List of largest concerts

This is a list of the largest concerts ever performed, in terms of estimated attendance. The following list also includes multi-artist festivals which may not be directly comparable with single-artist concerts. Attendance numbers for many of the kinds of events listed here rely on estimations from the promoters and are known to be exaggerations.[1]

Artists Attendance Show Location Other artists Remarks
Jean-Michel Jarre 3,500,000 Oxygene in Moscow Moscow, 1997 -
Rod Stewart 3,500,000[2] Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, 1994 -
Jean Michel Jarre 2,500,000 Paris La Défense: A City in Concert Paris, 1990
Beyoncé 1,700,000 President Barack Obama inauguration Washington D1.C. 2008
AC/DC, Pantera, Metallica, The Black Crowes, E.S.T. 1,600,000 Monsters of Rock Moscow, 1991
Paul van Dyk, Carl Cox, Armin Van Buuren 1,600,000 Love Parade (Highway to love) Dortmund, 2008 The largest dance music event
The Rolling Stones 1,500,000 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 2006[3]
Various artists 1,500,000 Paz Sin Fronteras II Havana, 2009
Various artists 1,500,000 [4] Live 8 Concert Philadelphia, 2005 Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts, on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa.
Tiësto, Paul Van Dyk, Carl Cox, and Armin Van Buuren 1,400,000 Art of love Duisburg, 2010 plus other DJs a crowd rush at the Love Parade caused the death of 21 people, with at least 500 others injured
Various Artists (including Jean Michel Jarre) 1,300,000 Rendezvous Houston Festival Houston, April 5, 1986 150th Anniversary of Texas, 25th Birthday of NASA
Various Artists 1,300,000 Love Parade (One World One Loveparade) Berlin, 2000
Jean Michel Jarre 1,200,000 Concert for Tolerance Paris, 1995
Various artists 1,200,000 Love Parade (The is Back) Berlin, 2006
Various artists 1,200,000 Love Parade (Love is everywhere) Essen, 2007
Jean Michel Jarre 1,000,000 La Concorde Paris, 1979
Baustelle, Edoardo Bennato, Biogora, Caparezza, Enrico Capuano, Ascanio Celestini, Luciano Ligabue, Marco Marzocca, Marlene Kuntz, Luca Medici, Modena City Ramblers 1,000,000 Concerto del Primo Maggio Rome, 2006
Rammstein 800,000-1,200,000 Rock Over Volga Festival Russia, 2013 Various Artists
Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Joan Baez 800,000 - 1,000,000 Anti-nuclear protests in the United States New York, 1982 Most attended political concert
Springsteen 800,000-1,200,000 East Berlin Germany, 1988
Garth Brooks 980,000 Garth: Live from Central Park Central Park, New York City, 1997 Billy Joel, Don McLean Most attended concert in park history
Allman Brothers Band, The Band, Grateful Dead 600,000 Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, 1973 New York, 1973 Largest attendance for pop festival
Genesis 500,000 When in Rome 2007 Rome, 2007
The Rolling Stones 500,000 Berkeley Square, London London, 2006
The Rolling Stones 500,000[5] Rolling Stones en La Habana Ciudad Deportiva, Havana, 2016

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