This Day in History: The English rock group Led Zeppelin set a record for paid attendance at a music concert, attracting 76,229 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome, a pro football stadium in Michigan in 1977. In 1973, they had set a record by bring 56,800 fans to Tampa Stadium in Florida, before The Who broke the record in 1975 by playing at Pontiac in front of 75,972 fans.
Some other concerts with large attendance numbers include:
Monsters of Rock Concert: 1.6 million attendees in 1991 at Tushino Airfield in Moscow, Soviet Union
The Rolling Stones' Bigger Bang Concert: 1.5 million attendees in 2006
Paul McCartney: 184,000 attendees in 1990 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
Queen: 120,000 attendees in 1981 at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo
The Rolling Stones: 120,000 attendees in 1982 at Roundhay Park in Leeds
Madonna: 120,000 attendees in 1993 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
Michael Jackson: 120,000 attendees in 1996 at Bemowo, Airport in Warsaw
Pink Floyd: 120,000 attendees in 1994 at Strahov Stadium in Prague
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, with a total gross of $1.04 billion and 4.35 million tickets sold.
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