25 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Week (Feb. 2-8, 2024)

This past week gave us another 25 rock and metal tours that will now be competing for your concert dollar.

Among the major tours announced this past week, you’ve got the Creed reunion with a new leg featuring 3 Doors Down, Mammoth WVH and Finger Eleven, a Lamb of God / Mastodon co-headliner focused on revisiting two classic albums and Incubus taking out Coheed and Cambria will playing dates celebrating the 20th anniversary of their Morning View album.

On the festival front, it was a lighter week with the biggest announcements being the full lineup announcements for InkCarceration, Upheaval and Milwaukee Metal Fest.

Afghan Whigs / The Church

Tour Dates: June 18 – July 13

Support Acts: Ed Harcourt

Ticketing Info: here

Artillery

Tour Dates: March 27 – April 20

Support Acts: Vapor, Potential Threat

Ticketing Info: here

Bikini Kill

Tour Dates: Aug. 15 – Sept. 11

Support Acts: Big Joanie, R.AGGS

Ticketing Info: here

Boys of Fall

Tour Dates: April 28 – May 11

Support Acts: Greywind, Good Terms

Ticketing Info: here

Creed

Tour Dates: Nov. 2 – Dec. 5

Support Acts: 3 Doors Down, Mammoth WVH and Finger Eleven

Ticketing Info: here

READ MORE: Mark Tremonti Set Aside Song Ideas for New Creed Music

Death to All

Tour Dates: May 18 – June 29

Support Acts: Cryptopsy

Ticketing Info: here

Dethklok

Tour Dates: April 7 – May 3

Support Acts: DragonForce, Nekrogoblikon

Ticketing Info: here

The Dollyrots

Tour Dates: March 7 – 16

Support Acts: Gym Shorts

Ticketing Info: here

ERRA

Tour Dates: April 23 – June 2

Support Acts: Make Them Suffer, Void of Vision, Novelists

Ticketing Info: here

The Ghost Inside

Tour Dates: April 19 – May 16

Support Acts: Paleface Swiss, Bleed From Within, and Great American Ghost

Ticketing Info: here

Incubus

Tour Dates: Aug. 23 – Sept. 12

Support Acts: Coheed and Cambria

Ticketing Info: here

Dustin Kensrue

Tour Dates: April 24 – May 19

Support Acts: None listed

Ticketing Info: here

Marcus King

Tour Dates: March 7 – Nov. 12

Support Acts: None Listed.

Ticketing Info: here

Lamb of God / Mastodon

Tour Dates: July 19 – Aug. 31

Support Acts: Kerry King, Malevolence

Ticketing Info: here

Stevie Nicks

Tour Dates: May 7 – June 18

Support Acts: None listed.

Ticketing Info: here

Pop Evil

Tour Dates: April 24 – May 1

Support Acts: Sierra Pilot

Ticketing Info: here

Portugal. The Man

Tour Dates: May 1 – July 17

Support Acts: Tegan and Sara, Spoon Benders, Reyna Tropical and Bomba Estereo

Ticketing Info: here

Powerwolf

Tour Dates: Aug. 29 – Sept. 15

Support Acts: Unleash the Archers

Ticketing Info: here

Shinedown

Tour Dates: June 7 – July 27

Support Acts: None Listed.

Ticketing Info: here

Steel Panther

Tour Dates: April 18 – May 18

Support Acts: None Listed

Ticketing Info: here

Nita Strauss

Tour Dates: March 12 – 29

Support Acts: Diamante, Starbenders

Ticketing Info: here

Texas Hippie Coalition

Tour Dates: March 1 – May 24

Support Acts: Samhain Saints, Blacklist Union and Citizen Kane

Ticketing Info: here

Thy Art Is Murder

Tour Dates: April 11 – May 11

Support Acts: Angelmaker, Signs of the Swarm, Snuffed On Sight

Ticketing Info: here

Frank Turner

Tour Dates: May 23 – June 22

Support Acts: Amigo the Devil, Bridge City Sinners, Micah Schnabel & Vanessa Jean Speckman

Ticketing Info: here

Wayfarer

Tour Dates: April 26 – May 24

Support Acts: Sonja, Valdrin

Ticketing Info: here

Also of Note:

* It’s on! The 2024 edition of the InkCarceration festival will once again meld hard hitting rock with tattoo culture. Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin and Godsmack will headline the music weekend July 19-21 at the Historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. Bad Omens, Halestorm, I Prevail, Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, Machine Head, Sevendust and a Chimaira reunion are also part of the weekend.

Ticketing Info: here

* The Milwaukee Metal Fest lineup for 2024 is now complete, with 19 new acts added to the bill. Blind Guardian, Mr. Bungle and Slaughter to Prevail will headline the three days, which features support from Kamelot, Symphony X, Testament, Hatebreed, Avatar, In Flames,  Municipal Waste, Katatonia, Death to All, Autopsy, Destruction, Marduk, I Am Morbid, Lacuna Coil, Gatecreeper and more. It all takes place May 17-19 at Milwaukee’s The Rave/Eagles Club.

Ticketing Info: here

* Organizers have now completed the lineup reveal for the 2024 Upheaval Festival, taking place July 19 and 20 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Godsmack will headline the opening night, which also features Killswitch Engage, Sevendust, The Hu, Saliva, Ayron Jones, Austin Meade and Flat Back among others. As I Lay Dying will also play an after-party. The second night features Bad Omens, with Beartooth, Badflower, From Ashes to New, Stabbing Westward, Drowning Pool, I See Stars, Sleep Theory, Saul and more, with an after-party set from P.O.D.

Ticketing Info: here

* The 2024 edition of the Big Texas Metal Fest continues to grow. The reunited All Shall Perish are now joined on the festival bill by Bleeding Through, Within the Ruins and Upon a Burning Body. The music weekend will take place May 24-26 at Austin, Texas’ Far Out Lounge.

Ticketing Info: here