Pollstar Live Music Industry Awards 2025: Full Winners List
Pollstar unveiled its Pollstar Awards 2025 winners on Wednesday night during the live music industry trade’s annual Pollstar Live! conference.
Pollstar Live Music Industry Awards 2025
Venues taking home Pollstar Awards 2025 include:
- Hollywood Bowl (Red Rocks Award – Outdoor Concert Venue of the Year)
- Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, New York (Theatre of the Year)
- 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. (Nightclub of the Year)
- Co-op Live (New Concert Venue of the Year – International)
- SoFi Stadium (Stadium of the Year – U.S. Only)
- Sphere (Arena of the Year – U.S. Only)
- Wembley Stadium (Stadium of the Year – Outside U.S.) and Brooklyn Paramount (Theatre of the Year).
Wasserman Music repeated as Pollstar’s Booking Agency of the Year and High Road Touring won the Independent Booking Agency of the Year Global award.
Coran Capshaw of Red Light Management and Irving Azoff of the Azoff Company tied and shared the Personal Manager of the Year award.
Taylor Swift won Major Tour of The Year.
In genre specific Tour of the Year Awards, Jelly Roll won in Country, Bad Bunny was the top Latin tour, Usher won for the top R&B tour, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took home the Rock Tour of the Year award. Nate Bargatze won the Comedy Tour of the Year award.
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder accepted the Music Festival of the Year (Global, Under 30,000 Attendance) live for his Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California.
Backline, a nonprofit organization connecting music industry professionals and their family members with mental health and wellness resources, was named Tour Services Company of the Year.
Pollstar Live Music Industry Awards 2025
Major Tour of the Year
Taylor Swift – The Eras Tour
Rock Tour of the Year
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, 2024 World Tour
Pop Tour of the Year
Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour
Country Tour of the Year
Jelly Roll, The Beautifully Broken Tour
Hip-Hop Tour of the Year
Missy Elliott, Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience
R&B Tour of the Year
Usher, Usher: Past Present Future
Latin Tour of the Year
Bad Bunny, Most Wanted Tour
Comedy Tour of the Year
Nate Bargatze, The Be Funny Tour
New Headliner of the Year
Chappell Roan
Support/Special Guest of the Year
Chappell Roan (Olivia Rodrigo)
Residency of the Year
Dead & Company, Sphere
Hall of Fame
Stevie Nicks, Barrie Marshall, Louis Messina, Ryman Auditorium
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gary Kurfirst
Visionary Award
Steve Ballmer
Billie Eilish Award for Sustainability
Sustainability Champion – Mike Sciortino, UBS Arena, Elmont, New York
Sustainability Venue – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington
Stadium of the Year (U.S. Only)
SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
Stadium of the Year (Outside the U.S.)
Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom
Arena of the Year (U.S. Only)
Sphere, Las Vegas, Nevada
Arena of the Year (Outside of U.S.)
The O2, London, United Kingdom
Personal Manager of the Year
Coran Capshaw of Red Light Management
Irving Azoff, Azoff Company
Venue Executive of the Year
Christy Castillo Butcher, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park
Booking Agency of the Year
Wasserman Music
Independent Booking Agency of the Year (Global)
High Road Touring
Bill Graham Award/Promoter of the Year
Rich Schaefer, AEG Presents
Bobby Broks Award – Agent of the Year
Kirk Sommer, WME
International Booking Agent of the Year
Christopher Dalston, Creative Artists Agency
International Promoter of the Year
Ricardo Gómez, OCESA
New Concert Venue of the Year (North America)
Intuit Dome, Inglewood, California
Red Rocks Award – Outdoor Concert Venue of the Year
Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
Theatre of the Year
Brooklyn Paramount, Brooklyn, New York
Nightclub of the Year
9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
New Concert Venue of the Year (International)
Co-op Live, Manchester, United Kingdom
Music Festival of the Year (Global, Over 30,000 Attendance)
Bourbon & Beyond, Louisville, Kentucky
Music Festival of the Year (Global, Under 30,000 Attendance)
Ohana Festival, Dana Point, California
International Music Festival of the Year
Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, United Kingdom
Maxie Solters Award – Touring Publicist of the Year
Larry Solters, Scoop Marketing
Rising Star Award
Kiely Mosiman, Wasserman Music
Talent Buyer of the Year
Stacie George, Live Nation
Small Venue Talent Buyer of the Year (Under 10,000 Capacity)
Donna Busch, Goldenvoice
Road Warrior of the Year
Marty Horn
Casino/Resort Venue of the Year
Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
Concert Visuals Company of the Year
Moo TV
Concert Sound Company of the Year
Clair Global
Tour Services Company of the Year
Backline Care
Transportation Company of the Year
Rock-It Cargo
Family Event or Non-Music Tour of the Year
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow Party
Bruce Houghton is the Founder and Editor of Hypebot, a Senior Advisor at Bandsintown, a Berklee College Of Music professor and founder of the Skyline Artists Agency
