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New Rock and Metal Tours Announced This Week


Things are starting to pick up just as the warmer weather arrives. This week we’ve got 20 new rock and metal tours announced, plus a wealth of festival reveals and special performance announcements.

Leading the way, we have an amazing pairing of Chicago punk as Rise Against will take out Alkaline Trio for dates this fall. Meanwhile, The Pretty Reckless are adding their own headline dates amidst a run of shows with AC/DC this year. Finally, Hawthorne Heights have added another leg of shows celebrating the 20th anniversary of If Only You Were Lonely.

This week also saw the reveal of Lollapalooza for 2026 as well as the Just Like Heaven festival bill. Legendary acts such as Sir Paul McCartney, Guns N’ Roses, and Limp Bizkit have booked some special gigs.

See all the big touring and festival announcements from the past seven days below.

Anvil

anvil in 2026

W. Cliff Knese

Tour Dates: June 3 – July 11
Support Acts: Midnite Hellion
Ticketing Info

Band of Horses / Dinosaur Jr.

band of horses and j mascis of dinosaur jr

Stevie and Sarah Gee / Charley Gallay, Getty Images

Tour Dates: July 10 – Aug. 1
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Band of Horses will play Everything All the Time album while Dinosaur Jr. celebrates Where You Been.
Ticketing Info

Buckcherry

buckcherry in 2026

Atom Splitter PR

Tour Dates: June 26 – July 25
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

Chiodos

chiodos in 2026

Photo credit: @drewfromcharlotte

Tour Dates: July 30 – Oct. 3
Support Acts: 156/Silence, Sace6, and Calva Louise
Ticketing Info

Cold Steel

cold steel in 2026

Evan Dell

Tour Dates: April 5 – 19
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

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Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill

Carlos Alvarez, Getty Images

Tour Dates: July 9 – 29
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

Deicide

deicide in 2026

Reigning Phoenix

Tour Dates: April 9 – May 26 *
Support Acts: Rotting Christ, Immolation
Ticketing Info

* select off dates on tour with headliner Behemoth

Eihwar

Tour Dates: Aug. 28 – Sept. 20
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

Michale Graves

michale graves in 2026

O’Donnell Media Group

Tour Dates: April 3 – May 17
Support Acts: None Listed
Ticketing Info

Hawthorne Heights

hawthorne heights in 2025

Big Picture Media Online

Tour Dates: Oct. 21 – Nov. 25
Support Acts: Letlive., Creeper
Notes: New second leg of If Only You Were Lonely’s 20th anniversary tour.
Ticketing Info

Billy Idol

Billy Idol screaming onstage

Steve Jennings, WireImage/Getty Images

Tour Dates:Aug. 28 – Sept. 5
Support Acts:None Listed
Notes:Las Vegas residency at BleauLive Theater inside Fontainebleau.
Ticketing Info

Jinjer

tatiana shmayluk of jinjer

Mariano Regidor, Getty Images

Tour Dates:June 5 – July 25
Support Acts:Crystal Lake, Entheos
Ticketing Info

Metric / Broken Social Scene

metric and broken social scene in 2026

Live Nation (2)

Tour Dates:June 25 – 29; Oct. 3 – 7
Support Acts:Stars
Notes:Newly added shows to existing tour.
Ticketing Info

Minus the Bear

minus the bear in 2026

Credit: Ryan Russell

Tour Dates:Sept. 2 – 19
Support Acts:Keep
Ticketing Info

The Pretty Reckless

the pretty reckless’ taylor momsen in 2022

Kevin Winter, Getty Images

Tour Dates:July 10 – Sept. 29
Support Acts:None Listed
Ticketing Info

Public Image LTD

public image ltd in 2026

Credit: Andres Poveda Photography.

Tour Dates:Sept. 3 – Oct. 9; Feb. 17 – March 24
Support Acts:None Listed
Ticketing Info

Rise Against

rise against in 2025

Mynxii White

Tour Dates:Sept. 22 – Oct. 23
Support Acts:Alkaline Trio
Ticketing Info

Two Door Cinema Club

two door cinema club in 2026

Katy Cummings


Tour Dates:

Sept.24-Oct.15


Support Acts:

STRFKR, Phantogram, Friendly Fires


Ticketing Info


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Gallery Credit:
Lauryn Schaffner

Gallery Credit:
Lauryn Schaffner

Gallery Credit:
Lauryn Schaffner

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