This Week’s Top Tours: Illenium, Imagine Dragons Score Top Chart Debuts

ILLENIUM and Imagine Dragons both have top 10 debuts on Pollstar’s weekly charts based on recent live events on opposite sides of the world. The DJ takes the No. 3 ranking on LIVE75 following the debut of his “Odyssey” residency at Sphere in Las Vegas, while the band enters the lineup on the Artist Power Index at No. 7 after beginning a run of eight shows at three stadiums in China, the final dates booked on their “Loom World Tour.”

The “Odyssey” residency, booked for nine performances: March 5-7, 12-14 and April 2-4, grossed $8.4 million at the first three shows in March with a total of 49,084 tickets sold, according to reported box-office totals. That averages 16,361 tickets per show, which earns ILLENIUM “Hot Shot” status on LIVE75 as the highest-ranked artist debuting this week. Also, his gross average per concert is $2.8 million, the third highest among the 75 artists ranked on the chart, behind Eagles (No. 2) with $4.7 million per show, also from a residency at Sphere, and Lady Gaga (No. 8) with $3.5 million per show from 12 recent arena performances on her world tour.

The ticket average from Eagles’ four shows at Sphere is 16,382, just 21 tickets more than ILLENIUM’s ticket average, and only 183 tickets less than No. 1-ranked Matt Rife, who jumps to the top on LIVE75 with a ticket average of 16,565 from three arena performances on his “Stay Golden World Tour.” Another artist on the chart also has a ticket average in the 16,000 range: Raye, ranked No. 4, averages 16,099 tickets per show based on four February concerts in European arenas booked on her “This Tour May Contain New Music” trek.

Imagine Dragons’ appearance at No. 7 on the Artist Power Index coincides with the band’s run of concerts in China that began with three shows at Shanghai Stadium, March 13, 15 and 17. Following those shows will be a three-night engagement at Guangdong Olympic Sports Center in the city of Guangzhou, March 20, 22 and 25, and two final concerts at Dong’an Lake Sports Park Stadium in Chengdu on March 27 and 29.

The group’s “Loom World Tour” launched on July 30, 2024 at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey and played outdoor amphitheaters in U.S. and Canadian cities through the end of October. Then, the tour’s first trek through Asian markets began in November of that year. In 2025, Imagine Dragons played stadiums in Europe through July and then toured throughout the fall in Latin American countries, ending the year’s touring schedule with two concerts at MorumBIS in São Paulo, Brazil.

Box-office results from the tour reported to Pollstar reflect an overall worldwide gross of $304 million from more than 2.8 million tickets sold, beginning with the 2024 summer opener in the Philadelphia market through the end of last year’s Latin American run. Altogether, the “Loom” trek featured 84 stadium performances through the end of 2025. The eight concerts in China this March will complete the tour’s multi-year run.