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90 New Rock and Metal Tours Announced Recently


Key Highlights

  • Tour Announcements: Over 90 new rock and metal tours have been announced recently.
  • Concert Choices: The variety of concerts available makes it challenging to choose which ones to attend.
  • Ticket Links: Each tour announcement includes ticket links for easy access.
  • Upcoming Festivals: Rock and metal festivals are also scheduled for this year.

Have you kept up with all 90 new rock and metal tour announcements over the past five weeks? We don’t think you have, but that’s okay — we’ve got you covered!

We’re going back all the way to the final week of December and through the last Friday of January. With 90 new tours on deck, we’ve truly lost count of just how many bands that is with tour packages often featuring three to five bands, sometimes even more.

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Besides just trying to keep up with it all, the other challenging part of all this is picking and choosing which concerts to go to. Clearly, the amount of options feels just about endless, especially when thinking about all of the 2026 tours that were already getting announced in the final months of 2025.

We won’t leave you in suspense any longer. Below, you can scroll through the tour announcements made throughout the aforementioned weeks. We’ve provided ticket links because it’s just one more way we can make your life easier.

DEC. 26, 2025 – JAN. 8, 2026

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A Good Rogering

a good rogering in 2026

Stacey Lovett

Tour Dates: Jan. 16 – Feb. 1
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

A Wilhelm Scream

a wilhelm scream in 2026

photos by Joey Senft

Tour Dates: Feb. 19 – March 1
Support Acts: Death by Stereo, Doomsday
Ticketing Info

Crowbar / Eyehategod

crowbar in 2025

Photo by Justin Reich

Tour Dates: March 19 – April 18
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

Emmalee Rainbow

emmalee rainbow in 2026

Photo by Molly Jackson

Tour Dates: Jan. 9 – 23
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

David Lee Roth

david lee roth in 2020.

Kevin Winter, Getty Images

Tour Dates: April 16 – Aug. 7
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

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Seahaven

seahaven in 2026

Earshot Media

Tour Dates: Jan. 21 – Feb. 12
Support Acts: Commoner, Flycatcher
Notes: Winter Forever, 15th anniversary.
Ticketing Info

Spite

spite in 2026

PHOTO CREDIT: Olivia Bastone

Tour Dates: May 29 – June 27
Support Acts: Emmure, Psycho-Frame, Reverent
Ticketing Info

Sweet Pill

sweet pill in 2026

Credit: Mitchell Wojcik

Tour Dates: March 13 – April 17
Support Acts: Heart to Gold, Spaced, Stereosity
Ticketing Info

Young Fresh Fellows

young fresh fellows in 2026

Photo Credit: Marty Perez

Tour Dates: April 9 – 12
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

JAN. 9 – 15, 2026

311

Tour Dates:
Jan. 23 – Aug. 1

Support Acts:
Tunnel Vision

Ticketing Info


The Academy Is


Avatar


Behemoth


The Black Dahlia Murder


Bush


Cancer Bats


Fishbone


Five Finger Death Punch


Flea and the Honora Band


Sammy Hagar


Hail the Sun

Illumina A.D / RoZY / Deep Within


Tour Dates:

Feb.
20 – March
1
Support Acts:
Band will alternate headlining.
Ticketing Info


Tom Keifer Band

tom keifer in
2015

Scott Dudelson, Getty Images

Tour Dates: May
2 – Aug.
1
Support Acts:
John Corabi, Buckcherry, L.A. Guns, Lita Ford
Ticketing Info


Lords of Acid

Tour Dates:

April

25 – May

31

Support Acts:

Dead on a Sunday, Princess Superstar, Tony and the Kiki, MZ Neon

Ticketing Info

John Mellencamp

john mellencamp in

2025

Timothy Norris,

Getty Images

Tour Dates:

July

10 – Aug.

12

Support Acts:

None Listed

Ticketing Info

Memorials

memorials in

2026

Photo by David Masters

Tour Dates:

May

7 –

17

Support Acts:

Holy Fuck

Ticketing Info

Pavement

stephen malkmus of pavement in

2025

Amy E.

Price,

Getty Images

Tour Dates:

July

17 –

27

Support Acts:

None Listed

Ticketing Info

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