Industry analyst Pollstar revealed their findings today, which indicated that Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' tour had amassed over $432m (£342m) from 4.86m tickets sold.

This makes Ed Sheeran's tour the highest-grossing in a calendar year since Pollstar began its rankings nearly 30 years ago. In 2017, the highest-grossing tour was U2's The Joshua Tree Tour, which set the previous record and brought in $316m.

U2's 360 tour, which took place from 2009-2011, remains the highest-grossing tour ever, with $736m. This year, their more unstated (at least size-wise anyway) 'Songs of Experience' tour came ninth on the list, generating $126.2 million from over 900,000 tickets.

Second on the 2018 list was Taylor Swift, whose 'Reputation' tour brought in $345.1 million. The Pennsylvania-born singer performed twice at Ireland's biggest stadium, Croke Park over the summer. Elsehwere, Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s collaborative 'On the Run II' tour brought in $254.1 million.

See the full list below:

Gross (In $ Millions) — Artist — Tickets Sold
$432.4 — Ed Sheeran — 4,860,482
345.1 — Taylor Swift — 2,888,892
254.1 — Jay-Z / Beyoncé — 2,169,050
169.2 — Pink — 1,285,411
167.6 — Bruno Mars — 1,290,438
166.0 — Eagles — 964,245
151.0 — Justin Timberlake — 1,193,365
131.3 — Roger Waters — 1,448,771
126.2 — U2 — 927,034*
116.6 — The Rolling Stones — 750,914