It's the time of year again! Here are the 100 top tours of 2017.
List is from Pollstar, other data from 2016, 2015, 2014; and of course Wikipedia.

Scroll down for the full list (who do you think is number 1??), including performance videos specifically selected to best represent what the best of the best were doing in 2017 (find links throughout the post).

gross $19 mil
245k people attended
18 shows

gross $19 mil
150k people attended
33 shows in 12 cities

gross $23 mil
520k people attended
45 shows in 44 cities

gross $23 mil
360k people attended
42 shows in 35 cities

gross $27 mil
460k people attended
37 shows

gross $27 mil
270k people attended
27 shows in 24 cities

gross $30 mil
530k people attended
52 shows in 41 cities

gross $30 mil
320k people attended
37 shows in 34 cities

gross $36 million
480k people attended
246 shows in 30 cities

gross $37 million
780k people attended
53 shows in 42 cities

gross $41 mil
450k people attended
36 shows in 33 cities

gross $42 mil
385k people attended
101 shows in 60 cities

$50 mil
530k people attended
39 shows in 21 cities

ranked 23rd in 2015

gross $60 mil
750k people attended
169 shows in 31 cities

gross $60 mil
700k people attended
403 shows in 49 cities

</3 Tom Petty sadly passed away 02/10/2017
here's Free Fallin' on his last ever performance
at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles

Ariana Grande's Dangerous Woman tour got attacked in Manchester by terrorists.
23 of Ariana Grande's fans lost their lives, and other 500 were injured.

After the trauma, Grande decided not to bow to fear, returned to Manchester to hold a charity concert for the victims and their families and then resumed her tour.

gross $120 mil
750k people attended
14 shows in 12 cities

ranked 3rd in 2014, 4th in 2015 & 8th in 2016
What's interesting about the Rolling Stones is that they never play more than 20 shows in a year. High ticket price in giant venues lands them in the top 10 every year which you can read more about here – grossing almost $10 mil per performance (highest of all).