Top 10 Highest-Grossing Rock Tours of 2023
Check out our recap of Billboard Boxscore's top 10 rock tours of the year, featuring blink-182, Metallica, and more.
Addded Dec 8, 2023
Billy Joel’s Madison Square Garden Residency Crosses $200 Million Milestone
Since launching in 2014, the star has played 87 shows at the New York arena.
Addded Mar 2, 2023
Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour Is the Highest-Grossing Concert Tour of All Time
It is the first trek in Billboard Boxscore history to gross $800 million.
Addded Jan 31, 2023
Ed Sheeran Sold More Concert Tickets This Year Than Any Other Act
Over 60 European concerts, Sheeran’s Mathematics Tour sold a million tickets … three times over.
Addded Dec 6, 2022
Madison Square Garden Resets Year-End Venue Revenue Record Thanks to Shows by Harry Styles, Billy Joel
The iconic New York arena is the year’s top-grossing venue of any capacity range.
Addded Dec 5, 2022
Harry Styles’ 15 Madison Square Garden Shows Break a Major Billboard Boxscore Record
His NYC mini-residency tops the year-end Top Boxscores chart with $63.1 million and sold 277,000 tickets.
Addded Dec 2, 2022
Elton John’s Farewell Tour Is Now Third Biggest in History With $661 Million Gross … and Growing
The British singer-songwriter hits 250 shows of his final tour, with about 50 more to go.
Addded Oct 17, 2022
Coldplay Hits $1 Billion in Career Touring Grosses
The band is only the 11th act to surpass $1 billion in reported Boxscore touring revenue.
Addded Jun 16, 2022
Billboard’s 2022 Women In Music Top Executives
Reservoir Media CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi leads this year's list of high-achieving women from every sector of the industry — including 12 Hall of Fame honorees.
Addded Feb 24, 2022
The 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time
Billboard wanted to take a look back at the artists who have given the most to the music video, whether through heavy MTV rotation or millions of YouTube views.
Addded Aug 27, 2020
Bandsintown + Billboard Touring Indexes Adapt to Chart Livestream Activity
Bandsintown + Billboard re-launch three charts, ranking the artists with the most online livestreaming activity.
Addded Jul 9, 2020
Marc Rebillet Quadruples His Reach With Drive-In Concert Tour
Against all odds, Marc Rebillet mounted a national concert tour in June 2020. Performing at drive-in venues from Maryland to Colorado and Texas to Ohio, the Dallas-based dance music star did some of the strongest business of his career, despite fans not being able to properly dance at his shows.
Addded Jul 2, 2020
Livestream Data Shows Surging Online Activity While Live Venues Remain Closed
New livestream data from over 8,000 listings on Bandsintown.com shows that artists are spreading across Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to stay connected to fans.
Addded Apr 20, 2020
How Tame Impala, Arcade Fire & More Proved Rock Bands (Without Pop Hits) Could Rule on the Road
“Rock is dead” has been floating around for decades. It’s true that four-quadrant pop success in the traditional sense still dictates the touring circuit’s biggest earners. In 2019, Billboard’s Year-End Top Tours ranking was dominated by Ed Sheeran, P!nk, and Elton John – three artists with an average of five No. 1 singles each on the Billboard Hot 100.
Addded Apr 10, 2020
The Decade in Touring: Trans-Atlantic Arenas Dominate, Led by London's O2 Arena
Recapping the 2010s Top Venues chart.
Addded Nov 15, 2019
From Opener to Close: Lizzo Returns to Radio City Music Hall and More as Sold-Out Headliner
After years of supporting established acts from Haim to Sleater-Kinney to Florence + The Machine, Lizzo is playing the same venues in 2019 but this time, as a headliner selling out her own shows.
Addded Oct 3, 2019
How Divide Tour Conquered: Ed Sheeran Broke U2' Record With 'Math and Marketing'
On Aug. 2, Ed Sheeran's ÷ (Divide) tour became the top-grossing trek of all time, according to Billboard Boxscore. After over two years and 246 performances -- with nine left to go -- Sheeran has taken in $737.9 million, surpassing U2's 2011 record of $736.4 million.
Addded Aug 8, 2019
Celine Dion Wraps Historic 16-Year Run in Las Vegas Wth Record-Breaking $681 Million in Ticket Sales
After 16 years and 1,141 performances, Celine Dion closes her second Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace. In all, the Canadian diva grossed $681.3 million and sold 4.6 million tickets.
Addded Jun 13, 2019
How BTS, Travis Scott & Lady Gaga Are Among the Changing Faces of Touring: Chart Beat Podcast
Touring chart manager Eric Frankenberg discusses Billboard's new touring charts & industry trends.
Addded Mar 21, 2019
Billy Joel's Madison Square Garden Residency Turns 5: $130 Million in the Bank & No Sign Of Stopping
Billy Joel grossed $4.6 million due to his New Year’s Eve performance at NYCB Live in Uniondale, N.Y. and the Jan. 24 concert at MSG.
Addded Jan 31, 2019
The Year in Touring Charts 2018: Biggest Concerts in the U.S., State by State
Here, we take a deeper look with a regional breakdown of Billboard Boxscore’s top headliners.
Addded Dec 21, 2018
Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2018
Ariana Grande, Cardi B, Kacey Musgraves, Pusha T, Janelle Monáe...
Addded Dec 10, 2018
Taylor Swift's Reputation Stadium Tour Breaks Record for Highest-Grossing U.S. Tour
Taylor Swift closed out her Reputation Stadium Tour in spectacular fashion, breaking the record for the highest-grossing U.S. tour since Billboard Boxscore began tracking touring data in 1990. Domestically, the tour grossed $266.1 million and sold 2,068,399 tickets, besting The Rolling Stones' $245 million gross from their A Bigger Bang Tour in 2005-07.
Addded Nov 30, 2018
Beyonce & JAY-Z's On the Run II Tour Finishes with More Than $250 Million
They say it’s a marathon, not a sprint. But for Beyoncé and JAY-Z, it was both. Their sprawling On the Run II Tour finished with $253.5 million in the bank, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.
Addded Oct 23, 2018