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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour finally came to an end after a record-breaking run of almost two years that saw it break a barrage of world records. It also became the highest-grossing concert tour in history - grossing more than twice as much revenue as the previous topper.
According to a report by The Guardian, Taylor Swift's company Taylor Swift Touring confirmed Eras Tour's final revenue count to the New York Times. The final count came up to be a staggering $2,077,618,725 (£1.62 billion.). The only other concert tour to have touched the billion mark in revenue is Coldplay's ongoing Music of Spheres tour.
In terms of completed tours, the highest-grossing one after Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road. The show amassed $939 million across 330 shows - a figure that was eclipsed by the Eras Tour which grossed over $2 billion across just 149 shows.
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According to the Guardian, the average ticket price during the entirety of Taylor Swift's tour came up to $204. In fact, the demand for them was so great in November 2024 that Ticketmaster's system crashed.
The venue that hosted the most fans across the Eras Tour was London's Wembley Stadium. The stadium saw a whopping 753,112 fans across eight shows. The highest attendance for a single concert during Taylor Swift's tour was at Australia's Melbourne Cricket Ground, which saw 96,006 fans in one night.
Despite the staggering numbers, the $2 billion figure doesn't take into consideration the additional streams of income for Taylor Swift. These include merchandise sales, the Eras Tour Concert film (called Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour) that generated $261 million at the box office, and many other sources.
Exploring the top 9 highest-grossing tours of all time after Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
Here is the list of the highest-grossing tours in the history of the music industry after Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour.
9) Beyonce: The Renaissance World Tour
The Renaissance World Tour was Beyonce's ninth concert tour and was in promotion of her 11th studio album Renaissance (2022). Comprising a total of 56 shows, the tour started on May 10, 2023, and ended on October 1 of the same year.
According to the Standard, The Renaissance World Tour earned $579,879,268 and was one of the most lucrative concerts of all time. A film called Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce, which documents the execution of the tour was released on December 1, 2023.
8) Guns N' Roses: Not in This Lifetime... Tour
The famous hard rock band Guns N' Roses embarked on the Not in This Lifetime...Tour on April 1, 2016. It was the first time that the group organized a tour after their Use Your Illusion Tour in 1993 and featured the classic lineup of members like Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, and Slash.
The group performed 175 shows, making it their third-longest tour ever behind the Use Your Illusion Tour and the Chinese Democracy Tour. In all, the tour earned $584,200,000 and lasted for a total of four years.
7) Ed Sheeran: +–=÷× Tour
The +–=÷× Tour (also called The Mathematics Tour) is an ongoing tour by the English singer Ed Sheeran. First started on April 23 In Dublin, 2022, the tour is scheduled to consist of 164 shows and will end on September 8, 2025, in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The +–=÷× Tour is currently promoting Ed Sheeran's two recent albums = (2021) and - (2023). In just 103 shows so far, it has grossed $584,551,454.
6) Pink: Summer Carnival
American singer Pink organized her Summer Carnival Tour in support of her ninth studio album called Trustfall (2023). Starting on June 7, 2023, at the University of Bolton Stadium, the tour lasted a total of 97 shows before coming to an end on November 18, 2024, at the Camping World Stadium.
According to The Standard, it made a total revenue of $584,700,000 during its run.
5) Harry Styles: Love on Tour
The Love On Tour was Harry Styles' second concert tour and promoted his second and third studio albums, Fine Line (2019) and Harry's House (2022). The tour consisted of 169 shows spread across seven legs and started in Las Vegas on September 4, 2021.
It earned a whopping $617,325,000 after its last concert on July 22, 2023, in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
4) U2: 360° Tour
The 360° Tour was organized by the rock band U2 in support of their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. The tour lasted a total of 110 shows from 2009 to 2011 and earned $736,421,586 in revenue.
One of the highlights of the tour was the band playing In The Round on a circular stage. It allowed the fans to surround them from all sides.
3) Ed Sheeran: Divide World Tour
Ed Sheeran is the only artist to be featured twice on the list thanks to his Divide World Tour that was organized to promote Sheeran's third studio album, ÷ (2017). Comprising 260 shows, the tour earned a massive $776,200,000 and lasted from March 16, 2017, to August 26, 2019.
2) Elton John: Farewell Yellow Brick Road
Farewell Yellow Brick Road was the 49th concert tour by Elton John and is still one of the highest-grossing concerts of all time. It started in Pennsylvania on September 8, 2018, and lasted a whopping 330 shows before coming to an end on July 8, 2023, in Stockholm.
The tour made a total of $939,100,000 in revenue, making it the third-highest-grossing concert tour of all time.
1) Coldplay: Music of the Spheres World Tour
The Music of the Spheres World Tour is Coldplay's eighth concert tour to promote their ninth and tenth studio albums Music of the Spheres (2021) and Moon Music (2024). San Jose's Estado Nacional de Costa Rica saw the first concert of the tour on March 18, 2022, and it is scheduled to end at London's Wembley Stadium on September 8, 2025.
The tour has already earned over a billion dollars in revenue ($1,144,590,969) and might come close to Taylor Swift's Eras Tour after the end of its record-breaking run.
