If there’s one message that the music industry picked up in the first half of this year is that concerts are back baby. Fans want to get out, and see live music. Box office figures from Pollstar show people are getting back out there and are willing to spend big dollars too. Gross averages in the year’s first half show an average box-office gain of $856,206 per show. Damn, that’s a LOT of dough. So who has the highest grossing tour in 2022? Bad Bunny. Here’s the top 10, take note of our boys in Coldplay coming in strong at number 9 with almost $45 million earned worldwide.

Top 10 Pollstar 2022 Worldwide Tours (Midyear)

1. Bad Bunny – $120.1 million
2. Genesis – $72 million
3. Elton John – $70 million
4. BTS – $69.3 million
5. Morgan Wallen – $58.3 million
6. Eric Church – $56.3 million
7. The Eagles – $55 million
8. John Mayer – $51.8 million
9. Coldplay – $44.7 million
10. Garth Brooks – $44.3 million

Elton John comes in in North American tours at number two behind the incomparable Bad Bunny. The Eagles and Genesis also make the top ten in North America, as do BTS, Morgan Wallen, Garth Brooks, Eric Church, and John Mayer.