73 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced During December 2024
December certainly didn't slow the tour season, with a massive 73 new rock and metal tours announced during the month. Hopefully some concert tickets landed under your tree or in your stocking for the holiday season.
One thing is for certain, you will not be lacking for a variety of options to see musically in 2025.
Rock and metal legends such as AC/DC, Joan Jett and Ringo Starr announced new dates. So did some of rock's heavy hitters such as Pearl Jam, Staind, Breaking Benjamin, Creed and System of a Down.
If its newer bands you desire, Spiritbox, Damiano David, Palaye Royale and more are back at it. And for music fans wanting something decidedly heavier, you've got new tours from Meshuggah, Mastodon, Danzig, The Devil Wears Prada, Arch Enemy, Whitechapel and more booking new 2025 treks.
Who will you be seeing in 2025? Are you saving up and looking to see which band you want to see next? Take a look at all the rock and metal tours announced in December and see what's available.
Announced the Week of Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2024
10 Years
Tour Dates: Jan. 16 - Feb. 8
Support Acts: Keith Wallen
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AC/DC
Tour Dates: April 10 - May 28
Support Acts: The Pretty Reckless
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Trey Anastasio
Tour Dates: March 8 - April 5
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Acoustic Tour
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The Aristocrats
Tour Dates: April 4 - May 7
Support Acts: None Listed
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Chase Petra
Tour Dates: March 28 - April 26
Support Acts: Small Crush, Sorry Mom
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Coal Chamber / Fear Factory
Tour Dates: March 18 - April 20
Support Acts: Twiztid, Black Satellite, Frayle
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Coroner
Tour Dates: March 5 - 22
Support Acts: Deceased
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Emperor
Tour Dates: May 9 - 18
Support Acts: Wolves in the Throne Room, Wayfarer, Agalloch
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(hed) p.e.
Tour Dates: Jan. 10 - 26; Feb. 20 - March 29
Support Acts: Josey Scott, Adema, FLAW, Core
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Helmet
Tour Dates: Feb. 19 - March 23
Support Acts: Slomosa
Notes: Celebrating 30th anniversary of Betty album.
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Avril Lavigne
Tour Dates: May 18 - June 29; Oct. 18
Support Acts: Simple Plan, We the Kings, Fefe Dobson
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Make Them Suffer
Tour Dates: Feb. 20 - March 30
Support Acts: Like Moths to Flames, Windwalker, Aviana
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Meshuggah
Tour Dates: March 28 - April 24
Support Acts: Cannibal Corpse, Carcass
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Necrofier
Tour Dates: Jan. 23 - 26
Support Acts: None Listed
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Pearl Jam
Tour Dates: April 24 - May 18
Support Acts: None Listed
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Pierce the Veil
Tour Dates: May 13 - June 29
Support Acts: Sleeping With Sirens, Daisy Grenade, Beach Weather
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Poison the Well
Tour Dates: April 4 - 29
Support Acts: Glassjaw, Better Lovers, Teenage Wrist
Notes: 25th Anniversary Tour for The Opposite of December ... A Season of Separation
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Gene Simmons Band
Tour Dates: April 28 - May 24
Support Acts: None Listed
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Spiritbox
Tour Dates: April 3 - May 10
Support Acts: Loathe, Gel, Dying Wish
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Staind / Breaking Benjamin
Tour Dates: April 26 - June 1
Support Acts: Wage War, Lakeview
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Theory of a Deadman
Tour Dates: Feb. 6 - March 20
Support Acts: Ayron Jones, Mick Blankenship, Jeff Martin
Notes: Unplugged Tour
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Announced the Week of Dec. 6 - 12, 2024
311
Tour Dates: March 21 - 31
Support Acts: Sitting on Saturn
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Big Big Train
Tour Dates: April 2 - 19
Support Acts: None Listed
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Chelsea Grin
Tour Dates: March 21 - April 19
Support Acts: Shadow of Intent, Signs of a Swarm, Disembodied Tyrant
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Close Enemies
Tour Dates: Jan. 8 - 23
Support Acts: None Listed
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Coheed and Cambria / Mastodon
Tour Dates: May 10 - June 8
Support Acts: Periphery
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Elvis Costello
Tour Dates: June 12 - July 12
Support Acts: Charlie Sexton
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Creed
Tour Dates: July 9 - Aug. 20
Support Acts: 3 Doors Down, Daughtry, Big Wreck, Mammoth WVH
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Danzig
Tour Dates: March 21 - 30
Support Acts: Down, Abbath, Cro-Mags
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Damiano David
Tour Dates: Nov. 21 - Dec. 16
Support Acts: None Listed
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Death Rattle
Tour Dates: Jan. 10 - Feb. 1
Support Acts: Ashes of the Priest
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The Devil Wears Prada
Tour Dates: April 17 - May 16
Support Acts: Erra, Kingdom of Giants, Acres
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Free Throw
Tour Dates: March 28 - April 26
Support Acts: Ben Quad, Harrison Gordon
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Ghostkid
Tour Dates: Jan. 28 - Feb. 8
Support Acts: HAWK, Crucifiction
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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Tour Dates: June 13 - 21
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Las Vegas Residency at House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
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Magnolia Park
Tour Dates: April 15 - May 20
Support Acts: Hot Milk, Savage Hands, South Arcade
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Michael Monroe
Tour Dates: April 2 - 13
Support Acts: None Listed
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Palaye Royale
Tour Dates: Feb. 2 - March 9
Support Acts: Johnnie Guilbert
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Chuck Ragan
Tour Dates: March 18 - April 6
Support Acts: Cory Branan, Nate Bergman
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Shiner
Tour Dates: Jan. 9 - 12
Support Acts: Various Artists
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Slow Joy
Tour Dates: Feb. 5 - 23
Support Acts: None Listed
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Soul Coughing
Tour Dates: April 9 - 26
Support Acts: None Listed
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Ringo Starr + His All-Starr Band
Tour Dates: June 12 - 25
Support Acts: None Listed
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Static Dress
Tour Dates: April 17 - May 11
Support Acts: Soul Blind
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Steel Panther
Tour Dates: March 5 - 28
Support Acts: None Listed
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Styx / Kevin Cronin
Tour Dates: May 28 - Aug. 24
Support Acts: Don Felder
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System of a Down
Tour Dates: Aug. 27 - Sept. 5
Support Acts: Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones, Polyphia, Whip
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Tyr
Tour Dates: Feb. 13 - March 5
Support Acts: Æther Realm
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The Used
Tour Dates: April 3 - May 16
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: The band's 25th Anniversary Tour teatures three albums (Self-Titled, In Love and Death, Lies for the Liars) over three nights at each stop.
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Rick Wakeman
Tour Dates: March 27 - April 17
Support Acts: None Listed
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While She Sleeps
Tour Dates: April 2 - 30
Support Acts: Bury Tomorrow, Vended
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Announced the Week of Dec. 13 - 19, 2024
Arch Enemy
Tour Dates: April 14 - May 18
Support Acts: Fit for an Autopsy, Baest and Thrown Into Exile
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Blacklite District
Tour Dates: Feb. 21 - March 14
Support Acts: Rob Shiner, Roman
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The Bloody Beetroots
Tour Dates: April 16 - May 4
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: 20th Anniversary Tour
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Cavalera
Tour Dates: Feb. 19 - March 30
Support Acts: Necrot, Dead Heat
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Kim Dracula / Hanabie
Tour Dates: March 5 - April 12
Support Acts: Kaonashi, Crystal Lake
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Dying Fetus / Cradle of Filth
Tour Dates: April 17 - May 14
Support Acts: Fleshgod Apocalypse, Ne Obliviscaris, Undeath, Vomit Forth and Corpse Pile
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The Fall of Troy
Tour Dates: May 1 - 18
Support Acts: A Lot Like Birds, Closure in Moscow
Notes: Doppleganger album 20th anniversary tour
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Fozzy
Tour Dates: April 17 - May 12
Support Acts: Liliac, The Nocturnal Affair
Notes: 25th Anniversary Tour
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Hollywood Undead / Tech N9ne
Tour Dates: April 8 - May 9
Support Acts: Set It Off, Zero 9:36
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Ice Nine Kills
Tour Dates: April 28 - June 27
Support Acts: To Be Announced
Notes: Night one features a full album performance of The Silver Scream with select deep cuts and new material. Night two features complete performance of The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood with deep cuts and brand new material.
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Marcus King
Tour Dates: April 2 - May 11
Support Acts: None Listed
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Mayhem (Decibel Magazine Tour 2025)
Tour Dates: March 17 - April 17
Support Acts: Mortiis, Imperial Triumphant, New Skeletal Faces
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Melvins
Tour Dates: March 1 - 7
Support Acts: CNTS, Desslok
Notes: Spring Break Side Shows separate from major spring tour.
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Gene Simmons
Tour Dates: April 5 - May 24
Support Acts: None Listed
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Static-X / GWAR
Tour Dates: May 23 - June 18
Support Acts: Dope, A Killer's Confession
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Whitechapel
Tour Dates: March 18 - April 19
Support Acts: Brand of Sacrifice, 200 Stab Wounds, Alluvial
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Announced the Week of Dec. 20 - 26, 2024
Fo Daniels
Tour Dates: Dec. 31, Feb. 12 - March 15
Support Acts: None Listed
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Jesse Dayton
Tour Dates: Feb. 22 - May 2
Support Acts: None Listed
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Austin Meade
Tour Dates: Feb. 15 - March 29
Support Acts: Cole Barnhill, Cody West
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Spit on Your Grave
Tour Dates: March 13 - 16
Support Acts: Gorepig, Ignominious
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Zulu
Tour Dates: Feb. 7 - 15
Support Acts: Lie, 92, Knife Wound
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Announced the Week of Dec. 27, 2024 - Jan. 2, 2025
Starset
Tour Dates: Feb. 26 - April 9
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Acoustic Tour
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2025 Rock + Metal Tour Guide
Gallery Credit: Lauryn Schaffner
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