Top Tours: Pitbull’s ‘I’m Back’ Tour Grosses $25 Million On Opening North American Run

Box-office results have been reported from the opening leg of Pitbull‘s “I’m Back” world tour that racked up $25 million during a run of 13 concerts in U.S. cities during May and June. Attendance neared the quarter-million mark as 234,238 tickets were sold on the tour’s first series of shows that stretched just over three weeks.

The three concerts that occurred in June, included in the eligibility period for this week’s LIVE75 chart, totaled 57,185 for an average of 19,061 per show. That figure earns the rapper the No. 5 position on the chart and “Hot Shot” status as the touring artist with the highest-ranked debut.

With bookings in both North America and Europe throughout 2026, Pitbull kicked off his world tour with a slate of outdoor concerts in U.S. cities promoted by Live Nation. The tour launched on May 14 at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. Grosses from the opener reached $1.84 million with a sellout crowd of 17,206 in attendance.

The show with the most tickets sold, however, was the last performance at the end of the U.S. trek. Shoreline Amphitheatre in the San Francisco Bay Area moved a total of 20,112 tickets for a sold-out performance on June 7 that grossed $1.95 million. But the largest gross reported for one show was $3.16 million from 17,380 sold seats at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on May 30.

The “I’m Back” tour is now in Europe, nearing the end of its first 2026 jaunt throughout the continent. It began on June 23 at 3Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, and will continue through Aug. 2. Then, a second North American leg will run from mid-August through the end of September, followed by a final stretch of European dates during November and December.

Also debuting in the top 10 on LIVE75 is Bon Jovi, ranked No. 9 with an average of 13,985 tickets sold at the first three performances of a nine-show residency at Madison Square Garden. The event marks Jon Bon Jovi’s return to performing following vocal cord surgery as well as the launch of the band’s “Forever Tour” that will also include a string of upcoming European stadium shows in August and September.

The opening concerts in New York on July 7, 9 and 12 grossed $10.68 million from a total of 41,955 sold tickets. Then, the second week of shows on the 14^th, 16^th and 19^th added an additional $10.59 million from 42,006 tickets. The residency will wrap with performances on July 21, 23 and 26.

Bon Jovi’s last tour was a U.S. arena run in April of 2022 that played 15 cities. Box-office figures reported to Pollstar show that the tour averaged 12,438 sold tickets and a $1.65 million gross per show.

On the Artist Power Index this week, only one concert act makes a chart debut. Backstreet Boys joins the lineup following the group’s return to Sphere in Las Vegas with the “Into The Millennium” concert residency. With 21 shows scheduled through the end of August, the first three concerts on July 16, 17 and 18 drew 49,971 fans, while combined grosses hit $9.2 million.

Historically at the venue, the group has grossed $103 million from the residency with overall ticket sales numbering 600,591. Between July 2025 and the current run of shows, there have been 36 performances reported.

Finally, Global Concert Pulse features four debuts in the top 10. Noah Kahan ranks highest at No. 4 with a three-month gross average of $6.18 million from the first 12 shows on his “The Great Divide Tour,” all but the first two occurring in stadiums. Then, Kenny Chesney lands at No. 6 with a gross average of $3.15 million based on ticket sales at his own concert residency at Sphere in Las Vegas.

Guns N’ Roses is No. 9 on GCP after averaging $2.21 million from 12 shows on the band’s world tour, most of them set in European arenas. And Pitbull, along with his debut on LIVE75, appears at No. 10 with the $1.9 million gross average from his 13 North American shows, all occurring during the most recent three-month chart eligibility timeframe.