15 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week (May 16-22, 2025)

Here are the 15 new rock and metal tours that were announced this past week (May 16-22).

Believe it or not, we're already looking into 2026 with a couple of things. One is the continuation of Metallica's M72 world tour with new U.K. and European dates on the books, as well as the lineup revealed for next year's Shiprocked festival cruise.

From the deep underground to heavy music's biggest bands, the bands listed below will all be hitting the road, giving you a chance to check out your favorites lives.

See all of the latest tour announcements:

Attack Attack

Tour Dates: Aug. 12 - Sept. 20
Support Acts: Savage Hands, Versus Me
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Blood Incantation

Tour Dates: July 12 - Aug. 7
Support Acts: Steve Roach, Cynic, Pallbearer, Krallice
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Jerry Cantrell

Tour Dates: Aug. 16 - Sept. 14
Support Acts: Filter
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Chevy Metal

Tour Dates: July 19 - Aug. 9
Support Acts: none listed
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Dream Theater

Tour Dates: Sept. 5 - Oct. 25
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: The band will play their latest album Parasomnia in full.
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Ekkstacy

Tour Dates: July 2 - Aug. 1
Support Acts: Max Fry, Passion Mango, Fell Off
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Enuff Z'Nuff

Tour Dates: June 13 - July 3
Support Acts: Permacrush
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Falling In Reverse

Tour Dates: Aug. 10 - Sept. 26
Support Acts: Slaughter to Prevail, Wage War, Hollywood Undead, Tech N9ne, Sleep Theory, Point North
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The Founder (Austin John Winkler) / Aranda

Tour Dates: July 24 - Aug. 3
Support Acts: A.D.A.M. Music Project
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Ice Nine Kills

Tour Dates: Aug. 10 - Sept. 13
Support Acts: Dayseeker, Kim Dracula, The Funeral Portrait, Mest, A Loss for Words 
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Metallica

Tour Dates: May 9 - July 5, 2026 (U.K. and Europe)
Support Acts: Gojira and Knocked Loose / Pantera and Avatar
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Miracle Blood

Tour Dates: May 26 - Aug. 2
Support Acts: Uniform, Deaf Club, Tree, Nequient
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Oak Ash & Thorn

Tour Dates: Aug. 16 - 23
Support Acts: None Listed
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READ MORE: The Rock + Metal Bands Touring in 2025 - Tour Guide

Our Last Night

Tour Dates: Aug. 8 - Sept. 26
Support Acts: Grayscale, Windwalkers
Notes: This is part of the band's farewell tour.
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Wolf Alice

Tour Dates: Sept. 10 - Oct. 13
Support Acts: None Listed
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Also of Note:

* Living Colour's Corey Glover, Cactus' Jimmy Kunes, Honky Toast's Erik Toast, Ten Ton Mojo's Dave Anthony and Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Peter Shaw are among the acts that will be playing a special Bon Scott Tribute Concert on July 9 at New York City's Bowery Electric.
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* The Shiprocked festival cruise unveiled its 2026 lineup. Motionless In White, Knocked Loose, Wage War, AWOLNATION, Suicidal Tendencies, Avatar, Starset, Sleep Theory, From Ashes To New, and Kittie, '68, Archetypes Collide, aurorawave, The Barbarians of California, Dead Poet Society, DeathByRomy, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Funeral Portrait, Holy Wars, House Of Protection, Lowlives, Not Enough Space, Shepherd's Reign, UnityTX, Zero 9:36 and all-star band The Stowaways. Halestorm will perform a special set while docked before departure.

The ship sets sail from Jan. 25-31, from Miami to Half Moon Cay and Celebration Key, the Carnival cruise line soon to be opened private cruise port on the island of Grand Bahama, and Nassau in the Bahamas.
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* A series Jill Sobule "Jillith Fair" Tribute events are booked in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle. Tom Morello, Margaret Cho, John Doe, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb and David Poe, Marshall Crenshaw, Madeleine Peyroux, Charlotte Caffet and Jane Wiedline and more will appear at select events. The folk/pop artist tragically died in a house fire on May 1 at age 66.
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* Sublime's Fear, Loathing and Sublime in Las Vegas residency at Park MGM takes placed Aug. 14-16. Pennywise, The Vandals, The Ataris, Long beach Dub Allstars and more are also expected to perform.
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