Drawing on the incredible financial power of nostalgia and the unmatched pull of iconic artists hitting the stage once more, these arena-packing legacy gigs bring in serious cash. 

From rock legends rising from the ashes to pop sensations reuniting after years apart, click or scroll on for the highest-grossing reunion tours by ticket sales. 

All dollar amounts in US dollars. Pre-2025 figures adjusted for inflation.

The Spice Girls gave their fans what they really, really wanted in 2007 when Ginger sensationally rejoined the gang, and all five original members took to the stage for The Return of the Spice Girls Tour. The reformed group zig-a-zig-ah-ed across the globe between December 2007 and February 2008, with 47 shows in five countries. They generated $70.1 million, around $108 million (£79.5m) in today's money, from the sale of 581,066 tickets.

In 2019, they spiced up the stage again with another comeback tour across the UK and Ireland, though this time without Posh. Its inflation-adjusted gross came in at a tidy $102 million (£75.1m), proving girl power can still pack stadiums.

Genesis made a triumphant return in 2021 with The Last Domino? Tour, their first in 13 years and a swan song for the longest-lasting line-up of Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks. With Collins’ son Nic on drums, the band played 47 shows across Europe and North America from September 2021 to March 2022.

Ending their touring career on a high note, the prog-rock luminaries shifted 562,579 tickets, generating $100 million, around $113 million (£83.2m) today.

Heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath officially bowed out with The End Tour, a thunderous farewell comeback from January 2016 to February 2017. Comprising 81 shows and selling over a million tickets, the global juggernaut earned $84.8 million, the equivalent of $114 million (£84m) today.

Fittingly, the final gig took place in the band's hometown of Birmingham, closing the book on a genre-defining legacy. Black Sabbath's inimitable frontman, Ozzy Osbourne, would take his last curtain call years later, also in Birmingham, weeks before his death on 22 July 2025. More on that shortly.

The Jonas Brothers hit the road in 2019 for the first tour since the band's breakup six years earlier. Beginning in August of that year and ending conveniently right before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in February 2020, the Happiness Begins Tour featured 90 shows across North America and Europe.

A hefty 1.2 million tickets were sold and the tour pulled in $122 million, the equivalent of $158 million (£116m) today.

Though not a multi-city tour, the Back to the Beginning concert in Birmingham's Villa Park on 5 July 2025 earns a place in this round-up due to its extraordinary financial success. Billed as Ozzy's final public performance and featuring the original Black Sabbath lineup for the first time in 20 years, the all-star event raised over $190 million (£140m) for charities, making it the highest-grossing benefit concert in history. Ozzy died just a few weeks later.

This colossal payday, driven by immense public demand to see the Prince of Darkness take his final bow, made it an unforgettable, record-breaking capstone to the metal trailblazer's storied career.

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In 1999, Bruce Springsteen reconnected with the E Street Band for the first time in 11 years, embarking in April of that year on a 15-month global tour that totalled 133 shows in 62 cities.

Ticket sales were buoyant, especially in the Boss' native New Jersey, where 300,000 were sold for the 15 dates at the Continental Airlines Arena (now the Meadowlands Arena) in East Rutherford. The tour grossed $45.2 million in 1999, while the 2000 dates turned over $61.4 million for a grand total of $106.6 million, which is $205 million (£151m) in 2026 money.

British boyband Take That made music history in 2011 when they smashed the record for the highest-grossing concert series, taking the accolade from none other than Bruce Springsteen. The return of Robbie Williams after 15 years sent fans into a frenzy and the group's eight nights at London's Wembley Stadium grossed a substantial £38 million, which is $73 million (£56m) adjusted for inflation.

The Progress Live Tour, which ran from April to July of 2011, included an additional 21 shows in the UK and Europe. Altogether, the 29-show tour sold over 1.3 million tickets and generated an incredible £114 million in revenue, equivalent to $226 million (£166m) in 2026 money.

The hotly anticipated return of Christine McVie, who had left the band in 1998, ignited Fleetwood Mac's On With the Show Tour. Between September 2014 and November 2015, the classic Rumours lineup of Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, John McVie and Christine McVie played 120 shows across the world.

These electrifying performances, which marked Fleetwood Mac's final tour with the fabled five-member configuration, notched up $199 million in ticket sales, equivalent to $278 million (£205m) in today's money.

In the wake of their bitter 1980 breakup, Don Henley declared the Eagles would reunite “when hell freezes over”. Fourteen years later, the era-defining band stunned the music world and got back together, jokingly naming their comeback tour and live album after the famous remark.

Mixing new songs with cherished classics, the reformed Eagles played 160 shows across North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania from May 1994 to August 1996. As well as delighting fans, the reunion turned out to be a major money-spinner, pulling in ticket sales of $152 million, around $321 million (£236m) in 2026 money.

Spanning five continents and 41 shows, the long-awaited reunion of the famously feuding Gallagher brothers – Oasis Live '25 – raked in $405 million (£298m). It's truly amazing what a massive payday can fix, even a decades-long family rift. And there's nothing quite like a globetrotting series of sellout dates to boost the bank balance.

The brothers played 41 shows in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America, selling over two million tickets in the process. 

Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland gave fans of The Police exactly what they'd been hankering for in 2007: their first tour in over 20 years. This long-overdue reunion ran from May 2007 to August 2008, encompassing 151 shows across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.

The tour hauled in an astounding $362 million, which amounts to around $556 million (£409m) today. At the time, it became the third-highest-grossing tour ever. And as Copeland later revealed, it made the band more money than it had earned in total up to that time.

Much like Don Henley’s “when hell freezes over” moment, Axl Rose previously dismissed the idea of reuniting with Slash with a sharp “Not in this lifetime”, a remark he made to TMZ in 2012 while out in LA with Lana Del Rey. Four years later, he ate his words and turned them into the title of the band’s blockbuster comeback tour.

Starting in April 2016, Not in This Lifetime... ran until November 2019 and ended up becoming the most successful reunion tour ever. With the classic lineup back after 23 years, Guns N’ Roses played 158 shows across six continents, sold 5.37 million tickets and grossed $584 million, which is a whopping $756 million (£557m) today.

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