Touring is where modern music money is made — and the numbers have exploded. This page tracks the highest-grossing concert tours among the artists profiled on Net Worth VIP, ranked by box-office gross. Every entry links to a fully sourced profile.
Amounts retain their original currency. Rankings are within each currency only, without exchange-rate conversion or inflation adjustment. Reported amounts may be estimates; read the source notes.
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| Person | Date | Event / scope | Reported amount | Details and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elton John | 2023-07-08 | Farewell tour ends after 330 shows Tour | $939,100,000 | The final tour closes after more than 6.25 million attendees. Source for Farewell tour ends after 330 shows |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2025-07-03 | The 2023-25 tour closes at $729.7 million Tour | $729,700,000 | 4.9 million tickets across 129 shows, averaging $149.30 - and 65 per cent of the gross came from Europe. His career Boxscore total stands at about $2.3 billion from 22.6 million tickets, one of only four artists above $2 billion. Note that the career figure covers reported dates only, essentially from 1985 onward: the entire Born to Run and Darkness-era touring economy is missing from it. Source for The 2023-25 tour closes at $729.7 million |
| Harry Styles | 2023-07-22 | Love On Tour closes after a major global run Tour | $595,400,000 | Pollstar later reported $595.4 million across 169 shows and just under 4.8 million tickets. Source for Love On Tour closes after a major global run |
| Beyoncé | 2023 | Renaissance World Tour — reported box office Tour | $579,800,000 | 56 shows. Tour gross before costs; record rankings in the 2023 report belong to that date. Source for Renaissance World Tour — reported box office |
| Shakira | 2026-01 | World tour reported gross Tour | $421,600,000 | Gross ticket revenue across 86 shows; not personal income. Source for World tour reported gross |
| Beyoncé | 2025 | Cowboy Carter Tour — reported box office Tour | $407,600,000 | 32 shows; about $12.74 million gross per show by our calculation. Not artist profit. Source for Cowboy Carter Tour — reported box office |
| Kendrick Lamar | 2025-12-09 | Grand National Tour year-end gross reported Tour | $358,700,000 | Billboard Boxscore reporting covers the joint Kendrick Lamar and SZA tour, not Lamar’s personal proceeds. Source for Grand National Tour year-end gross reported |
| Luis Miguel | 2025-02-20 | 2023–24 tour report Tour | $356,000,000 | Report publication date, not payment date. Pollstar: 160 reported shows; gross ticket sales, not personal earnings. Source for 2023–24 tour report |
| Karol G | 2024-07-23 | Mañana Será Bonito Tour gross Tour | $313,320,445 | Guinness tour period: August 10, 2023–July 23, 2024; 62 shows. Business gross, not personal earnings or profit. Source for Mañana Será Bonito Tour gross |
| Chris Brown | 2025-10-16 | Breezy Bowl XX closes after 49 shows Tour | $295,540,842 | The run sold 1,983,508 tickets; gross receipts belonged to the tour operation before splits and costs. Source for Breezy Bowl XX closes after 49 shows |
| Travis Scott | 2025-11 | Circus Maximus tour completes Tour | $265,100,000 | The tour finished with a reported $265.1 million gross from 2.1 million tickets. Source for Circus Maximus tour completes |
| Billy Joel | 2024-07-25 | Madison Square Garden residency ends Tour | $260,000,000 | The 104-show residency drew nearly two million attendees and grossed more than an estimated $260 million. Source for Madison Square Garden residency ends |
| Jon Bon Jovi | 2010-12-31 | Bon Jovi leads the annual tour market Tour | $200,000,000 | Forbes cites roughly $200 million in concert receipts over the prior year; this is gross box office, not Jon’s take-home pay. Source for Bon Jovi leads the annual tour market |
| Garth Brooks | 2025-03 | Plus ONE residency closes above $130 million gross Tour | $130,000,000 | Caesars reports 72 shows, 306,000 tickets and 99% of available inventory sold. Source for Plus ONE residency closes above $130 million gross |
| Usher | 2024 | Past Present Future — reported North American box office Tour | $120,800,000 | Pollstar: $120.8 million from 54 reported shows, August 20–December 19, 2024. Ticket gross before costs and artist allocation; not personal net pay. Source for Past Present Future — reported North American box office |
| Bruce Springsteen | 2018-12-15 | Springsteen on Broadway closes at $113 million Tour | $113,058,952 | 236 performances and 223,585 seats at the Walter Kerr, the highest-grossing solo show in Broadway history, averaging $505.66 a ticket. The economics were unusually favourable - no band, no supporting cast, minimal crew, and the theatre owner waived rent for at least eight weeks - but his own share was never published. The 2021 return is not included here: the Broadway League declined to report grosses for it, so every figure in circulation for that run is an estimate. Source for Springsteen on Broadway closes at $113 million |
| Shania Twain | 2023-11-14 | Queen of Me Tour closes at $110 million Tour | $110,000,000 | Billboard’s tour total is box-office gross before expenses and participant splits. Source for Queen of Me Tour closes at $110 million |
| Rihanna | 2016 | Anti World Tour Tour | $110,000,000 | Approximately $110 million in tour gross, attributed to Billboard Boxscore by the linked secondary compilation. Not personal take-home pay. Source for Anti World Tour |
| Diana Ross | 2025-08-01 | Historical tour gross reported Tour | $77,600,000 | Pollstar reports $77.6 million gross over 318 shows since 2000. This is the report date. Source for Historical tour gross reported |
| NBA YoungBoy | 2025-09-01 | MASA arena tour begins Tour | $70,012,731 | The 42-show run reportedly sells 552,215 tickets. Source for MASA arena tour begins |
| Jelly Roll | 2024 | $67.5 million tour gross reported Tour | $67,500,000 | The 48-show headline run sold about 597,000 tickets. Source for $67.5 million tour gross reported |
| Nelly | 2025-09-30 | 2025 Boxscore reporting period closes Tour | $44,900,000 | The Where The Party At Tour posted $44.9 million from 51 shows in Billboard’s reporting year. Source for 2025 Boxscore reporting period closes |
| Dave Chappelle | 2024-07-31 | Pollstar measures $44.2 million from 30 shows Tour | $44,200,000 | The number is box office before promoter, venue, production and performer costs. Source for Pollstar measures $44.2 million from 30 shows |
| Bert Kreischer | 2024-10-01 | Billboard records $29.7M Tour | $29,700,000 | 388,000 tickets across 64 reported shows. Source for Billboard records $29.7M |
| Bert Kreischer | 2022-10-01 | Pollstar records $23.58M tour period Tour | $23,581,300 | 369,943 tickets across 148 reported shows; not personal income. Source for Pollstar records $23.58M tour period |
| Nikki Glaser | 2025-11-12 | Pollstar tour window closes Tour | $19,387,036 | The chart records $19.387M gross, 114 shows and 291,616 tickets; gross is not personal income. Source for Pollstar tour window closes |
| Tom Segura | 2025-11-12 | Latest Pollstar comedy-tour period closes Tour | $12,882,535 | Pollstar reported 181,530 tickets across 34 shows and an average gross of $378,898. Source for Latest Pollstar comedy-tour period closes |
| Tom Segura | 2022-09-15 | Pollstar 2022 comedy-tour period closes Tour | $11,527,305.80 | Pollstar reported 183,169 tickets across 62 shows in the twelve-month period. Source for Pollstar 2022 comedy-tour period closes |
| Robert Plant | 2011-12-31 | Band of Joy North American tour Tour | $6,600,000 | The Pollstar year-end figure is before tour costs and artist splits and does not establish take-home pay. Source for Band of Joy North American tour |
| Mary J. Blige | 2024-05-11 | Strength of a Woman event grosses $2.06 million Tour | $2,059,367 | Pollstar records 13,216 tickets at Barclays Center. Source for Strength of a Woman event grosses $2.06 million |
| Jack Harlow | 2023-12-03 | Louisville arena date grosses $1.246 million Tour | $1,246,137 | Pollstar's benchmark measures ticket revenue, not Harlow's take-home compensation. Source for Louisville arena date grosses $1.246 million |
| Lil Wayne | 2026-06-30 | Carter Classics tour extension begins Tour | Not disclosed | Live Nation scheduled more than 25 additional U.S. dates without publishing Wayne’s guarantee. Source for Carter Classics tour extension begins |
| Young Thug | 2026-09-03 | New Generation Tour began Tour | Not disclosed | The YSL package returned Young Thug to U.S. and European touring without published guarantees or profit. Source for New Generation Tour began |
| Chris Tucker | 2026-11-07 | Rancho Mirage show announced Tour | Not disclosed | Upcoming listing checked October 17; not a completed performance or personal profit. Source for Rancho Mirage show announced |
| Morgan Wallen | 2024-10-19 | One Night at a Time concludes Tour | Not disclosed | The two-year run ended after 87 shows and more than 3.1 million attendees. Source for One Night at a Time concludes |
| Morgan Wallen | 2026-08-01 | Still The Problem tour closes Tour | Not disclosed | The run finished after 23 sold-out stadium shows in 12 cities. Source for Still The Problem tour closes |
| Garth Brooks | 2026-08-20 | New arena tour opens in Indianapolis Tour | Not disclosed | Four opening shows begin the Blame It All On My Roots tour and live-album recording project. Source for New arena tour opens in Indianapolis |
| Axl Rose | 2026 | World tour continues Tour | Not disclosed | The official schedule lists dates across multiple regions. Source for World tour continues |
| Bob Weir | 2025-08-03 | Final Golden Gate Park performance Tour | Not disclosed | Dead & Company closed the three-show 60th-anniversary run in San Francisco. Source for Final Golden Gate Park performance |
| Bob Dylan | 2026-07-23 | Latest verified 2026 setlist Tour | Not disclosed | Dylan’s official site lists a performance at Allianz Amphitheater in Richmond, Virginia; no gross or artist payment is disclosed. Source for Latest verified 2026 setlist |
| André 3000 | 2014-04-25 | OutKast reunion reaches its second stop Tour | Not disclosed | Pollstar reported a planned 40-date return without publishing André’s personal economics. Source for OutKast reunion reaches its second stop |
| Keyshia Cole | 2025-07-01 | 20th Anniversary Tour begins Tour | Not disclosed | The campaign covered North America and Europe. Source for 20th Anniversary Tour begins |
| Barry Manilow | 2026-07-11 | Completes three-show sold-out return at Westgate Tour | Not disclosed | The July return followed surgery for stage-one lung cancer. Source for Completes three-show sold-out return at Westgate |
| Tom Jones | 2026 | Come Gather Round touring continues Tour | Not disclosed | Official site documents performances across multiple regions. Source for Come Gather Round touring continues |
| Harry Styles | 2026-05-16 | Together, Together opens its residency run Tour | Not disclosed | The seven-city run included 30 Madison Square Garden shows and an expanded 12-night Wembley engagement. Source for Together, Together opens its residency run |
| Jon Bon Jovi | 2026-09-09 | Forever Tour ends at Wembley Tour | Not disclosed | The completed comeback run closed after three sold-out Wembley shows; 2027 planning was announced without confirmed dates. Source for Forever Tour ends at Wembley |
| Mary J. Blige | 2026-05-06 | Vegas residency adds ten shows Tour | Not disclosed | The expansion takes the run through October 31, 2026. Source for Vegas residency adds ten shows |
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| Person | Date | Event / scope | Reported amount | Details and source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Plant | 2007-12-10 | Led Zeppelin O2 benefit concert Tour | £1,995,250 | Pollstar reported multi-act benefit box office; no source disclosed Plant’s fee or proceeds. Source for Led Zeppelin O2 benefit concert |
Why a Tour Gross Is Not the Artist’s Paycheck
This distinction gets lost constantly, and it is the single biggest source of inflated celebrity net worth claims. The figures above are box-office gross — every dollar spent on tickets — as reported by the sources cited for each tour. Out of that gross come the promoter’s cut, venue rent, staging and production, crew and band salaries, transport, insurance, and taxes in every jurisdiction the tour visits.
Stadium productions at this scale routinely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per show before anyone is paid. A headliner’s take-home is typically a fraction of the gross — Forbes, for example, estimated Post Malone netted around $50 million from a tour that grossed roughly $170–198 million. When you see a tour gross quoted as though it were personal income, that is an error of an order of magnitude.
Figures follow the sources cited for each tour and may be revised as tours complete or additional legs are counted. See our methodology. Related: biggest single paydays, biggest business deals.