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New Rock and Metal Tours Announced This Week


Key Takeaways

  • Meshuggah’s Tour: Meshuggah is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a tour featuring Testament and Blood Incantation.
  • Frank Turner’s Hiatus: Frank Turner announced a potential final North American tour leg before his hiatus starting in 2027.
  • Haywire’s Upcoming Shows: Haywire has scheduled numerous tour dates for 2027 after a brief performance in Times Square.
  • Festival Announcements: Major festivals like Welcome to Rockville and Innings Festival have announced their lineups for 2027.

It’s another big week of rock and metal tours announcements, festival lineups, and even the final date of a farewell run for a legendary band.

Leading the way this week we’ve got a big 40th anniversary tour for Meshuggah, who are taking out Testament and Blood Incantation for shows next year.

With Frank Turner’s recent announcement that he would be taking an open-ended hiatus from touring after 2027, we’ve now got what could be Turner’s final North American tour leg announced.

And if you’re looking shows that are guaranteed to allow you to see more of hardcore heroes Haywire than the one-and-a-half songs they played in Times Square before getting shut down by the cops, well the band has a major slew of tour dates now booked for 2027.

READ MORE: 2027 Rock + Metal Festival and Cruise Guide

Speaking of finality, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has announced where and when the band’s final farewell tour date will take place.

We’ve also big festival announcements for Welcome to Rockville, The Kilby Block Party, SEMA Festival, Innings Festival and plenty more, plus there’s new Vegas residencies for both Doobie Brothers and Foreigner.

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Get all the big touring news from the past seven days below.

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Tour Dates: Feb. 11 – March 26
Support Acts: Gloryhammer
Ticketing Info

Big Big Train

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Royal Avenue Media

Tour Dates: March 18 – April 2
Support Acts: None listed
Ticketing Info

Big D and the Kids Table

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Photo: Mark Stern

Tour Dates: Jan 7 – 17; Feb. 18 – 28
Support Acts: Omnigone, Hell Beach
Ticketing Info

Destroy Boys

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PHOTO CREDIT: ALEXIS GROSS

Tour Dates: March 13 – April 16
Support Acts: Illuminati Hotties, The Rat Utopia Experiment
Ticketing Info

Doobie Brothers

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Tour Dates: Feb. 26 – March 6; Aug. 27 – Sept. 4
Support Acts: None listed
Notes: Las Vegas Residency at Fontainebleau
Ticketing Info

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Photo credit: Kate Hook

Tour Dates: Jan. 22 – 30; April 3
Support Acts: None listed
Ticketing Info

Foreigner

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KF Publicity


Tour Dates:

March 10 – 20


Support Acts:

None listed.


Notes:

Las Vegas Residency at The Venetian Theatre inside Venetian Resort


Ticketing Info

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O’Donnell Media Group


Tour Dates:

Oct. 30 – Dec. 17; Jan. 15


Support Acts:

None listed


Ticketing Info

Haken

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Photo credit: Oli Kember


Tour Dates:

March 4 – April 2


Support Acts:

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Ticketing Info

Haywire

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PHOTO CREDIT: KENNY SAVERCOOL

Tour Dates:

Feb. 12 – April 30

Support Acts:

None listed

Ticketing Info

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Tour Dates:

March 3 – July 17

Support Acts:

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Ticketing Info

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Tour Dates:

Feb.12 –
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Support Acts:

Testament,
Blood Incantation

Notes:

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Ticketing Info

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Tour Dates:

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Support Acts:

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Ticketing Info

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Support Acts:

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* The Strokes, Pitbull and Alanis Morissette will co-headline the **Innings Festival** taking place Feb. 26–28 at Arizona’s Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park. The music weekend also features performances from Pierce the Veil, 5 Seconds of Summer, Alanis Morissette, THe Neighbourhood, Train, Death Cab for Cutie, Interpol, Spoon, 4 Non Blondes and more.

* SEMA Fest will take place Nov. 6 at Las Vegas’ Convention Center campus. The Offspring, Jimmy Eat World and 311 will head up the festivities.

* Hellfest West is set for Feb. 20–21 at The Fox Theater in Pomona, Calif. Among those booked this year include Between the Buried and Me, Sleeping Giant, Life of Agony, Winds of Plague, On Broken Wings, Fresh Blood and more.

* Milwaukee Metal Fest continues to roll out names for their **festival** taking place at the Rave / Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee the weekend of May 14–16.

* Noise Pop returns to San Francisco the week of Feb. 18–28.

* Shinedown’s Lunatic Ball will return for a second year.

* Ministry have announced the date and location for their final performance.

* Poison the Well have booked two warm-up dates ahead of their FYA Fest appearance early next year. The group will play Jan. 7 at Nashville’s Basement East and Jan. 8 at Atlanta’s Masquerade. Rosasharin and xSERAPHx will open the dates.

* See the **14 biggest rock and metal tours** of **2027** that have been announced so far in the gallery below.

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