Michael Jackson in Prague (1996) – 126,000 peopleThe King of Pop's first concert to make the list of the biggest shows of all-time. For the opening show for his HIStory World Tour, Jackson performed in front of a whopping 125,000 fans in Letná Park.
Here is a list of some of the most important live music performances ever (in my opinion!).
- James Brown, Boston Garden, 1968. James Brown.
- Queen, Live Aid, 1985. Simon Christensen.
- Radiohead, Glastonbury, 1997.
- The Three Tenors, Baths of Caracalla in Rome, 1990.
- Daft Punk, Coachella, 2006.
- The Beatles, Shea Stadium, 1965.
Metro said tickets for the BTS concert sold out in 90 minutes after going on sale Friday morning. Fans reacted to the feat online. "If the site was faster it would be 5 minutes believe me ..
The One Direction alum breaks a record for Ticketmaster's Verified Fan signups. Tickets for Harry Styles' first solo world tour went quickly this morning, selling out in seconds across 29 markets, coming as no surprise to Team Styles, which had seen ticket signups far outpace demand.
Swift shattered their record with $345 million from just 38 shows. That's a $9-million-per-show average. Swift's tour documentary with Netflix brought in an additional undisclosed paycheck rumored to be worth millions. Additionally, it's been estimated that Swift makes $17 per ticket on merchandise sales.
Now, Taylor's massive Reputation Tour has earned the spot of the highest grossing U.S. tour ever. Grossing $266 million over the course of about six months, the 38-show run broke a record previously held by The Rolling Stones with $245 million earned on their 70-date A Bigger Bang Tour.
With more than 118,000 fans in attendance at the Rose Bowl, the two-show run earned $16.2 million and set a new gross record for a single headliner at the venue, surpassing U2's 2017 record by over $467,000.
Ed Sheeran's Record-Breaking Divide Tour Totals $775.6 Million, Beating U2, Guns N' Roses. The final figures are in from Ed Sheeran's record-breaking Divide Tour. The British singer-songwriter achieved an overall gross of $775.6 million from 8.9 million tickets sold on six continents.
The tour grossed $266.1 million & sold over 2 million tickets domestically. 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.
Averaging $5.8 million and 48,814 tickets per show, the tour extension's total gross revenue reached $115,749,851 with total attendance topping out at 976,283 tickets. BTS, with the Love Yourself World Tour, were the top-grossing touring group of 2019 and ranked at number 3 on Billboard's Year End Top 40 Tours.
