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2022 was undoubtedly a huge year for live music— Paul McCartney, BTS, Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga and My Chemical Romance all put on substantial nationwide tours.
To that, 2023 says, “No big deal.”
Although announcements are still dropping every day, 2023’s slate already appears ready to rival 2022’s with colossal pop, classic rock, modern rock, R&B, country and hip-hop tours on the horizon.
It doesn’t matter what musical genre is your favorite; there will likely be a huge tour you’re excited about on our comprehensive list of upcoming tours.
From Springsteen to Swift to SZA , here are the 52 biggest acts on tour in 2023 — one for each week — you won’t want to miss when they come to a city near you next year.
Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour”
Featuring Paramore, HAIM, Phoebe Bridgers, beabadobee, Girl In Red, MUNA, Gayle, Gracie Abrams, and OWENN on select dates Runs March 17 through Aug. 9
Adele’s “Weekends With Adele”
Runs Jan. 20 through March 25
Ed Sheeran’s “Mathematics Tour”
Featuring Khalid, Russ, Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns and Maisie Peters on select dates Runs May 6 through Sept. 23
Katy Perry’s “Play”
Runs Feb. 15 through April 15
WizKid’s “More Love, Less Ego Tour”
Runs May 6 through Sept. 23
Classic Rock
Bruce springsteen and the e street band.
Runs Feb. 1 through April 14
Billy Joel with Stevie Nicks’ “Two Icons, One Night Tour”
Runs Jan. 13 through Sept. 23
Jimmy Buffett’s “Life On The Flip Side Tour”
Runs March 4 through May 6
Sting’s “My Songs Tour”
Runs April 1 through April 9
John Mellencamp’s “Live and In Person Tour”
Runs Feb. 5 through June 24
Lynyrd Skynyrd with ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour”
Featuring Uncle Kracker Runs July 21 through Sept. 17
Journey’s “Freedom Tour”
Featuring Toto on select dates Runs Jan. 27 through April 25
Runs Jan. 25 through May 28
Dead and Company’s “The Final Tour” with John Mayer
Runs May 19 through July 16
Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Alice Cooper’s “The World Tour”
Runs Feb. 10 through Aug. 18
Elvis Costello’s “100 Songs and More Tour”
Runs Feb. 9 through March 10
Morgan Wallen’s “One Night at a Time Tour”
Featuring Parker McCollum, Hardy, Ernest and Bailey Zimmerman Runs April 14 through Oct. 7
George Strait’s “Stadium Tour”
Featuring Chris Stapleton Runs May 6 through Aug. 5
Garth Brooks’ “Plus One Las Vegas Residency”
Runs May 18 through Dec. 16
Zac Brown Band’s “From the Fire Tour”
Featuring Marcus King, Tenille Townes and King Calaway Runs June 23 through Nov. 4
Reba McEntire’s “Reba: Live In Concert Tour”
Featuring Terri Clark and The Isaacs Runs March 9 through April 15
Blake Shelton’s “Back To The Honky Tonk Tour”
Featuring Carly Pearce and Jackson Dean Runs Feb. 16 through March 25
Luke Combs’ “World Tour”
Featuring Riley Green and Lainey Wilson Runs March 25 through July 29
Shania Twain’s “Queen of Me Tour”
Featuring BRELAND and Hailey Whitters on select dates Runs April 28 through Nov. 14
Kane Brown’s “Drunk or Dreaming Tour”
Featuring Dustin Lynch and LOCASH Runs March 16 through Aug. 3
The Judds’ “Final Tour”
Featuring Martina McBride, Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town and more Runs Jan. 26 through Feb. 25
Thomas Rhett’s “Home Team Tour”
Featuring Cole Swindell and Nate Smith Runs Feb. 9 through Sept. 29
Kenny Chesney’s “I Go Back Tour”
Featuring Kelsea Ballerini Runs March 23 through July 22
Carrie Underwood’s “Denim and Rhinestones Tour”
Featuring Jimmie Allen Runs Feb. 2 through Dec. 9
Lady A’s “Request Line Tour”
Featuring Dave Barnes Runs Feb. 22 through Oct. 28
Runs Jan. 25 through Feb. 18
Lizzo’s “Special 2our”
Featuring Latto Runs April 21 through June 2
SZA’s “S.O.S. Tour”
Featuring Omar Apollo Runs Feb. 21 through March 23
Janet Jackson’s “Together Again Tour”
Featuring Ludacris Runs April 14 through July 9
Usher’s “My Way: The Vegas Residency”
Runs Feb. 24 through July 15
The Temptations with The Four Tops
Runs Jan. 13 through May 21
New Edition’s “The Legacy Tour”
Featuring Keith Sweat, Guy and Tank Runs March 9 through April 30
Nick Cannon’s “Next Superstar Tour”
Featuring Symba, 24kGoldn, Justina Valentine, Hitman Holla, JD McCrary, Traetwothree, Klondike Blonde, DW Flame and POP MONEY Runs Feb. 25 through April 8
’80s, ’90s and ’00s rock
Metallica’s “m72 tour”.
Featuring Pantera, Five Finger Death Punch, Mammoth WVH and Ice Nine Kills on select dates Runs Aug. 4, 2023 through Aug. 30, 2024
Blink 182’s “North American Tour 2023”
Featuring Turnstile, Rise Against, The Story So Far and Wallows on select dates Runs May 4 through Oct. 21
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Featuring The Strokes, Iggy Pop, The Roots, Mars Volta, St. Vincent, City And Colour, Thundercat and King Princess on select dates Runs Jan. 14 through July 21
The Killers’ “Imploding The Mirage Tour”
Runs March 16 through March 25
Maroon 5’s “M5LV The Residency”
Runs Feb. 4 through Aug. 12
Matchbox Twenty
Runs May 16 through Aug. 6
Third Eye Blind’s “An Evening With Third Eye Blind”
Runs March 10 through April 15
Arctic Monkeys’ “North American Tour 2023”
Featuring Fontaines DC Runs Aug. 25 through Oct. 1
Depeche Mode’s “Memento Mori Tour”
Runs March 23 through April 14
Muse’s “Will Of The People Tour”
Featuring Evanescence, Highly Suspect and ONE OK ROCK Runs Feb. 25 through June 25
Death Cab for Cutie & the Postal Service’s “20th Anniversary Tour”
Runs Sept. 8 through Oct. 13
Paramore’s “In North America Tour”
Featuring Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu Runs Feb. 9 through Aug. 2
Pink’s “Summer Carnival 2.0”
Featuring Pat Benatar with Neil Giraldo, Brandi Carlile, Grouplove and KidCutUp on select dates Runs July 24 through Oct. 9
New Found Glory’s “Make The Most Of It Tour”
Featuring Leanna Firestone Runs Jan. 28 through March 22
They Might Be Giants
Runs Jan. 10 through May 21
Dropkick Murphys’ “Full Electric St. Patrick’s Day Tour”
Featuring The Rumjacks, Jesse Ahern and The Turnpike Troubadours Runs March 1 through March 19
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Dozens of artists hit the road during 2023 to bring their music to sold-out venues across the globe.
The first half of the year started off strong with artists and bands like Harry Styles, Journey, Carrie Underwood, SZA, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Reba McEntire, Janet Jackson, Lizzo, Blink-182, Charlie Puth, Billy Idol, Wiz Khalifa, Bebe Rexha and Black Pink heading out on their headlining tours.
Some artists had such sought-after tickets for their tours, including Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, that it led to sites, such as Ticketmaster, completely crashing when tickets dropped.
Many summer nights were also filled with good tunes this year as artists including Alicia Keys, Post Malone, Paramore, Chris Stapleton, Boygenius, Lionel Richie, Melissa Etheridge and Maggie Rogers set out on tours during the warmer months.
Concert tours are not only an opportunity for artists to promote their latest albums or to highlight their entire music catalogs, but it’s also a chance for their fans to come together to celebrate the music and musicians that they look up to and love. Those attending shows for artists such as Swift, Beyoncé and Styles often dress to impress, going all out for their outfits. Beyoncé even asked her fans to specifically come to her Virgo season concerts for her Renaissance World Tour decked out in silver and chrome, to celebrate her astrological sign. Swifties, inspired by the lyric “Make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it …” from her song “You’re on Your Own, Kid,” made themed bracelets to trade and hand out to other fans at each of the stops on her Eras Tour.
The performers often praise their fans for all their love and support, like Swift writing on social media in July after her stops in Seattle, Washington, “Thank you for everything. All the cheering, screaming, jumping, dancing, singing at the top of your lungs.”
But if you missed the opportunity to see your favorite artists earlier this year, don’t worry, because The Hollywood Reporter has compiled a list of some of the most anticipated concert tours happening this fall, below.
Taylor Swift
Tour: Eras Tour (March 2023 – November 2024)
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, the singer’s sixth headlining tour, is described as a journey through all of her musical eras, including Fearless , Lover , Evermore , 1989 , Speak Now , Reputation and more. She is set to perform 146 shows across five continents, with each performance featuring a staggering 44-song setlist spanning more than three hours. Swift finished the first U.S. leg at the beginning of August and will return to the U.S. for the second leg in October 2024.
Tour: Renaissance World Tour (May – October 2023)
Beyoncé’s ninth concert tour, which is three hours long with no opener, is in support of her seventh studio album, Renaissance . She is set to perform 56 shows across Europe and North America.
Drake and 21 Savage
Tour: It’s All a Blur Tour (July – October 2023)
Rappers Drake and 21 Savage are co-headlining their It’s All a Blur Tour to promote their collaborative album, Her Loss . The tour will consist of 56 shows across North America.
Jonas Brothers
Tour: The Tour (August 2023 – June 2024)
The Jonas Brothers, comprised of Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas, have headed out on their 12th concert tour, which will span three continents. The Tour will feature songs from five different albums, including The Album , Happiness Begins and A Little Bit Longer .
Tour: +–=÷× (Mathematics) Tour (April 2022 – November 2023)
Ed Sheeran’s fourth concert tour draws from all of his albums since 2011, including Plus (2011), Multiply (2014), Divide (2017), Equals (2021) and Subtract (2023). The two-hour concert will consist of 88 shows across three continents.
Anita Baker
Tour: The Songstress Tour (February – December 2023)
Anita Baker will perform in 15 cities across the U.S. for her latest tour, which celebrates her 40 years as a music icon since the release of her debut album, The Songstress, in 1983.
Guns N' Roses
Tour: World Tour 2023 (June – October 2023)
Guns N’ Roses, comprised of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Steven Adler, has set out on their latest tour, which spans three continents.
Tour: Mañana Será Bonito Tour (August – September 2023)
Karol G kicked off her first-ever stadium tour in Las Vegas and will make her way across the U.S. for stops in six cities.
Tour: The Long Goodbye (September – November 2023)
The Eagles have embarked on their finale tour, with special guest Steely Dan, after more than 50 years of touring and over a thousand concerts.
Tour: Still… at Their Very Best (September – December 2023)
The 1975’s fifth concert tour, in support of the band’s Being Funny in a Foreign Language album, is making stops across North America and Europe.
Tour: The Scarlet Tour (October – December 2023)
Doja Cat will kick off her first North American arena tour in San Francisco, California this fall. Special guests Ice Spice and Doechii will join during select dates. The singer has only toured once before as a headliner for her Amala Tour in 2019.
Stevie Nicks
Tour: 2023 Tour (May – December 2023)
Apart from the Two Icons, One Night Tour that Nicks is co-headlining with Billy Joel through the year, the singer-songwriter also added in dates for her solo tour across the U.S. Nicks has previously toured with Fleetwood Mac as well as embarked on more than a dozen solo tours throughout her career.
Tour: Celebration Tour (October 2023 – April 2024)
Madonna, who initially had to postpone the July start of her Celebration Tour as she recovered from a bacterial infection, is now set to kick off her tour in London on Oct. 14. She will make her way across Europe before returning to the U.S. on Dec. 13 to embark on her North American leg.
Tour: The Chicks World Tour 2023 (June – October 2023)
The Chicks’ sixth headlining concert tour initially began its first leg in 2022, but the country music trio returned in 2023 for their second leg. The group is touring across North America and Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand.
Tour: Summer Carnival 2023 Tour (June – October 2023)
Pink kicked off her eighth concert tour at the beginning of summer and will run through the beginning of fall. But soon after, the singer will head out on her ninth tour, in support of her album Trustfall , starting in Sacramento, California, on Oct. 12.
Janelle Monáe
Tour: The Age of Pleasure Tour (August – October 2023)
Janelle Monáe’s latest tour supports her album The Age of Pleasure Tour . The singer is making stops in 26 cities across North America.
Tour: Don Juan World Tour (August – November 2023)
Maluma has set out on the North American leg of his Don Juan World Tour, which supports his newly released album of the same name. The Latin music artist will make his way across 30 cities before ending in Miami, Florida.
Morgan Wallen
Tour: One Night at a Time World Tour (March – October 2023)
Country music star Morgan Wallen is performing across two continents for his latest tour in support of his third studio album of the same name. Special guests include HARDY, Parker McCollum, ERNEST and Bailey Zimmerman.
Shania Twain
Tour: Queen of Me Tour (April – November 2023)
Shania Twain’s fifth headlining concert tour spans two continents and 77 shows in total. The tour, which marks the singer’s first tour in nearly five years, is in support of her sixth studio album, Queen of Me .
Tour: M72 World Tour (April 2023 – September 2024)
Metallica’s latest tour in support of the band’s 11th studio album, 72 Seasons, will consist of 49 shows across two continents. Throughout the tour, the heavy metal band will play two nights in every city it visits with two completely different setlists and opening acts for each No Repeat Weekend.
Foo Fighters
Tour: 2023 Tour (May 2023 – June 2024)
Foo Fighters have embarked on their first headlining tour since drummer Taylor Hawkins died. The tour, which includes performances in five continents, is in support of their new album But Here We Are .
Tour: The Only Love Tour , formerly The Gag Order Tour (October – November 2023)
Kesha is set to head out on a 20-city North American tour in support of her album Gag Order . The singer’s sixth headlining tour will also include special guest Jake Wesley Rogers.
Tour: Solo Acoustic Fall Tour (October – November 2023)
John Mayer extended his latest tour across the United States into the fall with special guest JP Saxe.
Tour: The Field Trip Tour (September – December 2023)
Lil Yachty is currently on his 39-stop global tour across North America and Europe in support of his album Let’s Start Here .
Bruce Springsteen
Tour: 2023 Tour (February – December 2023)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have made stops across North America and Europe since February for their latest tour. But they had to postpone their September dates as Springsteen undergoes treatment for peptic ulcer disease. At this point, the tour is set to resume on Nov. 3 in Vancouver.
Tour: Music of the Spheres World Tour (March 2022 – September 2024)
Coldplay is performing across five continents for its eighth headlining tour in support of the band’s ninth studio album, Music of the Spheres . They will perform 165 shows in total by the end.
Tour: 2023 World Tour (March – October 2023)
Luke Combs has been making his way across three continents performing songs from his latest two albums, Gettin’ Old and Growin’ Up .
Tour: The Final Lap Tour (July – December 2023)
50 Cent’s latest concert tour celebrates the 20th anniversary of his album Get Rich or Die Tryin , which came out in February 2003. The rapper’s tour consists of 69 shows across four continents.
Tour: Unreal Unearth Tour (September – December 2023)
Hozier has hit the road for his latest tour, which spans across North America and Europe, in support of his EP Eat Your Young and new album Unreal Unearth .
Tour: The Musical Legacy Tour (June – November 2023)
Diana Ross extended her latest tour, which showcases her iconic hits throughout her career, into the fall. The legendary singer is performing across two continents, North America and Europe.
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Still holding a grudge over those lost Taylor tickets ? Couldn't outbid the Hive to see Queen Bey? Well, have no fear — there are still plenty of great tours and festivals to feed those lovely little ear canals of yours.
Here, we present our list of the 2023 concerts and music festivals you won't want to miss. Keep checking back as we update the lineup throughout the year.
M83 Tour: Fall North American Tour Dates: Oct. 3-Oct. 15
James Blake Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: Oct. 3-Oct. 19
Violent Femmes Tour: 40th Anniversary Tour Dates: Oct. 3-Oct. 22
John Mayer Tour: Solo Acoustic Fall Tour Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 10 Guest/Opening act: JP Saxe
Devendra Banhart Tour: Flying Wig World Tour 2023 Dates: Oct. 3-Dec. 13 Guests/Opening acts: Miho Hatori, Soma, H. Hawkline, John Moods, Hayden Pedigo, Rogov
Queen + Adam Lambert Tour: The Rhapsody Tour Dates: Oct. 4-Nov. 12
Lucinda Williams Tour: Don't Tell Anybody The Secrets Fall Tour Dates: Oct. 7-Oct. 29
Travis Scott Tour: 2023 Utopia - Circus Maximus Tour Dates: Oct. 11-Dec. 29 Guest/Opening act: Teezo Touchdown
Kesha Tour: The Gag Order Tour Dates: Oct. 15-Nov. 18 Guest/Opening act: Jake Wesley Rogers
Christine and the Queens Tour: Paranoia, Angels, True Love Tour Dates: Oct. 17-26
My Morning Jacket Tour: Fall 2023 North American Tour Dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 11
Morrissey Tour: 40 Years of Morrissey Dates: Oct. 21-Oct. 25
Wynonna Tour: The Back to Wy Tour Dates: Oct. 26-Dec. 1
Doja Cat Tour: The Scarlet Tour Dates: Oct. 31-Dec. 13 Guests/Opening acts: Ice Spice, Doechii
Festival: After Shock City: Sacramento Dates: Oct. 5-8 Headliners: Guns N' Roses, Tool, Avenged Sevenfold, Korn, Godsmack, Pantera, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, Limp Bizkit
Festival: When We Were Young City: Las Vegas Dates: Oct. 21-22 Headliners: Green Day, Blink-182, 30 Seconds to Mars, the Offspring, Good Charlotte
Better Than Ezra Tour: Return of the Legends of the Fall Tour Dates: Nov. 3-Nov. 17
Liz Phair Tour: Exile in Guyville 30th Anniversary Tour Dates: Nov. 3-Dec. 9 Guest/Opening act: Blondshell, Kate Bollinger
Fever Ray Tour: Fall North American Tour Dates: Nov. 5-Nov. 14 Guest/Opening act: CHRISTEENE
José González Tour: An Exclusive Evening With José González Dates: Nov. 6-Nov. 15
LCD Soundsystem Tour: Tri Boro Tour 2023 Dates: Nov. 16-Dec. 10
Jenny Lewis Tour: The Joy'All Ball Tour Dates: Nov. 27-Dec. 8
Festival: Darker Waves City: Huntington Beach, Calif. Dates: Nov. 18 Headliners: New Order, Tears for Fears, The B-52's, Echo and the Bunnymen, DEVO, Soft Cell
Journey Tour: Freedom Tour Dates: Jan. 25-April 23 Guest/Opening act: Toto
The Judds Tour: The Final Tour Dates: Jan. 26-Feb. 25 Guests/Opening acts: Martina McBride, Brandi Carlile, Kelsea Ballerini, Little Big Town
Big Thief Tour: North American Tour Dates: Jan. 31-Aug. 5 Guests/Opening acts: Lucinda Williams, Nick Hakim, L'Rain, Buck Meek
Bruce Springsteen Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: Feb. 1-April 14
Carrie Underwood Tour: The Denim & Rhinestones Tour Dates: Feb. 2-March 17 Guests/Opening acts: Jimmie Allen
Paramore Tour: In North America Tour Dates: Feb. 9-Aug. 2 Guests/Opening acts: Bloc Party and Genesis Owusu
Jo Dee Messina Tour: Heads Carolina, Tails California Tour Dates: Feb. 17-Nov. 11
SZA Tour: SOS Tour Dates: Feb. 21-March 23 Guest/Opening act: Omar Apollo
Father John Misty Tour: Live! On Tour 2023 Dates: Feb. 26-May 7 Guest(s)/Opening act(s): Omar Velasco, Loren Kramar, Butch Bastard, High Water, Shaky Knees
Wizkid Tour: More Love, Less Ego Tour Dates: March 3-April 7
Reba McEntire Tour: Reba: Live in Concert Dates: Mar. 9-April 15 Guests/Opening acts: Terri Clark, the Isaacs
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks Tour: Two Icons, One Night Tour Dates: March 10-Sept. 23
Kenny Loggins Tour: The This Is It Tour Dates: March 10-Oct. 27
Chris Stapleton Tour: All American Road Show Dates: March 16-Aug. 25 Guests/Opening acts: Margo Price, Nikki Lane, George Strait, Little Big Town, Marcus King, the War and Treaty, Charley Crockett, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Allen Stone
Taylor Swift Tour: Eras Tour Dates: March 17-Aug. 9, 2023 and Oct. 18-Nov. 23, 2024 Guests/Opening acts: Paramore, HAIM, Phoebe Bridgers, beabadobee, Girl in Red, MUNA, Gayle, Gracie Abrams, OWENN
Wilco Tour: Spring 2023 North American Tour Dates: March 23-April 30 Guests/Opening acts: Horsegirl, the A's
Depeche Mode Tour: Memento Mori World Tour Dates: March 23-Dec. 15 Guests/Opening acts: Kelly Lee Owens, Stella Rose and the Dead Language
Billy Idol Tour: Idol Live Dates: March 30-May 20
Festival: M3F Festival City: Phoenix Dates: March 3-4 Headliners: Maggie Rogers, Jamie xx
Festival: Rolling Loud California City: Inglewood, Calif. Dates: March 3-5 Headliners: Playboy Carti, Travis Scott, Future, Lil Wayne
Red Hot Chili Peppers Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: April 1-May 25 Guests/Opening acts: The Strokes, Mars Volta, St. Vincent, Thundercat, King Princess
Chlöe Tour: The In Pieces Tour Dates: April 11-May 3
Boygenius Tour: The Tour Dates: April 12-Aug. 5 Guests/Opening acts: Carly Rae Jepsen, Broken Social Scene, Bartees Strange, Claud, Illuminati Hotties
Father John Misty Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: April 14-May 7 Guests/Opening acts: Omar Velasco, Loren Kramar, Butch Bastard
Janet Jackson Tour: Together Again Tour Dates: April 14-June 21 Guest/Opening act: Ludacris
Phish Tour: Summer Tour 2023 Dates: April 14-Sept. 3
Shania Twain Tour: Queen of Me Tour Dates: April 15-Nov. 14 Guests/Opening acts: Breland, Hailey Whitters
Wiz Khalifa Tour: The Good Trip Tour Dates: April 15-22 Guests/Opening acts: Joey Bada$$, Berner, Smoke DZA, Chevy Woods
Lizzo Tour: Special 2our Dates: April 21-June 2 Guest/Opening act: Latto
Melissa Etheridge Tour: Summer Tour '23 Dates: April 22-Aug. 15
Kali Uchis Tour: Red Moon in Venus Tour Dates: April 25-May 30 Guest/Opening act: Raye
Destroyer Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: April 28-May 12 Guests/Opening acts: the Reds, Pinks, and Purples
Festival: Dreamville Festival City: Raleigh, N.C. Dates: April 1-2 Headliners: Usher, J. Cole, Drake, Burna Boy
Festival: Coachella City: Indio, Calif. Dates: April 14-16; April 21-23 Headliners: Bad Bunny, Blackpink, Frank Ocean
Festival: We Bridge Music Festival & Expo City: Las Vegas Dates: April 21-23 Headliners: Monsta X, Jessi, Enhypen, Bambam
Festival: Something in the Water City: Virginia Beach Dates: April 28-30 Headliners: Grace Jones, Wu-Tang Clan, Lil Wayne, Clipse, Mumford & Sons, Kehlani, Maren Morris, Summer Walker
Feist Tour: Multitudes Spring Tour Dates: May 2-19
Tegan and Sara Tour: Crybaby Tour Dates: May 3-Oct. 3 Guests/Opening acts: Hand Habits, Dragonette, Carlie Hanson
Blink 182 Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: May 4-July 16 Guests/Opening acts: Turnstile, Rise Against, the Story So Far, Wallow
Ed Sheeran Tour: Mathematics Tour Dates: May 6-Sept. 23 Guests/Opening acts: Khalid, Russ, Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns, Maisie Peters
Dave Matthews Band Tour: 2023 North American Tour Dates: May 9-Sept. 3
Matchbox Twenty Tour: Spring/Summer 2023 Tour Dates: May 16-Aug. 6
Stevie Nicks Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: May 16-Dec. 15
The National Tour: 2023 World Tour Dates: May 18-Aug. 18 Guests/Opening acts: Soccer Mommy, the Beths, Patti Smith (Aug. 18)
Ed Sheeran Tour: The "-" Tour Dates: May 19-Sept. 22 Guest/Opening act: Ben Kweller
Charlie Puth Tour: The "Charlie" Live Experience Dates: May 20-Jul. 11
Duran Duran Tour: The Future Past North American Tour Dates: May 23-Sept. 19 Guests/Opening acts: Grace Jones (Sept. 22), Nile Rodgers and Chic, Bastille
Foo Fighters Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: May 24-Oct. 5 Guests/Opening acts: The Breeders, Taipei Houston
Le Tigre Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: May 27-July 29 Guests/Opening acts: Shamir, Morgan and the Organ Donors, Claud, MAN ON MAN, Pom Pom Squad, Who is She?, Erin Markey, cumgirl8, Morgan Bassichis
Bebe Rexha Tour: Best F'n Night of My Life Tour Dates: May 31-June 30
Festival: Palm Tree Music Festival City: Dana Point, Calif. Dates: May 13 Headliners: Kygo, Ellie Goulding, Tove Lo
Festival: Hangout Music Festival City: Gulf Shores, Ala. Dates: May 19-21 Headliners: Red Hot Chili Peppers, SZA, Calvin Harris, Lil Nas X, Paramore, Skrillex, the Kid Laroi, Flume
Festival: Lighting in a Bottle City: Buena Vista, Calif. Dates: May 24-29 Headliners: Rezz, Sofi Tukker, Diplo, Zhu, Tale of Us
Jenny Lewis Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: June 2-Aug. 7 Guests/Opening acts: Cass McCombs, Jenny O., Hayden Pedigo
Bryan Adams Tour: So Happy It Hurts Tour Dates: June 6-Aug. 3 Guest/Opening act: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Yo La Tengo Tour: North American Tour '23 Dates: June 9-June 28
Diana Ross Tour: The Musical Legacy Tour 2023 Dates: June 9-July 2
Erykah Badu Tour: Unfollow Me Tour Dates: June 11-July 23 Guest/Opening act: Yasiin Bey
Fleet Foxes Tour: Shore Tour 2023 Dates: June 13-Aug. 24 Guests/Opening acts: My Morning Jacket, Uwade
The All-American Rejects Tour: Wet Hot All-American Summer Tour Dates: June 16-Oct. 14 Guests/Opening acts: New Found Glory, Motion City Soundtrack, the Starting Line, the Get Up Kids
Zac Brown Band Tour: From the Fire Tour Dates: June 23-Nov. 4 Guests/Opening acts: Marcus King, Tenille Townes, and King Calaway
The Smile Tour: North American Tour Dates: June 25-July 20
Sparks Tour: Sparks Tour 2023 Dates: June 27-July 16
Alicia Keys Tour: Keys to the Summer Tour Dates: June 28-Aug. 2
Festival: Outloud City: West Hollywood Dates: June 2-4 Headliners: Grace Jones, Carly Rae Jepsen, Orville Peck, Passion Pit
Festival: Roots Picnic City: Philadelphia Dates: June 2-4 Headliners: Ms. Lauryn Hill, Diddy and the Roots, Dave Chappelle, Lil Uzi Vert
Festival: Hot 97 Summer Jam City: New York City Date: June 4 Headliners: Cardi B, Glorilla, Ice Spice, Coi Leray, Fivio Foreign, French Montana, the Lox
Festival: Summerfest City: Milwaukee Dates: June 22-24; June 29-July 1; July 6-8 Headliners: James Taylor, Eric Church, Dave Matthews Band, Odesza, Zach Bryan, Imagine Dragons, Santa Fe Klan, Earth, Wind & Fire, Noah Kahan, Ava Max, the Pretty Reckless, Sean Paul, Coi Leray, Japanese Breakfast, Yellowcard, Smokey Robinson, Fleet Foxes
Yellowcard Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: July 5-Aug. 8 Guests/Opening acts: Mayday Parade, Story of the Year, Anberlin, This Wild Life
Dinosaur Jr. Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: July 6-Sept. 30 Guests/Opening acts: Clutch, Red Fang
Post Malone Tour: If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying Tour Dates: July 8-Aug. 19
Killer Mike Tour: The High & Holy Tour Dates: July 10-Aug. 5
Beyoncé Tour: Renaissance World Tour Dates: July 12-Sept. 26
Maggie Rogers Tour: Summer of '23 Tour Dates: July 14-Sept. 29 Guests/Opening acts: Soccer Mommy, Alvvays
Madonna Tour: The Celebration Tour Dates: July 15-Oct. 7 [ POSTPONED ]
The Chicks Tour: The Chicks World Tour 2023 Dates: July 21-Sept. 5 Guests/Opening acts: Ben Harper, Wild River
Pink Tour: Summer Carnival 2023 Tour Dates: July 24-Oct. 9 Guests/Opening acts: Pat Benatar with Neil Giraldo, Brandi Carlile, Grouplove, KidCutUp
Regina Spektor Tour: Summer Tour Dates: July 28-Aug. 27 Guests/Opening acts: Aimee Mann, Allison Russell
Smashing Pumpkins Tour: The World Is a Vampire Tour Dates: July 28-Sept. 9 Guests/Opening acts: Interpol, Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons
Festival: Pitchfork Music Festival City: Chicago Dates: July 21-23 Headliners: the Smile, Big Thief, Bon Iver
Festival: Rolling Loud Miami City: Miami Dates: July 21-23 Headliners: A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott, Playboy Carti
Beck and Phoenix Tour: Summer Odyssey Dates: Aug. 1-Sept. 10 Guests/Opening acts: Jenny Lewis, Japanese Breakfast, Weyes Blood, Sir Chloe
JVKE Tour: What Tour Feels Like Dates: Aug. 3-Sept. 2
Father John Misty and the Head and the Heart Tour: Summer Co-Headlining Tour Dates: Aug. 4-Aug. 22 Guest/Opening act: Miya Folick
Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire Tour: Sing a Song All Night Long Tour Dates: Aug. 4-Sept. 15
Ben Harper Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: Aug. 10-Oct. 23 Guests/Opening acts: The Chicks, City and Colour, Katie Tupper
The Pretenders Tour: US Tour '23 Dates: Aug. 11-Sept. 6 Guest/Opening act: Guns N' Roses (select dates)
Guns N' Roses Tour: 2023 World Tour Dates: Aug. 11-Nov. 5 Guest/Opening act: The Black Keys
Jonas Brothers Tour: The Tour Dates: Aug. 12-Oct. 14
Sigur Rós Tour: Orchestral Tour Dates: Aug. 14-Aug. 27
Weyes Blood Tour: In Holy Flux Tour: Unleashed Dates: Aug. 18-Sept. 14 Guest/Opening act: Perfume Genius
Modest Mouse, Pixies, and Cat Power Tour: Co-Headline Tour Dates: Aug. 20-Sept. 16
Alex G and Alvvays Tour: 2023 Summer Tour Dates: Aug. 23-Sept. 1 Guest/Opening act: Cassandra Jenkins
Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper Tour: Freaks on Parade Tour Dates: Aug. 24-Sept. 24 Guests/Opening acts: Ministry, Filter
Janelle Monáe Tour: The Age of Pleasure Tour Dates: Aug. 30-Oct. 18
Pearl Jam Tour: 2023 North American Tour Dates: Aug. 31-Sept. 19 Guest/Opening act: Inhaler
Gin Blossoms and Sugar Ray Tour: Co-Headlining Summer Tour Dates: Aug. 31-Sept. 15 Guests/Opening acts: Tonic, Fastball
Maluma Tour: Don Juan World Tour Dates: Aug. 31-Nov. 4
Festival: Outside Lands City: San Francisco Dates: Aug. 11-Aug. 13 Headliners: Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Odesza, Lana Del Rey, Megan Thee Stallion, The 1975, Janelle Monáe, Zedd, Maggie Rogers, Fisher
Aerosmith Tour: Peace Out — The Farewell Tour Dates: Sept. 2-Jan. 26 Guest/Opening act: The Black Crowes
Aly & AJ Tour: With Love From… Tour Dates: Sept. 5-Sept. 19 Guest/Opening act: Vanessa Carlton
The Postal Service/Death Cab for Cutie Tour: Give Up and Transatlanticism 20th Anniversary Tour Dates: Sept. 5-Oct. 17 Guests/Opening acts: Lauren Mayberry, Warpaint, The Beths, Built to Spill, Iron & Wine, Pedro the Lion
Victoria Monét Tour: The Jaguar Tour Dates: Sept. 6-Oct. 22
Beth Orton Tour: 2023 Tour Dates: Sept. 7-Sept. 29 Guests/Opening acts: Pneumatic Tubes, Ben Sloan
Eagles Tour: The Long Goodbye Dates: Sept. 7-Nov. 17 Guest/Opening act: Steely Dan
Ani DiFranco Tour: Fall 2023 Tour Dates: Sept. 8-Sept. 24 Guest/Opening act: Kristen Ford
Ms. Lauryn Hill Tour: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour Dates: Sept. 8-Dec. 13 Guests/Opening acts: The Fugees, Koffee
Peter Gabriel Tour: i/o — The Tour Dates: Sept. 14-Oct. 13
Zhu Tour: The Grace Tour Dates: Sept. 14-Nov. 10 Guests/Opening acts: Channel Tres, Claptone, Hayden James
The Walkmen Tour: 2023 Revenge Tour Dates: Sept. 16-Oct. 17
The 1975 Tour: The 1975: Still… at Their Very Best Dates: Spet. 16-Dec. 2
311 Tour: Fall Tour Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 22 Guests/Opening acts: Awolnation, Blame My Youth
Nick Cave Tour: Live in North America — Solo Dates: Sept. 19-Oct. 29
Röyksopp Tour: True Electric 2023 North American Tour Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 1
Måneskin Tour: Rush! World Tour Dates: Sept. 21-Oct. 13
Lil Yachty Tour: The Field Trip Tour '23 Dates: Sept. 21-Nov. 8
YG, Tyga, and Saweetie Tour: Str8 to the Klub Tour Dates: Sept. 21-Nov. 22 Guests/Opening acts: Kamaiyah, Wallie the Sensei, DJ Vision
Kali Uchis Tour: Red Moon in Venus Tour Pt. II Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 3 Guests/Opening acts: Tokischa, Buscabulla
Wilco Tour: Fall U.S. Tour Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 27 Guests/Opening acts: Nina Nastasia, My Brightest Diamond
Boygenius Tour: The Tour Dates: Sept. 25-Oct. 31 Guests/Opening acts: Palehound, Samia, Muna, 100 gecs, Sloppy Jane
Festival: iHeartRadio Music Festival City: Las Vegas Dates: Sept. 22-Sept.23 Headliners: Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Kelly Clarkson, Kane Brown, Lil Durk, Lil Wayne, Lenny Kravitz, Miguel, Travis Scott, Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow, Tim McGraw, TLC, Thirty Seconds to Mars
Festival: Ohana Festival City: Dana Point, Calif. Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Headliners: Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, The Killers, The Chicks, Haim, Pretenders
Festival: All Things Go Music Festival City: Columbia, Md. Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Headliners: Maggie Rogers, Lana Del Rey, Carly Rae Jepsen, Boygenius, Mt. Joy
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Top 10 Highest-Grossing Rock Tours of 2023
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Last week, Billboard revealed its year-end Boxscore charts , ranking the top tours, venues, and promoters of 2023. That coverage included analysis of the new wave of genre diverse artists crashing stadium stages, and in turn, our charts. This week, we are breaking down the year’s biggest tours, genre by genre . Today, we continue with rock.
Rock music has been at the center of the touring industry for decades, with legendary acts like The Rolling Stones , U2 , and the Eagles controlling stadium calendars and delivering record-breaking grosses. That is still the case, as rock is responsible for more entries in the all-genre top 10, 20, 40 and 100 than any other genre.
But at 32.4% of all top 100 tours’ grosses, rock takes a dramatic hit from last year’s 42.5% figure. Combined with pop, the two central genres have lost a third of their total market share since the pandemic, as pockets of Latin and K-pop acts take up prime Boxscore real estate. And as rock accounts for many of the oldest artists in the top 100, with Latin and K-pop bringing up the chart’s youngest names, the future of rock bands as touring titans is blurrier than it was 5-10 years ago.
But with a new round of legacy tours from ‘90s and ‘00s bands, plus steady arena grosses from 21st century acts like Arctic Monkeys, Greta Van Fleet and Imagine Dragons, there is still plenty of juice for the coming years.
Scroll to check out the top 10 highest-grossing tours by rock artists, with such acts qualifying due to recent performance on Billboard ’s Top Rock Albums and/or Hot Rock Songs charts. Rankings are determined according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. All reported shows worldwide between Nov. 1, 2022 – Sept. 30, 2023 are eligible.
$76.8M / 597K tickets / 41 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 24
Phish is among the most consistent touring acts, regardless of genre. From its annual destination event in Mexico to its reliable runs of shows at Madison Square Garden, the jam-band legends continue to one-up themselves, after winding up at No. 31 on last year’s all-genre ranking.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
$77.2M / 657K tickets / 18 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 23
Red Hot Chili Peppers repeat in the year-end rock breakdown with shows in Asia, Europe and North America. Still, the band’s $77.2 million total doesn’t include the $48.2 million from its co-headline shows with Post Malone in Australia.
$92.7M / 1M tickets / 45 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 20
Muse makes its first appearance among the year-end top 10 rock tours since 2013, when the glam-rock band earned $43.2 million while on The 2nd Law World Tour. The European leg did the heaviest lifting, with nine of the top 10 grosses of the year.
$95.7M / 692K tickets / 45 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 19
Blink is back with the biggest tour of its career. The original trio of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reunited for 45 sold-out shows in North America and Europe. Things came to a head with two nights at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium, where blink-182 grossed $8.8 million and sold 43,600 tickets.
Guns N' Roses
$96.2M / 888K tickets / 31 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 18
Guns N’ Roses logs a second year between $90-100 million after being No. 8 on 2022’s genre Boxscore breakout. More shows after the tracking period’s cutoff puts the rock icons on tap for the ’24 ranking with $19.7 million already in the bank.
Dead & Company
$114.7M / 845K tickets / 28 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 15
Dead & Company played its farewell tour between May 19 and July 16, yielding its first $100 million summer since launching as a touring unit in 2015. The peak was a three-night run at San Francisco’s Oracle Park to end the tour, earning $20.4 million from 118,000 tickets sold.
$125.8M / 1.2M tickets / 19 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: 14
Metallica grossed more than $10 million in seven markets between Europe and North America, doubling up in Montreal, Paris and more. The M72 World Tour continues with scheduled dates through Sept. 29, 2024.
Depeche Mode
$175.2M / 1.8M tickets / 47 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: No. 9
The first of three rock acts in the all-genre top 10, Depeche Mode scores the biggest year of its touring career, blowing past 2017’s $123.5 million. Three shows at Mexico City’s Foro Sol on Sept. 21, 23 and 25 delivered the band’s biggest gross ever, at $15.4 million from 195,000 tickets sold.
$210M / 1.3M tickets / 65 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: No. 7
Elton John notches a fifth year on the year-end Boxscore recap with the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, having topped the abridged 2020 report. After all was said and done, set a new record as the highest-grossing tour in Boxscore history, regardless of genre. Over 329 shows, the trek earned $939.1 million and sold six million tickets.
$342.5M / 3.2M tickets / 55 shows
All-Genre Top 100 Rank: No. 2
Switching places with John from last year, Coldplay takes top honors as the highest-grossing rock act of 2023. The band’s spread covers shows in North and South America, as well as Europe, with dates in Asia and Australia in the 2024 tracking window. After kicking off in 2022, the Music of the Spheres Tour has brought in $664.5 million and sold 6.7 million tickets.
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The Most Anticipated Concert Tours Of 2023
The touring industry is exploding right now. In a blog post written earlier this year, Lorde astutely noted how basically all of the artists who couldn’t tour during the pandemic are now all hitting the stage all at once. And that massive influx of high-profile concert tours is continuing into 2023. From long-awaited concert tours to anniversary celebrations to high-profile comebacks, these are the most anticipated concert tours of 2023.
Arctic Monkeys
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For the first time in nearly ten years, Arctic Monkeys released a new album. The Car , is a cinematic melodrama enacted as debonairly as possible in the way that only Alex Turner and company can. They’re set to make 22 tour stops in North America at the tail end of summer and Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. are opening for them.
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While Beyoncé hasn’t announced any plans to tour in support of Renaissance yet (or release any music videos from it for that matter) she dropped a $20,000 hint that a tour is coming this summer. You see, at the WACO Theater Wearable Art Gala in October, Beyoncé put up an extravagant package for the charity auction. For $20k, the package description included airline tickets and a meet and greet to, “Beyoncé’s Renaissance 2023 tour.” Shout out to the Bey Hive member who sussed out this caper. ( Update: Beyoncé announced a Renaissance world tour on February 1, 2023.)
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In a year that saw them releasing another dynamite album in Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You , Big Thief announced an active schedule of concerts across four continents . But they really made waves this past week in laying out a plan to invite teachers and students to their soundchecks along the tour. The band wants to provide young people with opportunities to engage in learning experiences around creativity, music, playing shows, and songwriting. Awesome.
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Not only is Blink 182 back, but guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge has rejoined the band making for a full reunion tour . Delonge, drummer Travis barker, and bassist/singer Mark Hoppus are also set to headline a slew of South American festivals, as well as the When We Were Young emo nostalgia fest in Las Vegas. Oh, and a new Blink 182 album is apparently on deck as well.
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are hitting the road in 2023 for the first time since 2017. Yet when news of the US tour dates hit , Ticketmaster’s flexible pricing model sent some seats soaring in the thousands of dollars range and fans were none too pleased. Springsteen answered the critics essentially saying that the imperfect system is what it is, but, “If there’s any complaints on the way out, you can have your money back.” They don’t call him The Boss for nothing.
Death Grips
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For the first time in four years, horrorcore trailblazers Death Grips will be going out on tour . The experimental rap trio of Zach Hill, MC Ride, and Andy Morin put on an electric live show, with MC Ride an always visceral presence on the microphone.
Depeche Mode
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It was a tough year for Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan and Martin Gore when longtime keyboardist Andy “Fletch” Fletcher died in May at the age of 60 . But Depeche Mode are still planning on releasing their new album Memento Mori , this spring. “Fletch would have loved this album,” Gahan said. The Memento Mori World Tour begins in March in the US and only ends in August in Europe.
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With albums entitled +, =, ÷ , and x Ed Sheeran is bringing the theme full circle with his North America megatour dubbed the Mathematics Tour . He’ll be playing gigantic stadium sets at venues like Houston’s NRG Stadium, Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, and Detroit’s Ford Field. Meanwhile, he has curated a diverse set of tour openers in Khalid, Maisie Peters, Russ, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns, and Dylan.
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Hopefully, GloRilla is planning on giving her assistant a raise , because she’s going to be plenty busy with her first-ever headlining tour in 2023. The Anyways, Life’s Great Tour is tabbed as GloRilla “with friends,” so we’ll see who decides to pop up on stage with the Memphis rapper. Could one of those friends be Cardi B at some point? The pair collaborated on the track “Tomorrow 2” which hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2022.
Janet Jackson
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When Janet Jackson announced the Together Again Tour for 2023 , she also promised that “there will be new music.” Not that we really need any, considering how many #hits she’s turned out across the decades, but it definitely adds to the mystique of what the always explosive “That’s The Way Love Goes” singer does on stage. Ludacris is joining her as the opening act, cause why the heck not?
JID and Smino
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Both JID and Smino dropped albums in 2022. JID’s Forever Story places him in the conversation of today’s best, while Smino’s incredibly unique Luv 4 Rent features A-List featured guests like J-Cole and Lil Uzi Vert. Now the Atlanta and St. Louis connection will come to fruition on the 32-date cross-continent Luv Is 4Ever Tour .
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
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Are King Gizzard the most prolific band in the world right now? The Aussie psycho rockers did just drop five albums in 2022. They’ve certainly become one of the most cultiish live bands on the planet regardless. They’re June 2023 tour begins at The Caverns Underground in Tennessee and ends with a three-hour “marathon set” at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
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The pioneering metal band from San Francisco have a new album due out on April 14th called 72 Seasons and the corresponding tour will stretch far beyond 2023. Metallica will be hitting the road this year, making stops in both Europe, the US, Canada, while picking it up again for a slew of 2024 dates in Europe and all of North America including Mexico. The shows will feature them playing 2 nights in cities, with no song repeats and an in-the-round staging.
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Paramore’s much-hyped sixth album, This Is Why , is due out on February 10th and the Hayley Williams-led band have a tour ready to rock for the summertime. Beginning in May, Paramore will be touring all throughout North America and have an illustrious cast of support acts in tow in Bloc Party (whom they cite as a primary influence), Foals, The Linda Lindas, and Genesis Owusu.
The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie
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Not only is The Postal Service embarking on a 20th Anniversary Tour for their cult-classic album Give Up, but it’s a double bill with Death Cab For Cutie. Ben Gibbard will be pulling double duty, but he’s the quintessential rockstar on stage and can more than handle it. And as great as Death Cab’s latest album, Asphalt Meadows , is, the vibes will surely be highest as soon as Jenny Lewis joins Gibbard on vocals for Give Up’s opening track, “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.”
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Sad hotties rejoice, SZA is going on tour! After an unfathomable number of teasers and delays, SZA’s new album S.O.S. finally dropped last month and she’ll be supporting it on tour with Omar Apollo as the opening act. We got a preview of SZA’s S.O.S. stage setup at Outside Lands festival 2022 in San Francisco this past summer and it’s thematic to the album to say the least.
Taylor Swift
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Following the release of Midnights , Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour will mark her first stadium performances in five years. By now, you’ve surely heard about how Taylor damn near broke Ticketmaster when tickets went on sale and the tour has already netted over a half billion dollars in sales. This will mark the largest run of US dates for Swift, so do what you have to do to get into the stadium. And if all else fails, maybe her cat can put you on the guest list?
The Walkmen
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A decade since The Walkmen went on an “extreme hiatus,” the indie rock staples announced a comeback for 2023 with a limited number of shows in only New York City at first. The tour has since expanded to add multi-night residencies in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington D.C. in addition to New York City. This could potentially mean that Hamilton Leithauser, Peter Bauer, and company might finally have a new album by The Walkmen on the horizon. The plan will surely unfold on this long-awaited slate of live performances which begins in April.
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Weeks after dropping his latest album, More Love Less Ego , Wizkid already started teasing a new album called SaiLess . The promise of even more new music from the world-sweeping Afrobeats star will certainly drive the interest North American Tour. Beginning in March , Wizkid will be playing arena-sized venues like Houston’s Kia Center and Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
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A noted critic of Ticketmaster’s purported monopoly and the exorbitant fees that they tack on concert tickets, Zach Bryan has decided to take matters into his own hands for his upcoming tour. “I’ve decided to play a limited number of headline shows next year to which I’ve done all I can to make prices as cheap as possible and to prove to people tickets don’t have to cost $450 to see a good and honest show,” the country music rising star said on Instagram. The dates have yet to be announced but Bryan has promised them “soon” and you’ve just got to admire the stance he’s taking.
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25 most anticipated tours of 2023
2023 is shaping up to be an utterly massive year for new albums , and it's looking like an equally thrilling year for live music. Pantera will play their first U.S. shows in over 22 years. Metallica are hitting the road in support of a new album. Turnstile are booked for their biggest tour yet: opening for pop-punk giants blink-182 on their hugely anticipated reunion tour. That's just a snippet of the many kickass tours that we can't wait to experience throughout the next trip around the sun. Below are the 25 we're most looking forward to losing our hearing at.
Anthrax, Black Label Society, Exodus
Kicks off: January 17 Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante and Black Label Society's Zakk Wylde are practically joined at the hip these days. Outside of their new duties performing with the freshly reformed Pantera, their respective main bands toured together last summer, and they had so much fun together that they decided to do a whole 'nother run this winter. Anthrax and BLS will be trading off headlining slots, and Bay Area thrash OGs Exodus are joining them for this 24-date venture. It's gonna be a hoot.
We Came as Romans, Erra, Brand of Sacrifice
Kicks off: January 19 One of the most devastating collabs of 2022 was "Darkbloom (Reimagined)," We Came as Romans' brutal tag-team with rising deathcore heavyweights Brand of Sacrifice. The younger Canuck band gave the elder metalcore statesmen an added dose of nastiness, and BOS got to dabble in catchier fare, so it's only natural that the two acts would hit the road together in 2023 to play that sucker live. Plus, prog-core vets Erra are rounding out the bill, so be sure to stretch your neck before this one hits your town.
Soulfly, Bodybox, Half Heard Voices, Skinflint
Kicks off: January 25 Max Cavalera is one of metal's pre-eminent road dogs. The dude is constantly touring, either with his brother, Iggor, in Cavalera Conspiracy, or with his main band Soulfly, who just dropped a new album last year, Totem , and are jonesing to play the new digs in every nook and cranny in North America. Them and Florida death-metal upstarts Bodybox will kick off a whopping 57-date(!) trek in late January, with Half Heard Voices and Skinflint joining for specific legs.
Parkway Drive, Memphis May Fire, Currents
Kicks off: January 31 It's been a long four years since the Aussie metal institution washed up on North American shores, but Parkway Drive are finally coming back to the U.S. this year. That means it's also their first batch of stateside shows since their latest album, 2022's Darker Still , which features their most anthemic, mountain-scaling compositions yet — the kind of arena-ready, chant-inducing songs that lend themselves to a kickass live show. Huge riffs, huge hooks and (hopefully) huge fucking flames.
Thy Art is Murder, Kublai Khan, Undeath, I AM, Justice for the Damned
Kicks off: February 8 Deathcore, metalcore, hardcore, death metal — all of those subgenres are accounted for on this crushing tour package helmed by Australia's mighty deathcore champs Thy Art Is Murder. Dubbed "Decade of Hate," the run will be celebrating 10 years of TAIM's deathcore landmark, Hate , and all of the supporting acts hold a candle to that record's baleful energy. Kublai Khan and I AM are Texas' new-gen mosh officers, Undeath are death metal's fastest-rising young act, and Justice for the Damned are bringing even more deathcore from down under.
August Burns Red, Devil Wears Prada, Bleed From Within
Kicks off: February 15 It's hard to believe that August Burns Red have been around for 20 years now, but the Pennsylvania metalcore stalwarts are indeed hitting the double-decade mark this year. That's a big deal, and there's no better band they could've picked to celebrate that milestone with than fellow metalcore lifers the Devil Wears Prada, who emerged from the same era as ABR and are also still standing stronger than ever today. On top of that, ABR's new record, Death Below , will arrive March 24th, smack-dab in the middle of this journey. Partaayyy .
Sunami, Big Boy, Extinguish, Ingrown, Spy
Kicks off: February 24 Sunami have built their brand on being a band from the Bay Area. In fact, they've gone so far as to say that anyone who doesn't reside from that region of California is a bitch. Nevertheless, the rast-rising hardcore brutes are leaving their beloved San Jose for a full month this year while they embark on their first-ever U.S. headlining tour. A murderer's row of hardcore peers will be participating in the journey: Idaho's Ingrown and Sunami's Cali pals in Big Boy, Extinguish and Spy. Let's see if us cold-blooded East Coasters can stand their heat.
Vulvodynia, To the Grave, Viscera, Osiah, Bound in Fear
Kicks off: March 2 According to Lorna Shore frontman Will Ramos, Vulvodynia are the heaviest band out there right now. Those are strong words coming from deathcore's leading screamer, and we're ready to see if the South African slam-death crew back that claim when they visit our hemisphere later this winter. Curated by extreme-metal powerhouse Unique Legion Records, the tour also includes Australian punishers To the Grave and three U.K. deathcore acts: Viscera, Osiah and Bound in Fear. Blood will be spilled in these pits.
Underoath, Periphery, Loathe
Kicks off: March 3 This tour is a perfect trifecta of forward-thinking heaviness. You've got Underoath bringing huge choruses, chonky breakdowns and the glitchy effects of their most recent opus, Voyeurist . Periphery are holding it down for the moshing mathematicians, with jazz-influenced prog riffage, djenty grooves and soaring hooks. Then there's Loathe, the hypest metalcore band out of the U.K. who cross the gauzy melodies of Deftones with the room-rumbling heaviness of a metallic hardcore band. Three distinct yet complementary acts, all on one lineup.
DevilDriver, Cradle of Filth, Black Satellite, ONI
Kicks off: March 8 As great as it is to see bands of a similar feather play together, a well-conceived mixed bill is also a treat. DevilDriver (groove metal) and Cradle of Filth (symphonic black metal) are very different bands in a lot of ways, which means there won't be a stale, redundant moment at their upcoming co-headliner — and the opening bands only add to the variety. Black Satellite sit squarely in the industrial-metal lane and ONI's sound ranges from bouncy djent to hooky metalcore. Something for everyone.
Life of Agony, Sick of It All
Kicks off: March 9 Life of Agony's groundbreaking debut, River Runs Red , turns 30 this year, and anyone who catches them on this upcoming tour gets to hear it played in full. It's a pretty sweet deal that's made even sweeter by fellow NYHC veterans Sick of It All joining the trek, creating a must-see bill for anyone who loves the heavy music of the early Nineties. SOIA haven't indicated that they'll be playing any one record of theirs back-to-back, but we have to imagine they'll be following LOA's lead and leaning on the time-tested oldies.
Morbid Angel, Revocation, Skeletal Remains, Vitriol, Crypta
Kicks off: March 15 Florida death metal is 40 years old. Let that sink in. Then, before you get all sullen about the passing of time, flip on Altars of Madness , crank the volume to an ear-piercing high, and get fucking pumped to see Morbid fucking Angel this year, who're honoring their four-decade run with their first tour since 2019. Expect a career-spanning setlist filled with all the gory goodness, and a smattering of opening sets by other, younger death bringers of all stripes.
Depeche Mode
Kicks off: March 23 Depeche Mode's first tour in five years will be bittersweet. It'll be their first run without founding keyboardist Andy "Fletch" Fletcher, who passed away last year at age 60, reducing the iconic electronic-rock troupe to a duo. However, moving forward is "what he would have wanted," according to surviving members Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, so this world trek will triple as a tribute to his legacy, a celebration of their return to stages and a promotion of their long-awaited new album, Memento Mori.
City Morgue, Vein.FM
Kicks off: March 29 City Morgue are a rap duo who love metal and hardcore. Anyone who's heard their trunk-knocking music — which frequently features buzzsaw guitars and screamed vocals from ZillaKami and SosMula — can tell these guys are real-deal headbangers, and they love touring with heavy bands to make their notoriously raucous shows as intense as possible. This spring, Boston hardcore scramblers Vein.FM get the honor of supporting them, and we're already thinking about which shirt we won't mind losing when it ultimately gets ripped off in the sweaty mayhem.
Silverstein, Dayseeker, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, One Step Closer
Kicks off: March 30 A big reason why Silverstein continue to connect with younger fans is because they've always been great about touring with a diverse array of up-and-coming bands. On this tour, the Canuck post-hardcore vets are bringing along O.C. post-hardcore crooners Dayseeker, San Diego sasscore heroes SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and one of the quickest-rising bands in hardcore right now, Wilkes Barre's One Step Closer. Old-school Silverstein heads get to hear some new bands, and fans of the opening acts get swept into Silverstein's world. Win-win.
Dying Fetus, Suicide Silence, Born of Osiris, Sanguisugabogg, Aborted, Crown Magnetar, Slay Squad
Kicks off: April 7 Now in its fourth year, the annual Chaos and Carnage tour is looking more and more like a winter answer to the now-defunct Summer Slaughter tour. Co-headliners Suicide Silence and Dying Fetus are about as strong a union of deathcore and death metal as they come, and the slew of openers — djent-core aliens Born of Osiris, Belgian brutal death vets Aborted and acid-fried death-metal rascals Sanguisgabogg, to name a few — provide a smorgasbord of breakdowns and blast beats for the feasting.
Spiritbox, After the Burial, Intervals
Kicks off: April 10 Spiritbox felt like a headlining act before 2021's Eternal Blue even dropped, and when that album exploded the way it did, the Canuck renegades appeared to be genuine superstars. However, they've somehow never embarked on a U.S. headlining tour — a fact set to change later this spring. Courtney LaPlante and Co. will finally spearhead their own trek, with djent devotees After the Burial and fellow Canadian prog-metallers Intervals rounding out the bill. Catch Spiritbox in 1,000-capacity rooms while you still can.
Black Dahlia Murder, Terror, Frozen Soul, Fuming Mouth, Phobophilic
Kicks off: April 15 It's a new era of the Black Dahlia Murder. This will be the Michigan melodeath vets' first tour without their late founding frontman, Trevor Strnad, who'll be replaced on the mic by co-founding guitarist Brian Eschbach going forward. It's a radical shift in the long-running band's lineup, but one thing that hasn't changed is their commitment to big-upping new-gen talent. Alongside hardcore lifers, Terror, the tour features two rising figures in modern death-metal (Frozen Soul and Phobophilic) and Boston metallic-hardcore bruisers Fuming Mouth, marking their first tour since bandleader Mark Whelan was diagnosed with — and beat! — cancer.
Mastodon, Gojira, Lorna Shore
Kicks off: April 18 While it would be fucking sick to see the titular beasts Mastodon and Gojira named their bands after going head-to-head in a Godzilla vs. Kong type movie, when it comes to their music, we're much more excited to see those metal giants uniting as tourmates. Dubbed the Mega-Monsters Tour, the Atlanta prog-metallers and French groovesters will be terrorizing North America throughout two legs of dates this spring and summer, and they're bringing out Lorna Shore — the hottest band in deathcore — as their supporting act. Two words: Fuck yes.
Blink-182, Turnstile
Kicks off: May 4 Arguably the most anticipated 2023 tour in all of rock music, this will mark blink-182's first trek with co-founding singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge in eight years — and it'll be in support of blink's as-yet-unnannounced new album, their first with DeLonge in over a decade. But even if that means absolutely nothing to you, motherfucking Turnstile — the kings of Baltimore, who are now quite possibly the most popular hardcore band ever — will be opening every date. That's fucking insane. Hardcore kids are going to be doing spin kicks next to moms and dads who are there to sing along to "All the Small Things."
Death Grips
Kicks off: May 5 Throughout the 2010s, Death Grips built up a reputation as one of the most intense and unpredictable live acts in all of music. Their convulsive fusions of punk, rap and industrial — and frontman MC Ride's bizarre, violent performances — make their cult-like fan base go absolutely apeshit, and the fact that they haven't toured since 2019 means that people have a lot of pent-up ferocity that they're ready to let loose. Even if you think you're hot shit for having survived a Slayer pit, don't let your guard down for a second when "Hustle Bones" starts blaring.
Kicks off: August 4 Metallica don't tour that much anymore. As the biggest metal band on the planet for multiple decades running, they don't really have to be out there grinding on month-long treks. So it's always a special affair when they do line up a set of gigs, and even more so when they have a new album to promote. The first U.S. leg of their extensive world tour for April's 72 Seasons LP will see the metal titans playing two "No Repeat Weekend" shows in various cities with a different setlist and different openers each night. Oh yeah, and one of the opening acts is motherfucking Pantera. This ain't your average 'Tallica tour.
Kicks off: July 13 Do we really need to tell you why we're looking forward to this? These will be Pantera's first U.S. shows in over 22 years! There're Pantera fans who weren't even alive yet when the band initially broke up, and they're gonna get to see "Cowboys From Hell" and "Mouth For War" and "5 Minutes Alone" played live for the very first time. The power-groove juggernaut's 2023 U.S. run kicks off with a couple festival dates, at Wisconsin's Rockfest and Ohio's Inkcarceration, before Pantera meet up with Metallica. Are we missing this? No way, punk.
Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper
Kicks off: August 5 Last year, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard spread their glam-metal gospel throughout North America in what ended up being the last-ever tour for founding Crüe guitarist Mick Mars, who announced he was retiring from the road due to his ongoing painful struggle with Ankylosing Spondylitis (A.S.). Therefore, this year's run with Def Leppard and Alice Cooper will be Crüe's first U.S. journey with new touring axman John 5, who's been a member of Rob Zombie's band for roughly 15 years. This should be a smooth transition.
Avenged Sevenfold
Kicks off: TBA Avenged Sevenfold haven't publicly said anything yet about a full-fledged tour, but we'd be shocked if the O.C. metal titans didn't hit the road this year. The band will finally release their long-awaited new album before the clock strikes 2024, and so far, they've been announced as headliners for two major festivals, Welcome to Rockville and Sonic Temple. A7X haven't played live since 2018 and they'll have a massive new album to promote. A tour has to be on the agenda, too, right?
Kicks off: TBA With Deftones taking a breather, it looks like Crosses (†††), Chino Moreno's electronic-rock project with Far's Shaun Lopez, will finally be returning to the stage — the duo promised as much when we spoke to them late last year. Crosses came back in full force in 2022, dropping a double-single and a new EP, and they've teased that they have over a whole album's worth of new material in the pipeline. They also said they hope to be "out there" performing by the spring/summer of 2023 — which would mark their first shows since 2015. A couple festival appearances would be nice, but a tour would be even nicer.
Kicks off: TBA 2022 belonged to Ghost. They won an AMA, went viral on TikTok, threw out an MLB first pitch, headlined humongous shows and dropped the best album of the year. Now, they're due for a proper victory lap, and while they haven't formally unveiled any live show plans, mastermind Tobias Forge confirmed that there's a U.S. trek in the works: "We're going to go into every territory [this] year," he said , "but there's going to be one European tour, one American tour." Ghost's last stateside run — with Mastodon and Spiritbox — wil be hard to top, but if anyone can do it, Papa and the Ghouls can.
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Rock’s 28 Most Anticipated 2023 Tours
It's been a tough couple of years for the music industry. After the COVID-19 pandemic effectively shut down live shows, many artists struggled to figure out their next moves.
But as many musicians have noted over the past two years, the gradual shift back to live performing has been a relief. Not only is touring one of the most profitable ways for artists to make a living, but the connection with audiences is also difficult to replicate on a screen.
For some, like Bruce Springsteen , 2023 will be the first time they've hit the road for a real tour since before the pandemic. (Springsteen has not toured with the E Street Band since 2017.) "I'm really looking forward to it myself," he told Rolling Stone . " We're going to have a lot of fun." Meanwhile, Joni Mitchell is scheduled to perform her first full-length concert in more than two decades, and Blink-182 has reformed for a massive global tour.
For others, 2023 will feel a lot different than previous years. Depeche Mode will launch their first tour since the death of founding member Andy Fletcher. Dead & Company , who formed in 2015, will embark on what is reported to be their final tour together. Bob Weir has promised to put on an " exciting, celebratory, and heartfelt last run of shows ."
In short, there's a lot to look forward to in 2023. We've rounded up some of the most anticipated rock tours that we know about so far.
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As in most other areas, Taylor Swift dominated the touring landscape in 2023. Her The Eras Tour grossed more than $1 billion , the biggest haul for any tour ever.
But there were other notable acts making big bucks on the road this year, including Beyoncé , Harry Styles and Drake .
Scroll through the gallery below to see who came out where on the list.
1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
2. Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour
$579 million
3. Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band 2023 World Tour
$379 million
4. Coldplay: Music Of The Spheres Tour
$325 million
5. Harry Styles: Love On Tour
$290 million
6. Morgan Wallen: Dangerous Tour
$284 million
7. Ed Sheeran: + – = ÷ x Tour
$268 million
8. P!NK: Summer Carnival Tour
$231 million
9. The Weeknd: After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour
$220 million
10. Drake: It’s All A Blur Tour
$184 million
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The biggest gigs and tours to look forward to in 2023
From reunited legends to rising stars, 2023’s live calendar is jam-packed with unmissable appointments
Times are tough right now, there’s no denying that. But there’s also no denying the healing power of music – especially going to witness your favourite artist or new obsession live. Luckily 2023 is already jam-packed with massive tours and big gigs to help brighten up our lives, whether that’s Arctic Monkeys stepping up to stadiums, rap’s newest star GloRilla showing her mettle, or reunited legends like Blur and Pulp giving us some good old nostalgia. Here are the biggest gigs and tours to look forward to this year.
- Arctic Monkeys
Dates announced: Arctic Monkeys ’ 2023 dates start early, ringing in the New Year in Australia. From there, they’ll tour Asia and Europe, before coming home to the UK for a massive stadium tour and returning to the US.
Why you should go: To witness a live show as dazzling as the mirrorball the band performed around on their 2022 tour. Something tells us the grandiose strings of latest album ‘The Car’ will sound absolutely majestic in the humongous venues the Monkeys will be playing over the next 12 months.
Dates announced: Elton John starts his year in Australia and New Zealand before returning to the UK and Europe for a Glasto finale .
Why you should go: These are quite literally your very last opportunities to see one of pop’s most iconic and unique artists. Sure, loads of acts say they’re quitting touring and then have a big change of heart a few years later, but you don’t want to take the risk of missing out on Elton.
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dates announced: Red Hot Chili Peppers will tour New Zealand, Australia and Asia in the first two months of the year, moving on to North America in spring, and Europe and the UK in summer.
Why you should go: They’re pros at the big stadium spectacular – they’ve been doing it for long enough by now. They’re also bringing some huge names with them in support, from Post Malone to The Strokes and Iggy Pop . Not bad!
- Harry Styles
Dates announced: After three rescheduled LA dates in January, Harry Styles will head to Australia in February, continuing on to Asia and Europe, arriving in the UK in May.
Why you should go: The ‘Love On Tour’ tour might seem never-ending, but even if you’ve been multiple times, it’s still a whole lot of fun to go again. Enjoy the conga lines to ‘Treat People With Kindness’ and make friends with your seatmates as you bellow out Harry’s modern pop anthems together. Sounds lovely.
Dates announced: The iconic British girl group will head down under in February before playing a one-off London date in September.
Why you should go: These dates are a continuation of the original Sugababes line-up’s reunion – Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donagh – and will see the women celebrating the 25th anniversary of the group. They’ve been through a lot of ups and downs in that time, but this feels like a perfect way to mark the milestone.
Dates announced: US tour begins January 27.
Why you should go: GloRilla is the hottest new hip-hop talent in the game and it’s not going to be long before she’s filling massive venues around the world. Get down to this tour and say you saw her first – and enjoy her mix of femininity and boldness in her infectious songs.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Dates announced: US leg begins February 1; the tour arrives in Europe on April 28, with UK dates from May 30.
Why you should go: There’s been some (deserved) uproar about very expensive tickets, but if you can find a pass at a reasonable price, Springsteen will certainly give you value for money – his gigs are known to stretch for hours, rattling through the big hits and the fan favourites far longer than most acts would perform for.
Dates announced: US leg runs from February to August, with UK dates nestled in the middle in April.
Why you should go: To hear the brilliant new songs from upcoming album ‘This Is Why’ among all the best cuts from their back catalogue. Plus, it’s been way too long since Hayley Williams and co went on a proper tour – five years, in fact.
- Caroline Polachek
Dates announced: The UK, Europe and North America are all on Caroline Polachek ’s schedule, beginning in the former in February.
Why you should go: The alt-pop star’s live shows have been described as a work of art and she always packs surprises into her sets – like at her last London gig, when she was joined by Croydon’s Trinity Girls Choir on ‘Billions’.
Self Esteem
Dates announced: UK tour kicks off in February.
Why you should go: This tour feels like a victory lap for Self Esteem , who arguably has had the best last couple of years out of all of us. Her album ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ has constantly wowed fans and critics alike, while her live show has been praised as one of the best in recent memory. Give yourself another chance to see why it’s so brilliant before she inevitably pops off to come up with her next mind-blowing record.
Dates announced: US tour kicks off February 21.
Why you should go: Because SZA ’s new album ‘SOS’ is a very late contender for Album Of The Year and, had it been released earlier, would certainly have been nearing the top of a lot of lists. If you need any more incentive (you shouldn’t), she’s also bringing along Omar Apollo in support to add some extra greatness.
Dates announced: The Doncaster rock’n’roller will head out on a world tour, beginning in the UK in February before hitting Europe and North America.
Why you should go: Yungblud ’s gigs are renowned for being inclusive, euphoric and theatrical celebrations where you can let go, be yourself and find a community of kindred spirits. We could all do with a bit more of that energy in 2023 so get down to a show and make the most of it.
Dates announced: Europe tour begins February, with UK dates from March before continuing onto North America.
Why you should go: Lizzo shows are the ultimate upper – a feel good celebration of life from one of the most infectious personalities in music. Grab your mates and make sure you get there in time for “bad bitch o’clock”.
Dates announced: The ladies of BLACKPINK will take their BORN PINK tour across Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand in the first half of the year, before heading to London in July to headline BST Hyde Park.
Why you should go: This K-pop girl group know how to put on a show , from hi-tech, futuristic VTs to set the mood between each phase of the concert, to artful and flashy stage production. The songs are equally as good – by the time you leave the venue, you’ll have several jostling for place as that day’s earworm.
Dates announced: Blink ’s return begins in South America on March 11, before heading to North America in May and the UK and Europe in September.
Why you should go: It’s the pop-punk icons’ first tour with Tom DeLonge since he left the band in 2015 – aka a massive deal. There’s also a new album on the way, so this won’t just be a big nostalgia trip.
- Taylor Swift
Dates announced: US leg begins March 17; international dates TBA.
Why you should go: Taylor Swift ’s 2023 tour is dubbed ‘The Eras Tour’ and, while it’s not entirely clear exactly how she’s going to honour each of her past albums yet, it’s guaranteed to be the perfect chance to celebrate the many highs of her brilliant career so far (if you can beat Ticketmaster). Plus, the support bill in the US is stacked, with Paramore , Phoebe Bridgers , Gracie Abrams , Haim , Girl In Red , and many more along for the ride.
The Walkmen
Dates announced: US tour begins April 24; one further festival date confirmed so far at Portugal’s Paredes de Coura Festival.
Why you should go: Sure, New York in the early noughties had The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Interpol , but it also had The Walkmen , a band who often get left out of top billing when talking about that much-romanticised scene. Take one listen to the indie disco classic ‘The Rat’ and tell us that’s fair, and then go book your tickets to their reunion tour.
Dates announced: The tour begins in Europe in April, heading to the UK for two sets at Download Festival in June, before moving onto North America.
Why you should go: As if you need a reason to go and see Metallica , the titans of metal. But just in case: they’re masters of their craft – aka big, bruising, headbang-worthy riffs – and have a discography of seemingly endless anthems for you to get lost in the moshpit to.
Dates announced: The Italian rockers will tour Europe across spring with a massive London gig at The O2 in May.
Why you should go: In this day and age, it’s rare for Eurovision contestants to carve out careers post-Song Contest that aren’t short-lived or derided as novelty. But Måneskin are living proof that it is doable, so long as you have the tunes and the charisma to deserve more than 15 minutes of fame. The four-piece have both in bucketloads, as you can bear witness to on this tour.
Dates announced: An intimate UK tour in May.
Why you should go: Foals are now one of the biggest bands in the UK and so the opportunity to see them in tiny venues is a rare chance we must grab when it’s presented to us. Dance to ‘My Number’ on the sticky floor of a club in spring, then celebrate their ascent as they headline Reading & Leeds in the summer.
Dates announced: The UK and Ireland-only dates begin in May, continuing til July.
Why you should go: They’re back, baby! Just under a decade since their last live performances, Pulp have reunited once more and are taking their show back on the road to liven up our summer. Expect all the classics, but no Steve Mackey – the bassist has confirmed he won’t join the band on tour.
Dates announced: Select European festival dates woven between three headline shows in Dublin and London this June.
Why you should go: When Blur first reunited in 2009, they instantly blew away any fears that the band might not be the same after years apart. This latest reunion should be no different and the members seem in good spirits about it, too. “We really love playing these songs and thought it’s about time we did it again,” Damon Albarn said when the gigs were announced.
Moldy Peaches
Dates announced: One London show and appearances at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Madrid
Why you should go: It’s been 20 years since anti-folk icons The Moldy Peaches last performed in Europe. Although they announced their reunion with the slogan “Once a Moldy Peach, always a Moldy Peach”, who knows when this opportunity to see New York underground royalty will come around again?
Joni Mitchell
Dates announced: George, WA, Gorge Amphitheatre (June 10).
Why you should go: Joni Mitchell might be playing only one date next year but you should move heaven and earth to try and make it. Why? The last time she held a full concert was 23 years ago and it’s unlikely she’s about to hit the road for even a handful more dates at this point, so it could be your only chance to see the bonafide legend live.
Pet Shop Boys
Dates announced: The UK and European tour runs from June to July.
Why you should go: This is Pet Shop Boys ’ ‘Dreamworld – The Greatest Hits Live’ tour so you’re basically assured that you’re going to hear all of the biggest and best songs in their inimitable arsenal.
Dates announced: London, Finsbury Park (June 23)
Why you should go: It’s Jamie T ’s biggest headline show to date and bound to be an absolute riot. This is an artist who can do indie disco bangers, poignant, softer (if booze-soaked) cuts, and everything in between and make it seem effortless.
The Weeknd
Dates announced: UK and Europe tour begins in June before covering Latin America.
Why you should go: This huge stadium tour will cover both of The Weeknd ’s two latest albums – ‘After Hours’ and ‘Dawn FM’ – taking you inside the sci-fi-tinged world of both masterpieces.
Dates announced: Stormzy will take over one day of London’s All Points East, curating a special ‘This Is What We Mean Day’.
Why you should go: The whole day will be Stormzy’s vision – something he’s already proved countless times is a great thing. The line-up has yet to be announced but expect to discover exhilarating new talent, big names making surprise appearances and, of course, it all to be topped off by a headline set from Big Mike himself.
The Postal Service & Death Cab For Cutie
Dates announced: US tour kicks off September 8
Why you should go: Ben Gibbard is pulling double duty on the tour, fronting both The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie . The tour itself is a celebration of two albums – the former’s ‘Give Up’ and the latter’s ‘Transatlanticism’, and you’ll get to see both played in full. What more could you ask for?
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The 14 Concert Tours You Can’t Afford to Miss This Fall
From willie to queen, the eagles, foreigner, and even herb alpert, it’s all about big shows and big stars — grab your tickets now.
Edna Gundersen,
Concert tours are booming business these days. Ticket revenues are up 16 percent from 2022, and megastars from Taylor Swift to Bruce Springsteen, 73, are lighting up concert venues all over the country (consider that Elton John, 76, grossed $939 million on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road marathon). And in the spirit of Sir Elton, anniversary tours — shows pegged to popular vintage albums — have seen an uptick as well. It’s a win-win for grownup fans who love the oldies and veteran acts, even if they’re no longer cranking out the hits.
And this fall is no different. The season traditionally fills with concert tours observing anniversaries and farewells. Whether it’s your favorite band back out on the road or the chance to finally hear a star you missed each time they came to town, check out these 14 fantastic fall concert tours to put on your calendar.
When: Sept. 2–Jan. 26
Why go: After 50 years, the Boston rock band is taking to the road for the last time with its Peace Out: The Farewell Tour . Aerosmith will draw from five decades of staples (perhaps hits such as “Dream On” and “Love in an Elevator”) and dish up THX Certified Live! high-fidelity technology. Drummer Joey Kramer, 73, citing a need to focus on his family and health, will sit out the tour. The Black Crowes open all 40 arena dates.
When: Sept. 7–Nov. 17
Why go: The Long Goodbye tour , expected to stretch into 2025, will be a long end to a long run by what was once the world’s biggest-selling act. With 38 million copies sold, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) is the top-selling album ever in the United States. Don Henley, 76, Joe Walsh, 75, and Timothy B. Schmit, 75, along with later additions Vince Gill, 66, and Deacon Frey (son of the late Glenn Frey) plan to extend stays at venues, depending on demand.
The @outlawmusicfest starts back up next week! Do you have your tickets? Dates at https://t.co/507mIhIA7f ! 📷: Aubrey Wise pic.twitter.com/5QeMycdHvG — Willie Nelson (@WillieNelson) August 31, 2023
Willie Nelson
When: Sept. 8–Oct. 18
Why go: After a blockbuster summer run, the indefatigable 90-year-old country icon headlines the Outlaw Music Festival . Each show has four openers, with a rotating cast including Los Lobos , Gov’t Mule, the Avett Brothers, Elizabeth Cook, Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs, Particle Kid, the String Cheese Incident and Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros.
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Lauryn Hill
When: Sept. 8–Nov. 9
Why go: The rapper-singer is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her critically lauded 1998 debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill , with a short arena tour . The Fugees, her former group, are reuniting to join her. Hill, who rose to stardom on the strength of Miseducation ’s artistic powers and personal sentiments, said it “was a love song to my parents, my family, my people, my musical and cultural forebears, my teachers, my loves, my Creator.”
Peter Gabriel
When: Sept. 8–Oct.13
Why go: The art rock/worldbeat singer’s i/o — The Tour focuses on material from his upcoming i/o album, which Gabriel, 73, has teased for two decades, as well as hits and surprises. Gabriel has been releasing a song from i/o on the full moon of each month starting in January, when he shared “Panopticom,” based on his idea “to initiate the creation of an infinitely expandable accessible data globe.”
September is right around the corner, don't forget to get tickets to see Herb Alpert & Lani Hall LIVE! ALL tour dates/tickets are also available at: https://t.co/QiJwD54FHt pic.twitter.com/pXBd65Mtp8 — Herb Alpert (@HerbAlpert) August 28, 2023
Herb Alpert and Lani Hall
When: Sept. 16–Jan. 31
Why go: Herb Alpert , 88, the trumpet player who outsold the Beatles in 1966, and his singer wife Lani Hall, 77, plan a mix of standards, Beatles hits, Brazilian jazz and nuggets from his band Tijuana Brass and her band Brasil ’66. Lately they’ve played “This Guy’s in Love With You,” “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “The Lonely Bull,” “A Taste of Honey,” “Fool on the Hill” and “What a Wonderful World.”
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Tickets on sale now for Nick Cave - Live in North America 2023 https://t.co/3EormBcjDp pic.twitter.com/D3TrufLkE2 — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (@nickcave) March 31, 2023
When: Sept. 19–Oct. 29
Why go: Nick Cave , 65, heads out on a rare solo jaunt with Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood, 54, accompanying him on bass. The last time he toured without his band the Bad Seeds was in January 2020, when the set list consisted mostly of Bad Seeds tunes plus material by Cave’s Grinderman side project and covers by the likes of Leonard Cohen and Jimmy Webb. Expect new material, too, which Cave began writing in January.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2nd leg of our 40th Anniversary Tour. Find ticket links at https://t.co/htYlBp0kbE 📷: Mike Brooks pic.twitter.com/tzPxUSssmc — Violent Femmes (@violentfemmes) June 9, 2023
Violent Femmes
When: Oct. 3–Nov. 18
Why go: Wisconsin’s trailblazing alt-rock band is commemorating its 40th anniversary by playing its self-titled debut album in full on stage. Some dates will feature symphonies. Since the spring tour sold out, they added this fall outing . Most of the tunes were written when singer-guitarist Gordon Gano, 60, was 18 and in high school. The largely autobiographical album, best known for “Blister in the Sun,” won fans and critics over with urgent punkish anthems about teen angst and alienation.
Queen + Adam Lambert
When: Oct. 4–Nov. 12
Why go: Expect lavish special effects and a parade of hits on this second leg of The Rhapsody Tour , featuring founding Queen members Brian May, 76 — who’s also an astrophysicist who’s worked with NASA — and Roger Taylor, 74, plus American Idol alum Adam Lambert filling in for the late Freddie Mercury. This could be your last chance to see them: In 2022, May said touring “does get to be more of a decision as you get older. I’m not 35 anymore, and leaving home for two months is not easy.”
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Lucinda Williams
When: Oct. 7–Oct. 29
Why go: After her 2020 stroke, the Americana singer-songwriter has rebounded this year with a gritty memoir , Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You , and a heartfelt album, Stories From a Rock n Roll Heart . Williams, 70, will bring her reclaimed grit and passion (and rich catalog of songs) to theaters on the Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets tour .
Two words...NUH-STALGIA. I am thrilled to FINALLY announce that I'll be hitting the road this fall, with the BACK TO WY Tour!!!! We’re going to travel back to the 90's, celebrating my start as a solo artist and performing my first TWO albums, "Wynonna" and "Tell Me Why," top to… pic.twitter.com/PIHFdG3tEW — Wynonna (@Wynonna) August 21, 2023
When: Oct. 26–Dec. 1
Why go: Wynonna Judd , 59, is marking the anniversaries of her first two albums, 1992’s self-titled debut and 1993’s Tell Me Why , by performing them on her Back to Wy Tour . It’s a return to the solo lane after a fraught 2022, when Naomi Judd, her mother and longtime partner, died by suicide, and Wynonna proceeded with their planned tour as a tribute to her. “I’m flooded with the memories that surrounded that time in my life,” Wynonna said. “The fans held me up and supported me through that season of change in 1992, and I now see ‘herstory’ repeating itself. This music healed me then and is healing me now.”
When: Oct. 29–Dec. 2
Why go: It’s a goodbye Kiss! The glam metal band that formed in 1973 is mothballing its greasepaint and platform boots. The End of the Road Farewell Tour started in January 2019, and this final leg ends with a pair of shows in New York, where the foursome started. The shows focus heavily on the group’s ’70s and ’80s output (“Detroit Rock City,” “Deuce,” “Shout It Out Loud”). In the tour program, Paul Stanley, 71, writes, “Kiss is much more than a rock and roll band. The band and its fans are a tribe. The fans are our oxygen, they are our blood.”
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When: Through Nov. 14
Why go: It’s the end of the road for the platinum pop rock band known for “I Want to Know What Love Is,” “Cold as Ice,” “Hot Blooded” and “Urgent.” The Historic Farewell Tour pours on the hits and enlists choirs to begin shows with a cappella performances of classic rock songs. Loverboy is the opening act. The band has published a $50 Foreigner Tour Book covering 45 years of highlights in interviews, photos and memorabilia.
When: Nov. 3–Dec. 9
Why go: The indie rocker’s Guyville Tour salutes the 30th anniversary of her knockout 1993 debut, the lo-fi sexually explicit Exile in Guyville . Phair, 56, will perform the album in its entirety, plus other popular tunes from her catalog. Phair was praised for the bedroom pop sound and emotional candor of Guyville , which she said was structured to match the pace and song list of the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street . L.A. alt-pop singer Blondshell will open all shows.
Edna Gundersen, a regular AARP music critic, was the longtime pop critic for USA Today .
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The 44 Most Anticipated Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo, and More
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It’s looking like a busy year for some of the world’s biggest touring artists, with packed schedules from Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Bad Bunny, Foo Fighters, the Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, Green Day, and many more. A few touring institutions, meanwhile, are just wrapping up, from Adele’s time in Las Vegas to Billy Joel’s Madison Square Garden residency and Bob Dylan’s seemingly never-ending Rough and Rowdy Ways trek. Some things, however, just never seem to change: You can expect the Ty Segalls and King Gizzards of the world to feature on these roundups till kingdom come, with reliable indie-rock staples like Destroyer, Wednesday, and Alvvays still out in force fighting for the cause, too.
After a residency that has spanned the best part of a year and brought hundreds of thousands of Adele fans to Las Vegas, the Tottenham superstar is closing the run with dates from January through June. “This residency, these shows have changed my life. I desperately needed to fall back in love with performing live again, and I have,” she said in the announcement. “It’s just made me realize how much I really enjoy being on stage, that I’m bloody good at it and that it is 100% where I belong! So let’s go one last time before I turn into a showgirl forever!” –Jazz Monroe
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Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette will spend the spring and summer touring North America with noteworthy companions Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The Triple Moon Tour begins in June in Phoenix, Arizona, and wraps up with a final show in Inglewood, California. Morissette and Jett will also be joined by country singer Morgan Wade. –Hattie Lindert
Before they play a European festival circuit next summer, Alvvays will head out on a series of U.S. tour dates in spring 2024. Fresh off their first-ever Grammy nomination (a Best Alternative Music Performance nod for their song “Belinda Says”), Alvvays are hitting venues across the country and ending the run in May in Tucson, Arizona. –Hattie Lindert
Turns out 2022’s El Último Tour del Mundo wasn’t actually Bad Bunny’s last world tour. The Puerto Rican superstar is back on the road for the 47-date Most Wanted North American tour, in support of his October 2023 album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana . The run begins in February and concludes in May with three back-to-back nights in Miami. –Hattie Lindert
Belle and Sebastian
Right at the top of 2023, Belle and Sebastian shared a surprise album: Late Developers presented an array of playful indie-pop, and a companion of sorts to the previous year’s A Bit of Previous . The band was due to tour shortly after the record’s release but canceled when bandleader Stuart Murdoch ran into health issues ; the rescheduled dates take place in the spring. In the meantime, Murdoch announced a memoirish novel and the band appeared on The Simpsons . –Jazz Monroe
This year marks the end of Billy Joel’s storied Madison Square Garden residency: the New York staple is set to retire his franchise with the venue after his 150th show in July. Since announcing the series in 2013, Joel has kept it a steady engagement, only taking off 18 months for the pandemic. While the residency is coming to a close, Joel does not yet plan to retire. –Hattie Lindert
Jack Antonoff was busy in 2023—getting married and producing albums from Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift—and he’s showed no signs of slowing down for 2024. His band, Bleachers, is releasing a self-titled album, and he’s also producing the soundtrack for Apple TV+’s The New Look . With all that, he and Bleachers are also going on the From Studio to the Stage Tour with Samia as an opener. –Hattie Lindert
The biggest pop-punk reunion of last year is ready to keep the momentum going into 2024. Blink-182 ’s classic trio—Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, and Tom DeLonge—will bring One More Time... , their first new album together since 2011’s Neighborhoods , to the live stage for an extensive world tour . Starting with more than a dozen dates in Australia in February, Blink-182 will make their way across the globe, playing in South America, North America, and Europe nearly every month until the fall. Opening select shows are Rise Against, Pierce the Veil, Alexisonfire, and the Story So Far. Expect foul-mouthed banter, heavy nostalgia, and one massive reminder not to take yourself too seriously. –Nina Corcoran
Bob Dylan was 80 when he started to tour behind 2020’s Rough and Rowdy Ways . Now 82, the revered bard is still celebrating his latest studio album with shows around the globe. While this year’s dates have not yet been revealed, Dylan has been billing 2024 as the final year of the trek. –Allison Hussey
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The Boss and his band remain on the road, and the peptic ulcer disease that forced him to postpone several 2023 dates is no longer going to stop him. Bruce Springsteen returns in March, bringing his formidable live show across the United States before dipping into Europe and concluding with more North American dates later in the year. –Jazz Monroe
After playing a series of North American shows in November, Burna Boy is returning for the second half of his arena tour supporting his fifth and latest album, I Told Them… . The latest shows follow his December performance at the Afro Nation Nigeria festival in Lagos’ Tafawa Balewa Square. –Hattie Lindert
Danny Brown
If you didn’t catch Danny Brown at the tail end of 2023, fresh off the release of his latest album, Quaranta , not to worry: The rapper is heading back out on tour in 2024. Brown will head off on a North American run in March, starting in Boston and closing out the series of shows in Nashville on April 14. Brown released Quaranta , which he has called a “spiritual bookend” to his 2011 album XXX , in November 2023. –Hattie Lindert
After releasing the serpentine and sumptuous Labyrinthitis in 2022, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar is taking a more minimalist approach to his performances in the United States and Canada as winter starts thawing into spring. David Carswell, one of Bejar’s regular collaborators, will join the singer-songwriter, with Vancouver duo Lightning Dust opening in all locales except for Denver. –Allison Hussey
After more than a few years off the road, DJ Shadow is touring again in 2024, taking on his most extensive run since 2017. He’ll travel Europe and North America for a series of dates in support of his most recent, mostly instrumental album Action Adventure . The tour kicks off in January with a show in San Diego, California. –Hattie Lindert
Drake & J. Cole
Apparently, to Drake, entering “Scary Hours” means bidding 21 Savage adieu and welcoming J. Cole to the next edition of the It’s All a Blur Tour. In support of For All the Dogs and the subsequent Scary Hours Edition , Drake has expanded the tour with a series of 2024 dates featuring Cole. The new leg of the tour—subtitled Big as the What?—begins later this month in Denver. –Hattie Lindert
Fall Out Boy & Jimmy Eat World
Unofficially inspired to recreate the Predator handshake meme but for two different generations of emo-gone-pop-punk, Fall Out Boy and Jimmy Eat World are joining forces this spring for a 23-date tour of the United States, with the former headlining and the latter opening. Dubbed the So Much for (2our) Dust , it begins in Portland, Oregon, on February 28 and stretches on through to April 6, where the trek ends in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both bands will also reunite in the fall for the Las Vegas music festival When We Were Young. If it’s anything like the first run of Fall Out Boy’s tour in support of their new album, So Much (for) Stardust , then fans can expect a thrilling career-spanning setlist that rotates in a few new songs each night. –Nina Corcoran
Foo Fighters
It’s going to be a busy summer in 2024 for Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Rami Jaffee, and new drummer Josh Freese have some June stadium shows lined up in the United Kingdom, and, then, in July and August, they’re hitting stadiums and ballparks across the United States. They’ll be joined by myriad support acts, including Alex G, the Hives, Amyl and the Sniffers, L7, and more. The band’s latest album, But Here We Are , arrived last summer. –Evan Minsker
When Green Day heads out on tour in 2024, the band will bring no shortage of support along. Joining the band on a series of North American dates kicking off in July in Washington, D.C., are the Smashing Pumpkins , Rancid , and the Linda Lindas . Before that, Green Day will tour Europe starting in May with support from Nothing but Thieves, the Hives, Donots, the Interrupters, and Maid of Ace. Green Day are on the road in support of the upcoming album Saviors (plus the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot ). –Hattie Lindert
Hotline TNT
Brooklyn-based shoegazers Hotline TNT have a tour lined up next year in support of their album Cartwheel . A large chunk of the dates are in support of Wednesday, who are also gearing up for a 2024 tour, although they’ll also perform with They Hate Change and Quicksand during the stint. –Hattie Lindert
In support of new album Tangk , Idles will be on tour for more or less all of 2024. The band begins its shows in February and, for now, the only months without Idles concerts are April and August. –Matthew Strauss
Jamila Woods
Chicago singer Jamila Woods brings her intimate album Water Made Us on the road, visiting multiple cities across North America and Europe. Award-winning poet and musician Kara Jackson, who released her debut album, Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love? , in 2023, will join Woods as her opener. –Hattie Lindert
Jane Remover & Quannnic
Jane Remover’s Census Designated marked a notable shift in tone and style: The artist who had pioneered corners of the burgeoning 2020 hyperpop scene turned towards more straightforward rock and emo. Now, she will take the new sound out on the road on a series of U.S. tour dates in February. Jane Remover will co-headline the Designated Dreams Tour with her DeadAir labelmate Quannic. –Hattie Lindert
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
The beloved and prolific Australian weirdos King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are getting ready to tour a lot in 2024. After March festival dates in South America and dates in May with Grace Cummings across the United Kingdom and Europe, the band will head to North America for shows in August, September, and November. Crowds in Forest Hills, Chicago, Quincy, and Austin are also getting the band’s famous three-hour “marathon shows.” –Evan Minsker
After being hospitalized for a severe bacterial infection last year, Madonna made a full recovery, in a turn she has referred to as “ a fucking miracle .” As a result, the pop legend finally kicked off the initial leg of her rescheduled Celebration Tour in October. After a stretch of dates in England and Europe, Madonna has already brought her career-spanning show to North America, where she will continue with dates in Toronto, Detroit, Montreal, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Las Vegas, Inglewood, Houston, Miami, and more until spring. She’ll wrap things up with a batch of concerts in Mexico City, ending on April 24. –Madison Bloom
The riotous Welsh rock band Mclusky, who last toured North America in 2004, were primed for a cross-Atlantic comeback run until disaster struck: bandleader Andrew “Falco” Falkous found himself working through a debilitating bout of tinnitus and other inner-ear problems. After some recuperation and with hearing protection in tow, Falkous and the band are due to make good on their return in March. The group shared a double A-side, “ Unpopular Parts of a Pig / The Digger You Deep ,” in September, as a high-spirited preview of a forthcoming full-length. –Allison Hussey
The crowd who spent a mid-July weekend watching Earl Sweatshirt, Noname, and more perform for free in Brooklyn at MIKE’s Young World festival got a front-row seat to the rapper’s caring curation and accessible live experience. In 2024 he’ll take that energy on the road in support of his most recent solo album, Burning Desire . The Somebody Fine Me Trouble tour begins in Europe in February, before kicking off a U.S. leg in Philadelphia in April. He’ll close things out with a hometown show at New York’s Webster Hall. –Hattie Lindert
Militarie Gun
The hardest working touring band in post-hardcore is dead set on maintaining that title in 2024. Los Angeles’ Militarie Gun are going back on the road for a North American tour , beginning on January 31 in Phoenix, Arizona, and extending on through March 9 in Seattle, Washington. It’s their first headlining tour since releasing Life Under the Gun , their long-awaited debut album, as they’ve taken numerous opening gigs for other bands since then. This time around, set to open all of the shows are Pool Kids and Spiritual Cramp, with additional support on select dates from Death Lens, Spaced, and Roman Candle. –Nina Corcoran
She may not be an outspoken artist online, but, behind the scenes, Mitski is making every word count. While TikTok was busy fawning over “ My Love Mine All Mine ,” Mitski was putting in the work to find a music venue that offers fair merch rates while still booking a place big enough to house her sizable fandom at each stop. The result of her efforts is a North American tour with multiple nights at theaters around the country in support of The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We . Joining her along the way are openers Tamino, Sunny War, Julia Jacklin, and Sarah Kinsley. –Nina Corcoran
Ms. Lauryn Hill
After a brief intermission for vocal strain, Ms. Lauryn Hill is resuming her 25th anniversary tour of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill . The shows were set to feature co-headline sets from the reunited Fugees , though details on rescheduled dates have not yet been announced. –Jazz Monroe
Olivia Rodrigo
After Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s blockbuster outings, Olivia Rodrigo is looking like the next pop star to dominate the year with a massive tour. There are over 75 dates on the Guts World Tour, spanning Europe and North America. Opening for Rodrigo on select dates will be Chappell Roan (who also worked on Guts ), PinkPantheress, and Remi Wolf. The chaperoning parents of younger tri-state area fans are clearly taken into consideration, too, as the Breeders will support Rodrigo over four nights at Madison Square Garden. –Hattie Lindert
Porno for Pyros
It’s time to say goodbye to Porno for Pyros. Whether you’re ready or not, Perry Farrell and the band’s 2024 reunion shows are now billed as farewell dates. “Getting together with these guys has been some of the most fun, the happiest times in my life,” Farrell recently said in a statement. They take place in February and March across the United States. As a consolation prize, the band recently released its first song in 26 years back in November. Quench your thirst with “ Agua .” –Evan Minsker
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The shows Red Hot Chili Peppers have planned for 2024 include a diverse and long list of support. Red Hot Chili Peppers have lined up Kid Cudi, Ice Cube, Ken Carson, Otoboke Beaver, Sean Kuti, Wand, and Irontom to join them on select dates in North America. –Hattie Lindert
The Rolling Stones
Forget about what you thought of Hackney Diamonds for a second: Do you want to go see the Rolling Stones play a stadium somewhere in North America? If you do, their upcoming dates from late April to mid-July have you covered. Among their plans is also a headlining spot at this year’s New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Will any special guests show up at these shows? Who knows, but the band did play a surprise release show with Lady Gaga last year, so anything can happen. –Evan Minsker
One of shoegaze’s best-loved acts is back on the road in 2024: Slowdive will tour in support of the 2023 album, Everything is Alive . The British band has North American dates in the spring sandwiched between European runs. –Hattie Lindert
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and drummer Tom Skinner are in a groove as the Smile and show no signs of slowing down. Wall of Eyes , their follow-up to 2022 debut A Light for Attracting Attention , will come out on January 26. A little over a month later, the Smile will bring those songs to life for a short European tour . Beginning in Dublin, Ireland, on March 7 and ending in London, England, on March 23, the run is only nine dates long. Who knows, maybe Paul Thomas Anderson will fly himself out to watch as a little treat for directing the “ Wall of Eyes ” music video. –Nina Corcoran
Stephen and David Dewaele are rebooting Soulwax in 2024 for the duo’s first tour in five years. The Dewaeles co-produced Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul’s Topical Dancer in 2022, but haven’t released an LP of their own since 2018. The tour begins in Amsterdam in January, and will also stop in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and England. –Hattie Lindert
Stevie Nicks
Continuing a run of late 2023 shows that included a few co-headlining dates with Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks has more tour dates lined up for the new year. The singer will begin her 2024 run next month in Atlantic City—and Joel will once again be joining her at later dates in Texas and Illinois. –Hattie Lindert
Taylor Swift
The hottest concert ticket of 2023—subject of the biggest concert film of all time—continues its reign throughout 2024. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is crisscrossing the globe. It’s Japan and Australia in February, Singapore in March, and then Europe and the United Kingdom from May to August. The shows return to North America in October and November with multiple dates in Miami Gardens, New Orleans, Indianapolis, and Toronto. If you’ve read through this paragraph, you might have noticed: that’s most of the months! –Evan Minsker
Tool haven’t released new music since 2019’s Fear Inoculum , but they’ve remained busy on the road. Following headlining and festival dates last year, the band has stadium and arena shows in January and February. Wondering what wild outfit Maynard James Keenan will wear this time? Will it be a blonde wig, red lipstick, and prosthetic breasts? A leather jumpsuit and a wild mohawk? Might as well go to one of these shows and find out. –Evan Minsker and Matthew Ismael Ruiz
With her new album, What an Enormous Room , out January 26, Mackenzie Scott is spending January to April on the road. Torres starts the year with January dates across the United States with Aisha Burns. For the first two weeks of February, she’s over in Europe and the United Kingdom for a bunch of shows, and then she’s back in the United States in late March and early April with shows alongside Liza Anne. –Evan Minsker
One can never be sure exactly what to expect from a Ty Segall show, especially here in the post–Freedom Band era. His sets can be electric and wild, acoustic and intimate, maybe a bit psychedelic. With his 2024 dates behind the new album Three Bells , you can likely expect him to lean into his prog rock impulses. After some West Coast dates in February, he’s heading across North America in April and May. –Evan Minsker
Tyler Childers
Kentucky’s Tyler Childers is a real champion of country music, honoring its history while expanding the genre’s palette and challenging the dominant attitudes of the industry’s principal players. Soon, he will play some of the biggest venues of his career on his Mule Pull Tour, including New York’s Madison Square Garden and Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Hayes Carll, 49 Winchester, Sylvan Esso, and Allison Russell will join Childers at different stops of the U.S. run. –Allison Hussey
During a Super Bowl musically dominated by the long-awaited return of Rihanna, U2 shared a commercial featuring a baby’s face in an orb. That mystical child heralded the band’s Las Vegas shows, where they’ve performed their 1991 album, Achtung Baby , from September into the first months of 2024. U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at the Sphere marked the opening of the MSG Sphere at the Venetian, which seats 17,500. With Larry Mullen Jr. taking time away from the band to recover from surgery, Bram van den Berg is playing drums at the shows. In a statement accompanying the announcement, the Edge used the phrase “the beauty of the Sphere” (speaking of the venue and not the baby from the Super Bowl spot). –Evan Minsker
Wednesday—whose singer, Karly Hartzmann, has openly chronicled the hurdles for indie bands to break even on tour—take to the road again in early 2024, still revving the gas behind their shaggy triumph Rat Saw God . In October, Wednesday shared a deeper peek at their lives together with the half-hour documentary Rat Bastards of Haw Creek , directed by their longtime friend Zach Romeo. They’ll begin in their native North Carolina in January, playing dates with Hotline TNT and They Hate Change through the next month, followed by another springtime leg with Draag in the western half of the United States. –Allison Hussey
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Music Tours We Can't Wait to See in 2023
With 2023 upon us, these are the tours worth saving for.
It’s safe to say that with the arrival of Covid, artists and fans have been craving those special moments that come from the magic of a live show. For more than two years, many artists have been forced to release projects and perform for fans watching virtually at home, but those days have come to an end as tours have started up once again.
Though 2022 certainly saw an honest attempt at normalcy, those in entertainment hope that 2023 will bring a year full of shows and events to make up for lost time. Shondaland is running down all the 2023 music tours we’re most excited about (make sure to keep saving, however, as more artists are sure to announce future tour dates in 2023).
Arctic Monkeys
With the recent release of their seventh studio album, The Car , Arctic Monkeys began their tour in December 2022 but will do the majority of their shows in 2023, beginning their North American leg in August through the fall. The English band always bring suavity to the stage, so fans should be excited to hear them play timeless classics and some new songs off their latest record.
After what feels like a lifetime (almost five years now), Ed Sheeran has announced that he is taking his Mathematics Tour to the United States, bringing some real star power along with him. For the May 6 to September 2 dates, Khalid will join Sheeran, with rapper Russ helping to close out the end of the tour from September 9 to September 23. This tour is definitely a must-see as it is unknown when Sheeran will be in America again, and to sweeten the deal a bit more, Sheeran has already promised a new album as well, which could mean new music for the tour.
As the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year and the hottest act in country music today, Luke Combs is taking his talent global in 2023, launching a 16-country world tour across three different continents. Combs is bringing some serious star power, with artists like Lainey Wilson, Riley Green, and Cody Johnson joining him on various dates on his tour. Combs is already considered a generational talent, so seeing him in person will make a great story to tell your grandchildren around the fire one day.
Taylor Swift
“A journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!)” — this is the description that Taylor Swift provided fans on social media when she announced her sixth tour, the Eras Tour. For Swifties all over the world, this walk down memory lane will be a celebration of Swift’s dominance over the modern era, which likely means that Swift will be pulling out all the stops every night (like she has done in the past). Her team has already added multiple dates to the North American leg of the tour, and if you have any desire to see Taylor Swift — who has 16 years’ worth of hit songs — on this tour, you better open up a new tab and purchase tickets immediately!
Lewis Capaldi
Due to the arrival of Covid, Lewis Capaldi’s attempt at a global takeover was sadly cut short after he began touring his first album, but he is coming back to take over 2023 (and finally tour North America). With the release of his sophomore album coming in May 2023, this tour will be perfect to see some new songs and the old ones we were all forced to miss out on.
Bruce Springsteen
“It doesn’t feel that long, but, you know, we stayed busy over that time, but still it’s — I’ve got the jones to play live very badly at this point” is what legend Bruce Springsteen had to say on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio in regard to his five-year hiatus from the E Street Band. Springsteen and the band are set to embark on another tour in 2023, beginning in North America in February and continuing into Europe through July. Fans in North America can also rejoice as a second leg of the North American shows was added after the band returns from Europe, which means there will be a plethora of opportunities to pack up and catch Springsteen and the E Street Band on the road.
Dead & Company
All good things must come to an end — this is the feeling that was left for millions of fans as Dead & Company announced that their 2023 tour would be their last appearances together. Composed of members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chimenti, the band is a spin-off project stemming from the original version of the group, the Grateful Dead. Though this may be the end of this band’s run, Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart has teased future work in a post on Facebook : “I have loved this chapter with Dead & Company, as we got to explore The Music with some new interpreters and different antennas, but we always knew it was just a chapter. The Music never stops.” Since nothing is guaranteed, fans should buy tickets to see these legends now before they move on from this chapter in their lives forever.
Anita Baker
It’s time to rejoice as Anita Baker has announced her first full tour after 28 years away from the spotlight. The eight-time Grammy winner made her announcement on social media , along with a very important message — she will be playing her own catalog of music. This is quite the news as Baker has been without control of her master recordings for an extended period of time. Not only is she taking her power back, she will also be celebrating this monumental victory with her fans on tour in 2023.
Lil Uzi Vert
Despite dreading the spotlight, rapper Lil Uzi Vert surprised his fans by announcing he will launch a 20-city tour starting in March 2023. This marks the first tour by Uzi since 2018, which likely means he will be playing a lot of his newer songs along with the classics. Uzi’s desire to play shows could be stemming from his recent appearances at various festivals, but more information should be coming in the next few weeks regarding his tour.
Honorable Mention: Beyoncé
Though nothing has been confirmed quite yet, there is heavy speculation from many that Beyoncé will go on tour in the summer of 2023. The latest piece of evidence comes from the WACO Theater’s Wearable Art Gala 2022, where a concert ticket package was auctioned off as “a chance to see Beyoncé on her Renaissance Tour.” Nothing is certain, but with Queen Bey’s release of Renaissance , the rumors seem to be leaning toward the truth.
Samuel Lao is the Editorial Assistant at Shondaland, writing stories about various topics like music, lifestyle, and wellness. Follow him on Twitter @sammlao and on Instagram @sam.lao .
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Ed Sheeran’s 2023 ‘+ – = ÷ x Tour’: Get Presale Access
SiriusXM subscribers get early access to tickets to Ed Sheeran’s 2023 ‘+ – = ÷ x Tour’ before they go on sale to the general public.
Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning, global superstar Ed Sheeran has announced details for the North American leg of his “+ – = ÷ x Tour,” hitting stadiums across the continent for the first time since 2018 — and SiriusXM is giving you early access to tickets before they go on sale to the general public.
Starting October 13 at 10am EST , use password SIRIUSXM for the chance to purchase presale tickets. See the full tour schedule below, with dates beginning on May 6 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, and going through September 23 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA.
Support acts on the tour include multi-platinum artist Khalid and rapper/singer-songwriter Russ, as well as Dylan, Cat Burns, Maisie Peters and Rosa Linn.
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“+ – = ÷ x Tour” is the first major trek to support = , Sheeran’s latest full length album, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its 2021 release, becoming his fourth consecutive album to top the chart. The fourth installment of Sheeran’s symbol album series, = is highlighted by its GRAMMY-nominated lead single “Bad Habits,” which was up for Song of the Year at the 64th Annual GRAMMY®Awards earlier this year, and its follow-up smash “Shivers.”
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Jeff Lynne's ELO announce final tour: How to get tickets to Over and Out
Jeff Lynne’s ELO dazzled audiences with a show of sonic perfection when the band reappeared in the U.S. in 2018-2019.
Now, the melodic wizard and his ace musical comrades will hit the road a final time for The Over and Out Tour. A 27-date outing will commence Aug. 24 in Palm Desert, California and wrap Oct. 25 in Los Angeles. In between, Lynne and ELO will visit cities including Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Cleveland, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Houston and Washington, D.C.
An ELO presale begins at 10 a.m. local time March 20, with the general sale starting at 10 a.m. local time March 22. VIP experiences will also go on sale at 10 a.m. local time March 20. Tickets will be available via livenation.com and details about the VIP packages at jefflynneselo.com.
During the band’s last U.S. run , Lynne offered a 20-song setlist that included Electric Light Orchestra gems “Evil Woman,” “Don’t Bring Me Down,” “Telephone Line” and “Do Ya,” all reproduced with stunning clarity. Even the underappreciated and much-maligned “Xanadu” from the 1980 Olivia Newton-John movie received its due.
In addition to his prowess as a producer, Lynne was also a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. The collective also received a nod in the live production with a comforting rendition of “Handle with Care.”
Lynne was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2023 and ELO ushered into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Three popular Christian music acts combine forces for blockbuster tour
T obyMac, MercyMe and Zach Williams — three of the top acts in the contemporary Christian music (CCM) genre — are heading out on tour later this year.
The trio, which also toured in 2023, kicks off the road show in November.
The tour includes one stop in the Bay Area — Nov. 23 at Oakland Arena. The complete itinerary is listed below.
Tickets go on sale at Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. (PT) April 4, awakeningevents.com/tobymercymezach .
Each of the three artists has scored a number of hits in the CCM realm. TobyMac is known for such chart-toppers as “Gone,” “Made to Love” and “Lose My Soul, while MercyMe’s many accomplishments include releasing “I Can Only Imagine,” which is reportedly the top-selling Christian music single of all time. Williams’ platinum-selling hits include “Chain Breaker” and “There Was Jesus” (with Dolly Parton).
“When we had the dream of bringing these artists together we knew it would be big, but we had no idea just how big,” says Dan Fife, president and founder of Awakening Events, which is presenting the tour. “The response was unprecedented and the demand from fans for more dates was impossible to ignore. I’m happy to say we heard you and couldn’t be more excited about bringing this tour to another twelve cities this fall.”
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On Springsteen tour, Asbury Park elegy 'My City of Ruins' takes on new life in San Diego
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It's from Asbury Park — with love.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed the 2023-24 tour debut of “My City of Ruins” at the March 25 Pechanga Arena show in San Diego.
The song, originally written for the then-blighted Asbury Park more than 20 years ago, has taken on several meanings over the years. In San Diego, the Springsteen spoken intro for the gospel-tinged elegy suggests it's now a declaration of the current tour's theme: facing mortality with a rock 'n' roll heart.
“We are here tonight to bring the joyous power of rock and soul music into your life,” said Springsteen during the intro while the music slow-burned in the background (check out the Aisles Music Visions fan shot video on YouTube ). “We are here to wake you, to shake you, to take you to higher ground! But the thing is, we can't get there by ourselves. We need your help! We need you to help us get there! Are you ready! Because I plan on sending you home with your feet hurting, your hands hurting, your sexual organs stimulated.”
Yet Springsteen shows have a higher calling than just the desire of the flesh.
“Of course, we got a story to tell,” Springsteen continued. “It's a story about yesterday and about tonight, and hopefully tomorrow. It's about hellos and goodbyes. It's about the things that leave us and the things that remain. That's a lot of ground to cover so it may take a little time, so let's get started.”
The arrangement performed on Monday highlighted members of the E Street Horns: Curt Ramm and Barry Danielian on trumpet, Eddie Manion on sax, and Ozzie Melendez on trombone. E Streeter Jake Clemons joined in on sax.
The song also frames the E Street Choir: Anthony Almonte, Curtis King, Michelle Moore, Lisa Lowell and Ada Dyer.
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Springsteen did a roll call and introduced band members toward the end of the song.
“Are we missing anybody? Are we missing anybody? Everybody's missing somebody,” Springsteen said. “The only thing I can guarantee tonight is if you're here and we're here, then they're here.”
The Boss debuted “My City of Ruins” in December 2000 at Convention Hall in Asbury Park. The San Diego concert also featured the tour debuts to “Death of my Hometown,” “Detroit Medley” and “Bobby Jean”.
Up next is the Chase Center in San Francisco on Thursday, March 28. Springsteen and the E Street Band play Asbury Park on Sept. 15, part of the Sea Hear Now festival.
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Bruce Springsteen is relaunching his postponed tour in Phoenix. Here's what to expect
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band return to active duty Tuesday, March 19, in downtown Phoenix with the relaunch of their world tour at Footprint Center.
Hailed in the Washington Post as "a masterclass in the uplifting power of rock-and-roll," the tour was cut short in September on the advice of Springsteen’s doctors, who were treating him for peptic ulcer disease, a potentially serious gastrointestinal condition.
Springsteen issued a statement saying, “Over here on E Street, we’re heartbroken to have to postpone these shows. ... We’ll be back to pick these shows up and then some. Thank you for your understanding and support. We’ve been having a blast at our US shows and we’re looking forward to more great times. We’ll be back soon.”
Here's our complete guide to the Bruce Springsteen concert in Phoenix .
Little Steven: 'We had no idea how much pain he was in'
In an early November interview with USA Today at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt said, "I got to tell you the truth, we had no idea how much pain he was in. We were just as surprised as everyone else to learn the extent of his illness. It was remarkable when we found out that he had been in pain for five shows at least. He is just a tough guy.”
Springsteen announced that he was symptom-free on the Nov. 20 episode of his E Street Radio show “From My Home to Yours.”
Since then, he’s performed at the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony, the 17th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit and the New Jersey Hall of Fame induction honoring Patti Scialfa.
He also appeared at the 81st Golden Globe Awards (where he was nominated for Best Original Song for “Addicted to Romance”), alongside Darlene Love to present her with a platinum record for “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” and multiple events at the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music on the campus of Monmouth University in New Jersey.
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Springsteen & the E Street Band to play 52 concerts in 2024
Springsteen and the E Street Band will play 52 concerts in 17 countries through late November 2024, starting in Phoenix.
Rolling Stone hailed the opening night of the tour he’s about to resume as "ecstatic and emotional." Spin called it a "must-see."
The opening leg of the tour includes 10 U.S. concerts that had to be rescheduled while Springsteen recovered from peptic ulcer disease and a newly added concert at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The remaining rescheduled U.S. dates will take place from Aug. 15 through Nov. 22 following a return to Europe for 26 shows this summer. He’ll also do a hometown performance in Asbury Park, New Jersey, where the E Street Band will headline the Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Sept. 15.
The European tour will follow up a successful trip to the continent last year, which sold more than 1.6 million tickets and earned praise as some of the best shows of the band’s career, Billboard deeming it “the greatest show on Earth.”
Despite the postponed North American dates, Springsteen and The E Street Band’s international run finished third on Pollstar’s countdown of the biggest tours of 2023, with only Taylor Swift and Beyoncé doing better at the box office.
'Best of Bruce Springsteen' album arriving in April
This spring also brings the recently released "Best of Bruce Springsteen" collection, a career-spanning anthology arriving April 19, gathering early-career favorites, live staples, best-selling breakouts and recent releases together for the first time.
Arriving via Sony Music, “Best of Bruce Springsteen” captures a 50-year body of work that has earned him honors and accolades including 20 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Kennedy Center Honor and induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Since launching his career with “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.,” Springsteen has sold more than 140 million records worldwide, including more than 70 million in the United States, becoming the first artist in history with a Top 5 album in six consecutive decades.
His latest album, released in November 2022, is a collection of soul and R&B covers called "Only the Strong Survive."
This is Springsteen's first Phoenix concert since the River Tour
Tuesday’s show at Footprint Center is Springsteen’s first metro Phoenix concert since 2016, when the E Street Band hit Talking Stick Resort Arena (now called Footprint Center) on the River Tour, revisiting the 1980 masterstroke that gave the world “Hungry Heart” while topping Billboard’s album chart, a Springsteen first.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in Phoenix
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19.
Where: Footprint Center, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix.
Admission: Verified resale tickets are available at ticketmaster.com .
Details: 602-379-7800, ticketmaster.com .
Reach the reporter at [email protected] or 602-444-4495. Follow him on Twitter @EdMasley .
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Bruce Springsteen returns to the stage in Phoenix after health issues postponed his 2023 world tour
Bruce Springsteen, left, and Stevie Van Zandt, right, sing during a concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Bruce Springsteen plays his guitar on stage during his concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Bruce Springsteen sings on stage during his concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Bruce Springsteen performs during his concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Bruce Springsteen, right, is joined by guitarist Nils Lofgren, left, Jake Clemons second from left, on saxophone, Soozie Tyrell, center, on violin, and Max Weinberg, second from right, on drums as they perform during Springsteen’s concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Bruce Springsteen, left, and Stevie Van Zandt, right, play their guitars on stage during his concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Bruce Springsteen shouts to the crowd on stage during his concert of Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band World Tour 2024 performance Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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PHOENIX (AP) — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the stage Tuesday evening at the Footprint Center in Phoenix in a triumphant reboot of the Boss’ postponed 2023 world tour.
In September Springsteen, 74, announced his tour would be delayed until 2024 , citing doctor’s advice as he recovered from peptic ulcer disease.
“The Boss” arrived on stage to an audience chorus of “Bruuuuce!” Wearing dark jeans and a rolled up red plaid flannel shirt, he had the energy of a man half his age. His signature “One, two, three, four” was the only thing that separated most songs, showing no signs of his illness from the previous year. Once he shouted, “Good evening, Arizona” the show was off and running.
Springsteen spoke to the crowd briefly about his illness prior to playing his final song “I’ll See You In My Dreams” solo on stage. “Phoenix, first I want to apologize if there was any discomfort because we had to move the show last time. . . . I hope we didn’t inconvenience you too much.”
The 29-song show came in just under three hours, but “The Boss” hardly broke a sweat while showing off a strong voice, all the while dancing, tearing into guitar solos, playing the harmonica and even ripping his shirt open near the end of the show.
On stage with Springsteen was the legendary E Street Band which features drummer Max Weinberg, bassist Garry Tallent, keyboardists Roy Bittan and Charlie Giordano, guitarists Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren, saxophonist Jake Clemons — nephew of original and still missed sax man Clarence Clemons who died in 2011 — guitarist and violin player Soozie Tyrell, a full horn and brass section and four backup vocalists. The only missing member of the band was Springsteen’s wife, singer and guitarist Patti Scialfa.
Springsteen performed most of the hits in his vast collection, minus “Born In The U.S.A.,” but he added covers “Nightshift” by the Commodores, “Because The Night” by Patti Smith Group, and a surprise: “Twist and Shout” by The Beatles. Fans went wild for “No Surrender,” “Born To Run,” “Rosalita,” “Dancing In The Dark,” “Glory Days” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” that left the rocker grinning from ear-to-ear as he conducted fans singing along like his own chorus.
This year has been particularly challenging for Springsteen. In addition to his health issues, in January his mother, Adele Ann Springsteen, a fan favorite who could frequently be seen dancing at his shows, died . She was 98.
Two days after her death, Springsteen performed at the 2024 MusiCares Person of the Year event, which honored Jon Bon Jovi for his musical achievements and philanthropic efforts.
The 2024 edition of the tour kicked off in Phoenix and ends Nov. 22 in Vancouver, Canada. It hits 17 countries across 52 dates, including a special performance on Sept. 15 where Springsteen will headline the Sea.Hear.Now Festival in his hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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Russian national folk dances is a professional show with the national music where you can get in acquaintance with history, traditions and customs of multinational Russia from old times until the XXth century. You will be able to see some dances linked with times of Russian people Christianization, tsar’s time, the Soviet Union showing Russian people’s life in the North, South, Caucasus and central Russia.
The powerful, sad sound of a hurdy-gurdy, that magnificent, ancient and absolutely cosmic musical instrument, as if it is spinning the wheel of history takes you to the heart of Orthodox Russia. The wistful ring of a bell goes deep into the soul, the rhythmic thud of the shepherd’s drum grips our heart. Accordions with bells, flutes, ocarinas, gusli, ratchets, tambourines, chopping and washing boards, scythes and other ancient folk musical instruments have been made especially for this show by master craftsmen. All these instruments, like precious pearls strung on the thread of the life of a great country, immerse the viewer in a special and unique world that evokes bright and diverse feelings and emotions.
“Kalinka-Malinka” and “Podmoskovnye Vechera” have long become images of Russia, an embodiment of the unique spirit of its people. Paganini played on the balalaika always brings a burst of applause and enthusiastic cries of “Bravo!”. The Russian “round dance” is like life itself, a symbol of beauty and universal harmony, as girls, dressed in white and gold sarafans and kokoshnik headdresses, gracefully float across the stage.
The amazing, bright and colourful costumes created with the help of Nadezhda Kadysheva - National Artist of Russia, and her husband - Alexander Kostyuk, Honoured Artist of Russia, are sure to impress, with some 350 made especially for the show, each one a real work of art. Along with the magnificent decorations and live musical score, the bright video on huge screens and immersive 3D light effects make the show unique and unforgettable.
Against the background of restrained Northern costumes, the Pavlov-Posad shawls “burn bright”. As if by magic one flashes after another, in a whirl of red, yellow, blue and green. There are Dymkovo toys and "gzhel", some of the most famous Russian crafts, and you will see that famous ornamental teapot and its decorated cups start a fiery dance. The Kuban Cossacks and folklore are inseparable, their sword dance is one the most complex and dangerous performances with weapons. As a hurdy-gurdy plays, the wheel of history spins. Bridges between long-forgotten eras and present time appear one after another, connecting the amusement chamber of Ivan the Terrible with a boisterous fair with lively quadrilles, life-size puppets, skomorokh harlequins, bears and trampoline artists. Transfixed, the audience catches its breath, awed by the courage of the artists and their remarkable skill. An incredible energy fills the air, making hearts beat faster. Now the festive “round dance” starts! Dancers move between the rows, drawing in the audience, streaming back towards the stage…
“Golden Ring” Folk Theatre is a synthesis of folklore, vocals, dance, instrumental music, circus and high art. It is unique for the fact that artists from dance and music schools from all over the country have come together. In every sense, it is a calling-card for Russia herself.
The show consists of two parts (approximately 45 minutes each) and a 15-minutes break, when guests can have some fruits, canapes, ham, Russian style Salami, cheese, vodka, champagne, red wine, mineral water, juice, beverages (at own expence).
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Michael franti on his new tour, life in bali & the healing power of music.
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Singer/songwriter and musician Michael Franti prepares to embark on his 2024 "Togetherness Tour"
Michael Franti is a multi-talented singer/songwriter known for his upbeat, feel-good songs of love, hope, and positivity like “Sound of Sunshine,” “Say Hey (I Love You)” “I Got You” and many others. His high-energy live shows are geared toward bringing people of all walks of life together for a fun, uplifting, shared experience through music.
He’s excited to kick off his “Togetherness Tour” in April and describes what to expect for someone seeing Michael Franti & Spearhead for the first time.
Michael Franti & Spearhead
“There are moments where the music is super loud and intense and rocking,” Franti says, “and you’re hearing lyrics that affirm your values in life of caring about music and people and trying to look beyond yourself and embrace those with other experiences. And then there will be moments where it’s just me and the guitar and I’ll go out into the audience.”
Michael Franti & Spearhead perform at Old Forester's Paristown Hall on October 26, 2019 in ... [+] Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images)
Like the name of his tour and the lyrics to so many of his songs, Franti’s reason for going out into the audience during his live shows goes back to his overriding goal of making people feel a sense of belonging. As a young biracial child growing up in an adopted family in San Francisco, he struggled with feelings of not fitting in – anywhere. Music helped make a difference.
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“As a kid I used to get the cheapest seat or sneak into a concert to go see a band,” he recalls. “And there would be a point in the show where the artist would point to whatever section I was in, like triple R or wherever, and yell out something. And I knew he was looking right at me! It felt so magical to feel that sense of inclusion like I’m not the only person in the world who feels the way I do about the things being sung here.”
For more than three decades, Franti has written and shared songs of hope and optimism, such as those from his recent album Big Big Love. Songs like “Hands Up to the Sky” resonate with listeners because they come from the heart and Franti’s own experience.
“I lost my father to COVID in 2021 and I couldn’t be there, so there was a lot of darkness and pain. We had a Zoom funeral, and I was unable to connect with my family like I wanted to.”
It was an extremely difficult time for Franti, but he eventually worked through it.
“And what I later learned, and one of the greatest takeaways I discovered from this, is the key to being joyful in life is ‘ease of heart.’ And what that means is whatever is in your heart, let it pass with ease. If you’re sad, you cry, if you’re pissed off, go somewhere safe and throw a pillow or scream in the forest, do something to let it out.”
He was finally able to ‘let go of the pain’ when he heard live music again after COVID.
“It had been two years since I’d seen an actual concert and at a certain point, I put my hands up to the sky, closed my eyes, and started to sing along. Pretty soon I started to feel my hands shake and I was in tears and moving in ways I hadn’t moved in a long time. I was laughing, crying, dancing, and shouting, and suddenly I felt better. I felt healed and moved.”
Franti has found music can heal in a way nothing else can and incorporates it in every area of his life. When he’s not touring, he lives with his family in Indonesia. He and his wife, Sara, live onsite at a yoga hotel they built in Bali. It started out with five rooms, a yoga studio, and a small restaurant. It has now evolved into 33 rooms, three restaurants, two bars, a night club, and three yoga studios. There’s also an organic farm on the property that produces the rice and vegetables served to those who stay at Soulshine Bali. It’s not your typical yoga retreat.
Michael Franti and his wife, Sara, at Soulshine Bali, their yoga retreat hotel in Indonesia
Michael Franti walking the grounds of his Soulshine Bali hotel in Indonesia.
Michael and Sara Franti at their home in Indonesia. They live onsite at Soulshine Bali, their yoga ... [+] retreat and hotel
“We’re the opposite of what you might think of a yoga retreat center with someone sitting on a rock in a white leotard,” he says with a laugh. “We’re not the monastic type of retreat center. We’re a place where people can go deep and have tearful moments on their yoga mat, then go and let their heart open in a new way on the dance floor. We have a live music venue and DJs that play every sunset.”
Every other year, Franti takes his yoga hotel concept out onto the open seas for something called his Soulshine at Sea cruise. The last one in the fall of 2023 sold out, and he’s already looking ahead to doing it again in 2025.
“It’s all kind of wellness activities in the morning with yoga and meditation, and things you can learn to improve your life like songwriting and storytelling workshops, then in the afternoon and evenings, it becomes a party with 20 bands, then rolls into DJs until 3 in the morning,” Franti says. He laughs and adds, “Then people get up the next day and go back to meditation.”
Michael Franti performs during Soulshine at Sea November 4-8, 2023
Michael Franti's Soulshine at Sea cruise - November 2023
Michael Franti during his Soushine at Sea cruise - November 2023
Franti has spent a lifetime healing through music and helping others do the same.
“I was adopted at birth and one of the things that’s affected my entire life is a feeling I don’t belong, that I was abandoned and somehow didn’t deserve to be loved. My (biological) mother was white and my father was black, and I was given up for adoption because my mother felt her father was a racist and would never accept a brown baby.”
Although Franti was adopted by a family who loved him, there was still something missing.
“I was brought up by this second-generation Finnish family that had three kids, then adopted myself and another African American son. I remember feeling I’m the weird kid, I look different even in my own family. But you know what I later found out? Everybody feels that way. Even the people who seem to be the most well-adjusted on the outside, they’re the ones usually covering up even more because they feel so different on the inside.”
So, Franti uses music to bring people together.
“It’s been my goal through my music to make people feel they can be themselves and it’s okay to be that way, warts and all.”
He encourages everyone to strive to see the good in themselves and others, especially at a time when the world feels so divided.
“I believe optimism is the highest form of courage. And it takes bravery to show up in that way.”
Today, Franti sees his own life as rich and joyful. And sharing his music is the biggest part of it.
“I’m more excited to play music today than I’ve ever been. And I know that’s the same for the band members. We’ve been doing it ow for over 30 years and to wake up every day and go, ‘I cannot wait to do this, it’s the best feeling!”
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Taylor Swift's Eras Tour crowd caused earthquake-like tremors. These 5 songs shook SoFi Stadium the most.
By Nicole Brown Chau
Updated on: March 18, 2024 / 6:44 PM EDT / CBS News
Taylor Swift is known to have an energetic fan base, but just how much energy can 70,000 Swifties generate? A group of scientists in California may have an answer based on earthquake-like signals from her Los Angeles Eras Tour concert at SoFi Stadium on Aug. 5, 2023.
After Swift's concerts at Seattle's Lumen Field in July caused seismic activity, a California Institute of Technology research team sought to better understand what causes "concert tremor." The team recorded vibrations from motion sensors it set up near and inside SoFi Stadium as well as regional seismic network stations and was able to detect 43 of the 45 songs Swift performed during her concert.
By calculating the energy radiated during each song at the Los Angeles concert, the Caltech researchers could interpret each as a local magnitude of an earthquake that would have radiated the same energy, according their research article , published in Seismological Research Letters on March 13.
With these calculations, the study found the most energetic signals during these songs:
- "Shake It Off" with a local magnitude of 0.851
- "You Belong with Me" with a local magnitude of 0.849
- "Love Story" with a local magnitude of 0.800
- "Cruel Summer" with a local magnitude of 0.741
- "22" with a local magnitude of 0.645
The energy released during each song is over a few minutes, rather than a second in the case of an earthquake, explained Gabrielle Tepp, a staff seismologist at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory who oversaw the study. "So the magnitude calculated from the maximum amplitude of shaking is much lower (about -2)," she told CBS News.
The researchers determined that crowd motion was the primary source of the concert tremor signals, not the speaker system and instruments.
They also analyzed three other concerts at SoFi in the summer of 2023: Morgan Wallen, Metallica and Beyoncé.
"Overall, the results from these concerts are similar to those from the Swift concerts and support the audience-source hypothesis," the research article says. "The (local magnitude) of the songs was in the same range as the Swift concerts, although none matched or exceeded the strongest Swift signal."
Swift's Eras Tour has broken multiple records, including becoming the first to gross over $1 billion , according to Pollstar. Swift is currently on a brief break from shows, with the tour starting again on May 9 in Paris after the release of her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department , on April 19.
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