Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
BÔA
U.K. alt-rock trio bôa will cross the pond for a spring tour that kicks off April 26 in Dallas and wraps up May 18 at Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party.
RANDY BLYTHE (LAMB OF GOD) BOOK TOUR
Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe will be on a short book tour for his new memoir Just Beyond The Light (grab it in the BV shop), wtih stops in Philly (2/19 @ Underground Arts), Boston (2/23 @ Arts for the Armory) and Joliet, IL (3/1 @ The Forge).
KENDRICK LAMAR / SZA
Kendrick Lamar and SZA have added a couple more shows to their 2025 “Grand National” stadium tour.
KRAFTWERK
Electronic music icons Kraftwerk have announced the Multimedia Tour 2025 which will hit cities in the US and Canada in March and April, including both weekends of Coachella. It’s in celebration of the 50th anniversary of their landmark album Autobahn, and we’ve got a presale for all headline dates.
PEARL JAM
Pearl Jam will continue to support their new album Dark Matter on the road in 2025, and they’ve announced a new run of spring US shows, featuring two nights each in a few East Coast cities.
TOOL ‘LIVE IN THE SAND’ FEST
Tool’s first-ever destination festival, Live in the Sand, happens in March in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and they’ve now announced the daily lineups.
DANZIG
Misfits are playing both weekends of Coachella in April, and ahead of that, Glen Danzig will take Danzig on the road for what they call “a string of Rare Live Dates on the West Coast.”
END OF THE ROAD 2025
Boutique UK festival End of the Road has announced its initial lineup, including headliners Caribou, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Father John Misty and Self Esteem.
READING/LEEDS FESTIVAL LINEUPS
The 2025 editions of the Reading and Leeds festivals happen over the same weekend (August 21-24) and share the same lineups, though in different configurations. Headliners are Chappel Roan, Hozier, Travis Scott and Bring Me the Horizon, and the lineups also include Amyl and the Sniffers, Bloc Party, The Chats, The Linda Lindas, The Kooks, Lambrini Girls and more.
ØYA FESTIVAL 2025
Oslo’s Øya Festival has added a few more very exciting names to its 2025 edition. Charli XCX first and foremost, but also Fontaines DC, Queens of the Stone Age (who had to drop off the 2024 edition), Girl in Red, Kneecap, Nilüfer Yanya and The Mary Wallopers. That’s in addition to previously announced performers Chappell Roan, Khruangbin, Wet Leg, and MJ Lenderman. Tickets are one sale.
CASSIUS
French Touch greats Cassius, which is just Hubert Boombass since the death of Philippe Zdar in 2019, will be on a DJ tour in 2025, including a few North American shows leading up to San Diego’s CRSSD Festival Spring ’25.
RAUW ALEJANDRO
Puerto Rican singer and rapper Rauw Alejandro will be touring in North America next spring in support of his new album Cosa Nuestra. Dates begin April 5 in Seattle and include a Brooklyn show at Barclays Center on May 20.
ANGEL DU$T / JIVEBOMB
Angel Du$t and Jivebomb will be teaming up for a few East Coast shows in early 2024, including a NYC-area show at Rutherford, NJ’s The Blackbox on January 31, which is also wiht Suburban Scum and headliners E Town Concrete.
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Check our Tour Dates category for more.