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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
Duran Duran announced the dates for their upcoming 2023 North American Future Past arena tour on Wednesday (Feb. 8), a 26-date outing that is slated to kick off on May 28 in San Jose, California and keep the new wave legends on the road through a Sept. 19 gig in Toronto.
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They will be joined on all the dates by rockers Bastille as well as R&B icons Nile Rodgers & Chic. Presale tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour will roll out on Monday (Feb. 13) beginning at 10 a.m. local time, with the band’s VIP members getting a first shot at seats; VIPs and prospective VIPs can click here for more information. Citi members will have access to a presale beginning on Monday as well, beginning at 2 p.m. local time until Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. local time. Additional presales will be added on Feb. 14 and end on Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. local time. General public tickets will go on sale on Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. local time.
“It’s remarkable to me that as a band, we are still hitting new milestones, and introducing the sound of DD to new generations of music lovers,” said singer Simon LeBon in a statement. “We are truly grateful that we get to do what we do on a daily basis, and that we still love our job as much as we did when we started out some four decades ago.”
The band released a 2LP deluxe edition of their 15th album, Future Past, in November, which includes all 15 original album tracks as well as a cover of David Bowie’s “Five Years.”
Check out the dates for the Future Past 2023 North American tour below.
May 27 – Napa Valley, CA @ Bottlerock Festival*
May 28 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
May 31 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
June 1 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
June 3 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Arena
June 6 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
June 7 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
June 9 – The Woodlands, TX @ The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 10 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
June 13 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
June 15 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
June 17 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
June 18 – Sunrise, FL @ FLA Live Arena
August 24 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
August 26 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
August 28 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Augusts 29 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 31 – St. Paul, MN @ Minnesota State Fair
Sept. 1 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Sept. 3 – Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC
Sept. 6 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Sept. 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Sept. 9 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Sept. 10 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center
Sept. 13 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
Sept. 16 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Sept. 19 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena*Festival show
The Weeknd will be coming to HBO Max sooner than you think.
While his original series The Idol is set to premiere on the streaming platform in 2023, the superstar announced Thursday (Feb. 2) that his “Live at SoFi Stadium” concert special will arrive Feb. 25.
The Ethiopian-Canadian performer posted the concert special’s poster on his socials, which featured his masked persona clutching a microphone in one hand and raising his other against the blood orange backdrop.
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He originally scheduled two back-to-back dates at the Inglewood venue for his After Hours Til Dawn Tour in September, but The Weeknd canceled his second show in the beginning of his set after he lost his voice. The “Sacrifice” singer then rescheduled the shortened show to November and added a second date during Thanksgiving weekend.
The Weeknd’s last music TV special, The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience, arrived on Amazon Prime Video in February 2022, which served as a theatrical expansion of his last studio album Dawn FM that topped charts across the globe. Dawn FM follows his critically acclaimed fourth LP After Hours, which debuted and remained at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for four consecutive weeks.
His upcoming series The Idol, which The Weeknd is starring in and co-writing with Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, will follow a female pop singer who sparks a romance with an enigmatic LA club owner who doubles as a leader of a secret cult. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, the show also features Troye Sivan, BLACKPINK‘s Jennie, Mike Dean and more.
See The Weeknd’s announcement below.
Smashing Pumpkins will rock Australia this April for a 10-date festival run, dubbed The World Is A Vampire and featuring touring buddies Jane’s Addiction.
Takings its name from the opening line of “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” from the Pumpkins’ Grammy Award-winning third studio LP Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Vampire is the brainchild of founder and frontman Billy Corgan.
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Set to kick off April 15 at Stuart Park, Wollongong, Vampire criss-crosses four state and comes to a halt April 30 at Broadwater Parklands, on the Gold Coast.
The trek reunites Smashing Pumpkins and Jane’s Addiction, which joined forces for a major U.S. tour in 2022, Spirits on Fire.
Also on the bill are ARIA Award-winning punk rock heroes Amyl And The Sniffers, alongside Sydney rockers RedHook and seven-piece guitar band Battlesnake, plus local acts.
The alternative music fest promises a break from traditional programming by pitching wrestling matches from Corgan’s NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) with WAOA (Wrestling Alliance of Australia) as part the daily activities.
One World Entertainment is producing the Australian jaunt. General tickets are released midday local time on Friday (Feb. 3).
The World Is A Vampire Festival 2023 Australia tour dates:
April 15 — Stuart Park, Wollongong NSW
April 16 — Sandstone Point, Bribie Island QLD
April 18 — Hordern Pavilion, Sydney NSW *
April 19 — Newcastle Entertainment Centre NSW *
April 22 — Hastings Foreshore, Mornington Peninsula VIC
April 23 — Kryal Castle, Ballarat VIC
April 26 — Adelaide Entertainment Centre SA *
April 27 — PICA, Port Melbourne VIC *
April 29 — Nepean Aerospace Park – Penrith NSW
April 30 — Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast QLD