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Taylor Swift has shelves full of awards and, now, a Stanford University class based on her “All Too Well (10 Minute Version).” But when her anticipated Eras Tour hits Glendale, Arizona next week it will feel like coming home, because the city will temporarily change its name to Taylor Swift in honor of her tour-opening March 17 gig at State Farm Stadium.
According to KPNX, Mayor Jerry P. Weiers is slated to read a proclamation on Monday (March 13) making it official. The city reportedly wanted to do “something highly unusual” to show its appreciation for Swift launching the stadium jaunt in their town, though the renaming will only be in place until March 18.
Part of the celebration will also include welcome messages hung in the city’s Westgate Entertainment District, with local restaurants offering Swift-themed menu items. Swift is kicking off the Eras tour with shows on March 17 and 18 featuring Paramore and Gayle at the stadium before moving on to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for March 24-25 shows featuring Beabadoobee and Gayle.
The 52-date tour — during which Swift is expected to run through songs from her entire catalog — is the follow-up to her 2018 all-stadium tour in support of her Reputation album. The massive outing will double- and triple-down in some cities as it winds its way across the nation, hitting Tampa, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago, Cincinnati and Seattle before winding down with five dates at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Along the way she will be joined by a long list of support acts, including Gracie Abrams, Muna, Phoebe Bridgers, Girl in Red, Owenn and Haim.
The Cure announced their first run of North American dates in more than four years on Thursday (March 9). The Robert Smith-led band’s Shows of a Lost World Tour is slated to kick off on May 10 at the Smoothie Center in New Orleans and take the goth rock icons through Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal and Atlanta before wrapping up at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, FL on July 1.
The run — their first extensive U.S. dates since 23019 — will include a three-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles (May 23, 24, 25) as well as a triple-play at New York’s Madison Square Garden (June 20, 21, 22); The Twilight Sad will open all the shows.
Tickets for all 30 dates will go on sale via Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program beginning March 15; pre-registration is required and registration will close on March 13 at 10 a.m. PT. In the wake of ticket sale snafus affecting Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny onsales, in a message to fans, the Cure wrote, “we have priced tickets to benefit fans and our efforts to block scalpers and limited inflated resale prices are being supported by our ticketing partners.”
At press time there was no information about new music from the band, though Smith has been promising a follow-up to 2008’s 4:13 Dream for several years.
Check out the dates for The Cure’s Shows of a Lost World 2023 North American Tour below.
May 10 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King CenterMay 12 — Houston, TX @ Toyota CenterMay 13 — Dallas, TX @ Dos Equis PavilionMay 14 — Austin, TX @ Moody CenterMay 16 — Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta AmphitheaterMay 18 — Phoenix, AZ @ Desert Diamond ArenaMay 20 — San Diego, CA @ NICU AmphitheatreMay 23 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood BowlMay 24 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood BowlMay 25 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood BowlMay 27 — San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline AmphitheatreJune 1 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge ArenaJune 2 — Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rogers ArenaJune 4 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home ArenaJune 6 — Greenwood Village, CO @ Fiddler’s Green AmphitheatreJune 8 — Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy CenterJune 10 — Chicago, IL @ United CenterJune 11 — Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music CenterJune 13 — Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music TheatreJune 14 — Toronto, Ontario @ Budweiser StageJune 16 — Montreal, Quebec @ Bell CentreJune 18 — Boston, MA @ Xfinity CenterJune 20 — New York, NY @ Madison Square GardenJune 21 — New York, NY @ Madison Square GardenJune 22 — New York, NY @ Madison Square GardenJune 24 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo CenterJune 25 — Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post PavilionJune 27 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm ArenaJune 29 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie ArenaJuly 1 — Miami, FL @ Miami-Dade Arena
If Nikki Sixx is still thumping out “Girl, Girls, Girls” at 73, “Kickstart My Heart” might take on a whole new meaning. In a recently resurfaced video from an interview with Brazil’s A Rádio Rock from December (according to Blabbermouth) the 64-year-0old Mötley Crüe bassist said he could imagine a scenario where the Crüe celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2031.
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Describing drummer Tommy Lee’s 60th birthday party in Mexico a few months earlier — where the guys, their wives and some friends chilled out without talking business at all — Sixx said there was talk of keeping the train rolling a bit longer.
“Me and Tommy and [singer] Vince [Neil] had this conversation. I said, I go,’ What are you guys doing for the next eight years?,’” he said he asked them. “And everybody’s laughing: ‘I don’t know.’ I said, ‘Why don’t we just keep going? Let’s just take it to 50.” The group was formed in 1981 and 2031 will mark their half-century anniversary.
Sixx then put a finer point on it. “So this isn’t a final tour,” he said. “What does that look like? I have no idea. I’m just telling you, you have the band saying, ‘We’re having a blast. Why stop?’”
Keep in mind, back in 2014, the Crüe signed a Cessation of Touring agreement and swore that their final show would be a Dec. 2015 gig at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. But just a few years later it seemed like they’d pulled the plug too early and after a few pandemic delays, they hit the road last year with Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett for the wildly successful The Stadium Tour, which earned a cool $173.5 million. They are currently on a world tour with Leppard slated to run through July, followed by North American stadium dates through mid-August.
All the original members will be in their 70s if they keep on rocking into 2031 — except for newly recruited guitarist John 5, who will be a spritely 61; recently departed guitarist Mick Mars, who left the band last year due to decadeslong, painful battle against a spinal condition, would be 80 at that point.
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The Doobie Brothers are not done celebrating half a century of rockin’ down the highway. On Monday (Feb. 27) the veteran group announced 35 new U.S. dates for their ongoing 50th anniversary tour. The shows, which will run from June through October of this year, extends the outing that has brought founding members guitarists Tom Johnston, Pat Simmons and John McFee and singer Michael McDonald back together for the first time in 25 years.
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Tickets for all the new dates will go on sale beginning Friday (March 3) at 10 a.m. local time (with the exception of the shows in Sparks, NV; New Brunswick, NJ; Morristown, NJ; Washington, DC; and Uncasville, CT, which will go on sale beginning March 10 at 10 a.m. local time.)
“We are thrilled to be back on the road in 2023 playing some cities we haven’t gotten to yet on this tour,” said guitarist Johnston in a statement.
The new dates include shows in Kansas City, Des Moines, Louisville, Biloxi, Charleston and Atlantic City. After wrapping the U.S. dates the group is slated to head overseas for shows in Australia, Japan and Singapore.
Check out the dates for the Doobie Brothers’ 50th anniversary extended U.S. tour below.
June 9 — Sparks, NV @ Nugget Event Center*
June 11 — West Valley, UT @ Maverik Center
June 14 — Kansas City, MO @ Starlight Theatre
June 15 — Springfield, MO @ Great Southern Bank Arena
June 17 — Sioux City, IA @ Tyson Events Center
June 18 — Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
June 20 — Duluth, MN @ AMSOIL Arena
June 21 — Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field
June 23 — Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 24 — Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
June 26 — Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center at the Heights
June 28 — Youngstown, OH @ The Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre
June 30 — Pikeville, KY @ Appalachian Wireless Arena
July 1 — Louisville, KY @The Palace Theatre
July 3 — Portsmouth, VA @ Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion
July 6 — Reading, PA @ Santander Performing Arts Center
July 8 — New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theatre New Jersey*
July 9 — New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theatre New Jersey*
July 11 — Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center*
July 12 — Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center*
August 18 — Waite Park, MN @ The Ledge Amphitheater
August 20 — Lincoln, NE @ Pinewood Bowl Theater
August 23 — Camdenton, MO @ Ozarks Amphitheater
August 26 — Brandon, MS @ Brandon Amphitheater
August 28 — Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum
August 30 — Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater
August 31 — Franklin, TN @ FirstBank Amphitheater
Sept. 2 — Macon, GA @ Macon Centreplex
Sept. 3 — Savannah, GA @ Enmarket Arena
Sept. 6 — Simpsonville, SC @ CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park
Sept. 7 — Greensboro, NC @ White Oak Amphitheatre
Sept. 9 — Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium
Oct. 4 — Washington, DC @ MGM National Harbor*
Oct. 6 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena*
Oct. 8 — Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Guns N’ Roses announced an extensive 2023 world tour on Tuesday (Feb.21), a run that will have the veteran hard rockers playing festivals, stadiums and arenas across the Middle East, Europe and North America.
The global trek is slated to kick off on June 5 in Tel Aviv, Israel at the Park Hayarkon and run through dates in Madrid, Copenhagen, London, Rome, Paris and Athens before hopping to North America on August 5 with a gig in Moncton, New Brunswick at the Medavie Blue Cross Stadium. The run will include shows in Montreal, Boston, Chicago, Nashville, Toronto, St. Louis, Houston, San Diego and Phoenix before winding down on Oct. 16 at BC Place in Vancouver.
Tickets sales for the Live Nation-promoted outing will begin with the band’s Nightrain presale, which kicks off on Wednesday (Feb. 22) at 10 a.m. local time, with a general onsale for all dates beginning on Friday (Feb. 24) at 10 .m. local time here.
Though the reunited band has not announced plans for any new music to follow-up 2008’s long-gestating Chinese Democracy, the Axl Rose-led group has been hitting the road hard over the past few years, including their three-year (2016-2019) Not in This Lifetime Tour and 2021’s We’re F’N Back! tour. But in an exciting tease, the release announcing the upcoming dates promises that they will be “unveiling more news and surprises soon.”
In November, GNR released a commemorative box set celebrating their 1991 two-album set Use Your Illusion with dozens of previously unreleased tracks and videos.
Check out the dates for GNR’s 2023 tour below.
June 5 – Tel Aviv, Israel @ Park Hayarkon
June 9 – Madrid, Spain @ Civitas Metropolitan Stadium
June 12 – Vigo, Spain @ Estadio Abanca Balaídos
June 15 – Dessel, Belgium @ Grasspop Metal Meeting
June 17 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhell
June 21 – Oslo, Norway @ Tons of Rock
June 27 – Glasgow, UK @ Bellahouston Park
June 30 – London, UK @ BST Hyde Park
July 3 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Deutsch Bank Park
July 5 – Bern, Switzerland @ BERNEXPO
July 8 – Rome, Italy @ Circo Massimo
July 11 – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Megaland
July 13 – Paris, France @ La Defense
July 16 – Bucharest, Romania @ National Arena
July 19 – Budapest, Hungary @ Puskás Arena
July 22 – Athens, Greece @ Olympic Stadium
August 5 – Moncton, NB @ Medavie Blue Cross Stadium
August 8 – Montreal, QC @ Parc Jean Drapeau
August 11 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
August 15 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
August 21 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park
August 24 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field
August 26 – Nashville, TN @ GEODIS Park
August 29 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
Sept. 1 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Sept. 3 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre
Sept. 6 – Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
Sept. 9 – St. Louis, MO @ Busch Stadium
Sept. 12 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena
Sept. 15 – Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live
Sept. 20 – Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum
Sept. 23 – Kansas City, MO @ Kauffman Stadium
Sept. 26 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamodome
Sept. 28 – Houston, TX @ Minute Maid Park
Oct. 1 – San Diego, CA @ Snapdragon Stadium
Oct. 8 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
Oct. 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Chase Field
Oct. 16 – Vancouver, BC @ BC Place
BTS‘ Suga announced the dates for his first-ever solo world tour on Tuesday morning (Feb. 14). According to a posting on Weverse, the unnamed tour is slated to kick off on April 26 at UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York before dates at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (April 29), Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL (May 3, 5 & 6), the Kia Forum in Los Angeles (May 10, 11, & 14) and Oakland Arena in Oakland, CA (May 16, 17).
The outing will then head overseas for dates in Jakarta, Bangkok and Singapore, as well as a two-night stand in BTS’ home country of South Korea at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seioul on June 24 and 25 and as-yet-unannounced gigs in Japan.
A release announcing the tour noted that the Weverse post mentioned Agust D, Suga’s other stage name, which caused a lot of ARMY chatter about what fans might expect from the dates; click here for ticketing and Verified Fan information. The rapper and dancer posted a video in December in which he showed off his smooth moves in a hip-hop dance 101 class with the help of a private instructor.
“Hello everyone. At age 30, I’ve come to take dance lessons. Basic hip-hop moves. It’s been about 12 years since I last did this in high school. I’ll give it a try,” he said in the video, telling fans that he felt like he’d taken a trip back in time to his pre-BTS trainee days. “I’m a mess. This is so hard. It’s so hard to do this [basic moves] after a long time. I feel kind of dumb doing this. When I first joined as a trainee I’d never danced before.”
He also updated ARMY on what he’s been up to since the group announced their hiatus in June. “I’ve learned some basic hip-hop moves. I’ve suddenly got an interest in learning at the age of 30,” he said. ”I’m taking all kinds of lessons now. I’ve started playing the keyboard again. I’m also taking guitar and dance and Japanese and English.”
While J-Hope headlined Lollapalooza in Chicago last July and Jin performed his single “The Astronaut” with Coldplay in Argentina in October, Suga’s outing is the first full-fledged solo tour by a member of BTS. The rapper previously released two mixtapes under his solo alter ego, Agust D (2016) and D-2 (2020).
Check out Suga’s tour poster and 2023 solo tour dates:
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April 26 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
April 27 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
April 29 — Newark, N.J. @ Prudential Center
May 3 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
May 5 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
May 6 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
May 10 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
May 11 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
May 14 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
May 16 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
May 17 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
May 26 — Jakarta, ID @ Indonesia Convention Exhibition Hall 5-6
May 27 — Jakarta, Indonesia @ Indonesia Convention Exhibition Hall 5-6
May 28 — Jakarta, Indonesia @ Indonesia Convention Exhibition Hall 5-6
June 10 — Bangkok, Thailand @ Impact Arena
June 11 — Bangkok, Thailand @ Impact Arena
June 17 — Singapore, SG @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
June 18 — Singapore, SG @ Singapore Indoor Stadium
June 24– Seoul, KR @ Jamsil Indoor Stadium
June 25 — Seoul, KR @ Jamsil Indoor Stadium
Japan dates TBA
Just two weeks after hitting the road for their 2023 international tour, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band added a slew of new dates to the North American portion of the outing. On Tuesday (Feb. 14), the band announced additional shows in 18 cities, kicking off with an August 9 gig at Chicago’s legendary Wrigley Field through a Dec. 8 gig at San Francisco’s Chase Center.
The new shows also include multiple-night stands at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank park, New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum. Tickets for the 22 new North American shows will go on sale over the next two weeks, with the first onsale kicking off this Friday (Feb. 17) at 10 a.m. local time.
The tour will be using Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan service for many of the cities (you can pre-register for VF here); VF is open through Sunday (Feb. 19) at 11:59 p.m. ET. Tickets for the show at Wrigley Field and Citizens Bank Park will be sold directly by the stadiums.
Springsteen kicked off the band’s tour with their first North American show in seven years in Tampa, Florida on Feb. 1, but by Friday they were already down a few members. The group’s show in Dallas, Texas was missing both guitarist Steven Van Zandt and violinist/singer Soozie Tyrel, who sat out after testing positive for COVID-19 ahead of their tour stop at the American Airlines Center, while Springsteen’s wife singer/guitarist Patti Scialfa was also absent from the stage for undisclosed reasons.
At press time, Billboard had reached out to Springsteen and the E Street Band’s rep for comment on whether the next planned tour stop, on Tuesday (Feb. 14) in Houston, Texas, will feature the full band.
Check out the new dates for Springsteen & the E Street Band’s 2023 North American tour below:
August 9 – Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field (Onsale: February 17 at 10:00 a.m. CT)
August 16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park (Onsale: February 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
August 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park (Onsale: February 28 at 10:00 AM ET
August 24 – Foxborough, MA @ Gillette Stadium (Verified Fan Onsale: February 27 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
August 28 – Washington, DC @ Nationals Park (Verified Fan Onsale: February 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET )
August 30 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (Verified Fan Onsale: February 24 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
Sept. 1 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium (Verified Fan Onsale: February 24 at 12:00 p.m. ET)
Sept. 7 – Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome (Verified Fan Onsale: February 24 at 10:00 a.m. ET
Sept. 9 – Baltimore, MD @ Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Verified Fan Onsale: February 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
Sept. 12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena (Verified Fan Onsale: February 23 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
Nov. 3 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena (Verified Fan Onsale: February 22 at 10:00 a.m. PT)
Nov. 6 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place (Verified Fan Onsale: February 23 at 10:00 a.m. MT)
Nov. 8 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome (Verified Fan Onsale: February 23 at 10:00 a.m. MT)
Nov. 10 – Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre (Verified Fan Onsale: February 22 at 10:00 a.m. CT)
Nov. 14 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena (Verified Fan Onsale: February 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
Nov. 16 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena (Verified Fan Onsale: February 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
Nov. 18 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre (Verified Fan Onsale: February 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
Nov. 20 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell (Verified Fan Onsale: February 23 at 10:00 a.m. ET)
Nov. 30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center (Verified Fan Onsale: February 22 at 10:00 a.m. MT)
Dec. 4 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum (Verified Fan Onsale: February 23 at 10:00 a.m. PT)
Dec. 6 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum (Verified Fan Onsale: February 23 at 10:00 a.m. PT)
Dec. 8 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center (Verified Fan Onsale: Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. PT)
Twelve-time Grammy winning trio The Chicks will take their music global this summer, when The Chicks World Tour 2023 launches in June.
Joining them on the outing are “The Bones” hitmaker Maren Morris, Canadian band Wild Rivers and “Better Way” singer Ben Harper, with each act opening select shows throughout the tour. The tour launches on June 20 in Oslo, Norway and wraps Sept. 18 in Toronto, Ontario. Along the way the Chicks will visit more than 30 cities, including 29 stops in North America. Among their U.S. dates are shows in Nashville, Tennessee (July 27); Grand Rapids, Michigan (Aug. 17); Tulsa, Oklahoma (July 21) and Bethel, New York (Aug. 3).
“Thank you to all our fans for making last Summer so fun! It’s time to get the party going again! We can’t wait to see everyone!” The Chicks said via Instagram.
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Morris also shared the news on social media, saying, “READY TO RUN to 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇳🇴🇸🇪🇳🇱”
Tickets will go on sale for all U.S. shows except for Bethel, Hershey, Columbus, St. Paul, & Sioux Falls on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets for shows in Europe, UK, Canada, and St. Paul (U.S.) will go on sale on Friday, Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets for the Bethel, Hershey, Columbus, and Sioux Falls dates will be available beginning Friday, Feb. 24 at 10 a.m. local time.
Prior to the tour launch, The Chicks are slated for their six-concert Las Vegas residency at Zappos Theater starting in May, and will take part in Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration concert on April 30 in Los Angeles.
See the full list of tour dates below:
June 20: Oslo, Norway @ Oslo Spektrum Arena (with Maren Morris)
June 21: Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericsson Globe (with Maren Morris)
June 23: Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome (with Maren Morris)
June 27: Cardiff, England @ Cardiff Castle (with Maren Morris)
June 28: Glasgow, United Kingdom @ OVO Hydro (with Maren Morris)
June 30: Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena (with Maren Morris)
July 2: Birmingham, United Kingdom @ Utilita Arena Birmingham (with Maren Morris)
July 4: Manchester, United Kingdom @ AO Arena (with Maren Morris)
July 21: Tulsa, Oklahoma @ BOK Center (with Wild Rivers)
July 22: North Little Rock, Arkansas @ Simmons Bank Arena (with Wild Rivers)
July 25: Louisville, Kentucky @ KFC Yum! Center (with Wild Rivers)
July 27: Nashville, Tennessee @ Bridgestone Arena (with Wild Rivers)
July 29: Knoxville, Tennessee @ Thompson-Boling Arena (with Wild Rivers)
July 30: Greensboro, North Carolina @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex (with Wild Rivers)
Aug. 2: Columbia, Maryland @ Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Wild Rivers)
Aug. 3: Bethel, New York @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (with Wild Rivers)
Aug. 5: Gilford, New Hampshire @ Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion (with Wild Rivers)
Aug. 6: Saratoga Springs, New York @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center (with Wild Rivers)
Aug. 10: Hershey, Pennsylvania @ HersheyPark Stadium (with Ben Harper)
Aug. 11: Canandaigua, New York @ CMAC Performing Arts Center (with Ben Harper)
Aug. 13: Bangor, Maine @ Maine Savings Amphitheater (with Wild Rivers)
Aug. 16: Columbus, Ohio – Nationwide Arena (with Ben Harper)
Aug. 17: Grand Rapids, Michigan @ Van Andel Arena (with Ben Harper)
Aug. 19: Des Moines, Iowa @ Iowa State Fairgrounds (with Ben Harper)
Aug. 25: St. Paul, Minnesota @ Minnesota State Fair (with Wild Rivers)
Aug. 26: Madison, Wisconsin @ Kohl Center (with Ben Harper)
Aug. 29: Kansas City, Missouri @ T-Mobile Center (with Ben Harper)
Aug. 30: Omaha, Nebraska @ CHI Health Center Omaha (with Ben Harper)
Sept. 1: Sioux Falls, South Dakota @ Denny Sanford Premier Center (with Ben Harper)
Sept. 5: Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rogers Arena (with Maren Morris)
Sept. 7: Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome (with Maren Morris)
Sept. 8: Edmonton, Alberta @ Rogers Place (with Maren Morris)
Sept. 10: Saskatoon, SK @ Sasktel Centre (with Maren Morris)
Sept. 12: Winnepeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre (with Maren Morris)
Sept. 15: Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre (with Maren Morris)
Sept. 16: London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens (with Maren Morris)
Sept. 18: Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena (with Maren Morris)
Billy Strings has added a hot streak of summer 2023 tour dates to his schedule, beginning July 13 with a three-night run at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, North Carolina. The tour is currently slated to wrap up on August 26 at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama.
Headlining arena tours is rare for a bluegrass act, but Strings is doing just that. Prior to his summer run, Strings is taking his show on a cross-country tour this spring, featuring several arena shows, including three sold-out nights at Nashville, Tennessee’s Bridgestone Arena later this month.
Last year, Strings released the project Me/And/Dad, featuring renditions of classic bluegrass and country tracks recorded alongside his father, Terry Barber. The album was spearheaded by the songs “Life to Go” and “Long Journey Home.” The project followed his 2021 album, Renewal, and his Grammy-winning album Home, which picked up the golden gramophone for best bluegrass album.
Among Strings’ other recent accolades are being named artist of the year at the 2022 Americana Music Honors & Awards, and winning song of the year (“Red Daisy”) at last year’s International Bluegrass Music Awards.
See the full list of new 2023 tour dates below:
July 13 — Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 14 — Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 15 — Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 19 — Norfolk, VA @ Chartway Arena
July 21 — Bridgeport, CT @ Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
July 22 — Essex Junction, VT @ Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo
July 23 — Essex Junction, VT @ Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo
July 25 — Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion
July 26 — Boston, MA @ Leader Bank Pavilion
July 28 — Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
July 29 — Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
July 30 — Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival (sold out)
August 7 — Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp
August 8 — Berlin, Germany @ Huxleys
August 9 — Hamburg, Germany @ Grobe Freiheit 36
August 24 — Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum
August 25 — Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheater
August 26 — Huntsville, AL @ The Orion Amphitheatre
Jason Aldean will return to the road in July, headlining his 2023 Highway Desperado Tour.
Aldean will welcome “We Got History” singer Mitchell Tenpenny, “Wild as Her” hitmaker Corey Kent, and Dee Jay Silver on the 41-date tour, which kicks off July 14 in Bethel, New York at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. The Live Nation-produced trek is currently scheduled to wind down on Oct. 28 in Tampa, Florida at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre.
Kent and Tenpenny also announced their opening slots on the tour, with Tenpenny saying, “We can finally announce this tour!! We can’t wait to be on the road with @Jason_Aldean! This tour is going to freaking rock! Let’s get it! See y’all on the the road…”
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Kent added, “Stoked to announce that I’ll be joining @jasonaldean and @m10penny & @deejaysilver1 on the Highway Desperado Tour!”
Aldean’s “That’s What Tequila Does” is currently at No. 8 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, and the track is included on Aldean’s 2022 double album Macon, Georgia. The project also features Aldean’s Country Airplay three-week chart-topper (and Grammy-nominated track) “If I Didn’t Love You,” with Carrie Underwood, as well as the three-week Country Airplay chart-topper “Trouble With a Heartbreak.”
Aldean’s raucous live shows have thrice earned him the Academy of Country Music’s entertainer of the year honor, and in 2019, he earned the Academy of Country Music’s Dick Clark artist of the decade award. Aldean previously told Billboard of the pride he takes in selecting openers for his tours–a few of his previous tour openers have included Kane Brown, Luke Bryan and Eric Church.
“We have a pretty good track record with that,” Aldean said. “There’s a chalk board in that room over there in my manager’s office. Every year we’ll have all the names on the chalk board, every artist on every label that is available, that we think is a possibility. We spend a lot of time making sure we get the best options we can, someone we think is going to work with our crowd and take off in the next year.”
Tickets for Aldean’s Highway Desperado Tour go on sale Friday (Feb. 17) at 10 a.m. local venue time. See the full dates below.
July 14 – Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
July 15 – Hartford, CT @ Xfinity Theatre
July 16 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
July 20 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
July 21 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center
July 27 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion^
July 28 – Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium
July 29 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
August 4 – Charleston, SC @ Credit One Stadium
August 5 – Atlanta, GA @ Lakewood Amphitheatre
August 6 – Tuscaloosa, AL @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
Thu Aug 10 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
Fri Aug 11 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Fri Aug 18 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
Sat Aug 19 – Welch, MN – Treasure Island Amphitheater*
Thu Aug 24 – Estero, FL – Hertz Arena
Fri Aug 25 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Sat Aug 26 – Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf Amphitheater
Sept. 7 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
Fri Sep 08 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Sept. 9 – Tinley Park, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sept. 14 – Rogers, AR @ Walmart AMP
Sept. 15 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Sept. 16 –Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
Sept. 21 – Wheatland, CA @ Toyota Amphitheatre
Sept. 22 – Portland, OR @ RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Sept. 23 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
Sept. 28 – Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sept. 29 – Irvine, CA @ FivePoint Amphitheatre
Sept. 30 – San Bernardino, CA @ Glen Helen Amphitheater
Oct. 5 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
Oct. 6 – Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
Oct. 7 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Oct. 12 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center+
Oct. 13 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
Oct. 14 – Fort Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
Oct. 19 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
Oct. 20 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
Oct. 21 – Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center
Oct. 27 – West Palm Beach, FL @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Oct. 28 – Tampa, FL @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre