List of highest-attended concerts


This page lists the highest-attended concerts of all time. The oldest 100,000-crowd concert reported to Billboard Boxscore is Grateful Dead's gig at the Raceway Park, Englishtown, New Jersey on September 3, 1977. The concert was attended by 107,019 people, which remains the largest ticketed concert in the United States to date. Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, and Paul McCartney broke the record respectively in Maracanã Stadium. With an audience of over 184,000 people on April 21, 1990. McCartney's record was broken by a Japanese rock band, GLAY, which held a concert with an audience of 200,000 people on July 31, 1999, in Chiba, Japan. GLAY held the record for 6 years. Italian singer Vasco Rossi surpassed McCartney's record with his solo concert on July 1, 2017. The concert was a celebration of his 40 years of career. Robbie Williams played to an audience of 135,000 in Phoenix Park, Dublin in Aug 2003.
Although the attendance numbers of free concerts are known to be exaggerations, several concerts have been reported to have a million audience or more. Both Jean-Michel Jarre's concert in Moscow 1997 and Rod Stewart's concert in Copacabana 1994 have been reported to attract audiences of more than 3.5 million people.

Highest-attended concerts

Single-artist concerts

The following are the highest-attended single artist's ticketed concerts with attendance of 100,000 people or more.
ArtistVenueCityTitleAttendance
Vasco Rossi Parco Enzo FerrariModenaModena Park 2017
Bijelo Dugme Belgrade HippodromeBelgrade220,000
Glay Makuhari MesseChibaGlay Expo'99 Survival
Paul McCartney Maracanã StadiumRio de JaneiroThe Paul McCartney World Tour
Tina Turner Maracanã StadiumRio de JaneiroBreak Every Rule World Tour
Frank Sinatra Maracanã StadiumRio de JaneiroFrank Sinatra Live
Luciano LigabueAeroporto di Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaCampovolo
Bruce SpringsteenRadrennbahn WeissenseeBerlinTunnel of Love Express Tour
CecaUšće parkBelgradePoziv Tour150,000
U2Aeroporto di Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaPopMart Tour
QueenEstádio do MorumbiSão PauloThe Game Tour
MadonnaParc de SceauxParisWho's That Girl World Tour
The Rolling StonesStrahov StadiumPragueVoodoo Lounge Tour
Michael JacksonAintree RacecourseLiverpoolBad World Tour
Michael JacksonLetná ParkPragueHIStory World Tour
OasisKnebworth ParkStevenage Morning Glory? Tour
OasisKnebworth ParkStevenage Morning Glory? Tour
Robbie WilliamsKnebworth ParkStevenage2003 Tour
Robbie WilliamsKnebworth ParkStevenage2003 Tour
Robbie WilliamsKnebworth ParkStevenage2003 Tour
QueenEstádio do MorumbiSão PauloThe Game Tour
The Rolling StonesRoundhay ParkLeedsThe Rolling Stones European Tour 1982
QueenKnebworth ParkStevenageMagic Tour
MadonnaMaracanã StadiumRio de JaneiroThe Girlie Show World Tour
Michael JacksonBemowo, AirportWarsawHIStory World Tour
Grateful Dead Raceway ParkEnglishtownTerrapin Station Tour
George StraitAT&T StadiumArlington, TexasThe Cowboy Rides Away Tour
Ricky MartinZócaloMexico CityZócalo Concert100,000
ShakiraGiza PlateauCairoOral Fixation Tour100,000

Free concerts

The following are free concerts with reported attendance of one million people or more. The first ever was by French artist Jean-Michel Jarre in Paris in 1979, which created the Guinness Book entry. It also includes multi-artist festivals which may not be directly comparable with 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.
DateHeadlining artistLocationCityEventAttendance
September 6, 1997Jean-Michel Jarre State University of MoscowMoscowThe 850th Anniversary of Moscow
December 31, 1994Rod Stewart Copacabana BeachRio de JaneiroNew Year's Eve
December 31, 1993Jorge Ben Jor Copacabana BeachRio de JaneiroNew Year's Eve
July 14, 1990Jean-Michel Jarre La DéfenseParisBastille Day
September 28, 1991AC/DC, Pantera, Metallica, The Black Crowes, E.S.T.Tushino AirfieldMoscowMonsters of Rock
July 2, 2005Various artistsPhiladelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphiaLive 8
February 18, 2006The Rolling StonesCopacabana BeachRio de JaneiroA Bigger Bang
April 5, 1986Jean-Michel Jarre Downtown HoustonHoustonRendez-vous Houston
September 20, 2009Various artistsPlaza de la RevoluciónHavanaPaz Sin Fronteras II
July 4, 1985The Beach BoysPhiladelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphiaIndependence Day concert
July 14, 1979Jean-Michel Jarre Place de la ConcordeParisBastille Day
June 24, 2001Antonello VendittiCircus MaximusRomeAS Roma's 3rd Serie A victory1,000,000