Tour announcement

Evanescence is gearing up for their first major headlining world tour in four years. The Amy Lee-led group announced the dates for their upcoming 2026 world tour on Monday (Dec. 1), revealing a list of 47 dates across North America, the U.K. and Europe.

The run is slated to kick off on June 11 at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla., before moving on to Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ontario, Quebec, Indiana, Missouri, Arizona, California, Utah, Ohio and Michigan. It will then hop over to the U.K. and Europe for summertime gigs in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and London, as well as shows in Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

“This year has been so inspiring in so many ways, creating so much new music, playing some bucket-list shows and working with so many artists that give us life,” said Lee in a statement. “We are taking all of that fire and energy and inspiration and building it into an epic 2026 for our fans. Collaborating with K. Flay, Poppy, and Courtney Le Plante made me want to create a world where we could share stages together, and I’m thrilled we are going to make it happen! I can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on, and I can’t wait for this incredible tour.”

The shows will feature special guests Spiritbox and Nova Twins on the North American leg, Poppy and Nova Twins opening the non-U.K. concerts and K.Flay — who is featured on Evanescence’s latest single, “Fight Like a Girl” — opening the U.K. stops. K.Flay will also work as the support act on the tour’s final stop at the storied Red Rock Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo. on Oct. 26.

Tickets will be available starting with a Citi pre-sale beginning on Tuesday (Dec. 2) at 8 a.m. local time through Thursday (Dec. 4) at 10 p.m. local time; details for the Citi pre-sale are here. Evanescence and Spiritbox pre-sales will follow on Tuesday beginning at 12 p.m. ET, with more pre-sales scheduled throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale on Friday (Dec. 5) at 10 a.m. local time here.

Evanescence is teaming up with non-profit PLUS1 to donate $1 from every ticket to support groups providing humanitarian aid and medical relief around the world.

Check out the dates for Evanescence’s 2026 world tour below:

More than a decade after announcing their Final tour, Mötley Crüe are hitting the road again next year for a massive 2026 North American run of shows. The Vince Neil-led heavy metal legends announced the dates for the 33-city outing they’re calling the Return of the Carnival of Sins in honor of the 20th anniversary of the 2005-2006 tour that birthed their 2006 Carnival of Sins: Live two-CD set.

The shows slated to kick off on July 17 in Burgettstown, Pa. at the Pavilion at Star Lake will also commemorate the band’s 45th anniversary. The Live Nation-produced tour will feature opening acts Extreme and Tesla on a summer-long outing that will stop in New York, Michigan, Ontario, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah and Washington State.

“Bringing back the spirit of Carnival of Sins has been a blast, and we wanted to take it even further for its 20th anniversary,” the band said in a statement. “This new show is for the Crüeheads who’ve been with us through it all and for the new Crüeheads who didn’t get to experience Carnival of Sins last time around. Get ready — we’re coming your way and we can’t wait to see you next summer.”

A general on-sale will kick off on Friday (Nov. 21) at 9 a.m. local time, with VIP packages available starting on Wednesday (Nov. 19) at 9 a.m. local time; more ticketing information can be found here. In addition, the band said that $1 from every ticket will be donated to ASAP! (After School Arts Program) through the Mötley Crüe Giveback Initiative to fund hands-on arts programs for young people.

Coinciding with the tour announce, the deluxe box set version of the 40th anniversary of their Theatre of Pain album is out now, featuring reimagined artwork, the newly remastered album on color vinyl and bonus material including a 1985 Long Beach live concert, rare demos and a 76-page hardcover book with never-before-seen photos and memories from that era.

The veteran band featuring original members bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee as well as more recent member guitarist John 5 wrapped up their Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM last month after pushing the start date back six months due to a debilitating stroke suffered by singer Neil last Christmas. “I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough,” Neil told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in September. “The doctors said they didn’t think I’d be able to go back on stage again. I go, ‘No, no, I’m gonna do it. Watch and see.’”

Luckily for the band, Neil did not lose his voice after the stroke, but things were so bad for the 64-year-old rocker that he said he had to be carried to the bathroom, before graduating to a wheelchair, a walker and then a cane. Following months of physical therapy at his Nashville home he said he’s able to walk unassisted again.

Check out the dates for Mötley Crüe’s 2026 Return of Carnival of Sins North American tour below:

AC/DC will continue their globe-hopping Power Up tour into 2026 with Monday morning’s (Nov. 3) announcement of a run of 21 more shows in South America and North America next year. The new dates for the nearly two-year-old tour by the legendary Australian hard rockers will kick off on Feb. 24 at  Estádio do MorumBIS in São Paulo, Brazil and include stops in Santiago, Chile on March 11 and Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 23 before winding down on April 7 in Mexico City at Estadio GNP Seguros.

The band will then take the spring off and be back on the road beginning July 11 in Charlotte, N.C., followed by shows in Columbus, Ohio, Madison, Wi., San Antonio, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Edmonton, Alberta, Vancouver, Atlanta, Houston, South Bend, Ind., St. Louis, Montreal, Toronto and East Rutherford, N.J. before winding down on Sept. 29 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Tickets for the upcoming run of 2026 shows will be on sale at 10 a.m. ET on Friday (Nov. 7); click here for details.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act — singer Brian Johnson, guitarist Angus Young, rhythm guitarist Stevie Young, drummer Matt Laug and bassist Chris Chaney — kicked off the tour named for their 17th studio album in May 2024. The band’s next scheduled date is on Nov. 12 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.

Check out the 2026 dates for AC/DC’s Power Up tour below.

*Denver, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia on sale at 12pm local time

Billboard’s Live Music Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 3. For tickets and more information, click here.

Bad Omens are hitting the road early next year for a North American headlining tour with support from Beartooth and President. The hard-rocking Virginia band announced the dates for the arena swing on Tuesday morning (Oct. 28), with the outing slated to kick off on Feb. 22 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Tickets for the tour from the “Specter” band will kick off with an artist pre-sale beginning today at 12 p.m. local time, with additional pre-sales running throughout the week ahead of a general on-sale beginning on Friday (Oct. 31) at 10 a.m. local time.

Earlier this month, the Noah Sebastian-fronted band made their quickest trip to No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, with “Specter” hitting the top on the Oct. 18-dated chart after rising two spots, landing the group their second leader on the tally. “Specter” reached the pinnacle in its eighth week, easily leap-frogging the 27 weeks it took their previous No. 1, “Just Pretend,” to hit the top in 2023.

Bad Omens’ most recent proper studio album was 2022’s The Death of Peace of Mind, which was followed by 2024’s guest-heavy companion to the Bad Omens — Concrete Jungle, Volume 1 graphic novel, Concrete Jungle.

The 20-date 2026 arena tour will hit Denver, Kansas City, Detroit, Minneapolis, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville, Dallas, Oklahoma City and Los Angeles before winding down on March 27 at Oakland Arena in Oakland, Calif. The band will then gear up for the North American tour by kicking off their Do You Feel Love European swing on Nov. 21 in Dublin, Ireland.

Check out the dates for Bad Omens’ 2026 North American arena tour below.

Billboard’s Live Music Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 3. For tickets and more information, click here.