Pollstar’s 2025 Year-End Hub: Beyoncé’s No. 1 Tour; 2025 Charts; Year-End Biz Analysis; Arthur Fogel Q&A; Exec Survey; Way More

What a year! Welcome to Pollstar’s 2025 Year End Special featuring Pollstar’s industry-leading charts and data, a cover story with Beyoncé discussing her No. 1 “Cowboy Carter Tour,'” and our Year End Business Analysis, which shows a “return to earth” after a run of record-setting post-pandemic years. Also here, write-ups on this year’s Top Ten Tours, a Q&A with Live Nation’s Arthur Fogel who promoted tours by Beyoncé, Oasis and Lady Gaga. and our 2025 Year End Executive Survey along with “The Year In…” write-ups including Agencies, Innovation, Latin, Festivals, Independents, Venues, Europe, Film, Asia and way more!

Beyoncé On Her 2025 Chart-Topping ‘Cowboy Carter Tour‘
‘This Was Born From My Love & Respect For The Country Genre’

Pollstar’s Year End Business Analysis
A Return To Earth: 2025 Grosses & Ticket Sales Drop, Averages Increase

2025 Top 10 Worldwide Touring Artists

No. 1 Beyoncé, ‘Cowboy Carter Tour’
No. 2 Oasis, ‘ Live ’25 Tour
No. 3 Coldplay, Music Of The Spheres Tour’
No. 4 Kendrick Lamar / SZA, ‘Grand National Tour’
No. 5 Shakira, ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran Tour’
No. 6 The Weeknd, ‘After Hours Til Dawn Tour
No. 7 Chris Brown,‘Breezy Bowl XX Tour’
No. 8 Imagine Dragons, ‘Loom World Tour’
No. 9 Lady Gaga, ‘MAYHEM Ball’
No. 10 Post Malone,‘Big Ass Tour’

2025 YEAR IN REVIEW

Executive Profile: Live Nation’s Arthur Fogel On His Extraordinary Year
Year In The Biz
Unconventional Wisdom: A Helluva Year
The Year In Agencies
The Year In Venues
The Year In Independents
The Year In Politics
The Year In Innovation
The Year In Festivals
The Year In Film
The Year In Latin
The Year In AI
The Year In Sustainability
The Year In Asia
The Year In Australia
The Year In Europe
In Memoriam
Pollstar’s 2025 Year-End Executive Survey
New And (Or) Improved: Venue Openings That Made A Mark On 2025

2025 YEAR-END CHARTS

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Top 200 Worldwide Tours
Top 200 North American Tours
Top 100 Promoters
Top Stadiums
Top Amphitheaters
Top 200 Arenas
Top 200 Auditoriums / Theatres
Top 200 Clubs