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We don’t want to hear the age-old complaint “no one good is touring” in 2025.
Throwback icons, up-and-coming stars and household names at the height of their artistic powers are all making the rounds this year.
And, after scraping the web, our team whittled our list down to the 95 most exciting acts — like legacy classic rockers AC/DC and Ringo Starr, omnipresent pop stars Charli XCX and Gracie Abrams, heavy metal icons Metallica and System of a Down, honky tonk heroes Post Malone and Megan Moroney, and Pulitzer Prize-wining Hip-Hop stadium headliner Kendrick Lamar (he’s a one-of-a-kind) — that might be coming to a venue near you over the next 12 months.
Some of the artists on our expansive list have been on the road since the ’60s; others were born in the aughts. No matter your age or favorite genre, we have a feeling one or three acts will resonate with you.
Personally, we’re most excited to see Hans Zimmer, Heart, Tyler The Creator, Weird Al and Jack White but that’s just us.
So, come on a journey with us to popular music’s past and future.
Here’s what 2025 has to offer.
Huge pop stars
Charli XCX’s ‘Brat Arena Tour’
Runs April 11 through June 18
Coldplay’s ‘Music of the Spheres World Tour’
Runs May 31 through Sept. 8
Gracie Abrams’ ‘The Secret Of Us Deluxe Tour’
Featuring Role Model
Runs March 3 through Aug. 12
Tate McRae’s ‘Miss Possessive Tour’
Featuring Zara Larsson and Benee
Runs May 13 through Sept. 26
Katy Perry’s ‘The Lifetimes Tour’
Runs July 22 through Oct. 23
Justin Timberlake’s ‘Forget Tomorrow World Tour’
Runs Jan. 13 through July 5
Dua Lipa’s ‘Radical Optimism Tour’
Runs May 11 through Oct. 16
Kylie Minogue’s ‘Tension Tour’
Runs March 29 through June 16
Maroon 5’s Las Vegas residency
Runs March 7 through July 11
New Kids On The Block’s Las Vegas residency
Runs June 20 through Feb. 28, 2026
Finneas’ ‘For Cryin’ Out Loud Tour’
Featuring Bad Suns
Runs Feb. 13 through April 21
Zayn’s ‘Stairway To The Sky Tour’
Runs Jan. 21 through Feb. 4
James Blunt’s ‘Back To Bedlam Tour’
Runs Feb. 11 through June 27
Metal icons
System of a Down
Featuring Korn, Avenged Sevenfold and Deftones on select dates
Runs Aug. 25 through Sept. 7
Linkin Park’s ‘From Zero Tour’
Featuring Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, JPEGMAFIA, Spiritbox, Jean Dawson and others on select dates
Runs April 26 through Sept. 24
Metallica’s ‘M72 Tour’
Featuring Limp Bizkit, Ice Nine Kills, Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies on select dates
Runs April 19 through June 29
Deftones’ ‘2025 North American Tour’
Featuring The Mars Volta and Fleshwater
Runs Feb. 25 through Sept. 5
Ghost
Runs April 15 through Aug. 16
Kerry King of Slayer
Featuring Municipal Waste and Alien Weaponry
Runs Jan. 15 through Feb. 22
Disturbed’s ‘The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour’
Featuring Three Days Grace, Daughtry, Sevendust and Nothing More
Runs Feb. 25 through May 17
Pierce The Veil’s ‘I Can’t Hear You Tour’
Featuring Sleeping With Sirens, Beach Weather and Daisy Grenade
Featuring May 13 through Sept. 27
Classic rock stars
AC/DC’s ‘Power Up Tour’
Featuring The Pretty Reckless
Runs April 10 through May 28
The Eagles at Las Vegas Sphere
Runs Jan. 17 through April 12
Dead and Company at Las Vegas Sphere
Runs March 20 through May 17
Ringo Starr and his All-Star Band
Featuring members of Aerosmith, Electric Light Orchestra, Toto, Men At Work and more
Runs Jan. 14 through June 25
Billy Joel
Featuring Stevie Nicks, Sting and Rod Stewart on select dates
Runs Jan. 17 through Aug. 8
Sting’s ‘3.0 North American Tour’
Runs Jan. 23 through Nov. 23
James Taylor
Featuring Tiny Habits
Runs May 5 through July 1
Rod Stewart’s ‘One Last Time Tour’
Runs Feb. 22 through Aug. 15
Styx’s ‘Brotherhood of Rock Tour’
Featuring Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon and Don Felder of The Eagles on select dates
Runs Jan. 8 through Sept. 26
Sammy Hagar’s ‘Best Of All Worlds Las Vegas Residency’
Featuring Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Kenny Aronoff
Hagar’s tour runs Jan. 17 through April 27
The residency goes from April 30 through May 17
ZZ Top’s ‘Elevation Tour’
Featuring The Wallflowers on select dates
Runs March 5 through Aug. 23
Heart’s ‘Royal Flush Tour’
Featuring Squeeze, Cheap Trick and Lucinda Williams
Runs Feb. 28 through April 16
Al Stewart
Featuring Livingston Taylor on select dates
Runs Jan. 22 through Oct. 15
Foreigner’s ‘Feels Like The Last Time Tour’
Runs March 13 through Oct. 11
Toto
Featuring Men At Work and Christopher Cross
Runs Feb. 1 through Aug. 30
Graham Nash
Runs March 29 through Sept. 29
Hip-Hop heroes
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s ‘Grand National Tour’
Runs April 19 through June 18
Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Chromakopia World Tour’
Featuring Lil Yachty and Paris Texas
Runs Feb. 4 through July 28
Nelly’s ‘Where The Party At Tour’
Featuring Ja Rule, Eve, St. Lunatics, Fabolous, Jermaine Dupri and Chingy
Runs Feb. 29 through Sept. 19
Country household names
Zach Bryan’s ‘The Quittin’ Time Tour’
Featuring Kings Of Leon on select dates
Runs April 25 through Aug. 15
Megan Moroney’s ‘Am I Okay Tour’
Runs Jan. 18 through Oct. 12
Alan Jackson’s ‘Last Call: One More for the Road Tour’
Featuring Zach Top on select dates
Runs Jan. 18 through May 17
Shania Twain’s ‘The Queen of Me Tour’
Runs Jan. 22 through Aug. 1
Post Malone and Jelly Roll’s ‘Big Ass Stadium Tour’
Featuring Sierra Ferrell
Runs April 11 through July 1
Rascal Flatts’ ‘Life Is A Highway Tour’
Featuring Lauren Alaina and Chris Lane
Runs Feb. 13 through June 19
Tyler Childers’ ‘On The Road Tour’
Featuring Wynonna Judd, The Hold Steady, Charley Crockett and Deer Tick and more on select dates
Runs April 3 through Nov. 15
Kelsea Ballerini’s ‘Kelsea Ballerini Live Tour’
Featuring Maisie Peters and MaRynn Taylor
Runs Jan. 10 through April 9
Zach Top’s ‘Cold Beer and Country Music Tour’
Featuring Cole Goodwin and Jake Worthington
Runs Jan. 16 through June 13
Bonnie Raitt
Runs March 5 through June 16
Keith Urban’s ‘High and Alive Tour’
Featuring Chase Matthew, Alana Springsteen and Karley Scott Collins
Runs Feb. 8 through Oct. 17
Cody Johnson’s ‘Leather Deluxe Tour’
Maybe featuring Ashley McBryde, Drew Baldridge and Walker Montgomery
Runs Jan. 17 through Aug. 9
Carly Pearce’s ‘Hummingbird World Tour’
Featuring Karley Scott Collins, Matt Lang, Wade Bowen and Carter Faith
Runs Feb. 19 through Aug. 10
Blake Shelton’s ‘Friends & Heroes 2025 Tour’
Featuring Craig Morgan, Deana Carter, Trace Adkins and Emily Ann Roberts
Runs Feb. 1 through July 12
Kane Brown’s ‘The High Road Tour’
Featuring Mitchell Tenpenny, Scott McCreery, Ashley Cooke and Dasha on select dates
Runs March 13 through Aug. 21
Riley Green’s ‘Damn Country Music Tour’
Featuring Ella Langley, Vincent Mason, Mike Ryan, Lauren Watkins and more on select dates
Runs Feb. 8 through Oct. 4
Brooks and Dunn’s ‘Neon Moon Tour’
Featuring David Lee Murphy
Runs March 7 through May 16
Rockers with street cred
Oasis‘ ‘Live ’25 Tour’
Featuring Cage The Elephant
Runs July 4 through Sept. 28
My Chemical Romance’s ‘Black Parade Tour’
Featuring Death Cab For Cutie, Alice Cooper, Pixies, Evanescence, DEVO and more on select dates
Runs July 11 through Sept. 13
Pearl Jam’s ‘Dark Matter Tour’
Runs April 24 through May 18
Jack White’s ‘No Name World Tour’
Runs Feb. 6 through May 24
Avril Lavigne’s ‘Greatest Hits Tour’
Featuring A Simple Plan, Fefe Dobson, We The Kings
Runs May 18 through June 27
Trey Anastasio’s ‘An Evening with Trey Anastasio’
Runs March 8 through May 2
Avett Brothers
Featuring Charles Wesley Godwin
Runs April 3 through Aug. 2
Pixies’ ‘North American Summer Tour’
Featuring Kurt Vile and the Violators
Runs May 1 through Aug. 22
Elvis Costello
Featuring Steve Nieve
Runs Feb. 19 through July 12
Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Summer Anthem Tour’
Featuring Dashboard Confessional
Runs April 27 through Sept. 12
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats’ ‘South Of Here Tour’
Featuring Charley Crockett, Iron & Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov, Waxahatchee, and more on select dates
Runs Feb. 13 through March 29
Kim Deal’s ‘Nobody Loves You More Tour’
Runs Feb. 21 through March 30
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s ‘Phantom Island Tour’
Runs July 28 through Aug. 11
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ ‘Wild God Tour ‘
Featuring St. Vincent on select dates
Runs April 15 through May 17
R&B legends
Mary J. Blige’s ‘For My Fans Tour’
Featuring Ne-Yo and Mario
Runs Jan. 30 through July 3
The Millennium Tour
Featuring Omarion, Trey Songz, Bow Wow, Ray J, Rick Ross and more
Runs March 7 through May 4
Teddy Swims’ ‘I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour’
Featuring Freak Freely
Runs Feb. 14 through Sept. 10
New Edition’s Las Vegas residency
Runs Feb. 12-27
Tommy Richman’s ‘Coyote Tour’
Featuring mynameisntjmack
Runs Feb. 19 through May 5
World class singers
Mariah Carey’s Las Vegas residency
Runs Jan. 31 through Feb. 15
Andrea Bocelli
Runs Feb. 6 through June 17
Hugh Jackman’s ‘From New York With Love Concert Series’
Runs Jan. 24 through Oct. 4
Josh Groban’s Las Vegas residency
Runs May 9-17
Alison Krauss
Featuring Union Station with Jerry Douglas
Runs April 17 through Sept. 28
Weird Al’s ‘Bigger & Weirder Tour’
Featuring Puddles Pity Party
Runs June 13 through Sept. 25
International giants
Shakira’s ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour’
Runs May 13 through June 30
Pitbull’s Las Vegas residency
Runs Jan. 24 through March 15
J Balvin’s ‘Back To The Rayo Tour’
Runs March 20 through May 17
Rauw Alejandro’s ‘Cosa Nuestra World Tour’
Runs April 5 through June 8
Stray Kids’ ‘dominATE World Tour’
Runs May 24 through July 22
Hans Zimmer
Runs Jan. 31, 2025 through March 29, 2026
EDM party-starters
Rüfüs Du Sol
Featuring Glass Beams, Neil Frances, Overmono and Sofia Kourtesis on select dates
Runs April 23 through Aug. 16
Kraftwerk’s ‘Multimedia Tour’
Runs March 6 through June 22
Dom Dolla
Runs Feb. 8 through Aug. 1
Hard rockers
Creed’s ‘Summer of ’99 Tour’
Featuring 3 Doors Down, Daughtry, Big Wreck and Mammoth WVH on select dates
Runs April 25 through Aug. 20
Papa Roach’s ‘Rise Of The Roach Tour’
Featuring Rise Against and Underoath on select dates
Runs Jan. 23 through Oct. 5
Staind and Breaking Benjamin’s ‘Awaken the Fallen Tour’
Featuring Wage War and Lakeview
Runs April 26 through June 1
The Used’s ’25th Anniversary Tour’
Runs March 30 through Oct. 18
Still here?
We had a feeling.
If you’re still jonesing for more 2025 concert options, we recommend checking out our list of all the 2025 Grammy nominees on tour to find the show for you.
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