15 New Rock + Metal Tours + Five Festivals Announced This Week

It’s time to fork out for concert tickets as we’ve got 15 new rock and metal tours and five big festivals announced this past week.

It’s a big week for alt-rock acts and classic rock bands. The Black Keys announced a major tour. So did Dashboard Confessional and Smashing Pumpkins. And you’ve got Heart, Foreigner and Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo holding it down for the older set.

This week also brought us to major festival announcements with the annual Rocklahoma and Rock Fest lineups being revealed. Meanwhile, the Big Texas Metal Fest and New England Metal and Hardcore festival lineups were finalized.

What concerts will you see? Which festivals are you blocking out time for? See what just got announced this past week below.

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Tour Dates: June 1 – 8
Support Acts: Throne

BEAT, A Touring Performance of King Crimson’s Discipline, Beat + Three of a Perfect Pair Albums

Tour Dates: Sept. 12 – Nov. 8
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: King Crimson’s Tony Levin and Adrian Belew will be joined by Steve Vai and Danny Carey in performing music from the three albums.
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Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

Tour Dates: May 10 – Aug. 16
Support Acts: None Listed
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Big Head Todd & The Monsters

Tour Dates: May 25 – Aug. 24
Support Acts: Blues Traveler (July 30 – Aug. 24)
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The Black Keys

Tour Dates: Sept. 17 – Nov. 12
Support Acts: The Head and the Heart
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READ MORE: The Most Played Songs Live By 35 Big Alt-Rock Bands

Blacklite District

Tour Dates: May 2 – 18
Support Acts: None Listed
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Dashboard Confessional

Tour Dates: May 3 – Oct. 27
Support Acts: Boys Like Girls and Taylor Acorn
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Foreigner

Tour Dates: Sept. 23 – Oct. 9
Support Acts: Loverboy, Lita Ford
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Franky and the All Nighters

Tour Dates: Las Vegas’ Red Rock Casino Resort (June 6, July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 17); Los Angeles’ Whisky a Go Go (June 5, July 10, Aug. 7, Sept. 11, Oct. 16)
Support Acts: None Listed
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Heart

Tour Dates: Sept. 26 – Dec. 15
Support Acts: Cheap Trick, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening, BTO Featuring Randy Bachman
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Ill Nino

Tour Dates: June 11 – 30
Support Acts: Flaw, A Killer’s Confession, The Crowned, ReDefined, Scarlet View
Notes: 25 Years of Latin Metal Tour
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Misery Signals

Tour Dates: July 12 – Oct. 19
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Both Jesse Zaraska and Karl Schubach will sing for the band on their farewell tour run.
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Ted Nugent

Tour Dates: April 15 – May 4
Support Acts: None Listed
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Powerwolf

Tour Dates: Aug. 29 – Sept. 15
Support Acts: Unleash the Archers
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Smashing Pumpkins

Tour Dates: July 29 – Sept. 28
Support Acts: None Listed
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Also of Note:

* Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot and Disturbed will headline Rocklahoma in Pryor, Oklahoma Sept. 30 – Oct. 1. They’re joined on the bill by Evanescence, Halestorm, A Day to Remember, Skillet, Lamb of God, Mastodon and others.
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* Jelly Roll, Shinedown and Thirty Seconds to Mars will headline the 2024 Rock Fest in Cadott, Wis. They’ll be joined on the bill July 18-20 by Chevelle, The Hu, Fever 333, The 2 Live Crew, Parkway Drive, Beartooth, Atreyu, From Ashes to New, 311, Killswitch Engage, Sevendust, Dirty Honey and Ayron Jones
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* Killswitch Engage playing a 25th anniversary set, plus Suicidal Tendencies, Slaughter to Prevail and Machine Head are among those playing the 2024 New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. The music weekend is set for Sept. 21 and 22 at The Palladium Outdoors in Worcester, Mass.
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* After some previous teases, the full Big Texas Metal Fest lineup has been announced. Hatebreed, Throwdown, Atreyu, Paleface Swiss, Bleeding Through, All Shall Perish, Upon a Burning Body, The Red Chord and more will play May 24-26 at the Far Out Lounge in Austn, Texas.
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* Stand Atlantic headlines the inaugural Summer School tour. It’s a traveling festival that runs July 10 – Sept. 17, with support from The Home Team, Magnolai Park, SceneQueen, Let Down and Honey Revenge.
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* With the 2024 edition now in the books, organizers have started plotting out the 2025 311 Cruise. The event will run March 26-31, 2025 with the ship leaving Miami en route to Great Stirrup Cay and Nassau in the Bahamas. Additional acts will be named at a later time.
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* Boys Like Girls have booked a music weekend at the Foxwoods Resort Casino. Support for the July 13 and 14 dates includes Ken Vasoli of The Starting Line, Tom Higginson of Plain White T’s and Will Pugh of Cartel.
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