20 Rockers Who Toured in 1986 and Are Touring Again in 2026
Rock and roll was supposed to be a young person’s game. But try telling that to these 20 famous musicians, who performed on some of the most popular tours of 1986 – and are still around 40 years later to offer their fans more great live concerts.
Judas Priest
On May 2, 1986 Judas Priest launched the Fuel for Life tour, supporting their futuristic (and somewhat controversial) synth-boosted new album Turbo. The stage set looked like the inside of a futuristic engine, complete with mechanical arms that could life the band members into the air.
You can revisit the Fuel for Life tour today via the Priest… Live! album and home video – assuming your VHS or LaserDisc player still works. If not, the Electric Eye video collection also has the entire show.
40 years later, Judas Priest will kick off their brand-new Faithkeepers tour, a name that makes us hope we’re getting a big dose of songs from 1984’s Defenders of the Faith. The fun kicks off July 25 in Monchengladbach, Germany.
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden spent the last four months of 1986 supporting their new Somewhere in Time album on the Somewhere on Tour tour, which would last halfway into 1987. The show featured a bonkers stage design that included their mascot Eddie’s giant inflatable cybernetic head and hands taking over the stage – at least, when things didn’t go wrong.
2026 finds the newly announced Rock and Roll Hall of Famers continuing their 50th anniversary Run For Your Lives tour with dates in Europe, North and South America, Australia and Japan.
Rush
More than a decade after their touring career seemingly ended in 2015, Rush thrilled fans by announcing the massive Fifty Something world tour. The group has recruited former Jeff Beck drummer Anika Nilles to take the place of Neil Peart, who died in 2020 after a private battle with cancer.
Bassist / singer Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson have also enlisted keyboardist Loren Gold, turning the former trio into a four-piece band. “It’s going to free us up to work on those dance moves as well,” joked Lifeson.
The tour kicks off June 7 in Los Angeles, which will be forty years and a couple of weeks after Rush concluded their Power Windows tour on May 26, 1986 in Costa Mesa, California.
There isn’t a full-length live album from the 1985-1986 Rush tour yet, although two songs from a show in East Rutherford appear on 1989’s A Show of Hands. Maybe Power Windows will be the next Rush album to get an expanded box set complete with a previously unreleased concert?
Metallica
Metallica’s 1986-1987 Damage Inc. tour was a blend of triumph and tragedy. It found the band graduating from an opening spot on Ozzy Osbourne’s The Ultimate Sin tour to headliner status as the Master of Puppets album became their first to crack the Top 40.
This happiness was shattered by the tragic Sept. 27, 1986 bus accident that killed bassist Cliff Burton. After taking just six weeks off to process their grief, in a move they later admitted was a mistake, Metallica quickly returned to the road (with new bassist Jason Newsted) for another three months of dates.
2026 seems to find Metallica in a much happier and more stable place, still reigning as the most popular band in rock or metal, headlining “no repeat weekend” two-night stands at stadiums all over the world. This October they’ll launch a 24-night residency at the Las Vegas Sphere.
AC/DC
AC/DC supported Who Made Who, their first-ever compilation and the soundtrack to Stephen King’s Maximum Overdrive movie, with a 43-date tour of the same name which kicked off July 30, 1986 in New Orleans.
In 2026, after the death of rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young and a series of health or personal issues that kept the band off the road for nearly a decade, Angus Young and company are entering the third year of their Power Up world tour, which will visit the United States and Canada from July 11th in Charlotte through Sept. 29 in Philadelphia.
Journey
On Aug. 23, 1986, Journey launched a new tour in support of their Raised on Radio album. The follow-up to 1983’s Frontiers found singer Steve Perry exerting more control over the group, producing the record himself and changing their sound in a way that led to the dismissal of drummer Steve Smith and bassist Ross Valory.
After the tour’s conclusion in February 1987, Perry told his (remaining) bandmates he was leaving the band, in an effort to regain a more normal life. He briefly returned a decade later for the Trial by Fire album, but left again before touring in support of the record, never to return.
40 years later, the still Perry-less Journey is in the midst of their Final Frontier farewell tour. Longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain has announced that he will retire after this tour. Guitarist Neal Schon has been filing trademarks and making social media posts using the name Journey Beyond in recent months.
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi celebrated the multi-platinum breakthrough success of Slippery When Wet with a massive 15-month world tour that kicked off July 14, 1986 in Vancouver, BC and didn’t conclude until a three-night October 2027 stand in Honolulu.
Four decades later, Jon Bon Jovi is planning a triumphant return to the stage, after a battle with vocal cord issues that has kept him and his band from touring for over four years. His big return will kick off with a nine-date residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, beginning on July 7.
“There is a lot of joy in this announcement,” Bon Jovi said while announcing the 2026 tour. “Joy that we can share these nights together with our amazing fans and joy that the band can be together. I am lucky enough to be able to hold a light out to the audience each night and stand in their reflection for a tremendous collective experience – I get to stand in the WE of our concerts.”
Pantera
It’s easy to forget that Pantera were together for five years and three albums before the recruitment of lead singer Phil Anselmo led them to pursue a much heavier brand of heavy metal.
Anselmo was actually the fifth lead singer Pantera had in the year 1986, as he first performed with the band on Nov. 25 of that year. The group played 54 shows in 1986, in support of their 1985 album Terence Lee-fronted I Am the Night.
The classic lineup of Pantera played their last show together on Aug. 28, 2001. Two years later they officially disbanded. The shocking 2004 onstage murder of guitarist Dimebag Darrell and the 2018 death of his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul seemed to spell the end of the group.
But in 2022 Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown recruited Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante and began touring again. They have just a handful of dates lined up for 2026, including a Sept. 17 appearance at Louder Than Life in Louisville.
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony
Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony began touring together in 1986, after Hagar joined Van Halen for the 5150 album and tour. The set lists at those shows found the band playing nearly all of their new album, along with a handful of David Lee Roth-era Van Halen classics and a couple of Hagar solo hits.
You can revisit the 5150 tour via the Live Without a Net concert movie, which was recently added to an expanded edition of 5150.
Hagar left Van Halen in the mid ’90s, but in the early ’00s he and Anthony began performing and recording together under a variety of names, including the Other Half, Chickenfoot, Planet Us and the Circle.
For the last three years, they’ve been celebrating their time in Van Halen with the Best of All Worlds band and tour, recreating the band’s classic set lists with help from guitar wizard Joe Satriani. They’ve got nearly a dozen U.S. dates lined up for the summer of 2026, in addition to a visit to England and another round of their popular Las Vegas residency.
Ted Nugent
Ted Nugent played a whopping 109 shows in 1986, supporting his new Little Miss Dangerous album. That included an early-year stint with a newly reunited Aerosmith.
Although he swore off large-scale touring a couple of years ago, Nugent keeps adding dates to his 2026 tour plans. After playing 15 shows in 2025, he’s already got 11 completed this year, with plans for another 23 in the coming months.
Motley Crue
Motley Crue spent the first two months of 1986 wrapping up their Theatre of Pain tour in Europe. All told the band played 128 dates in support of the 1985 album of the same name, which made them superstars on the strength of the hit ballad “Home Sweet Home.”
In 2025 the group released an expanded edition of the album, complete with a previously unreleased live album taken from a November 1985 show in Long Beach, California.
In 2026 Motley Crue will revisit the Carnival of Sins tour of 2005-2006 with the aptly named Return to the Carnival of Sins tour, which kicks off July 4 in Winnipeg and is scheduled to conclude Sept. 26 in Ridgefield, Washington. You can prepare yourself by watching 2006’s Carnival of Sins: Live home concert video.
Guns N’ Roses
One year into their existence, the classic lineup of Guns N’ Roses spent 1986 playing dozens of shows all around Los Angeles, performing songs like “Mr. Brownstone” and “It’s So Easy” for the first time.
In December 1986 they released the Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide EP. Early the following year they’d start recording their genre-shaking debut album, Appetite for Destruction.
40 years later – and now a full decade after Slash and Duff McKagan returned to the fold in 2016 – Guns N’ Roses will embark on their first full-scale tour of the United States since 2023. The action kicks off July 23 in Raleigh and is set to conclude Sept. 19 in Atlanta.
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister didn’t get the victory lap they were hoping for in 1986. Come Out and Play, the late 1985 follow up to their commercial breakthrough album Stay Hungry, didn’t connect with either the group’s long-time fans or the newcomers who had made “We’re Not Gonna Take It” such a massive hit.
Album and ticket sales went so poorly that the group was forced to fake an illness and cancel the Come Out and Play tour early. The resulting chaos and a mountain of debt caused Twisted Sister to split up two years later.
A decade after they called it a career with 2016’s 40 and F— it farewell tour, Twisted Sister announced plans to reunite in 2026 for a 50th anniversary tour. However in February singer Dee Snider revealed that he would be unable to participate due to some non-life threatening health issues.
“The truth of the matter is: I don’t want you to see me up there being less than you expect me to be,” Snider explained. “You got memories of a great show that I did? That’s what I want to leave you with.”
The following month the band surprised fans by revealing that the tour will go on without Snider, thanks to his good friend and former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach, who will take over as lead singer for a reworked Twisted Sister tour schedule.
Eric Clapton
After performing 80 shows in support of the platinum-selling Behind the Sun in 1985, Eric Clapton slowed down in 1986, playing seven large-scale shows in Europe during the summer, and then six intimate club dates in Boston and New York City in the fall. The concert movie Live 1986 captures a show in Birmingham, England that featured Phil Collins on drums.
Clapton’s played 12 dates so far in 2026, and will visit the United States for an eight-date tour that kicks off Sept. 6 in Detroit and will conclude with his annual Crossroads Guitar Festival, set for Sept. 26 and 27 in Austin, Texas.
ZZ Top
With their popularity at an all-time high, ZZ Top spent nearly all of 1986 on the road in support of their new album Afterburner. They performed 176 shows, often playing multiple-night stands at arenas all over the country.
The tour featured an impressive stage set that changed mid-show from the dashboard of the Eliminator car to one from the spaceship featured on the cover of Afterburner. (Weirdly enough, it was originally designed for Loverboy.)
Despite the 2021 death of bassist Dusty Hill, ZZ Top maintains an impressively busy tour schedule. They’ll be out on the road most of 2026, with dates lined up for North and South America and Europe.
Def Leppard
Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen staged one of the most impressive comebacks in rock history in August of 1986, returning to the stage just 20 months after a New Year’s Eve 1984 car crash that caused him to lose his left arm.
With hard work and the aid of a specially designed kit, Allen learned to play in an entirely new way, bringing the band back to full strength and clearing the way for them to complete work on their much-delayed Hysteria album.
After kicking off 2026 with a brand-new stage show during their Las Vegas residency, Def Leppard will spend the summer touring across Europe, including an appearance at Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival.
Bob Dylan
In 1986 Bob Dylan teamed up with future Traveling Wilburys bandmate Tom Petty (and the Heartbreakers) for the True Confessions tour, which played 41 North American dates in the summer. A two-night February stand in Sydney, Australia was captured on the concert movie Hard to Handle.
Four decades later Dylan is still touring his ass off on the sixth year of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, which features a set list dominated by songs from his 2020 album of the same name. He’s played 27 shows already in 2026 and has a full summer’s worth of dates lined up.
Sting
At the height of the Police’s fame, frontman Sting left the group to launch a solo career, spending 1985 and 1986 touring in support of his debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles.
The shows found him trading the rock trio approach of his former band for a band twice as big and filled with jazz stars such as Branford Marsalis, Darryl Jones and Omar Hakim. The tour was captured on the documentary and live album Bring On the Night.
In 2024, Sting returned to the trio format with a new band featuring longtime guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. He’ll tour with that group all over North America in May, October and November of 2026. You can hear the new trio on the 2025 live album 3.0 Live.
Alice Cooper
After spending the previous half-decade out of the public eye while dealing with addiction and other personal issues, Alice Cooper made a triumphant return in 1986 with the Constrictor album and The Nightmare Returns tour, which was released on home video the following year.
40 years later, the 78-year old legend is still going strong, maintaining a touring and recording schedule that would exhaust musicians half his age. He recently completed a month-long U.S. Alice’s Attic tour, and will spend much of the rest of 2026 performing overseas.
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart bypassed the United States on his 1986 tour, instead playing 64 shows across Europe in support of his Every Beat of My Heart album (which was titled Rod Stewart in America). The lead single from the record was the flat-out embarrassing “Love Touch,” so you could say the U.S. got lucky.
2026 finds Stewart entering the third year of his One Last Time world tour, with American dates scheduled through at Aug. 15 show in Kansas City.
In a May 2026 talkSPORT interview, Stewart hinted that his full-scale touring days would soon be behind him. “I’ve got 40-odd shows this year and that’s not really a lot,” he explained. “And I’m touring the U.K. next year and doing the O2 and that will probably be it, I think. I’ll have to do something new.”
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Summer 2026 Preview: Rock’s Biggest Tours – UPDATED!
Here’s a sneak peek at more than 90 of rock’s biggest Summer 2026 tours.
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AC/DC
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AC/DC
AC/DC’s 17-date tour kicks off in July in Charlotte and continues until late September in Philadelphia. These dates follow a South American tour and mark the second time guitarist Angus Young and frontman Brian Johnson have brought the group’s Power Up Tour to North America. AC/DC began these shows in 2024.
READ MORE: AC/DC Announces 2026 South and North American Tour
Alice Cooper
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Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper will already be on the road when summer arrives, having launched his tour in April. U.S. shows continue until May, then Cooper will head to Europe in June. He’ll arrive amid the huge music festival and plans to take full advantage with stops at Spain’s Azkena Rock Festival and Norway’s Tons of Rock, among others.
READ MORE: Alice Cooper Unveils Dates for 2026 U.S. and European Tour
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America
America is appearing across the U.S. and Canada in 2026, beginning in March and continuing through June. The group was formed in 1970 by Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley; Brunnell still fronts the lineup. Key stops along the way include Chicago, Denver, Toronto and Atlantic City.
READ MORE: Where to See America Live: 2026 Tour Dates Revealed
Ann Wilson of Heart
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Ann Wilson of Heart
Ann Wilson of Heart will make 10 North American appearances beginning in May and continuing into June. But there’s a catch: This is a spoken-word tour in support of her upcoming documentary, In My Voice. The longtime Heart singer will take part in Q&A sessions with the film’s director at screenings in each city.
READ MORE: What to Expect From Ann Wilson’s Documentary Tour
B-52s
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B-52s
The unretired B-52s are set to play a half dozen June shows in Europe and the U.K. before returning to America. Stops in London, Manchester and Berlin, among other cities, will precede the band’s July appearance as part of the ParkStage Summer Concert Series in Freehold, New Jersey. They started this tour with a Las Vegas residency.
READ MORE: What To Expect From the B-52s’ 2026 Concert Tour
The Beach Boys
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys will play the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, with more than 40 concerts along the way. Among the highlights are stops at Virginia’s Wolf Trap, the U.K.’s Southampton Summer Sessions and Tennessee’s Ryman Auditorium. A run of California shows beginning in late June includes a multi-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl.
READ MORE: Beach Boys Set More Than 40 World Tour Dates for the Summer
Beat
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Beat
A supergroup honoring ’80s-era King Crimson hits the road again this summer for a tour of Europe and the U.K. Beat features King Crimson alumni Adrian Belew and Tony Levin, plus guitarist Steve Vai and Tool drummer Danny Carey. Shows begin in early June in London, then they’ll visit Paris, Munich, Prague, Barcelona and other cities.
READ MORE: Beat to Continue Honoring King Crimson on 2026 Tour
Billy Idol Should Be Dead,
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Billy Idol
Billy Idol already had a residency in Las Vegas called Hot in the City scheduled for the summer when he added nearly 20 more stops. The Nice Day to …Tour Again dates, all in August, kick off in Pennsylvania and wrap in North Carolina. His Vegas run at the Fontainebleau includes five shows beginning in late August.
READ MORE: Billy Idol Adds New Summer 2026 Tour Dates
Black Crowes
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Black Crowes
The Black Crowes will play more than 40 dates beginning in May. Whiskey Myers and Southall are on the bill for most shows, while Tedeschi Trucks Band co-headlines an August stop at the Hollywood Bowl. It all gets underway in May in Texas and wraps up in August in California. Their latest LP, A Pound of Feathers, arrived in March.
READ MORE: The Black Crowes Share 2026 Summer Tour Dates
Black Keys
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Black Keys
The Black Keys’ Peaches ‘n Cream Tour will be underway when summer arrives. They’re set to play multiple nights in Atlanta, Brooklyn and Nashville, among others, with shows set for May, June, July and into the fall. Their new LP Peaches! is due in May; it’s the first album mixed solely by the band since 2006’s Magic Potion.
READ MORE: Black Keys Set World Tour Dates Ahead of New ‘Peaches!’ LP
Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms
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Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms
Blues Traveler is pairing up with the Gin Blossoms for the second year in a row. “Their music was everywhere when we were coming up,” Blues Travelers’ John Popper said, “and yet only last summer did we have the opportunity to learn how fun it is playing with them.” The new dates begin in July and continue through the rest of the summer.
READ MORE: Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms Set 2026 Tour Dates
Bob Dylan
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan originally announced his 2026 tour plans in November. Then he kept confirming more dates. He’s now playing through the summer with shows across the U.S. Among the highlights is a rare appearance at New York City’s Forest Hills Stadium, which will also include Jimmie Vaughan and Lucinda Williams as guests.
READ MORE: Bob Dylan Shares Over a Dozen More 2026 Tour Dates
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Bob Mould and Sugar
Before 2026, Bob Mould’s alt-rock trio Sugar hadn’t toured in decades. Then they announced May reunion residencies in New York and London – and every show sold out. So they booked the Love You Even Still Tour. They’ll begin with a European leg, with most dates in June. North American shows follow.
READ MORE: Bob Mould’s Reunited Sugar Confirms 2026 World Tour
Bon Jovi
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Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is preparing for their first live shows in four years, following frontman Jon Bon Jovi’s well-publicized vocal-cord issues. Their summer concert schedule begins in early July with not one, not two, but six appearances at Madison Square Garden. After a well-deserved 10-day break, the band then plays three dates in the U.K. and Europe.
READ MORE: Bon Jovi’s 2026 Tour Announced: New Dates
Bonnie Raitt
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Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt’s ever-lengthening 2026 North America Tour initially included just eight U.S. summer stops. She was set to spend most of June in Canada. But, like Bob Dylan, Raitt decided to keep going. She booked a return trip to the U.S. through September, then she added still more shows. Raitt is now set to wrap in October.
READ MORE: Bonnie Raitt Extends Her 2026 North American Tour Again
Bryan Adams and Pat Benatar
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Bryan Adams and Pat Benatar
Bryan Adams’ extended Roll With the Punches Tour includes a second leg of U.S. shows this summer. They begin in July and finish in August. Roll With the Punches reunited Adams with Mutt Lange, who produced 1991’s smash Waking Up the Neighbours. Pat Benatar returns as Adams’ support act after opening shows for him last fall.
READ MORE: Bryan Adams Announces New 2026 US Tour Dates With Pat Benatar
Bruce Hornsby
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Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby’s 2026 tour with his longtime band, the Noisemakers, started in April. They’ll be on the road through late July as Hornsby celebrates his signature hit “The Way It Is,” which marks its 40th anniversary this year. Among the two dozen scheduled dates was an appearance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
READ MORE: What To Expect From Bruce Hornsby’s 2026 Concert Tour
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen’s belatedly announced run of 2026 shows will continue until the edge of summer. Beginning in March, the Land of Hope and Dreams Tour finds Springsteen and the E Street Band making some 20 stops into late May. They kicked off things in Minnesota and wrap in Washington, D.C.
READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen Announces Surprise 2026 Tour Dates
Cheap Trick
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Cheap Trick
The always-busy Cheap Trick begins this touring season by sharing stages with Styx. (Cheap Trick played the fifth-most shows of any rock band in 2025.) A string of headlining shows immediately follows from late June through early August. Their new LP is winkingly titled All Washed Up.
READ MORE: Styx and Cheap Trick Team Up for 2026 Tour Dates
Dave Matthews
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Dave Matthews
The Dave Matthews Band has a very busy summer on tap. Everything gets going in May in Texas, with more than 30 stops in June, July, August and September. The group wraps things up with their traditional Labor Day weekend residency at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington.
READ MORE: Dave Matthews Band Announces Spring and Summer US Tour Dates
David Lee Roth
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David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth ended a five-year touring hiatus in May 2025 when he appeared with a new eight-piece band at Maryland’s M3 Festival. His current 30-date tour of the U.S and Canada began in April and continues into early August at Sturgis, South Dakota. Four of the members of Roth’s touring lineup are backing vocalists.
READ MORE: David Lee Roth Announces Massive 2026 US Tour
Def Leppard
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard heads to Europe and the U.K. this summer after starting 2026 with a dozen U.S. shows. Highlights include an emotional homecoming when they return to Sheffield, England, in June. These dates follow a packed slate of concerts last year with Bret Michaels and Extreme. Def Leppard also co-headlined Mexico’s Rock the Tides.
READ MORE: Def Leppard Is Hitting the Road for an Epic World Tour
Deep Purple and Kansas
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Deep Purple and Kansas
Deep Purple will tour the U.S. with Kansas, playing dates from August into September. Jefferson Starship will also appear on many of the stops. In the meantime, the new Deep Purple album Splat! was set to arrive in July. Kansas is also touring with 38 Special, with their shared concerts kicking off in June.
READ MORE: Deep Purple and Kansas Announce 2026 Tour Dates
Devo
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Devo
Devo initially announced 2026’s Mutate, Don’t Stagnate Tour as a spring jaunt, with shows in April. Then they extended the dates into June. The new shows will take the band everywhere from Indiana to Connecticut. The 15-stop tour has already included appearances at Coachella.
READ MORE: Devo Extends 2026 Mutate, Don’t Stagnate Tour Into June
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Eagles
May will feature a few rare Eagles concerts held outside of the Sphere in Las Vegas. The Long Goodbye: Act III Tour, featuring support from the Tedeschi Trucks Band, will make stops in Nashville, Atlanta and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Eagles were also set to play the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
READ MORE: Eagles to Visit Three New Cities on 2026 Tour
Elvis Costello
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Elvis Costello
Costello may not be opening on a canceled Neil Young summer tour in 2026, but he’s still playing headlining dates in Europe and the U.K. Shows begin in June and continue through a July appearance at Italy’s Umbria Jazz Festival.
READ MORE: Neil Young Cancels His 2026 Tour Plans
The Fixx
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The Fixx
The Fixx are set to cross the U.S. this summer, with dates beginning in mid-July and continuing into early August. The Smithereens will serve as support act on more than a half dozen stops. All members of the classic-era Fixx lineup are in place, after bassist Dan K. Brown’s return in 2008.
READ MORE: The Fixx Confirms More Than 20 Summer U.S. Tour Dates
Foghat and Nazareth
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Foghat and Nazareth
Foghat’s ongoing 2026 tour includes a run of shared dates with Nazareth. “We haven’t worked together for a while,” stalwart Foghat drummer Roger Earl said, “but we plan on having a really good time.” Stops with Nazareth wrap up in May, and then Foghat plays headliner shows in Europe and the U.S. through August.
READ MORE: Foghat Extends 2026 Tour With More Shared Nazareth Dates
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Foo Fighters
The Foo Fighters are set for a 2026 summer stadium tour with support from Queens of the Stone Age. The Take Cover Tour kicks off in early August and wraps in late September. They’ll also visit Detroit, Philadelphia and Nashville. This is the first run of shows with drummer Ilan Rubin, who joined after Josh Freese’s dismissal.
READ MORE: Foo Fighters Announce 2026 Summer Stadium Tour
Foreigner
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Foreigner
Foreigner’s tour will continue through the summer as they celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary. The first North American leg includes special reunion shows with original frontman Lou Gramm. They head to Europe in June and then return to the U.S. in July for shared dates with Lynyrd Skynyrd.
READ MORE: Foreigner Extends 50th Anniversary Tour Into the Fall
Gene Simmons of Kiss
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Gene Simmons of Kiss
Gene Simmons’ summer dates will feature more than the expected old favorites from Kiss: He’s touring with Sebastian Bach, Lita Ford and Quiet Riot. Initial dates were in July on the West Coast, followed by a string of Canadian shows. Bach is also touring with Twisted Sister this summer after frontman Dee Snider retired.
READ MORE: Gene Simmons Announces 2026 Canadian Tour Dates
George Thorogood
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George Thorogood
George Thorogood’s busy 2026 includes a June appearance at the Holland International Blues Festival in Grolloo, Netherlands. By then, he’ll have already played nearly 40 shows in the U.S. and Canada. He’s calling this the Baddest Show On Earth Tour. “It’s guaranteed we can make you feel like a teenager again,” Thorogood said.
READ MORE: George Thorogood’s 2026 Tour: More Cities And Dates Revealed
Graham Nash
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Graham Nash
Graham Nash returned to U.S. stages in April and continues with almost two dozen summer stops scheduled into early August. He appeared in America last summer before playing a round of autumn concerts in Europe. He’ll stick to the U.S. this year, playing more than a dozen fall shows beginning in early September.
READ MORE: Graham Nash Announces Summer Tour Dates
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Grand Funk Railroad
Grand Funk Railroad will have a new look for the Still Shinin’ On Tour. Max Carl, the band’s singer since 2000, has retired. Vocals will be handled by founding drummer Don Brewer and keyboardist Tim Cashion, also a member since 2000. During a previous stint with 38 Special, Carl cowrote and sang the 1989 Top 10 hit “Second Chance.”
READ MORE: Grand Funk Railroad Extends Summer Tour After Lead Singer’s Retirement
Guns N Roses
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Guns N’ Roses
Guns N’ Roses will play South America in the spring before returning to the U.S. for their first North American dates since 2023. In the meantime, they’ve released a series of stand-alone singles. Other than a couple of Florida shows in early May, all of Guns N’ Roses’ U.S. concerts are set for July through September. Then they head to Australia.
READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses Extend Their 2026 World Tour
The Guess Who and Don Felder
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The Guess Who and Don Felder
Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman initially confirmed a dozen Canadian reunion dates for the Guess Who then added more than 25 more across North America. They’re now playing from May through August. Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder will serve as opener on the Takin’ It Back Tour.
READ MORE: The Guess Who Confirm Summer 2026 US Tour Dates
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Hollywood Vampires
Alice Cooper and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry are set to play the first Hollywood Vampire shows in more than three years. The group, which also features Cooper guitarist Tommy Henriksen and actor Johnny Depp, begins a long-awaited tour of Europe and the U.K. in August. Stops along the way include Germany, Italy and France.
READ MORE: Hollywood Vampires Announce Summer 2026 Tour Dates
Howard Jones, Wang Chung, English Beat and Modern English
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Howard Jones, Wang Chung, English Beat and Modern English
Howard Jones’ Things Can Only Get Better Tour will also feature Wang Chung, the English Beat and Modern English. Dates begin in July and wrap in August. “I dreamed of curating a tour with my favorite bands that could bring some positivity in our troubled times,” Jones said. “I’m thrilled that this is actually happening this summer.”
READ MORE: Howard Jones, Wang Chung and English Beat Announce Summer Tour
Human League and Soft Cell
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Human League and Soft Cell
The Human League is also leading an ’80s-themed tour, pairing with synth-pop stars Soft Cell and Alison Moyet of Yaz for North American dates. Their monthlong trek, called the Generations Tour, begins in June and concludes in early July. The Human League has only played a dozen U.S. shows over the past decade.
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Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden is still in the midst of their Run for Your Lives Tour, a 50th anniversary celebration that launched last summer. They’ll be in Europe in May and June, and then in North America in August and September. Highlights include a July appearance at EddFest, a two-day music festival to be held in Knebworth, England.
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James Taylor
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James Taylor
James Taylor is in the midst of a two-leg 29-show U.S. tour that continues until September. He’ll play a June show at New York’s Bethel Woods Center for the Arts before heading off in July for his first U.K. and Europe concerts in more than three years. Taylor will finish the summer back in the U.S.
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Jefferson Starship
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Jefferson Starship
Jefferson Starship will play summer dates in the U.S. and then in Europe, and then back again. Atlanta Rhythm Section, Orleans and Firefall are featured on the Runaway Again Tour, too. Jefferson Starship is also playing U.S. shows with the Marshall Tucker Band before heading to the U.K. to serve as opener for Foreigner.
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Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull
Frontman Ian Anderson’s massive Jethro Tull tour in support of 2025’s Curious Ruminant is in Europe for the summer. After playing some 45 spring dates across Europe and the U.K., they’re set for a string of concerts in Italy, Germany, Finland, Spain, Denmark and Austria. Curious Ruminant was a No. 25 hit album in Anderson’s native U.K.
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Joan Jett
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Joan Jett
Joan Jett will run back and forth between the U.S. and the U.K. through July, with stops in Glasgow, Manchester and Leeds. Among the other highlights is a tour-opening stop at BottleRock festival, where she’ll join an eclectic lineup including the Foo Fighters, among many others.
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Jon Anderson of Yes
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Jon Anderson of Yes
Jon Anderson’s well-received Yes Epics, Classics and More Tour continues into the warmer months, ending with a few U.S. dates in May. He and the Band Geeks are performing songs from the Yes catalog and select solo Anderson cuts. They’ll then head back to the U.K. and Europe for performances set to begin in September.
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John Fogerty
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John Fogerty
John Fogerty has a June stop on the books in California before he plays a string of recently extended dates on his ongoing Legacy Tour. The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman will be joined by Steve Winwood beginning in September. Major stops include Atlantic City, Boston, Chicago and Miami, among others.
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John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp is changing things up with a promise to perform his most popular songs for the first time in years. The Dancing Words Tour begins in July in Michigan and is scheduled to end in August in California. In the meantime, he’s been working on Orphan Train, Mellencamp’s first album since 2023’s Orpheus Descending.
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Journey
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Journey
Journey reaches the home stretch of previously confirmed stops on the Final Frontier Tour, with concerts in June and July. These dates started back in February and continue until they reach Laredo, Texas. Journey has promised additional dates. In the meantime, stalwart guitarist Neal Schon has hinted at starting an offshoot band next.
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Judas Priest
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Judas Priest
Judas Priest tied for fourth-most shows played in all of rock with 90 stops in support of 2024’s Invincible Shield. They clearly aren’t about to slow down: The group initially confirmed a total of 10 European stops on the Faithkeeper Tour late last year, with concerts set for July and August. Judas Priest has since extended the tour into September.
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Judy Collins
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Judy Collins
Judy Collins’ Sweet Judy Blue Eyes Tour marks her live farewell. She begins with June warm-up shows followed by a gala official start at the America Made in Virginia: 250 Years Together celebration on July 4 in Williamsburg. Six more July concerts follow, with more set for the fall. Collins promises additional shows into 2027.
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Kansas and 38 Special
Kansas and 38 Special will swap closing slots on most nights as part of their upcoming summer tour. There are more than half a dozen tour dates booked. They begin in June in Arkansas and play through July in Kentucky. That’s not all: Kansas is also playing headlining dates and touring with Deep Purple, as well.
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L.A. Guns and Tom Keifer of Cinderella
L.A. Guns will spend 2026 in America, the U.K. and Europe, with support on select shows from Tom Keifer of Cinderella fame. The U.S. leg begins in the spring and continues into late July. Tracii Guns and company will then take a break before reconvening for stops in the U.K. and Europe in late October.
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Lou Gramm
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Lou Gramm
Lou Gramm has scheduled a string of solo concerts following his spring reunion dates with Foreigner. They begin in May and continue through September. Gramm is touring in support of his recently issued third solo LP, Released. The songs were started in the ’80s, when Gramm initially split with Foreigner and released his first two albums.
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner
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Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner are set to visit almost 20 cities on the Double Trouble Double Vision Tour, starting in July. Foreigner is celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2026, with a reworked lineup featuring Luis Maldonado on vocals. They’ll coheadline each night. The tour will wrap in late August.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 2026 concert schedule isn’t limited to this summer’s tour with Foreigner. The veteran Southern rockers are playing headlining dates on either side of those shows. Most are in July and August. There are also stand-alone dates amid their shared tour with Foreigner.
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Creed
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Lynyrd Skynyrd, Creed and Kid Rock
The busy Lynyrd Skynyrd also joins Creed on the bill with Kid Rock in the latest edition of Rock the Country. The tour launches in early May and continues through the summer before wrapping up in September. The Marshall Tucker Band, Shinedown and Jelly Roll are also performing. Country star Jason Aldean co-founded the event with Kid Rock.
Megadeth
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Megadeth
Megadeth will play a string of North American dates beginning in late July. But first, they’re set for a handful of European shows. Megadeth visits Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria and Turkey in June. They’ll cap things with their live debut in Kazakhstan later in the month.
Men at Work
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Men at Work
Men at Work will live up to their band name, playing a string of shared dates into August with Toad the Wet Sprocket and Shonen Knife. U.S. shows begin in late May at the Napa’s BottleRock Festival. They’ll make stops in Atlanta, Nashville and Detroit before wrapping in Los Angeles. That’s all after several weeks in Mexico and Brazil.
Micky Dolenz
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Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees
Micky Dolenz will play a handful of summer dates as he commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Monkees. He was part of every Monkees era and sang most of the group’s best-known songs. Now, he’s the last living member. These shows began in February and continue into November.
Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs
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Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs
Former Tom Petty guitarist Mike Campbell will lead his Dirty Knobs band out on the road this summer. Their tour launches in July, with stops in Chicago and Pittsburgh, among others. They’ll wrap in New Hampshire. Later in the year, Campbell and the Dirty Knobs will appear on Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show.
Motley Crue, Extreme and Tesla
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Motley Crue, Extreme and Tesla
Motley Crue will be celebrating their 45th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the massive Carnival of Sins Tour. Dubbed the Return of the Carnival of Sins Tour, these dates also feature Tesla and Extreme. Shows begin in late July and continue until late September.
Night Ranger
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Night Ranger
Night Ranger’s 2026 tour includes some 20 stops, with multiple shows in Florida, Illinois and Louisiana through September. Their most recent album was 2023’s 40 Years and a Night with the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Crossover chart.
Paul Simon
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Paul Simon
Paul Simon’s resurgent career includes a 20-date tour this summer. He returned to the road after a long break with 2025’s Quiet Celebration Tour. Now Simon is set to play a series of outdoor venues across North America in June and July. The concerts begin with a performance of Simon’s latest album, 2023’s Seven Psalms.
Phish
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Phish
Phish’s summer will feature a string of multi-night stands, with notable stops at Fenway Park in Boston and Madison Square Garden in New York City. These dates follow an April run of shows at the Sphere, which quickly sold out. They did an impromptu cover of the James Gang’s 1971 hit “Walk Away” when Joe Walsh showed up one night.
Ringo Starrs All-Starr Band
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Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band are back on the road after concluding their slate of 2025 shows with a September residency at the Venetian in Las Vegas. The new dates start in late May and run through mid-June. Starr has just released his second consecutive T Bone Burnett-produced country album, Long Long Road.
Robert Plant
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Robert Plant
Robert Plant takes his new tour in support of the Top 5 U.K. hit Saving Grace into South America and Europe this summer. Shows kicked off in May and continue into early July. He played a great gig at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, before wrapping up in the U.S.
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Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson join forces again later in the summer. The monthlong Freaks on Parade Tour begins in August in Florida and ends in September in California. Zombie and Manson memorably shared stages before on 2012’s troubled Twins of Evil Tour. Support bands this time out include the Hu and Orgy.
Rod Stewart
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Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart’s extended One Last Time Tour includes 10 stops in the U.S. in June and August. Richard Marx will provide support on these dates, which wrap in Kansas City. Stewart launched the tour in 2024, billing this as his last long trek. “Absolutely love it,” he said of life on the road, “but all things have to come to an end.”
Roger Daltrey of the Who
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Roger Daltrey of the Who
Roger Daltrey has confirmed a string of new solo U.S. dates that could “possibly” be his last. The Great Night Out shows will unfold about a year after the Who ended their North American Farewell Tour. All of Daltrey’s stops are in August and September. He’s describing them as “one more for the road.”
Rush
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Rush
After 11 years off the road, Rush will reunite this summer for the Fifty Something Tour. The dates begin in June at the Kia Forum, the same Los Angeles venue where Rush played their final show with late drummer Neil Peart. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are joined by Anika Nilles, who’s filling in for Peart.
Sammy Hagar and Rick Springfield
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Sammy Hagar and Rick Springfield
Sammy Hagar and Rick Springfield will play six shared dates this summer, beginning in June. Hagar is continuing the Best of All Worlds Tour, which focuses on his Van Halen era. His band includes fellow Van Halen alum Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani and drummer Kenny Aronoff. This quick jaunt concludes later the same month.
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Santana and the Doobie Brothers
Santana and the Doobie Brothers are getting back together again. The Oneness 2026 Tour begins in mid-June and runs through the end of August. More than 25 dates have been scheduled throughout North America. These two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bands memorably appeared together on 2019’s Supernatural Now Tour.
Scorpions
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Scorpions
The Scorpions will spend the summer in the U.K. and South Asia. Key stops include Estonia’s Tallinn Rock Festival, with multiple shows in France and Poland. They’re touring behind Coming Home Live, which commemorated the Scorpions’ 60th anniversary return to the band’s hometown of Hanover. They return to the U.S. in September.
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Sebastian Bach With Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister’s planned tour appeared to be derailed when Dee Snider suddenly retired – then former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach stepped in. Their new shows in the U.S. and Canada start in late summer. “I’d rather walk away than be a shadow of my former self,” Snider said, citing several health issues.
Sex Pistols
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Sex Pistols
The reformulated Sex Pistols play the U.K. and Europe this summer, including an appearance at the Isle of Wight Festival. The tour almost didn’t happen: Everything ground to a halt before a single concert was performed last year when guitarist Steve Jones suffered a broken wrist. They’re set to return to the U.S. in September.
Squeeze, Adam Ant and Haircut 100
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Squeeze, Adam Ant and Haircut 100
Squeeze’s 30-date North American tour, dubbed Tried, Tested and Trixies, kicks off in mid-August with support from fellow ’80s hitmakers Adam Ant and Haircut 100. Squeeze is touring behind Trixies, a lifetime-in-the-making project featuring songs from a shelved pre-fame concept album.
Stephen Pearcy of Ratt
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Stephen Pearcy of Ratt
Long-time Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy has confirmed solo dates into August. Ratt released a pair of Top 10 albums before going through their first breakup in the early ’90s. Some of Pearcy’s Undercover Tour concerts promise a partial reunion, as former bandmate Warren DeMartini is featured. More shows are to be announced.
Stewart Copeland of the Police
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Stewart Copeland of the Police
Police legend Stewart Copeland’s Have I Said Too Much? Tour begins with a string of Florida stops in May – but, as with Heart’s Ann Wilson, his appearances won’t include music. Instead, Copeland will be “talking about his incredible career from the early days to today.” Additional stops continue through August.
Sting
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Sting
Copeland’s old bandmate Sting will play more than a dozen U.S. concerts in May, before returning for 20 more North American dates beginning in November. He’s dubbed this the Sting 3.0 Tour, in honor of his return to the trio format popularized by the Police. Sting is joined by longtime guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas.
Stray Cats
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Stray Cats
The Stray Cats are on the prowl again. They’ve set summer tour dates following the sudden cancellation of the band’s fall tour when frontman Brian Setzer suffered some health issues. Replacement dates start in late July and include more than a dozen stops. Bassist Lee Rocker and drummer Slim Jim Phantom round out the lineup.
The Strokes
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The Strokes
The Strokes’ 2026 comeback tour coincides with the release of Reality Awaits, their first new album since 2020’s The New Abnormal. Dates start in June at the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee, and run through the end of October. They’ll also appear at Outside Lands in the San Francisco Bay area and at Japan’s Summer Sonic 2026.
Styx and Chicago
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Styx and Chicago
Styx will tour with Chicago this summer, with shows set to begin in July. The Windy Cities Tour – All The Hits … Your Kind of Tour continues through early September. Both bands formed in the Windy City area and became stalwarts on the concert trail, but this is the first time Styx and Chicago have toured together.
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi
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Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s extensive 2026 tour in support of Future Soul will stretch from spring to fall. Shows began in April, with more than 20 stops set for June, July and August alone. The tour won’t wrap until late October when they set up for a four-night stand in Chicago. Guests include Jason Isbell and Sheryl Crow.
Tesla
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Tesla
Tesla’s Still Keepin’ It Real Tour across the U.S. wraps in September, with most of its stops set for July and August. They’re best known for the Top 10 hits “Love Song” and “Signs.” This is a continuation of 2025’s Keepin’ It Real Tour, which included a five-night residency at the House of Blues Las Vegas.
38 Special
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38 Special
38 Special has scheduled a string of headlining concerts in support of 2025’s Milestone. They begin in May and continue through June around their summer shows with Kansas. Highlights include an stop at New Jersey’s Rock, Ribs and Ridges, where they’ll appear on a bill with Blackberry Smoke and the Artimus Pyle Band.
Thomas Dolby
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Thomas Dolby, Flock of Seagulls and the Motels
Summer finds Thomas Dolby and a Flock of Seagulls headlining 2026’s edition of the ’80s-focused Totally Tubular Festival. They’ll be joined by the Motels, the Producers, the Animotion, the Escape Club and Tommy Tutone. The tour kicks off in July in Phoenix and continues through August in Illinois.
Todd Rundgren
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Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren’s plans include some 25 summer concerts. His recently extended Damned If I Do Tour launches in June and now continues through August. Rundgren will once again be joined on stage by longtime collaborators Kasim Sulton and Prairie Prince. Their 2026 tour then picks up in September in Europe and the U.K.
Tom Keifer
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Tom Keifer of Cinderella
When he’s not playing gigs with L.A. Guns, look for a string of Tom Keifer headlining dates. The former Cinderella frontman begins his own tour in May with a performance at the Baltimore area’s annual M3 Rock Fest. Shows continue through early August. Keifer will appear on select dates with Buckcherry and John Corabi.
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Toto and Christopher Cross
Toto and Christopher Cross are back together for the second summer in a row, but they’re completing this tour’s three-group bill with different ’80s hitmakers. They’ll be joined by the Romantics, who replace 2025 tour participants Men at Work. Shows begin in mid-July 15 in Bethel, New York and continue through late August in Toronto.
Triumph
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Triumph
Triumph’s long-awaited reunion, dubbed the Rock and Roll Machine Reloaded Tour, celebrates the trio’s 50th anniversary with dates through June. Before these shows, the original lineup of guitarist and vocalist Rik Emmett, drummer and vocalist Gil Moore and bassist Mike Levine hadn’t played together since a pair of 2008 shows.
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UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell
UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell is bringing the Big Love Tour to the U.S. after stops throughout Europe last year. The British reggae group was formed by Campbell in 1978. This new trek began in April and continues through May, before picking up again in August. UB40 will appear in New York City and San Francisco, among other cities.
Van Morrison
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Van Morrison
Van Morrison’s summer plans include a string of signature festival stops. The vinyl edition of his latest album is also set for June release. Among the highlights is a shared bill with Ron Wood and a stop at Montreux. Then Morrison plans a five-night run this fall at one of London’s newest venues.
Wilco and Jeff Tweedy
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Wilco and Jeff Tweedy
Wilco’s 2026 tour includes a stop at their own Solid Sound Festival in June. They also play a pair of European shows in August. Before then, Wilco’s U.S. dates run from April to May. Frontman Jeff Tweedy is also touring in support of his new three-disc solo project Twilight Override, with shows in May and then in November.
ZZ Top
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ZZ Top
ZZ Top’s The Big One! Tour includes stops in the U.S. and Europe through July. Their tandem Dos Amigos Tour with Dwight Yoakam is also continuing. ZZ Top then returns to U.S. stages in August after making their first appearances in South America in more than 15 years. They’ll share the stage with Cheap Trick, George Thorogood and others.
