Festival season continues and the summer tour schedule is in full gear, with superstars huge enough to move in their own orbit and bedroom-pop tinkerers alike on the road. Among the headline names are Missy Elliott, who is on her first-ever North American tour with Ciara, Busta Rhymes, and Timbaland in tow. There’s the poetically pleasing joint tour from Alanis Morissette and Joan Jett; Adele’s belated conclusion of her Vegas residency (before she moves the operation to that other locus of showbiz opulence: suburban Munich); the continuation of the Eras Tour; and more. You can also catch Adrianne Lenker, Alvvays, Mitski, Janet Jackson, St. Vincent, Thom Yorke, and dozens more—dive in below.
Adele
Adele is finally winding down her Las Vegas residency after a lengthy tenure that has, by her own admission, brought the concert-shy Tottenham superstar out of her shell. “This residency, these shows have changed my life. I desperately needed to fall back in love with performing live again, and I have,” she said in the announcement. “It’s just made me realize how much I really enjoy being on stage, that I’m bloody good at it and that it is 100% where I belong! So let’s go one last time before I turn into a showgirl forever!”
–Jazz Monroe
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Adrianne Lenker
Big Thief leader Adrianne Lenker resumes her tour in support of her latest solo album, Bright Future, in November. She also will perform at Newport Folk Festival in July.
–Matthew Strauss
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette will spend the summer touring North America with noteworthy companions Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and country singer Morgan Wade. The Triple Moon Tour began in June in Phoenix, Arizona, and wraps up in California later this year. Morissette is also the Sunday night headliner of Pitchfork Music Festival 2024, on July 21, at Chicago’s Union Park.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Amen Dunes
Amen Dunes will follow his July 19 performance at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival with summer concerts in the United States and Canada. He’ll be playing the shows in support of new album Death Jokes.
–Matthew Strauss
Anderson .Paak
Anderson .Paak and his band, Free Nationals, are hitting the road across the country to celebrate the California native’s 2016 breakout album, Malibu. Beginning in September and running through October, the Malibu Tour launches in Bend, Oregon, traveling through Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, and other cities, before wrapping up in Atlanta, Georgia. Jazz trumpeter Maurice Brown and R&B duo Gawd will join the band as special guests. And, before the tour, .Paak will headline the Shambhala Music Festival in Salmo, British Columbia, where he’ll perform a solo DJ set under his alias DJ Pee. Wee.
–Boutayna Chokrane
André 3000
Since the start of 2024, André 3000 has been performing his solo debut, New Blue Sun, steadily adding more dates along the way. Currently, the Outkast rapper and flutist is in the midst of a global festival circuit, including appearances at Australia’s Volume Festival, Norway’s Øyafestivalen, and California’s Blue Note Jazz Festival, among others. In September, André 3000 embarks on a North American tour, running through November, accompanied by his band of Carlos Niño, Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina, and Deantoni Parks.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Angel Olsen
In September, Angel Olsen will play solo shows in smaller American cities. She’ll also be playing deep cuts from her catalog that might not get as much shine at live shows. Joining Olsen for support on the Songs From the Archive Tour are Maxim Ludwig, Runo Plum, Kyle Ryan, and Greg Mendez.
–Matthew Strauss
ANOHNI and the Johnsons
For the first time since 2017, ANOHNI is going on tour. After kicking things off with a string of shows last month, the vaunted singer and her band are coming to North America in September, with major dates including two apiece at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall and Brooklyn’s BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. The shows have had career-spanning setlists with tracks from her solo album Hopelessness, last year’s My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross with the Johnsons, and the group’s 2005 masterpiece, I Am a Bird Now.
–Jazz Monroe
Arooj Aftab
Arooj Aftab has already been performing music from her fourth album, the incantatory Night Reign, at summer festivals. Now, she’s poised to take her tender, soothing folk-jazz compositions on the road in the fall. Aftab will open for a few stops on Khruangbin’s upcoming tour before heading to Europe, where she will play venues in Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and more before returning to North America for a handful of shows in the new year.
–Eric Torres
Beabadoobee
Beabadoobee is promoting her new album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves, with a tour for the fall. Kicking off in September at Philadelphia’s The Met and concluding at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, the U.S. leg will feature support from Austin duo Hovvdy.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Bikini Kill
Punk icons Bikini Kill will hit the road starting this summer for a North American tour. It will follow the release of lead singer Kathleen Hanna’s memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, which hit shelves in May. The tour begins in Los Angeles this August and includes stops in San Francisco, Toronto, Brooklyn, and more.
–Eric Torres
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish announced a massive tour before her latest album, May’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, even came out. The pop singer-songwriter will hit the road in North America, Europe, Australia, and the United Kingdom starting this September, taking her moody, ambitious third album to stadiums like New York’s Madison Square Garden and the O2 in London. Eilish, whose tour is slated to run through next year, is also undertaking several sustainability measures, including partnering with the nonprofit Reverb to set up “eco-villages” at her shows for fans to learn more about environmental and climate justice projects.
–Eric Torres
Blink-182
The biggest pop-punk reunion of last year is keeping the momentum going into 2024. Blink-182’s classic trio—Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, and Tom DeLonge—have been bringing One More Time…, their first new album together since 2011’s Neighborhoods, to the live stage on an extensive world tour that stretches into November. Expect foul-mouthed banter, heavy nostalgia, and one massive reminder not to take yourself too seriously.
–Nina Corcoran
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes will hit the road just before the release of their new album, Five Dice, All Threes, out September 20. The 15-date tour gets rolling in Brooklyn before winding through Chicago, Omaha, Oakland, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. From there, Bright Eyes will hop across the pond for shows in the United Kingdom and Europe through mid-November. Bright Eyes last toured in 2023, playing a handful of gigs in the American South and Midwest.
–Madison Bloom
Brittany Howard / Michael Kiwanuka
Friends Brittany Howard and Michael Kiwanuka are set to embark on a joint North American tour, kicking off at the Met Philadelphia on September 29. The tour will run for a month, accompanied by Yasmin Williams, concluding on October 19 at Vina Robles Amphitheatre in Paso Robles. Along the way, they will make stops in New York, Denver, Los Angeles, and more. According to a press release, a dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to the Ally Coalition to support housing and mental health resources for people of color, single mothers, and unhoused LGBTQ+ youth.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
The Boss and his band are back on the open road, with the peptic ulcer disease that forced him to postpone several 2023 dates in the rearview mirror. Having returned in March, Springsteen brought the formidable show across the United States all spring—with dates including two headline shows at London’s Wembley Stadium—before dipping into Europe and concluding with more North American stops..
–Jazz Monroe
Built to Spill
Built to Spill released their influential second studio album, There’s Nothing Wrong With Love, back in 1994. To celebrate the indie-rock touchstone’s 30th anniversary this year, the band will perform it in full on a series of dates starting this summer through the fall. The dates begin in Boise—where Built to Spill originally formed—and will take the trio through Portland, Chicago, New York, and more major cities. The group will be joined by John McMahon, who tracked cello on the original recording of There’s Nothing Wrong With Love.
–Eric Torres
Caribou
Now that Caribou is officially back with new music—the new single “Honey,” from April, followed by June’s “Broke My Heart”—Dan Snaith is bringing his electropop band on the road for more trippy live sets. Beginning with shows in Tokyo and Amsterdam this October, Caribou will head to North America in November for gigs in Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Toronto, and more with support from Yunè Pinku. Caribou will then take a break and then reboot in the new year with European dates in early 2025.
–Nina Corcoran
Cassandra Jenkins
Cassandra Jenkins last hit the road in support of her 2021 album, An Overview on Phenomenal Nature. With the release of her sophomore LP, My Light, My Destroyer, the singer-songwriter will embark on a tour of North America and Europe throughout the autumn. Jenkins previewed her new LP with the sauntering “Only One” and glassy highlight “Delphinium Blue,” which should give you an idea of the kind of luminous show Jenkins puts on.
–Eric Torres
Charli XCX / Troye Sivan
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan famously have two big songs together, “1999” and “2099,” and they’re adding to their collaborative history with a joint tour called Charli XCX & Troye Sivan Present: Sweat Tour. The shows take place across North America in September and October.
–Matthew Strauss
Charly Bliss
It’s been five years since Charly Bliss last released an album, so the Brooklyn power-pop band plans on pulling out all the stops for new LP Forever. After the follow-up to 2019’s Young Enough comes out on August 16, Charly Bliss will tour across the United States and Canada this fall. The run begins on September 5 in Washington D.C. and brings them through major cities like Toronto, Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Austin, and Philadelphia. Openers haven’t been revealed just yet, but knowing how high-energy Charly Bliss shows are, it’s bound to be a giddy, heart-racing time.
–Nina Corcoran
Childish Gambino
The last time Childish Gambino hit the road was in 2018 for his This Is America Tour, supporting the viral “This Is America.” Nearly six years later, and following Atavista—which the artist described as “the finished version” of 3.15.20—Donald Glover resurrects his alter ego for a three-leg run spanning North America, Europe, and Australasia. Dubbed the New World Tour, the seven-month stretch kicks off at Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center on August 11 and ends at Australia’s RAC Arena on February 11, with Amaarae and Willow joining select dates. The tour is in support of new album Bando Stone & the New World.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Clairo
After performing at Mustafa’s latest Artists for Aid benefit concert for Palestine and Sudan, on July 4, at London’s Troxy, Clairo will enjoy the rest of the summer before preparing for her fall shows. In support of her third studio album and Sling follow-up, Charm, the singer-songwriter has scheduled five nights at Los Angeles’ the Fonda Theatre and New York’s Webster Hall in September. Plus, on November 15, Clairo is set to perform at Mexico City’s annual Corona Capital festival.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Cloud Nothings
When Cloud Nothings released Here and Nowhere Else, in 2014, they had already attained cult status for the blistering, Steve Albini–produced Attack on Memory. The follow-up, another noisy and brutally melodic affair, promised they were in it for the long haul, as this 10th-anniversary tour confirms. The dates kick off with two nights in their native Ohio, before spanning North America and winding up in Chicago. Equipment, Farmer’s Wife, and Armlock support select dates.
–Jazz Monroe
Crumb
Mellow psych-rockers Crumb dropped their third full-length album, Amama, back in May, and it boasts hypnotic singles like “The Bug” and its title track. Crumb will finally break out those new songs live when they start their long-awaited tour in support of that LP in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 18—just three days before their performance at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago. Crumb will stay on the road for most of the fall, performing across the United States and Canada into late October, and L’Rain, Vagabon, and Discovery Zone will join them at select shows along the way.
–Nina Corcoran
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour begins in Montreal on October 18 and ends in Chicago on December 5. With 23 stops across the continent, it will be a goodbye to the road, of course, but also the pop legend’s first major run in over a decade, featuring her debut headlining performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Empress Of
Honduran American artist Empress Of released her new album, the synth-spangled For Your Consideration, in the spring. She’s been on the road ever since, and will continue the trek with an autumn tour that kicks off in California in September. The singer-songwriter’s itinerary will take her through North America and Europe, including stops in New York, Seattle, Paris, and Montreal, plus a performance at Pitchfork Music Festival London in November.
–Eric Torres
Fontaines D.C.
The new era of Fontaines D.C. proceeds apace. The band returned, newly homed at XL Recordings, with the nervy, psychedelia-tinged single “Starburster,” with its fourth album, Romance, set to follow in August. The stadium-sized sound of the record is tailored to some of the biggest shows of the group’s career (albeit not in actual stadiums), including several major festival dates, a Hollywood Palladium headline set, two shows at Brooklyn Paramount, and two more at London’s Alexandra Palace.
–Jazz Monroe
Future / Metro Boomin
Future and Metro Boomin have released two collaborative albums this year—We Don’t Trust You and We Still Don’t Trust You—and they’re going to stick together when they begin the We Trust You Tour in the summer. If you want to catch up on all the hubbub surrounding the tour, read Alphonse Pierre’s article “A Power Ranking of Everyone in the Drake–Kendrick Lamar–Every Rapper Ever Battle Royale.”
–Matthew Strauss
The Get Up Kids
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Something to Write Home About, the Get Up Kids announced a North American fall tour with supporting act Smoking Popes. After a headlining performance at São Paulo’s Oxigênio Festival and a few shows in South America and Mexico, the band will kick off the U.S. tour in Dallas on August 23 and conclude with a set at Las Vegas’ Best Friends Forever Fest on October 13. Other notable cities include Seattle, Kansas City, and Milwaukee, with two-night stops in Los Angeles and Chicago.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Green Day
When Green Day resume their tour in late July, they’ll have no shortage of support, as they are touring North America with the Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and the Linda Lindas. The U.S. leg wraps up on September 28 in San Diego’s Petco Park, and, then, the band will head to South Africa for two stadium shows, featuring performances from the Offspring and Fokofpolisiekar. Green Day are on the road in support of their latest album, Saviors (plus the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of American Idiot).
–Boutayna Chokrane
Idles
Idles have had so many shows in support of new album Tangk—and there are more to come. The group has shows in Europe through August, and Idles come back to North America in September. But it doesn’t end there—catch Idles touring Mexico and Europe (again) to cap off 2024 before they kick off the new year with shows in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Iron & Wine
Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam has planned an extensive summer tour behind his new album, Light Verse, the indie-folk artist’s first LP since 2017, which features contributions from Fiona Apple, keyboardist Tyler Chester, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, guitarist David Garza, violinist Paul Cartwright, and percussionists Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, and Kyle Crane. The set of dates started in June in Milwaukee and will take Beam through North America into August. He has European shows for the fall, too.
–Eric Torres
Jane’s Addiction
The classic lineup of Jane’s Addiction is currently touring for the first time in 14 years. Singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Eric Avery embarked on their North American jaunt in late May, but they still have a number of cities to play—including Las Vegas, San Diego, Houston, Tampa, Milwaukee, and many more. Their final stop takes place on September 29 at St. Louis’ Evolution Festival. English rock band Love and Rockets are supporting Jane’s Addiction for the final leg of their tour.
–Madison Bloom
Janet Jackson
Last year, Janet Jackson began her career-spanning Together Again Tour with opener Ludacris; now, the legendary pop star has enlisted Nelly to open the upcoming leg. Following a three-night opening run in Hawaii and a few dates in Japan and the Philippines, Jackson will then travel across North America through June and July, bringing her timeless pop-R&B and tenacious dance routines to cities like Chicago, Brooklyn, New Orleans, Toronto, and many more.
–Eric Torres
The Jesus and Mary Chain / The Psychedelic Furs
The Jesus and Mary Chain and the Psychedelic Furs have joined forces for a double-bill promising classics of the 1980s and beyond, with support from Frankie Rose. The dates extend the Jesus and Mary Chain’s run behind last year’s Glasgow Eyes, their second since returning to the studio for the 2017 comeback album Damage and Joy. The Psychedelic Furs, meanwhile, last hit the studio for 2020’s Made of Rain, and have spent most of the time since (pandemic allowing) on the road.
–Jazz Monroe
Johnny Blue Skies (aka Sturgill Simpson)
Following the release of his 2021 album, The Ballad of Dood & Juanita, Sturgill Simpson had to cancel a number of tour dates due to a vocal cord injury. Now, he’s ready to take the stage once more… or at least, his new alias Johnny Blue Skies is. The debut from Johnny Blue Skies is Passage du Desir, is out July 12, and the musician will set out on tour roughly one month after it drops. The Why Not? touring band will be rounded out by bassist Kevin Black, keyboardist Robbie Crowell, guitarist Laur Joamets, and drummer Miles Miller.
–Madison Bloom
Johnny Marr / James
Mancunians Johnny Marr and James first toured together back in 1985, when James supported the Smiths on the Meat Is Murder tour. “We admired them and even did one of their songs in our set,” Marr recalled. Now, they’re due to reunite for a joint tour of North America, set to take place from September to October. Marr and James will stop in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and more cities. “I’ve been a fan of theirs ever since and being out on tour again after 40 years is a really great thing,” Marr has said.
–Eric Torres
Kacey Musgraves
Kacey Musgraves kicked off her Deeper Well Tour this spring, hitting Europe with supporting act Madi Diaz. In September, the Texas-born artist begins the three-month U.S. leg in State College, Pennsylvania, concluding with two-nighters in Nashville. The North American shows will feature support acts Father John Misty, Lord Huron, and Nickel Creek.
–Boutayna Chokrane
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
The beloved and prolific Australian weirdos King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are touring a lot this year in support of their latest album, The Silver Cord, and the forthcoming Flight B741. After a successful string of March festival dates in South America, the band had dates slated for May with Grace Cummings across the United Kingdom and Europe. Soon, the group will head to North America for shows in August, September, and November. Crowds in Forest Hills, New York, on August 17; Chicago, Illinois, on September 1; Quincy, Washington, on September 14; and Austin, Texas, on November 15 are also getting the band’s famous three-hour “marathon shows.”
–Boutayna Chokrane
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem will hit the stage again with a new string of dates they’ve dubbed the Kinda Tour. The James Murphy–led dance-pop outfit will begin the tour in Guadalajara before traveling to Bend, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois. Later in the summer, LCD Soundsystem will also hit the road in the United Kingdom and Europe for select dates.
–Eric Torres
Magdalena Bay
Magdalena Bay dropped their debut album, the glittering Mercurial World, back in 2021. The experimental pop artists Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin have since released the starry-eyed new single “Death & Romance” and teased their imminent new album with their upcoming Imaginal Mystery Tour. Kicking off in San Francisco this September, the trek will take the pair through major cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and more.
–Eric Torres
Max Richter
Propelling the September release of his ninth solo album, In a Landscape, Max Richter will set off on his first-ever world tour that same month until May 2025. The global trek kicks off at La Bâtie-Festival de Genève in Switzerland, with back-to-back performances at National Concert Hall in Dublin, Royal Festival Hall in London, and Philharmonie de Paris. For the Australian and North American legs, the post-minimalist composer and pianist will be accompanied by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Maxwell
Maxwell and Jazmine Sullivan are reuniting for a joint tour, following their 2008 run of dates together. The Maxwell-headlining Serenade Tour features opener October London, and gets started in Hollywood, Florida, on September 14. Maxwell and Sullivan will then wind through Tampa, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Nashville, Detroit, Houston, New Orleans, Oakland, and more, before wrapping up in Inglewood on October 27. The tour follows Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite Cruise, a four-night ocean cruise that spanned February 10-14 of this year. Maxwell brought Robert Glasper, Ledisi, Gallant, Sabrina Claudio, Musiq Soulchild, and Leela James aboard for that event.
–Madison Bloom
Militarie Gun
The hardest-working touring band in post-hardcore is dead set on maintaining that title in 2024. Los Angeles’ Militarie Gun started this year on the road for their North American headlining tour and won’t park the van until they’re done with their ever-expanding tour by the fall. All along, they’ve been bringing Life Under the Gun, their long-awaited debut album, to life at venues and festival stages alike.
–Nina Corcoran
Missy Elliott
For the first time in her long and legendary career, Missy Elliott is embarking on a headlining tour of North America. Elliott is taking some friends along with her, including Ciara, Busta Rhymes, and Timbaland. Out of This World — The Missy Elliott Experience opened on July 4 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the rapper will close things out in Rosemont, Illinois, on August 22. Upon announcing the tour, Elliott confessed: “I had to do it big, and I had to do it with family!”
–Madison Bloom
Mitski
She may not be an outspoken artist online, but, behind the scenes, Mitski is making every word count. While TikTok was busy fawning over “My Love Mine All Mine,” Mitski was putting in the work to find a music venue that offers fair merch rates while still booking a place big enough to house her sizable fandom at each stop. The result of her efforts is a North American tour with multiple nights at theaters around the country in support of The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We.
–Nina Corcoran
Ms. Lauryn Hill & Fugees
Ms. Lauryn Hill & Fugees have replotted their joint-headline anniversary tour of the classic albums The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and The Score, which have now turned 26 and 28, respectively. Hill had canceled the final dates of a recent run citing vocal strain, but will return to U.S. venues with an expanded itinerary in August and September, before heading to Europe in the fall.
–Jazz Monroe
The National / The War on Drugs
On this joint headline jaunt, dubbed the Zen Diagram Tour, the masters of anthemic domesticity and mesmeric heartland synth-rock will traverse North America. The itinerary includes dates at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, and Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Support comes from Lucius, who recently joined Joni Mitchell for her performance of “Both Sides Now” at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
–Jazz Monroe
Orville Peck
Earlier this year, country crooner Orville Peck released the new single “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other,” a cover and collaboration with Willie Nelson that doubled as the first taste of a duets album called Stampede. He’s also bringing the new music on the road through North America. Peck has recruited various supporting acts to open, including Durand Jones, Jaime Wyatt, Debii Dawson, and others, but you can probably count on a few surprise appearances from artists who feature on Stampede to pop up along the way, too.
–Eric Torres
Pearl Jam
When Pearl Jam announced their new album, Dark Matter, along with news of a world tour, it marked a first in the band’s long, storied career. That simultaneous reveal seemed to match the excitement and wild nature of the record itself, or at least its self-titled single. Onstage, while performing new material, cherry-picking classics, and breaking out deep cuts from their extensive catalog, Pearl Jam will bring that enthusiasm to nine countries over the course of the year. The tour began in May, and will last through November.
–Nina Corcoran
Pixies
Fresh off their successful triple-bill North American tour with Modest Mouse and Cat Power, Pixies are wasting no time hitting the road again—this time traversing Europe and Australia. The European tour will feature special appearances from British bands including the Pale White, Big Special, Sprints, Picture Parlour, and NewDad. In Australia and New Zealand, the alt-rock legends will be supporting Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter World Tour for their last quarter of shows.
–Boutayna Chokrane
PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey is pulling out all the stops for her first North American tour in seven years. She worked with theater director Ian Rickson and a crack team of designers for the new dates behind I Inside the Old Year Dying, enlisting a band of John Parish, Jean-Marc Butty, Giovanni Ferrario, and James Johnston. The run includes two nights apiece at New York’s Terminal 5 and the San Francisco Masonic, as well as a concluding stop at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.
–Jazz Monroe
Ravyn Lenae
Chicago R&B star Ravyn Lenae is gearing up to promote her upcoming sophomore album, Bird’s Eye, with a global headlining tour. In October, Lenae will be performing across North America, with stops in Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco, and more. In November, she’ll head to Europe, visiting cities like Amsterdam, Paris, and London. The singer will conclude the trek with two concerts in South Africa: at Cabo Beach Club in Cape Town and the Fox in Johannesburg. Beyond her own dates, Lenae will join past roadmate Omar Apollo for one night at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, on September 26.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Robert Plant / Alison Krauss
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss return to North America for the Can’t Let Go Tour, starting with a centennial celebration at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Playing in amphitheaters, pavilions, opera houses, and other august venues, the duo will be joined by a band including JD McPherson—who also supports the dates—drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist Dennis Crouch, string musician Stuart Duncan, and Viktor Krauss on keys and guitar.
–Jazz Monroe
Sabrina Carpenter
At the start of 2024, Sabrina Carpenter joined Taylor Swift in Australia and Singapore as her opener for the record-breaking Eras Tour. This fall, Carpenter returns with her fifth headlining trek and her first arena run in support of her upcoming sixth album, Short n’ Sweet. Launching a month after the LP’s planned release, the Short n’ Sweet Tour begins at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and closes at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California. Amaarae, Griff, and Declan McKenna will open for the “Espresso” singer at select dates as she hits arenas across the country.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Shakira
Shakira is gearing up for her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. The North American leg begins in November and stretches into December. Given the tour’s title, expect international dates behind Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.
–Matthew Strauss
St. Vincent
St. Vincent resumes her All Born Screaming Tour in August. Joining Annie Clark on the road, at various stops, are Spoon, Dorian Electra, Yves Tumor, and Eartheater.
–Matthew Strauss
Taylor Swift
The hottest concert ticket of 2023—subject of the biggest concert film of all time—continues its reign throughout 2024: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is crisscrossing the globe. After spending February in Japan and Australia, and March in Singapore, the pop star headed to Europe in May for a four-month stint with supporting act Paramore. Beginning in October, Swift returns home to the United States before playing the Eras Tours’ first, and final, Canadian shows in November and December.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Thom Yorke
After recently doing the rounds with the Smile, Thom Yorke is setting out on his own for a series of shows in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, and Japan. If you would like to know almost nothing about what those shows will entail, look no further than his accompanying statement: “I will be alone on stage,” Yorke said, “trying a new kind of solo show thing playing versions of the songs I have written from my recent and not so recent past.”
–Jazz Monroe
Tomb Mold / Horrendous
Toronto’s sci-fi obsessed trio Tomb Mold and Philadelphia death metal quartet Horrendous both dropped pummeling albums in 2023—the former shared The Enduring Spirit, the latter released Ontological Mysterium—that should sound twice as loud live as they do on record. Luckily, they’re joining forces for a run of shows. Dubbed the Enraptured by Fate’s Tangled Thread Tour, it’s currently underway and lasts through the end of the month, concluding in Brooklyn on July 27. According to Horrendous, it’s been a long time coming—six years, to be exact. Ever since they played a weekend-long stint of live shows with Tomb Mold in 2018, they’ve been trying to scheme how to organize a proper tour together. At long last, it’s finally here.
–Nina Corcoran
Usher
After a successful two-year residency in Las Vegas, Usher gears up for a nationwide tour, celebrating his 30-year career. The Past Present Future Tour begins in August in Washington, D.C., spanning cities including Dallas, Atlanta, and Vancouver. Fans can anticipate a tour through Usher’s discography, mixed with tracks from his latest album, Coming Home.
–Boutayna Chokrane
Vince Staples
Back in May, Vince Staples rolled out Dark Times, his first new album since 2022’s Ramona Park Broke My Heart. Since then, the Long Beach rapper has been busy with his Netflix series The Vince Staples Show, getting that renewed for another season, and plotting a headlining tour. Taking place this fall, the Black in America Tour will bring Staples across North America with special guest Baby Rose in tow. Before that, though, Staples will play a handful of shows in Europe as well as a festival date at Chicago’s Lollapalooza in August.
–Nina Corcoran
Waxahatchee
Katie Crutchfield is hitting the road behind her latest Waxahatchee LP, Tigers Blood. Her current live band features MJ Lenderman and Spencer Tweedy, both of whom played on the album (Lenderman also opened for Waxahatchee during her 2022 trek). The North American tour wraps in September, and includes a rotating support schedule from Tim Heidecker, Snail Mail, Greg Mendez, Gladie, Good Morning, and Tré Burt on select dates.
–Madison Bloom
