# The 14 Greatest Concert Tours of All Time

> Record grosses sit next to tours remembered for a single stage prop or a bus full of poets. Choose the one you would have bought a ticket for.

*By YPB Team · Published October 6, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-14-greatest-concert-tours-of-all-time*

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1. **The Eras Tour** — score 1000/1000
   Taylor Swift's 149-show career retrospective (2023–24), the first tour to gross over $2 billion.
2. **Stadium Arcadium World Tour** — score 795/1000
   Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2006–07 tour supporting their double album.
3. **Born in the U.S.A. Tour** — score 708/1000
   Bruce Springsteen's 1984–85 tour of marathon three-hour-plus shows.
4. **The Beatles' 1966 Tour** — score 610/1000
   The Beatles' final concert tour, ending at Candlestick Park in August 1966.
5. **Monster Ball Tour** — score 538/1000
   Lady Gaga's 2009–11 electro-pop opera, staged as a story set in New York.
6. **Not in This Lifetime... Tour** — score 538/1000
   Guns N' Roses' 2016–19 reunion tour with Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan.
7. **Rolling Thunder Revue** — score 466/1000
   Bob Dylan's loose 1975–76 traveling troupe of musicians playing small venues.
8. **Music of the Spheres World Tour** — score 466/1000
   Coldplay's tour from 2022 with LED wristbands and kinetic dance floors.
9. **Bigger Bang Tour** — score 385/1000
   The Rolling Stones' 2005–07 tour, including a free Copacabana show for about 1.5 million people.
10. **U2 360° Tour** — score 384/1000
   U2's 2009–11 stadium tour built around a giant four-legged stage nicknamed the Claw.
11. **Blonde Ambition Tour** — score 384/1000
   Madonna's 1990 theatrical tour with the Jean Paul Gaultier cone bra.
12. **Farewell Yellow Brick Road** — score 384/1000
   Elton John's 330-show farewell tour, 2018–2023.
13. **Divide Tour** — score 290/1000
   Ed Sheeran's 2017–19 tour, played largely solo with a loop pedal, once the highest-grossing ever.
14. **Zoo TV Tour** — score 0/1000
   U2's 1992–93 multimedia tour of TV screens, satire and prank calls from the stage.

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