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# Pollstar Live Music Industry Awards 2025: Full Winners List
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/pollstar-live-music-industry-awards-2025/
- Published: 2025-04-17T15:58:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-17T16:09:17.000Z
- Description: Pollstar unveiled its Pollstar Awards 2025 winners on Wednesday night during the live music industry trade’s annual Pollstar Live! conference.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Conventions & Awards, Live & Ticketing, The Live Stage, music, Music Business, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

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

![Pollstar Live Music Industry Awards 2025](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-hypebot-com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pollstsar-2025.jpg)

**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](https://www.hypebot.com/), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor and founder of the Skyline Artists Agency*