The band's 'Music of the Spheres Tour' has become the highest-grossing rock tour in music history Coldplay ‘s ‘Music of the Spheres’ tour is officially the highest-grossing rock tour ever. According to Billboard Boxscore , the British band’s current tour has grossed $945.7 million and sold 8.
8 million tickets since it began in March 2022, making it both the highest-earning and best-selling rock tour since Boxscore ‘s records began 40 years ago. They’ve surpassed a record previously set by Sir Elton John ‘s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour, which earned $939million . The legend achieved this number with 328 shows and five years of touring from September 8, 2018 to July 8, 2023.
At the time, John bypassed Ed Sheeran ‘s ‘The Divide Tour’ at the end of 2019, which made $776.4million (£630.5million).
Sir Elton John performs on The Pyramid Stage at Day 5 of Glastonbury Festival 2023. CREDIT: Harry Durrant/Getty Images Sheeran previously beat U2’s ‘The 360 Tour’ to the record . Yet, although they still have 21 more shows to go, it doesn’t seem like Coldplay will surpass Taylor Swift’s colossal ‘Eras Tour’ record any time soon.
Swift made history in December when the tour became the first to gross $1billion (£796million). According to Pollstar , a live entertainment trade magazine Swift sold a “mind-boggling 4.3 million tickets at an average ticket price of $238.
95”. They also calculated that the singer grossed roughly $17.3million for an .