These were the top 10 highest-grossing music world tours of 2024 – and how much they earned

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Pollstar, and confirmed which 10 artists were behind the biggest tours.Unsurprisingly, it was Taylor Swift‘s massive ‘Eras Tour’ which took the top spot – breaking the record as the highest-grossing tour of all time, bringing in a reported $2.2billion (£1.73b) since it began.

Running for a combined total of 21 months across 149 shows, the stadium tour marked a new high for the global pop star, and ended on December 8 at Vancouver, British Columbia’s BC Place Stadium.Last December, at the tour’s midpoint, Swift made history when the tour became the first to gross $1billion (£796million).

Prior to that, it was estimated that, once it had concluded, the tour would be the most lucrative in music history. In total, 10,168,008 people across the world attended the ‘Eras’ shows, and the money made from 2024 alone is reportedly just over $1billion.Also on the list of the Top 10 highest-grossing music world tours for 2024 is Coldplay, who are continuing to make huge leaps with their environmentally-friendly ‘Music Of The Spheres Tour’.

The dates have seen them produce 59 per cent less CO2 emissions than previous tours in 2016 and 2017, and in August was declared to be the highest-grossing rock tour ever.