Category: Rock Daypop

Mastodon and Opeth have announced a second leg of their North American co-headlining tour, set to kick off this spring on April 21st in Montreal, running through May 11th in Riverside, California. The tour will visit 16 cities (six in Canada).

Opeth singer-guitarist Mikael Åkerfeldt said in a press release: “We’re excited to come back to North America for the second leg of shows together with our ‘brothers from other mothers’ in Mastodon. And… hello, Canada! It’s been too long, we know! We’ll soon dust off the ole guitars etc. and get in shape for this run. The last tour was quite splendid; the only downside being the restrictions.”

See the full list of 2022 dates for Mastodon and Opeth’s co-headlining tour below. For tickets, head here.

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The Foo Fighters will perform a free livestream concert following Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, February 13.  The band are teaming up with Meta for a concert that will be shared via the Foo Fighters’ Facebook and Instagram sites, as well as an immersive, 180-degree VR experience available on Meta’s social VR app Horizon Ventures.

Dave Grohl said in a statement: “Foo Fighters love a challenge – from playing the biggest stages in the world to the tiniest clubs to making movies and miniseries. We’ve pretty much done it all. But we’ve never collaborated with Mark Romanek on a conceptual set of songs (including one being played live for the first time ever) for a worldwide audience, where everyone has the best seats in the house thanks to the most badass VR tech… until now. Join us when we cross that one off the FF bucket list!” 

The Foo Fighters livestream concert will be entirely free to view, with no ad interruptions on Sunday February 13th at 8pm PT, or Monday, February 14th at 3pm AEDT. The concert will be available via Horizon Venues on the official Foo Fighters Facebook page, the Meta Quest Facebook page, and on the official Foo Fighters Instagram

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Nine Inch Nails have announced a U.S. tour, marking their first live shows since 2018. The tour kicks off in Raleigh, North Carolina in April and includes appearances at the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and the inaugural Primavera Sound Los Angeles. The tour is currently scheduled to wrap up with a show in Cleveland featuring special guests Ministry and Nitzer Ebb.

Since they last toured in 2018, Nine Inch Nails have released Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts. In addition, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released music for Bird Box, Watchmen, Soul, Mank, and more.

For tickets, head here

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Ringo Starr has announced new tour dates, as well as the All-Starr Band line-up, for the forthcoming North American tour taking place this May/June.   The All-Starr band line-up will include Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette, Hamish Stuart, and the return of Edgar Winter.

Starr will launch the tour in Ontario with two shows at Casino Rama on May 27 and 28; the tour continues through New England with shows in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, as well as stops in New York City (for three consecutive nights in June at the Beacon Theater), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland before heading south with shows in Atlanta and Florida.

Said Ringo: “I can’t wait to get back out on the road and play. This is the longest I’ve been off the road in years – up until 2020 I was touring every year with the All Starrs – and I’ve really missed it. Making music in the studio has been great, and it certainly saved me during the pandemic, but nothing beats playing live with great musicians in front of an audience. I love my fans and they love me and it’s going to be wonderful to be peace and loving and playing for them again.”

Tickets are on sale now; head to RingoStarr.com for more information.

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The Who will kick-off a North American tour this April, returning to the U.S. and Canada for The Who Hits Back! tour.   Some shows were originally meant to take place in 2019; however, frontman Roger Daltrey needed to undergo a throat operation at the time, forcing the postponement.

The new tour will take place between April/May, and October/November, and will see the legendary rockers joined by local orchestras at each stop. Pete Townshend spoke to Rolling Stone about the tour, saying: “Roger is of the opinion that he wants to sing until he drops. That’s not my philosophy of life. There are other things that I want to do, still want to do, and will do, I hope. I hope I’ll live long enough to do them. But it’s not a farewell tour. Apart from anything else, we still have people who have tickets for the UK 2019 tour. We’re very, very keen to do that tour and we’ll be doing that tour in 2023, I think. But I’m talking about stuff I don’t really know about. I don’t have any guarantees, like everybody else. I don’t really know for sure what’s going to happen next month.”

Tickets go on sale on Friday, February 11 at 10am local time – here.

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Dave Matthews Band has announce a 50-date North American summer tour, which will kick off May 11 at the recently-opened Moody Center at The University of Texas in Austin, TX, and close with two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 20.

As they have done every year as tradition, Dave Matthews Band will perform a three-day Labor Day weekend celebration at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, WA; the scenic concert location takes place Sept. 2-4.

The presale for members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association is already underway at www.warehouse.davematthewsband.com.  Presale for cardmembers of tour sponsor Citi begins Tuesday, Feb. 22 – Thursday, Feb. 24.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m. local time.

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The Black Keys will hit the road later this year with a 32-date North American tour. supported by Band of Horses for all shows, plus Ceramic Animal, Early James and the Velveteers for select performances.  Billed as the Dropout Boogie Tour, the tour kicks-off July 9 in Las Vegas and concludes on Oct. 18 in Dallas.

The Black Keys, which consists of guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, received their 14th Grammy nomination last year for ‘Delta Kream,’ an album of blues covers originally performed by artists such as John Lee Hooker, R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough. In late 2021, they released a deluxe edition of their seventh album El Camino in celebration of the LP’s 10th anniversary.

Tickets for all shows can be purchased at the Black Keys’ website.

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Tori Amos will launch her 2022 North American “Ocean to Ocean” tour on April 27 in Dallas, with stops planned in Austin, Atlanta, Philadelphia, NYC, Boston, Providence, Toronto, Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and more. The run will wrap up with two Los Angeles dates at the Orpheum Theatre, on June 15 and 16.. The tour takes its name from Tori’s 2021 LP, Ocean to Ocean.

For the full list of Amos’ tour dates, and general tickets info, head to Amos’ website.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers have released a music video for the single “Black Summer.” The band also announced their 12th studio album, Unlimited Love, will drop on April 1st.  You can pre-order Unlimited Love at your streaming service of choice.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers will hit the road in support of Unlimited Love this summer, featuring support from artists including Anderson.Paak & The Free Nationals, A$AP Rocky, Beck, HAIM, King Princess, St. Vincent, the Strokes and Thundercat.  View the full tour schedule and purchase tickets on the band’s website.

Check out the music video for “Black Summer” at the link – here.

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The Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival has announced that Disturbed, Korn, and Breaking Benjamin will headline this year’s festival, taking place July 15 through 17 at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. The festival will also feature artists including Lamb Of God, Evanescence, Black Label Society, Black Veil Brides, and many more.

Inkcarceration co-founder Daniel Janssen said in a statement: “The 2022 edition will be, by far, our most ambitious year yet. The partnership with the Danny Wimmer Presents team has really enhanced all aspects of the festival and fan experience. Seeing the excitement this event continues to bring to this state and city of Mansfield, along with the fan support from all over the country, makes me so proud to call Ohio my home.”

To check out the full lineup, as well as see ticket information, head here.

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