The U.S music industry saw record breaking figures in 2025, with recorded music revenues hitting a record $5.59 billion in the first half of 2025 alone, and 2026 is expected to be another monumental year, with long-awaited comebacks, and major stadium tours.

With various high profile artists taking to the stage across the globe this year, the experts at ticket platform Fanatix have collated search data to reveal the most highly anticipated gigs of 2026. Expert insight on the 2026 music scene and how to secure tickets to high-demand artists has also been provided by Fanatix.

The most anticipated tours and concerts of 2026

Rank	Artist	Spotify Monthly Listeners (Millions)	Average Monthly Global Search Volume
1	Bad Bunny	83.9 M	281,000
2	The Weeknd	122.7 M	216,000
3	Zach Bryan	26.7 M	168,000
4	Lady Gaga	99.3 M	147,000
5	Olivia Dean	59.3 M	118,000
6	Ariana Grande	111 M	99,200
7	My Chemical Romance	18.2 M	94,700
8	Pitbull	66.2 M	93,000
9	Lewis Capaldi	28.1 M	74,900
10	Dua Lipa	66.1 M	68,000

*The full data set including all artists analysed is available to view here.

Bad Bunny takes the top spot with almost 300,000 average monthly searches

Bad Bunny takes the top spot with a whopping 281,000 average monthly searches. At the end of 2025, he landed the top spot as the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2025, and shows no signs of slowing down. In 2026, he is scheduled to perform across the globe as part of his “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” World Tour, with major European dates, South American stops, and more dates in Australia and Asia likely announced. 

The Weeknd ranks second after a huge 2025

The Weeknd has a massive 216,000 average monthly searches for his upcoming concerts, and took last year by storm ranking third in Spotify’s top ten artists globally. The ‘Blinding Lights’ singer is scheduled to perform his “ After Hours Til Dawn” stadium tour, with stops in London, Dublin, Paris, and across Europe, featuring support from Playboi Carti. He has multiple nights scheduled at London’s Wembley Stadium in August, which are predicted to all be sell outs.

Country singer Zach Bryan takes third as the genre soars

Zach Bryan boasts an impressive 168,000 average monthly searches for his gigs. The country singer’s “With Heaven On Tour” in 2026 includes nights in major UK cities such as Liverpool, Edinburgh, London, and Belfast in the summer, plus North American and other European shows, with support from huge artists such as Dijon and Kings of Leon. Zach Bryan was ranked as one of the top artists in the United States for Spotify’s 2025 wrapped, and is a dominant force in the country music scene which soared across 2025 attracting a more diverse, younger global fan base.

Lady Gaga follows in fourth after a massive 2025 revival

Following closely behind with an impressive 147,000 average monthly searches, Lady GaGa is the fourth most anticipated artist set to perform in 2026. Gaga experienced a major revival last year, driven mainly by her album Mayhem alongside the enormous success of her collaboration with Bruno Mars on Die With A Smile, which was the most streamed song globally in 2025 according to Spotify data. Her fans (‘Little Monsters’) clearly couldn’t get enough as Gaga ended 2025 with roughly 8.6 billion streams on Spotify, making it one of her best years. Gaga is touring North America and Japan in 2026 with her tour “The MAYHEM Ball”. 

Global sensation Olivia Dean takes fifth, after achieving her first #1 single in 2025

With 118,000 average monthly searches for her gigs, Olivia Dean steals the fifth spot overtaking Ariana Grande. 2025 was a record-breaking year for the singer, as her first #1 single in the UK “Man I Need” coincided with her album The Art of Loving hitting #1, making her the first British solo female artist to achieve the album and single chart double since Adele back in 2021. Dean has extensive 2026 dates for “The Art of Loving Live” tour across Europe, North America, and Oceania including multiple sold-out shows in Glasgow, Manchester, and London.