Live music in Spain recorded revenues of €807.2 million (more than $930 million) from ticket sales in 2025, according to the 2026 Yearbook of the Association of Musical Promoters (APM). This figure represents an increase of 11.24% compared to the previous year and builds on the growth registered in 2024, when the sector exceeded €725 million ($836 million).
The report attributes this result to an increase in the offering of concerts and festivals, as well as the consolidation of large-scale formats, particularly in high-capacity venues. According to the document, this growth coexists with structural challenges such as administrative processes, differences in criteria across territories and the impact of ticket reselling on the perception of ticket prices.
Beyond musical activity, the report highlights the impact of live events on sectors such as tourism, hospitality and commerce. In this vein, the APM has begun developing a national economic impact report to provide data for dialogue with administrations.
Geographically, the Community of Madrid regained the top spot with revenues of €237.1 million (29.4%), followed by Catalonia, with €163.2 million (20.2%) and Andalusia with €108.7 million (13.5%), which, despite remaining in third place, recorded a 6.4% drop in annual revenue.
In the national tours category, Joaquín Sabina topped the ranking with Hola y Adiós (The Project, Get In, Riff), selling 383,633 tickets across 41 concerts, all of which were sold out. He was followed by Manuel Carrasco with Tour Salvaje (Riff), which sold 367,256 tickets across 31 shows, and Antonio Orozco with “La Gira de Mi Vida” (Clipper’s Music Group), with 170,378 tickets across 32 concerts.
Meanwhile, Aitana became the first woman to enter the top 10 of the national ranking with her Metamorfosis Season tour (GTS, Clipper’s Music Group), which sold 153,198 tickets across three concerts. The report also notes that several artists surpassed 50,000 tickets sold per concert, concentrating demand on a limited number of dates.
In the international artists category, Ed Sheeran led the ranking with 137,884 tickets sold across two concerts in Madrid (Mercury Wheels @ Live Nation), followed by Imagine Dragons (Live Nation) with 112,419 tickets and AC/DC (Gay Mercader/Live Nation) with 103,946. Festivals also represented a significant portion of live music activity in 2025, according to the report. Among cycle festivals, Icónica Santalucía Sevilla Fest (Seville, Green Cow Music) led with 276,601 tickets sold across 28 dates, followed by Marenostrum Fuengirola (Fuengirola, Fox Group) with 191,573 tickets across 35 concerts and Noches del Botánico (Madrid, Serious Fan Music) with 185,753 attendees across 50 dates.
In the macro-festivals segment, Arenal Sound (Burriana, The Music Republic) remained the largest event with 300,000 attendees, followed by Primavera Sound Barcelona (Barcelona, Primavera Sound) with 297,000 and Viña Rock (Villarrobledo, The Music Republic) with 240,000. With these results, live music in Spain surpassed €700 million in revenue for the second consecutive year and reached a new record of over €800 million, according to the APM report.
