21 New Rock + Metal Tours + Six Festivals Announced This Week

It was another big week for touring bands, with 21 new rock and metal tours and five festivals announced this past week.

Leading the way was Pearl Jam, who announced two North American legs along with some global tour dates for 2024. This came with the announcement of their new Dark Matter album which is available to pre-order now.

Theatrical metallers Avatar will cross the pond for dates in May. Plus, you’ve got more co-headlining dates with In This Moment and Motionless in White on the way. And if you want to see some rock legends at work, Robert Plant is heading back out with Alison Krauss and Neil Young is taking his longtime collaborators Crazy Horse back on tour.

If you’re looking to see a lot of bands in one setting, there’s five new festivals to check out. Hawthorne Heights are back doing their “Is for Lovers” run, putting together festival-dates for 2024. Plus, you’ve got the Capulet Fest, Let’s Go, Camp Punksylvania, Electric Highway and Tied Down festival lineups ready for your perusal.

Where are you spending your concert dollar? See who’s touring below.

1349

Tour Dates: May 20-30
Support Acts: Spectral Wound, Antichrist Siege Machine, Spirit Possession
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Avatar

Tour Dates: May 8-19
Support Acts: Oxymorrons and Conquer Divide
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Big Big Train

Tour Dates: March 1-13
Support Acts: None Listed
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Boundaries

Tour Dates: May 8-June 8
Support Acts: Orthodox, Kaonashi and No Cure
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Cognitive

Tour Dates: March 28-April 5
Support Acts: Trenchlung
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Crowbar

Tour Dates: March 30-April 14
Support Acts: Morbid Visions
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Des Rocs

Tour Dates: April 13-May 4
Support Acts: Jigsaw Youth
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Esoteric

Tour Dates: May 10-23
Support Acts: Vacant Eyes, Chthe’ilist and Spectral Voice
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Heilung

Tour Dates: April 13-23
Support Acts: Elvor
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Helmet

Tour Dates: April 14-May 19
Support Acts: Cro-Mags
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In This Moment / Motionless in White

Tour Dates: April 30-May 5
Support Acts: Kim Dracula, Mike’s Dead
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The Mars Volta

Tour Dates: June 6-14
Support Acts: Teri Gender Bender
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Bret Michaels

Tour Dates: July 12-Aug. 31
Support Acts: Chris Janson, Lou Gramm, Don Felder, Dee Snider
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Pearl Jam

Tour Dates: May 4-30; Aug. 22-Sept. 17
Support Acts: Deep Sea Diver, Glen Hansard,
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Periphery

Tour Dates: May 8-18
Support Acts: Eidola, Jake Bowen
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Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Tour Dates: June 2-Sept. 1
Support Acts: JD McPherson
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Reality Club

Tour Dates: March 3-22
Support Acts: None Listed
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Santana / Counting Crows

Tour Dates: June 14-Sept. 2
Support Acts: None Listed
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Symphony X

Tour Dates: May 16-June 8
Support Acts: Heathen
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They Might Be Giants

Tour Dates: May 9-June 23
Support Acts: None Listed
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Neil Young + Crazy Horse

Tour Dates: April 24-May 23
Support Acts: None Listed
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Also of Note:

* Hawthorne Heights are bringing back their Is For Lovers Festival with six dates scheduled for 2024. Stops include Stateline, Nevada (Lake Tahoe) on June 22 at Harvey’s; Charleston, West Virginia on July 13 at GoMart Ballpark; Sauget, Illinois on July 27 at Pop’s; Council Bluffs, Iowa on Aug. 24 at Harrah’s Stir Cove; Los Angeles on Aug. 31 at The Torch at LB Memorial Coliseum; and Cincinnati on Sept. 7 at PNC Pavilion at Riverbend. As with past editions, a rotating list of still-to-be-named support acts will join Hawthorne Heights.
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* Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, The Revivalists, The Band Camino, Bush and Daughtry will serve as headliners for the Let’s Go Festival taking place May 31-June 2 at the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds in Crownsville, Md. Motion City Soundtrack, Coin, Our Lady Peace, Thursday and Big Wreck are also among the weekend performers.
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* The Capulet Fest is back for another year. August Burns Red, Cold, Blessthefall, It Dies Today, Impending Doom, Upon a Burning Body, RED, Of Virtue, Adelitas Way and more are on board for the music weekend, which is set for June 28-30 at the Thompson Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut.
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* The Bronx, Big D. & the Kids Table, Laura Jane Grace, The Dirty Nil and more will be part of the fourth annual Camp Punksylvania Music & Camping Festival taking place July 5-7 at the West End Fairgrounds in Gilbert, Pa. Other bands of note include Diesel Boy, Bad Cop Bad Cop, Codefendants, We Are the Union and more. Additional acts, including two of the headliners, will be named at a later time.
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* Have Heart, Drain, Terror and more lead the lineup for the 2024 Tied Down festival taking place June 1-2 at Detroit’s Russell Industrial Center.
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* The 2024 Electric Highway festival lineup is now complete. Anciients, Dead Quiet, La Chinga, Buffalo Bud Buster and Empress lead the three-day music festival taking place April 4-6 in Calgary, Alberta.
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* Dethklok + Babymetal will once again team up for a two-night event at The Masonic in San Francisco April 24 and 25. DragonForce will open the first night, with Necrogoblikon opening the second.
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* The Offspring will take over the Punk Rock Museum in Las Vegas April 12-14. The band will have a special Smash exhibit celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album and they’ll also take part in a Q&A session with an acoustic performance. Plus, guitarist Noodles will be guiding fans on personal tours.
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* Frank Turner has announced the support acts for his Lost Evenings VII taking place Sept. 19-22 at the Grand Canadian Resort Casino in Toronto. A Henry Rollins spoken word performance, Nobro, The Dirty Nil and Bedouin Soundclash will open the four dates.
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* Def Leppard’s Rick Allen and Lauren Monroe will play host to the Raven Drum Foundation’s All-Star Jam, aiding the Friends of Firefighters organization. Guests include Paul Shaffer and Will Lee (the World’s Most Dangerous Band), Peter Criss (KISS), Jim Keltner (Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, The Traveling Wilburys), Eddie Brigati (The Rascals), Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), Duane Trucks (Widespread Panic), Shawn Pelton (Saturday Night Live Band), Corky Laing (Mountain), Christine Ohlman (Saturday Night Live Band) and Simon Kirke (Bad Company. The event will take place March 14 at the Cutting Room in New York, N.Y.
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