List of most-attended concerts

Not to be confused with List of most-attended concert tours.

The following is a list of the most-attended concerts which have drawn at least 100,000 people. The oldest 100,000-crowd show reported to Billboard Boxscore is Grateful Dead at Englishtown's Raceway Park on September 3, 1977, with 107,019 fans. Internationally, 43 ticketed concerts have surpassed the initial record set by Grateful Dead. Michael Jackson held 11 concerts with attendance exceeding 100,000. Robbie Williams achieved this four times, and Queen and the Rolling Stones each did so three times. Currently, Marko Perković Thompson holds the record for the concert with the most tickets sold, held on 5 July 2025 at the Zagreb Hippodrome, with 485,000 tickets sold.^[a]

Audience view of Marko Perković Thompson's Zagreb Hippodrome concert in Zagreb, Croatia. The largest attendance for a ticketed concert (485,000).

Although the attendance numbers of free concerts are known to be exaggerations,^[5] media outlets have registered several concerts with a million people or more. Rod Stewart's concert in Copacabana 1994 holds the Guinness World Record for the largest attendance of any concert,^[6] having reportedly attracted more than 3.5 million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jean-Michel Jarre is the only act to attract at least a million spectators on five occasions (Paris in 1979, 1990 and 1995; Houston in 1986; and Moscow in 1997).

In 2024, Madonna's free-to-attend closing performance for the Celebration Tour at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro attracted over 1.6 million people,^[7] setting the record for the highest attendance for a standalone concert at the time.^[8] Lady Gaga broke the record in 2025 with 2.5 million attendees at the same place for Mayhem on the Beach, a promotional show dedicated to her album Mayhem.^[b]

Keys

*	Indicates the concert was the most-attended of all time up to that point
‡	Indicates standalone free concert

Single-night engagements

Ticketed concerts

The following shows are the most-attended single-night engagements for a ticketed event with 100,000 people or more (excluding music festivals).

List of most-attended ticketed concerts

Date	Artist	Venue	City	Event	Tickets sold	Ref.
5 July 2025	Marko Perković Thompson	Zagreb Hippodrome	Zagreb	Hodočasnik Tour 2025 *	485,000	[c]
1 July 2017	Vasco Rossi	Parco Enzo Ferrari	Modena	Modena Park 2017 *	225,173	[12]
28 June 2005	Bijelo Dugme	Belgrade Hippodrome	Belgrade	Turneja 2005 *	220,000	[13]
31 July 1999	Glay	Makuhari Messe	Chiba	Glay Expo'99 Survival *	200,000	[14]
20 April 1990	Paul McCartney	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro	The Paul McCartney World Tour *	184,000	[15]
16 January 1988	Tina Turner			Break Every Rule World Tour *	180,000	[16]
26 January 1980	Frank Sinatra			Frank Sinatra Live *	175,000
10 September 2005	Luciano Ligabue	Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	Campovolo	165,264	[17]
19 July 1988	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Radrennbahn Weissensee	Berlin	Tunnel of Love Express Tour	160,000	[18]
28 June 2013	Ceca	Ušće Park	Belgrade	Poziv Tour	150,500	[19]
4 August 2025	Marko Perković Thompson	Sinj Hippodrome	Sinj	Hodočasnik Tour 2025	150,000	[20]
20 September 1997	U2	Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia	Reggio Emilia	PopMart Tour	150,000	[21]
21 July 1990	Roger Waters	Potsdamer Platz	Berlin	Live in Berlin	150,000	[22]
18 June 1983	Kiss	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro	Creatures of the Night Tour	137,000	[23]
9 August 2003	Robbie Williams	Phoenix Park	Dublin	2003 Tour	135,000	[24]
20 March 1981	Queen	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	The Game Tour	131,000	[25]
4 May 2024	Hua Chenyu	Yangma Island	Yantai	2024 Mars Concert Tour	130,000	[26]
20 August 2022	Helene Fischer	Neue Messe München	Munich	Rausch Live – In München 2022	130,000	[27]
29 August 1987	Madonna	Parc de Sceaux	Paris	Who's That Girl World Tour	130,000	[28]
5 August 1995	The Rolling Stones	Great Strahov Stadium	Prague	Voodoo Lounge Tour	126,742	[29]
7 September 1996	Michael Jackson	Letná Park	Prague	HIStory World Tour	125,000	[30]
11 September 1988		Aintree Racecourse	Liverpool	Bad World Tour	125,000	[31]
3 August 2003	Robbie Williams	Knebworth Park	Stevenage	2003 Tour	125,000	[32]
2 August 2003					125,000
1 August 2003					125,000
24 July 1990	Lepa Brena	Vasil Levski National Stadium	Sofia	Great Bulgarian Tour	122,000	[33]
20 May 2022	Vasco Rossi	Trentino Music Arena	Trento	Vasco Live Tour 2022	120,000	[34]
17 June 2006	Ceca	Ušće Park	Belgrade	Grom Tour	120,000	[35]
6 November 1993	Madonna	Maracanã Stadium	Rio de Janeiro	The Girlie Show	120,000	[36]
9 August 1986	Queen	Knebworth Park	Stevenage	Magic Tour	120,000	[37]
25 July 1982	The Rolling Stones	Roundhay Park	Leeds	European Tour 1982	120,000	[38]
21 March 1981	Queen	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	The Game Tour	120,000	[25]
7 September 1994	Pink Floyd	Strahov Stadium	Prague	The Division Bell Tour	115,000	[39]
26 January 2025	Coldplay	Narendra Modi Stadium	Ahmedabad	Music of the Spheres World Tour	111,989	[40]
25 January 2025					111,581
15 June 2024	George Strait	Kyle Field	College Station	The King at Kyle Field	110,905	[41]
11 November 1993	Michael Jackson	Estadio Azteca	Mexico City	Dangerous World Tour	110,000	[42]
9 November 1993					110,000
7 November 1993					110,000
31 October 1993					110,000
29 October 1993					110,000
3 March 2023	Ed Sheeran	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	+–=÷× Tour	110,000	[43]
2 March 2023					108,000
3 September 1977	Grateful Dead	Raceway Park	Englishtown	Terrapin Station Tour *	107,019	[44]
25 May 2024	AC/DC	RCF Arena	Reggio Emilia	Power Up Tour	105,000	[45]
17 October 1993	Michael Jackson	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	Dangerous World Tour	105,000	[46]
15 October 1993					105,000
7 June 2014	George Strait	AT&T Stadium	Arlington	The Cowboy Rides Away Tour	104,793	[47]
30 April 2022	Garth Brooks	Tiger Stadium	Baton Rouge	The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour	102,000	[48]
9 September 2023	Hua Chenyu	Beijing National Stadium	Beijing	2023 Mars Concert Tour	100,000	[49]
10 September 2023					100,000
22 July 2023	Harry Styles	RCF Arena	Reggio Emilia	Love On Tour	100,000	[50]
25 November 2017	Ricky Martin	Zócalo	Mexico City	One World Tour	100,000	[51]
28 March 2007	Shakira	Giza Plateau	Cairo	Oral Fixation Tour	100,000	[52]
30 May 1999	Luna Sea	Tokyo Big Sight	Tokyo	10th Anniversary Gig	100,000	[53]
21 September 1993	Michael Jackson	Yarkon Park	Tel Aviv	Dangerous World Tour	100,000	[54]
3 August 1986	The Alfee	Odaiba	Tokyo	Sweat & Tears Tokyo-Bay Area	100,000	[55]
27 June 1980	Bob Marley and the Wailers	San Siro	Milan	Uprising Tour	100,000	[56]

Free concerts

The following shows are the most-attended single-night engagements for a free event with one million people or more. The first ever was by French musician Jean-Michel Jarre in Paris in 1979, which created the Guinness World Records entry. This list also includes multi-artist festivals, which may not be directly comparable to single-artist concerts. Attendance numbers for many of the kinds of events listed here rely on estimations from the promoters and are known to be exaggerations.^[5]

List of most-attended free concerts

Date	Artist	Venue	City	Event	Attendees	Ref.
31 December 1994	Rod Stewart	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	New Year's Eve *	>3,500,000	[d]
6 September 1997	Jean-Michel Jarre	Moscow State University	Moscow	850th Anniversary of Moscow	>3,500,000	[58]
31 December 1993	Jorge Ben	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	New Year's Eve *	3,000,000	[59]
14 July 1990	Jean-Michel Jarre	La Défense	Paris	Bastille Day *	2,500,000	[60]
3 May 2025	Lady Gaga	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	Mayhem on the Beach / Todo Mundo no Rio ‡	2,500,000	[e]
24 June 2001	Antonello Venditti	Circus Maximus	Rome	AS Roma's 3rd Serie A Victory	1,800,000	[66]
4 May 2024	Madonna	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	The Celebration Tour / Todo Mundo no Rio ‡	1,600,000	[f]
28 September 1991	Various	Tushino Airfield	Moscow	Monsters of Rock	1,600,000	[70]
18 February 2006	The Rolling Stones	Copacabana Beach	Rio de Janeiro	A Bigger Bang ‡	1,500,000	[g]
2 July 2005	Various	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia	Live 8	1,500,000	[73]
5 April 1986	Jean-Michel Jarre	Downtown Houston	Houston	150th Anniversary of Houston *	1,300,000	[74]
20 September 2009	Various	Plaza de la Revolución	Havana	Paz Sin Fronteras II	1,000,000	[75]
31 December 2006	Black Eyed Peas	Ipanema Beach	Rio de Janeiro	New Year's Eve	1,000,000	[76]
4 July 1985	The Beach Boys	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia	Independence Day	1,000,000	[77]
14 July 1979	Jean-Michel Jarre	Place de la Concorde	Paris	Bastille Day *	1,000,000	[78]

Multi-night engagements

The following shows are the most-attended multi-night engagements for a ticketed event with 300,000 people or more (excluding music festivals and concert residencies).

List of most-attended ticketed multi-night concerts

Year	Artist	Venue	City	Event	Shows	Tickets sold	Ref.
2024	Taylor Swift	Wembley Stadium	London	The Eras Tour *	8	753,112	[79]
2022	Coldplay	Estadio River Plate	Buenos Aires	Music of the Spheres World Tour *	10	626,841	[80]
2011	Take That	Wembley Stadium	London	Progress Live *	8	623,737	[81]
2003	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford	The Rising Tour *	10	566,560
1993	Michael Jackson	Estadio Azteca	Mexico City	Dangerous World Tour *	5	550,000	[42]
1988		Wembley Stadium	London	Bad World Tour *	7	504,000	[82]
2022	Coldplay			Music of the Spheres World Tour	6	464,839
1988	Michael Jackson	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo	Bad World Tour	9	450,000	[83]
2011	Take That	Etihad Stadium	Manchester	Progress Live	8	443,223	[81]
2023	Coldplay	Estádio do Morumbi	São Paulo	Music of the Spheres World Tour	6	439,651	[84]
2012	Roger Waters	Estadio River Plate	Buenos Aires	The Wall Live	9	430,678	[85]
2022	Ed Sheeran	Wembley Stadium	London	+–=÷× Tour	5	420,269	[82]
2023	Taylor Swift	SoFi Stadium	Inglewood	The Eras Tour	6	420,000	[h]
2025	Shakira	Estadio GNP Seguros	Mexico City	Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour	7	396,000	[87]
2024	Taylor Swift	Singapore National Stadium	Singapore	The Eras Tour	6	378,000	[i]
2003	Robbie Williams	Knebworth Park	Stevenage	2003 Tour	3	375,000	[32]
1985	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford	Born in the U.S.A. Tour *	6	396,936	[89]
1989	The Rolling Stones	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles	Steel Wheels Tour	4	360,069	[90]
2023	RBD	Foro Sol	Mexico City	Soy Rebelde Tour	7	347,923	[91]
1995	The Rolling Stones	Estadio River Plate	Buenos Aires	Voodoo Lounge Tour	5	344,144	[92]
2023	Harry Styles	Wembley Stadium	London	Love On Tour	4	335,394	[82]
2018	Luis Miguel	Auditorio Nacional	Mexico City	México Por Siempre Tour	35	332,867	[93]
1985	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Memorial Coliseum	Los Angeles	Born in the U.S.A. Tour	4	331,892	[89]
2024	Coldplay	Croke Park	Dublin	Music of the Spheres World Tour	4	329,200	[94]
2024		Accor Stadium	Sydney		4	325,072	[95]
2022	Daddy Yankee	Foro Sol	Mexico City	La Última Vuelta World Tour	5	322,028	[96]
2024	Bruno Mars	Tokyo Dome	Tokyo	2022–2024 Tour	7	322,000	[91]
2024	Coldplay	Singapore National Stadium	Singapore	Music of the Spheres World Tour	6	321,113	[97]
2024	Taylor Swift	Accor Stadium	Sydney	The Eras Tour	4	320,000	[j]
2022	Coldplay	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Music of the Spheres World Tour	4	318,331	[99]
2025		Goyang Stadium	Goyang		6	318,309	[100]
1999	Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford	Reunion Tour	15	304,785	[101]
2016	Coldplay	Wembley Stadium	London	A Head Full of Dreams Tour	4	303,985	[102]

See also

• List of most-attended concert tours
• List of highest-grossing concert tours
• List of largest peaceful gatherings

Notes

1. While the official number of tickets sold is between 450,000 to 485,000, his management says 504,000 people attended the show.^[1][2][3][4]
2. The report that was later confirmed by Guinness World Records.^[9]
3. While the official number of tickets sold is between 450,000 to 485,000, his management says 504,000 people attended the show.^[1][10][11]
4. According to Folha de S. Paulo in 1995, event's organizers estimated an audience of 4 million, while the Military Police of 3.5 million.^[57]
5. While local authorities estimated the audience at 2.1 million,^[61] Gaga's representatives and multiple international media outlets reported an attendance of 2.5 million,^{[62][63][64][65]} a figure later recognized by Guinness World Records.^[9]
6. Reported official assistance by Rio City Hall.^[67][68] Other media outlets estimated an attendance as high as 2.5 million people according to El País.^[69]
7. According to Folha de S. Paulo in 2006, other estimations ranged from 1.2 to 1.3 million attendees.^[71][72]
8. Rough estimate based on the fourth night's record attendance.^[86]
9. Rough estimate based on the sixth night's record attendance.^[88]
10. Rough estimate based on the fourth night's record attendance.^[98]