16 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week

We hope you’ve put away some money this week because we’ve got 16 new rock and metal festivals announced this past week and there’s certainly some big tours worth checking out.

Halestorm added yet another leg of North American tour dates to what is turning into a seven-month world tour for the band in 2025. It comes as they prepare to drop their new Everest album.

Speaking of new music, Mammoth (they dropped the WVH) are set to hit the road this fall. The tour announcement came with the arrival of the new song “The End” and one of the year’s best music videos.

Plus, we’ve also got a late year tour for Papa Roach with Sleep Theory and The Used that you won’t want to miss.

This comes as we also got the lineup for the 2025 Ohana Festival and the organizers of the Monsters of Rock Cruise delivered details and big names for their 2026 outing.

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

Alestorm

Tour Dates: Sept. 12 – Oct. 15
Support Acts: Gloryhammer, Glyph
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Anciients

Tour Dates: Aug. 27 – Sept. 20
Support Acts: Dawn of Ouroboros, Nott, Exist, Armed for Apocalypse
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Citizen Soldier

Tour Dates: Aug. 7 – 31
Support Acts: 10 Years, Adelitas Way
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Crypta

Tour Dates: Sept. 5 – Oct. 12
Support Acts: None Listed
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Deadwood

Tour Dates: July 16 – 22
Support Acts: None Listed
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Enslaved

Tour Dates: May 12 – 16
Support Acts: Spectral Wound, The Infinity Ring
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Halestorm

Tour Dates: May 15 – 17; July 17 – Aug. 23; Sept. 11 – Oct. 11
Support Acts: Apocalyptica, Lindsey Stirling
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Hinder

Tour Dates: July 3 – Aug. 23; Sept. 13 – Oct. 5
Support Acts: Austin Meade, Kelsey Hickman
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READ MORE: The Rock + Metal Bands Touring in 2025

Mammoth

Tour Dates: Oct. 31 – Dec. 7
Support Acts: Myles Kennedy
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Papa Roach

Tour Dates: Nov. 25 – Dec. 10
Support Acts: The Used, Sleep Theory
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Peter Hook and the Light

Tour Dates: May 22 – June 14
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Performing New Order’s Get Ready album in Full
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Pigeon Pit

Tour Dates: June 18 – July 13
Support Acts: The Taxpayers
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The Sword

Tour Dates: Aug. 17 – 30
Support Acts: Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol, Pink Fuzz
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Taken By Tides

Tour Dates: June 6 – 25
Support Acts: Czyk, Last Night of Solace
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Wet Leg

Tour Dates: Sept. 1 – Oct. 17
Support Acts: None Listed
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X / Los Lobos

Tour Dates: July 19 – Nov. 22
Support Acts: None Listed
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Also of Note:

* The 2025 Ohana Festival lineup has been announced with Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings, Green Day and Hozier set to headline at Doheny State Beach Sept. 26-28 in Dana Point, Calif. The festival will also feature sets from Kings of Leon, Leon Bridges, Cage the Elephant, Garbage, Wet Leg, James, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Stereophonics and more.
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* Dance Gavin Dance will stage the 2025 edition of their Swanfest festival at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on May 31. The band will be joined by Glassjaw, Animals as Leaders, The Home Team, The Fall of Troy, Kurt Travis, Left To Suffer, Belmont, and Dwellings
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* The Monsters of Rock Cruise will return for 2026 with dates lined up for April 12-17. The ship will travel from Miami to Puerto Plata and the Great Stirrup Cay. Black Label Society, Night Ranger, The Darkness, Queensryche, Stryper, Symphony X, Y&T, Slaughter, D-A-D and Great White are among those scheduled to perform.
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* The 2025 edition of the Wonderfront Music Festival is set to feature Foster The People, Khruangbing, Gary Clark Jr., Anderson Paak, Daniel Caesar, Peggy Gou and Jason Mraz among others. The festival will take place May 16-18 in San Diego.
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* Dropkick Murphys will headline the upcoming “Unite for Veterans, Unite for America” D-Day Rally at Washington, D.C.’s National Mall on June 6.
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