Coldplay, Morgan Wallen, Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and Zach Bryan are vying for the 2025 Pollstar Award for Major Tour of the Year.
This marks a fairly young list of nominees in the top categories. Rodrigo, Kahane and Bryan are all in their 20s, Warren and Swift are in their 30s, and the members of Coldplay are all in their 40s. The relative youth of these headliners, as well as the range of genres they represent – including pop, rock and country – are considered healthy signs for the tourism industry.
The Pollstar Awards recognize the most innovative and successful artists, tour groups, companies, venues and executives in the travel industry. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on February 19 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Impressively, Chappelle Rowan and Gracie Abrams were nominated for both Support/Special Guest of the Year and New Headliner of the Year, marking their meteoric rise to headliner status. Roan was nominated in the Support/Special Guest of the Year category for his opening act on Rodrigo, while Brams was nominated in the supporting category for his opening act on Swift.
Other nominees for New Headliner of the Year include Charli XCX, Fred Again, Sabrina Carpenter and London rock band Sleep Token. As a result, four of the six nominees for this year’s new headliners are women.
Elsewhere, three of this year’s six artist-in-residence nominees are at The Sphere in Las Vegas: Dead & Company, Eagles and U2.
“This year’s nominees once again represent the best of the best, showcasing the incredible talent, innovation and hard work that drives our industry,” said Ray Waddellis the Chief Content Director for OVG Media & Conferences, which produces Pollstar Live!, Production Live! and the Pollstar Awards.
A new honor this year is maxi singles Award – Touring PR Person of the Year, recognizing the highest achievements of field touring industry PR executives. The award is named in honor of the widely respected publicist for Scoop Marketing, who passed away on August 15 at the age of 37.
Nominations are submitted by the Pollstar Awards Nominating Committee, which is composed of agents, promoters, managers, producers, production professionals, venue representatives, Pollstar box office reporters and other touring professionals.
Pollstar subscribers can vote by logging into Pollstar.com to access their ballots. Voting is now open and ends on December 6th at 5pm PT. In addition to subscriber voting, data reporting and ticket sales will also be weighted elements of the final results in certain categories.
The Pollstar Awards Ceremony is a highlight of the three-day Pollstar Live! The conference is scheduled for February 18-20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Registration is now open. Head to Pollstar.live to register and stay up to date on the latest announcements about keynote speakers, panelists, conference topics, and more.
Below are the nominees in select categories for the 36th Annual Pollstar Awards. Visit news.pollstar.com to view all nominees.
Major tours of the year
Coldplay, Music World Tour
Morgan Wallen, One Night at a Time 2024
Noah Kahan’s “We Will Always Be Here” Tour
Olivia Rodrigo, Guts World Tour
Taylor Swift Eras Tour
Zach Bryan’s “Journey Through Time to Quit Smoking”
annual rock tour
Blink-182, more time travel
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, world tour 2024
Coldplay, Music World Tour
Spitfire, All or Nothing Tour
Green Day, Savior Tour
Metallica, M72 World Tour
annual hip hop tour
$uicideboy$, gray day trip 2024
Derek, it’s all been a blur.
Megan Thee Stallion, Spice Girls Summer Tour
Missy Elliott, Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience
Nicki Minaj “Pink Friday 2” World Tour
Travis Scott’s Circus Maximus Tour
Annual R&B Tour
Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson: Together Again
Jhené Aiko, Magic Moments Tour
Kehlani’s “Crash” World Tour
Maxwell’s “Serenade” tour
Arthur, Arthur: A Journey Past Present Future
XSCAPE & SWV, R&B Queen Tour
annual pop tour
Billie Eilish, “Hit Me Hard” and “Hit Me Softly: Tour”
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan, Charli XCX and Troye Sivan presents: Sweat
Justin Timberlake “Forget Tomorrow” World Tour
Olivia Rodrigo, Guts World Tour
P!nk, Summer Carnival 2024
Taylor Swift Eras Tour
annual rural tourism
Chris Stapleton, US concert tour
Jelly Roll, Beautiful Broken Journey
Kenny Chesney’s ‘Sun Goes Down’ Tour 2024
Lainey Wilson Country Cool Again Tour
Morgan Wallen, One Night at a Time 2024
Tyler Childers, Mule Pull ’24 Tour
Zach Bryan, Time to Quit Tour.
annual latin tour
Bad Bunny, The Most Wanted Tour
Carin León Boca Chueca Tour 2024
Dominate the Power But Don’t Fall in Love Tour 2024
Karol G, tomorrow is going to be a great tour
Luis Miguel, Luis Miguel Tour 2023-24
Featherweight, Exodus Tour 2024
annual comedy tour
Gabriel Iglesias, don’t worry about the fluffy trip
Jim Gaffigan’s “Barely Alive” Tour
Matt Rife, ProblemMATTic World Tour
Nate Bargatze’s fun trip
Nikki Glaser’s Journey into Life and Discomfort
Sebastian Maniscalco, this is not right
Best place to live of the year
Adele in the Colosseum at Caesars Palace/Munich Messe
billy joel at madison garden
The Sphere by Dead & Company
Eagle in sphere
Jason Isbell with Ryman Auditorium Unit 400
U2 sphere
Annual Support/Special Guest
Chapel Rowan as Olivia Rodrigo
Ciara/Timbaland performs for Missy Elliott
Gracie Abrams plays Taylor Swift
Taylor’s Paramore
Smashing Pumpkins by Green Day
Zach Brown’s Band for Kenny Chesney
New headlines of the year
chapel roan
Charlie XCX
Fred is here again…
Gracie Abrams
Sabrina Carpenter
sleep token
