There have been a handful of stadium shows over 100k, but this U2 show will likely be the first the first single headliner to break that barrier in a stadium and submitted to Billboard.
It seems silly that you can discount a show that happened less than a decade ago(Jaguares) simply because they didn't sent info to BB magazine.
It seems silly that you'll take any report at face value especially when trying to determine records. Just because a paper reports 100,000 for a show, or 60,000 for a show does not mean its accurate.
The Philadelphia Inquierer reported 60,000 for U2's POPMART show at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. But when we got the official boxscore results, the total was just over 49,000.
When the Police opened their Synchronicity Tour at Comisky Park in Chicago on July 23, 1983, the Chicago Tribune reported there was 33,000 tickets sold, but the boxscore in Billboard confirmed that there was 44,622 tickets sold with a gross of $651,243!
Thats why we use Billboard boxscore especially when assessing who has the record. Outside of Billboard Boxscore, the number reported could be ANYTHING!
For attendance 100,000 and over that has been posted in Billboard for single show, this is what I know of:
1. U2 - 1997 - Reggio Emilia, IT - Festival Grounds - 150,000
2. Rolling Stones - 1995 - Prague, CZ - Strahov Stadium - 126,742
3. Grateful Dead - 1977 - English Town, NJ - Race Way Park - 107,019
4. "SPIRIT OF SUMMER 76" #1
Line up: Yes / Peter Frampton / Gary Wright / Pousette Dart Band
JFK Stadium; Philadelphia, PA (June 12, 1976)
Attendance: 105,000
Gross: $1,050,000