List of most-attended concerts

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The following is a list of the most-attended concerts in history, including ticketed concerts with at least 100,000 tickets sold and free concerts with at least one million attendees. The list excludes concerts that are part of music festivals.

Marko Perković Thompson's concert in July 2025 at the Zagreb Hippodrome in Zagreb, Croatia, is the concert with the most tickets sold in history (504,000).

The first concert to sell at least 100,000 tickets was by Grateful Dead at Englishtown Raceway Park in 1977, with 107,019 tickets sold. Currently, Marko Perković Thompson holds the record for the concert with the most tickets sold, held in 2025 at the Zagreb Hippodrome, with 504,000 tickets sold. Additionally, Michael Jackson held 11 concerts with at least 100,000 tickets sold, Robbie Williams held four such concerts, and Queen and the Rolling Stones each held such concert three times.

The attendance numbers of free concerts are often exaggerations.[1] The first to attract at least one million attendees was by Jean-Michel Jarre on Place de la Concorde in 1979. Rod Stewart holds the record for highest attendance, on New Year's Eve 1994 at Copacabana Beach, drawing over 3.5 million attendees. Additionally, Jean-Michel Jarre held a total of five free concerts with over a million spectators. Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Shakira are the only female artists to have held such concerts. Each did so once, with Gaga holding the female attendance record at more than 2.1 million.

Ticketed concerts

Key
* Indicates the concert had sold the most tickets up to that point
More information Rank, Tickets sold ...
Concerts with over 100,000 tickets sold
Rank Tickets sold Artist Venue City Event Date Ref.
1 504,000 Marko Perković Zagreb Hippodrome Zagreb Hodočasnik Tour 2025 * July 5, 2025 [2]
2 225,173 Vasco Rossi Parco Enzo Ferrari Modena Modena Park 2017 * July 1, 2017 [3]
3 220,000 Bijelo Dugme Belgrade Hippodrome Belgrade Turneja 2005 * June 28, 2005 [4]
4 200,000 Glay Makuhari Messe Chiba Glay Expo'99 Survival * July 31, 1999 [5]
5 190,000 Indio Solari Predio La Colmena Olavarría Olavarría 2017 March 11, 2017 [a]
6 184,000 Paul McCartney Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro The Paul McCartney World Tour * April 20, 1990 [9]
7 180,000 Tina Turner Break Every Rule World Tour * January 16, 1988 [10]
8 175,000 Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Live * January 26, 1980
9 165,264 Luciano Ligabue Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Campovolo September 10, 2005 [11]
10 160,000 Bruce Springsteen · E Street Band Radrennbahn Weissensee East Berlin Tunnel of Love Express Tour July 19, 1988 [12]
11 151,000 Marko Perković Hipodrom Sinj Sinj Hodočasnik Tour 2025 August 4, 2025 [13]
12 150,000 Ceca Ušće Park Belgrade Poziv Tour June 28, 2013 [14]
13 150,000 U2 Aeroporto di Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia PopMart Tour September 20, 1997 [15]
14 150,000 Roger Waters Potsdamer Platz Berlin Live in Berlin July 21, 1990 [16]
15 137,000 Kiss Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro Creatures of the Night Tour June 18, 1983 [17]
16 135,000 Robbie Williams Phoenix Park Dublin 2003 Tour August 9, 2003 [18]
17 131,000 Queen Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo The Game Tour March 20, 1981 [19]
18 130,000 Helene Fischer Neue Messe München Munich Rausch Live – In München 2022 August 20, 2022 [20]
19 130,000 Madonna Parc de Sceaux Paris Who's That Girl World Tour August 29, 1987 [21]
20 126,742 The Rolling Stones Great Strahov Stadium Prague Voodoo Lounge Tour August 5, 1995 [22]
21 125,000 Michael Jackson Letná Park Prague HIStory World Tour September 7, 1996 [23]
22 125,000 Aintree Racecourse Liverpool Bad World Tour September 11, 1988 [24]
23 122,000 Lepa Brena Vasil Levski National Stadium Sofia Great Bulgarian Tour July 24, 1990 [25]
24 120,000 Michael Jackson Warsaw Babice Airport Warsaw History World Tour September 20, 1996 [26]
25 120,000 Vasco Rossi Trentino Music Arena Trento Vasco Live Tour 2022 May 20, 2022 [27]
26 120,000 Ceca Ušće Park Belgrade Grom Tour June 17, 2006 [28]
27 120,000 Madonna Maracanã Stadium Rio de Janeiro The Girlie Show November 6, 1993 [29]
28 120,000 The Rolling Stones Roundhay Park Leeds European Tour 1982 July 25, 1982 [30]
29 120,000 Queen Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo The Game Tour March 21, 1981 [19]
30 118,000 Kanye West Atatürk Olympic Stadium Istanbul Ye Live Concert Tour 2026 May 30, 2026 [31]
31 115,000 Pink Floyd Strahov Stadium Prague The Division Bell Tour September 7, 1994 [32]
32 112,408 Zach Bryan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor Big House September 27, 2025 [33]
33 111,989 Coldplay Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad Music of the Spheres World Tour January 26, 2025 [34]
34 111,581 January 25, 2025
35 110,905 George Strait Kyle Field College Station The King at Kyle Field June 15, 2024 [33]
36 110,000 Michael Jackson Estadio Azteca Mexico City Dangerous World Tour November 11, 1993 [35]
37 110,000 November 9, 1993
38 110,000 November 7, 1993
39 110,000 October 31, 1993
40 110,000 October 29, 1993
41 110,000 Ed Sheeran Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne +–=÷× Tour March 3, 2023 [36]
42 108,000 March 2, 2023
43 107,019 Grateful Dead Raceway Park Englishtown Terrapin Station Tour * September 3, 1977 [37]
44 105,000 AC/DC RCF Arena Reggio Emilia Power Up Tour May 25, 2024 [38]
45 105,000 Michael Jackson Estádio do Morumbi São Paulo Dangerous World Tour October 17, 1993 [39]
46 105,000 October 15, 1993
47 104,793 George Strait AT&T Stadium Arlington The Cowboy Rides Away Tour June 7, 2014 [40]
48 102,000 Garth Brooks Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge The Garth Brooks Stadium Tour April 30, 2022 [41]
49 100,000 Hua Chenyu Beijing National Stadium Beijing 2023 Mars Concert Tour September 9, 2023 [42]
50 100,000 September 10, 2023
51 100,000 Harry Styles RCF Arena Reggio Emilia Love On Tour July 23, 2023 [43]
52 100,000 Sandy & Junior Barra Olympic Park Rio de Janeiro Nossa História November 9, 2019 [44]
53 100,000 Ricky Martin Zócalo Mexico City One World Tour November 25, 2017 [45]
54 100,000 Shakira Giza Plateau Cairo Oral Fixation Tour March 28, 2007 [46]
55 100,000 Luna Sea Tokyo Big Sight Tokyo 10th Anniversary Gig May 30, 1999 [47]
56 100,000 Michael Jackson Yarkon Park Tel Aviv Dangerous World Tour September 21, 1993 [48]
57 100,000 The Alfee Odaiba Tokyo Sweat & Tears Tokyo-Bay Area August 3, 1986 [49]
58 100,000 Bob Marley and the Wailers San Siro Milan Uprising Tour June 27, 1980 [50]
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Free concerts

Keys
* Indicates the concert had the highest attendance up to that point
‡ Indicates a standalone free concert
More information Rank, Attendees ...
Concerts with over 1 million people in attendance
Rank Attendees Artist Venue City Event Date Ref.
1 3,500,000 Rod Stewart Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro New Year's Eve in Copacabana * December 31, 1994 [b]
2 3,500,000 Jean-Michel Jarre Moscow State University Moscow 850th Anniversary of Moscow September 6, 1997 [52]
3 3,000,000 Jorge Ben Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro New Year's Eve in Copacabana * December 31, 1993 [53]
4 2,500,000 Jean-Michel Jarre La Défense Paris Bastille Day * July 14, 1990 [54]
5 2,100,000 Lady Gaga Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro Todo Mundo no Rio ‡ May 3, 2025 [c]
6 2,000,000 Shakira May 2, 2026 [59]
7 2,000,000 Diante do Trono Campo de Marte Airport São Paulo Quero Me Apaixonar July 12, 2003 [60]
8 1,800,000 Antonello Venditti Circus Maximus Rome AS Roma's 3rd Serie A Victory June 24, 2001 [61]
9 1,600,000 Madonna Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro Todo Mundo no Rio ‡ May 4, 2024 [d]
10 1,500,000 The Rolling Stones Copacabana Beach Rio de Janeiro A Bigger Bang Tour ‡ February 18, 2006 [e]
11 1,500,000 Various Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Live 8 July 2, 2005 [67]
12 1,500,000 Various Tushino Airfield Moscow Monsters of Rock September 28, 1991 [68]
13 1,300,000 Jean-Michel Jarre Downtown Houston Houston 150th Anniversary of Houston * April 5, 1986 [69]
14 1,200,000 Diante do Trono Bahia Administrative Center Salvador Esperança July 10, 2004 [70]
15 1,200,000 Ministries Esplanade Brasília Nos Braços do Pai July 13, 2002 [71]
16 1,000,000 Various Plaza de la Revolución Havana Paz Sin Fronteras II September 20, 2009 [72]
17 1,000,000 Black Eyed Peas Ipanema Beach Rio de Janeiro New Year's Eve December 31, 2006 [73]
18 1,000,000 The Beach Boys Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Independence Day July 4, 1985 [74]
19 1,000,000 Jean-Michel Jarre Place de la Concorde Paris Bastille Day * July 14, 1979 [75]
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Estimated ticket sales ranged between 190,000 and 200,000,[6] while total attendance was higher, estimated between 350,000 and 400,000 people.[7][8]
  2. [b]
    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.[51]
  3. [c]
    Promoter Live Nation and Gaga's representatives estimated an audience of 2.5 million,[55][56] while local authorities reported 2.1 million.[57][58]
  4. [d]
    Reported official assistance by Rio City Hall and the touring promoter.[62][63] Other media outlets estimated an attendance as high as 2.5 million people according to El País.[64]
  5. [e]
    According to Folha de S. Paulo in 2006, other estimations ranged from 1.2 to 1.3 million attendees.[65][66]

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