendance	Ref.
1	$320,000,000	$569,067,482	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge Tour	1994–95	129	6,336,776	$2.48	49,122	^{[citation needed]}
2	$274,000,000	$455,529,196	The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon Tour	1997–98	108	—	$2.54	—
3	$250,000,000	$457,061,069	Pink Floyd	The Division Bell Tour	1994	110	6,000,000	$2.27	54,545
4	$171,677,027	$289,793,953	U2	PopMart Tour	1997–98	93	3,936,841	$1.85	42,332
5	$165,000,000	$278,523,010	Michael Jackson	HIStory World Tour	1996–97	82	4,500,000	$2.39	65,217
6	$151,000,000	$283,251,094	U2	Zoo TV Tour	1992–93	157	5,350,554	$0.96	34,080
7	$142,700,000	$253,768,530	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over Tour	1994–95	—	—	—	—
8	$130,000,000	$219,442,371	Tina Turner	Wildest Dreams Tour	1996–97	—	3,000,000 (Europe)	—	—
9	$105,000,000	$174,564,108	Garth Brooks	The Garth Brooks World Tour	1996–98	220	5,500,000	$0.48	25,000
10	$100,000,000	$193,099,360	Michael Jackson	Dangerous World Tour	1992–93	69	4,019,500	$1.45	58,254
11	$93,600,000	$155,611,433	Spice Girls	Spiceworld Tour	1998	41	720,000 (North America)	$2.28	17,561
12	$74,000,000	$153,484,972	New Kids on the Block	The Magic Summer Tour	1990–91	152	3,291,987	$0.49	21,658
13	$70,000,000	$145,188,487	Tina Turner	Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour	1990	121	3,000,000	$0.58	24,793
13	$70,000,000	$131,308,454	Madonna	The Girlie Show	1993	39	1,369,123	$1.79	35,106
15	$62,700,000	$130,047,402	Madonna	Blond Ambition World Tour	1990	57	887,772	$1.1	15,575

2000s

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours of the 2000s decade
Rank	Actual gross	Inflation (adjusted 2023 gross)	Artist	Tour name	Year(s)	Shows	Attendance	Average gross (millions)	Average attendance	Ref.
1	$558,255,524	$729,557,813	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	2005–07	144	4,680,000	$3.88	32,500	^{[citation needed]}
2	$411,000,000	$519,120,987	Madonna	Sticky & Sweet Tour	2008–09	85	3,545,899	$4.84	41,716
3	$389,047,636	$522,947,326	U2	Vertigo Tour	2005–06	131	4,619,021	$2.97	35,260
4	$362,000,000	$455,605,255	The Police	The Police Reunion Tour	2007–08	156	3,300,912	$2.32	21,160
5	$311,000,000	$458,117,402	The Rolling Stones	Licks Tour	2002–03	115	3,470,945	$2.7	30,182
6	$279,200,000	$351,394,992	Celine Dion	Taking Chances World Tour	2008–09	132	2,600,000	$2.12	19,697
7	$250,000,000	$346,864,883	Cher	Living Proof: The Farewell Tour	2002–05	326	3,500,000	$0.77	10,736	^{[better source needed]}
8	$235,000,000	$295,765,842	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	Magic Tour	2007–08	100	2,198,353	$2.35	21,984
9	$221,500,000	$326,279,758	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	The Rising Tour	2002–03	120	3,232,384	$1.85	26,937
10	$210,650,974	$265,120,693	Bon Jovi	Lost Highway Tour	2007–08	99	2,157,675	$2.13	21,795
11	$209,400,000	$260,208,179	Coldplay	Viva la Vida Tour	2008–10	157	2,831,377	$1.33	16,853
12	$194,754,447	$261,783,668	Madonna	Confessions Tour	2006	60	1,210,294	$3.25	20,172
13	$167,000,000	$210,932,372	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	Working on a Dream Tour	2009	80	1,831,770	$2.09	22,897
14	$142,844,463	$218,602,229	U2	Elevation Tour	2001	112	2,162,282	$1.28	19,306
15	$141,000,000	$184,266,249	Tim McGraw and Faith Hill	Soul2Soul II Tour	2006–07	117	1,673,667	$1.21	14,305
16	$132,500,000	$167,356,522	Tina Turner	Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour	2008–09	90	1,176,199	$1.47	13,069
17	$131,800,000	$166,472,375	Britney Spears	The Circus Starring Britney Spears	2009	97	1,500,000	$1.36	15,464
18	$131,388,461	$176,608,821	Bon Jovi	Have a Nice Day Tour	2005–06	89	1,823,834	$1.48	20,493
19	$129,059,653	$168,661,973	Genesis	Turn It On Again: The Tour	2007	46	1,262,393	$2.81	27,443
20	$126,800,000	$165,708,939	Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveShow	2007	119	1,600,000	$1.07	13,445

2010s

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours of the 2010s decade
Rank	Actual gross	Inflation (adjusted 2023 gross)	Artist	Tour name	Year(s)	Shows	Attendance	Average gross (millions)	Average attendance
1	$817,900,000	$817,900,000	Elton John	Farewell Yellow Brick Road	2018–2023	278	5,300,000	$2.94	19,065
2	$776,200,000	$822,672,992	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour	2017–19	255	8,796,567	$3.04	34,496
3	$736,421,584	$887,082,982	U2	U2 360° Tour	2009–11	110	7,272,046	$6.69	66,110
4	$563,300,000	$607,865,346	Guns N' Roses	Not in This Lifetime... Tour	2016–19	175	4,377,126	$3.22	25,012
5	$523,033,675	$590,552,304	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	2016–17	114	5,389,536	$4.59	47,277
6	$458,673,798	$533,568,677	Roger Waters	The Wall Live	2010–13	219	4,129,863	$2.09	18,858
7	$441,121,000	$548,153,259	AC/DC	Black Ice World Tour	2008–10	167	4,846,965	$2.64	29,024
8	$433,838,725	$459,813,710	Metallica	WorldWired Tour	2016–19	143	4,198,613	$3.03	29,361
9	$415,600,000	$440,482,988	The Rolling Stones	No Filter Tour	2017–2021	45	2,290,871	$9.24	50,908
10	$397,300,000	$421,087,323	Pink	Beautiful Trauma Tour	2018–19	156	3,088,647	$2.55	19,799
11	$390,778,581	$431,999,726	U2	The Joshua Tree Tours 2017 and 2019	2017, 2019	66	3,279,712	$5.92	49,693
12	$389,389,572	$405,531,328	Bruno Mars	24K Magic World Tour	2017–18	191	3,552,167	$2.04	18,598
13	$364,300,000	$351,034,207	Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood	The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood	2014–17	366	4,743,727	$1	12,961
14	$355,600,000	$413,664,400	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	Wrecking Ball World Tour	2012–13	127	3,650,535	$2.8	28,744
15	$345,675,146	$373,023,153	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour	2018	53	2,888,922	$6.52	54,508
16	$306,500,000	$346,066,209	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	The River Tour 2016	2016–17	89	2,667,775	$3.44	29,975
17	$305,158,363	$360,183,295	Madonna	The MDNA Tour	2012	88	2,212,345	$3.47	25,140
18	$290,178,452	$332,151,129	One Direction	Where We Are Tour	2014	69	3,449,560	$4.21	49,994
19	$275,700,000	$315,179,714	Paul McCartney	Out There! Tour	2013–15	84	1,958,754	$3.28	23,319

2020s

List of the top 20 highest-grossing tours of the 2020s decade
Rank	Actual gross	Artist	Tour name	Year(s)	Shows	Attendance	Average ticket price	Average gross (millions)	Average attendance
1	$401,459,291	Harry Styles	Love On Tour	2021–present	132	3,065,380	$130.97	$3.04	23,223
2	$342,192,313	Coldplay	Music of the Spheres World Tour	2022–present	64	3,802,812	$89.98	$5.35	59,419
3	$314,445,480	Bad Bunny	World's Hottest Tour	2022	43	1,854,457	$169.56	$7.31	43,127
4	$245,660,947	Ed Sheeran	+–=÷x Tour	2022–present	52	3,030,886	$81.05	$4.72	58,286
5	$198,094,115	Daddy Yankee	La Última Vuelta World Tour	2022-2023	83	1,900,953	$104.21	$2.39	22,903
6	$175,509,586	Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe	The Stadium Tour	2022	36	1,341,035	$130.88	$4.88	37,251
7	$155,799,293	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Global Stadium Tour	2022–present	26	1,204,836	$129.31	$5.99	46,340
8	$148,363,176	Guns N' Roses	We're F'N' Back! Tour	2020–present	52	1,499,439	$98.95	$2.85	28,835
9	$135,259,120	Kenny Chesney	Here and Now Tour	2022	41	1,296,079	$104.36	$3.3	31,612
10	$131,056,262	The Weeknd	After Hours til Dawn Tour	2022–present	19	904,744	$144.85	$6.9	47,618
11	$120,755,554	The Rolling Stones	Sixty	2022	14	712,541	$169.47	$8.63	50,896
12	$116,785,983	Bad Bunny	El Último Tour del Mundo 2022	2022	35	574,868	$203.15	$3.34	16,425
13	$105,077,787	Paul McCartney	Got Back	2022	16	423,659	$248.02	$6.57	26,479
14	$100,288,913	Genesis	The Last Domino? Tour	2021–2022	47	562,579	$178.27	$2.13	11,970

Highest-grossing tours annually

List of the annual highest-grossing tours
Year	Actual gross	Inflation (adjusted 2023 gross)	Artist(s)	Tour name	Shows	Attendance	Ref.
1989	$98,000,000	$214,231,946	The Rolling Stones	Steel Wheels Tour	57	3,268,722	^{[citation needed]}
1990	$74,100,000	$153,692,384	New Kids on the Block	The Magic Summer Tour	220	2,392,923
1991	$34,700,000	$69,035,451	The Grateful Dead	Grateful Dead Summer Tour	76
1992	$67,000,000	$129,376,571	U2	Zoo TV Tour	73	2,495,984
1993	$45,600,000	$85,538,079	The Grateful Dead	Grateful Dead Tour 1993
1994	$121,200,000	$221,583,206	The Rolling Stones	Voodoo Lounge Tour	129	6,336,776
1995	$63,300,000	$112,568,661	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over Tour
1996	$43,600,000	$75,330,957	Kiss	Alive/Worldwide Tour	92	1,200,000
1997	$87,000,000	$146,857,587	The Rolling Stones	Bridges to Babylon Tour	33	1,404,768
1998	$193,350,000	$321,447,336		Bridges to Babylon Tour	64	3,032,799
1999	$89,200,000	$145,097,004		No Security Tour	43	1,078,186
2000	$122,500,000	$192,757,005	Tina Turner	Twenty Four Seven Tour	108	2,400,000
2001	$143,000,000	$218,840,256	U2	Elevation Tour	113	2,179,642
2002	$126,100,000	$189,978,224	Paul McCartney	Driving World Tour	58	996,667
2003	$115,900,000	$170,726,067	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	The Rising Tour	43	3,232,384
2004	$125,000,000	$179,329,634	Madonna	Re-Invention World Tour	56	900,000
2005	$260,000,000	$360,739,479	U2	Vertigo Tour	90	3,000,000
2006	$138,500,000	$186,167,960	The Rolling Stones	A Bigger Bang Tour	147	1,010,000
2007	$212,000,000	$277,052,801	The Police	The Police Reunion Tour	151	1,800,000
2008	$210,650,974	$265,120,693	Bon Jovi	Lost Highway Tour	99	2,157,675
2009	$311,637,730	$393,619,674	U2	U2 360° Tour	44	3,071,290
2010	$146,507,388	$182,055,495	Bon Jovi	The Circle Tour	69	1,591,154
2011	$293,281,487	$353,282,714	U2	U2 360° Tour	44	2,887,972
2012	$305,200,000	$401,307,436	Madonna	The MDNA Tour	88	2,212,345
2013	$205,158,370	$238,657,801	Bon Jovi	Because We Can	90	2,178,170
2014	$290,178,452	$332,151,129	One Direction	Where We Are Tour	69	3,439,560
2015	$250,733,097	$286,637,598	Taylor Swift	The 1989 World Tour	85	2,278,647
2016	$268,300,000	$302,934,956	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	The River Tour	76	2,406,591
2017	$316,000,000	$349,333,152	U2	The Joshua Tree Tour 2017	50	2,713,136
2018	$432,400,000	$466,609,223	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour	94	4,860,482
2019	$215,200,000	$228,084,550	Pink	Beautiful Trauma Tour	68	1,818,933
2020	$87,100,000	$91,199,087	Elton John	Farewell Yellow Brick Road	38	664,749
2021	$115,500,000	$115,500,000	The Rolling Stones	No Filter Tour	12	516,624
2022	$342,192,313		Coldplay	Music of the Spheres World Tour	64	3,802,812