Metallica among top 10 highest-grossing worldwide tours of 2024 alongside Taylor Swift, Coldplay and more

Metallica have been named in a list of the top 10 highest-grossing tours of 2024.

Via Pollstar, the metal legends hit number nine among the likes of Taylor Swift (obviously), Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen and Madonna.

The band’s epic M72 jaunt kicked off last year in support of their 72 Seasons record, and in 2024 it took them across North America and Europe – selling a grand total of 1,500,311 tickets – with an average of 62,512 attendees per gig – and grossing $179,373,637.40.

“We go out every year and we generally play around 25 shows a year worldwide, and it’s not tied to a new album or anything else, so we’re consistent in that regard,” explains Q Prime’s Cliff Burnstein. “In any one year, somebody is going out on a new album and starting their cycle, and will always rank higher than we do, because we don’t play as many shows. And that’s by design. We decided collectively for the mental and physical health of the band that this is the best way to tour.”

Currently, The M72 Tour is scheduled wrap up in November 2025

Unsurprisingly, Taylor Swift’s colossal The Eras Tour was the runaway winner, grossing $1,043,421,552 and selling over 5,000,000 tickets (it’s actually, “by some margin, the highest grossing tour of all time”).

Paramore joined Taylor as support for much of this run, with Hayley Williams telling Dork in October: “The energy that the fans have cultivated in Taylor’s world has been really cool to experience as well. I grew up in a scene where it really wasn’t okay to be anything but a straight white guy, but this tour has been a real celebration of something different. It’s been so good for me to see young music fans feeling free to love pop music, feeling free to be super feminine and feeling free to be whoever they want to be.

“This tour has taught us so much, and we’ve gained so much from it,” she added. “I can’t wait to take that directly back to our people.”

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