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Coldplay world tour making them biggest touring act of 2025 so far
The Coldplay world tour making them biggest touring act of 2025 so far, beating the likes of Shakira and Beyonce
Coldplay are the biggest live entertainers on the planet so far this year having taken home a whopping £100m from concerts. Chris Martin's forty something Devon founded rock act has wiped the floor with other touring acts in 2025 being crowned as the biggest earners of 2025's Worldwide Tour - taking £100,868,947.68
Latina pop queen Shakira, 48, is 15 percent off Coldplay's figures (in second place) with the planet's biggest rapper Kendrick Lamar, 37, taking home 30 percent less than the Paradise rock act. Music analytics giant Pollstar has served up the tour revenues for the year, which prove the English band remains as popular as ever - even making over TWICE as much as Beyonce.
They earned almost £5m per show (£4,803,637.29) from 21 nights playing to 1,205,449 fans on their current leg of The Music of the Spheres World Tour. Coldplay cemented their reputation as a band for the masses by selling tickets at an average price of less than £85 a pop (£83.65).
They are well ahead of any other UK and Ireland acts as even the biggest names like Paul McCartney have only played short tours whereas they are on a monster stadium tour which earns them a fortune.
By the end of the year Oasis will be up with Coldplay in terms of huge earnings. The Oasis Live 25 tour is expected to gross over £400 million from various revenue streams, including ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandise, and more. Reports suggest Liam and Noel will bank over £50 million each from the 25 date tour.
Shakira came in second at £85m, followed by Kendrick Lamar and SZA £73.91m, The Eagles £68.82, SEVENTEEN (£68.45), Trans-Siberian Orchestra £50.55M), Tyler, The Creator (,£49.5m, Dead & Company (£45.6m) , j-hope (£44.19m), and Beyoncé( £44.04m).
Pollstar compiled the figures for the 2025 Mid-Year Top 100 Worldwide Top Touring Artists from shows between November14, 2024 to May 14, 2025.
US acts dominated the first half of live show business events globally on the top 100 list. And after many years of over 40s dominating the biggest earning charts, younger talents and boy and girl bands are now making waves on the live front.
Most legacy acts, like The Grateful Dead and The Eagles, earn more from each ticket often well over £200 a seat.
After Coldplay it was an 82-year-old music icon showing the youngsters how to earn big - at number 29 in the global chart. Ex Beatle Macca was the next highest earning UK and Ireland act having generated £23,238,897.86 in revenue from just nine shows to nearly a quarter of a million fans. The average ticket price is less than a £100 for the Liverpudlian genius to deliver often three hour sets of iconic hits.
Eighties metal act Iron Maiden made over £20m from 10 gigs to 387,180 fans, who only paid an average of 52 quid. Pop princess Due Lipa continues to ride high with her catchy pop hits coining in over £15m from 11 areas nights on her Radical Optimism Tour (£15,440,757.07).
Hot on her heels was 2024's Gen Z darling Charli XCX - originator of the Brat Summer movement - who bolstered her bank account by £13,829,123.46 over 11 gigs.
Irish act The Script showed their appeal remains strong taking home almost £14m from 38 gigs at a fee of less than fifty quid. Over sixties Brit soul act Simply Red walked off with £10m from nine gigs, while Rod Stewart was close behind with £9.2m. Geordie rocker Sam Fender, 31 wowed at 19 gigs taking in nearly £9m.
Pollstar noted in their report: ' The Mid-Year Worldwide Touring Artists chart highlights a healthy live market, with its top three tours each grossing over $100 million well before the busiest concert season.
'Additionally, average revenue per show jumped 24.9% to $1,713,557, and per-show ticket sales rose 32.1% to 14,229. However, these average revenue increases were mitigated by a 5.5% drop in average ticket prices from $127.38 in 2024 to $120.43 this year, likely reflecting 2025's uneven economic conditions marred by trade wars, a volatile stock market, shaky consumer confidence, inflation, and mixed employment reports.'
Pollstar, 'The Voice of Live,' is the premier trade publication dedicated to covering the worldwide concert industry. Pollstar data is the leading resource for the touring industry encompassing box office numbers, event listings, and contact directories. Pollstar produces a monthly magazine, weekly and daily e-newsletters, and produces the world 's largest gathering of live music industry professionals. Although The Music Of Spheres tour is the second biggest tour ever over the whole of it's duration over multiple years, Coldplay is still miles away from £1.74bn of from the Taylor Swift Eras Tour.
1. Coldplay £100,868,947.68
2. Sir Paul McCartney £23,238,897.86
3,Iron Maiden £20,128,162.89
4. Due Lipa £15,440,757.07
5. Charli XCX £13,829,123.46
6, The Script 13811671.93
7. Simply Red £10,020,513.81
8. Rod Stewart £9,232,168.07
9. Sam Fender £8,791,028.37
10. Sting with Billy Joel £6025264.22
TOP WORLDWIDE ACTS EARNINGS FROM FIRST HALF OF 2025
1. Coldplay £100,9m
2. Shakira £85m
3. Kendrick Lamar and SZA £73.91m
4. The Eagles £68.82
5. SEVENTEEN £68.45m
6. Trans-Siberian Orchestra £50.55m
7. ,Tyler, The Creator £49.5m
8. Dead & Company £45.6m
9. j-hope £44.19m
10. Beyoncé £44.04m
