If you want to see several of your favorite artists on one stage, you’re in luck with pair-ups and festivals this summer. The Weeknd (with Doja Cat) go on the Afterhours Til Dawn Tour this year. Nile Rodgers and Le Chic are opening for Duran Duran. And get ready to “Rick Roll”; Rick Astley is in fact on the road with New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue for their Mixtape Tour. Paul McCartneyand Diana Ross are both playing Glastonbury with Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar. Want an old-school R&B festival? We got you; Funkfest and The Roots Picnic are here. Of course, Lollapalooza is back and so is CMA Fest for the country lovers. A notable exception from those announcing summer concerts is BTS, who wrapped four sold-out stadium shows in Las Vegas last month. They announced a new album due in June, and a tour is almost certain to follow over the summer—although there are no confirmed dates yet. Curiously, the Orlando International Airport tweeted several cryptic BTS-themed posts on April 25, 2022,; could Orlando be among the first stops? Check out the list below to see if any of your faves plan to take the stage when things warm up. Also, remember to check with individual venues about remaining COVID-19 protocols and any special rules regarding bags and other personal belongings. Then buy those tickets, book that hotel, plan that trip and enjoy some good music all summer long! Here are 46 of the hottest summer 2022 concerts and festivals to get ready for this year.
Summer Concerts 2022
Alice in Chains and Bush
Alice in Chains and Bush are playing together late in the summer; they’ll be hitting stops from Aug. 10, 2022, in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania at the Pavilion at Star Lake and won’t stop until they reach on the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on October 8. Get tickets here.
Rick Astley, New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue Mixtape Tour
Rick Astley, New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue are having the “ultimate party” on their Mixtape Tour. The tour will run over 50 dates which will kick off in Cincinnati on May 10, 2022, and come to an ending on July 3, 2022, in the nation’s capital. NKOTB is the official headliner. Get tickets here.
Backstreet Boys DNA World Tour
Backstreet’s back alright! The Backstreet Boys DNA World Tour will start at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista, California, and will push on until they reach the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Get tickets here.
Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny will take his World’s Hottest Tour to 14 different countries from Aug. 5 to Dec. 10, 2022, starting in Orlando, Florida, and the Camping World Stadium and ending in Mexico at the Estadio Azteca. Get tickets here.
Justin Bieber Justice World Tour
Justin Bieber’s Justice World Tour will already be in full swing when the summer arrives; he’s starting April 27 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas and playing the states until July 2 at the Hollywood Forum in Los Angeles, California. Then he’ll go overseas through 2023. Get tickets here.
Brandi Carlile Beyond These Silent Days Tour
Brandi Carlile kicked off her Beyond These Silent Days tour earlier this year and guests will include Ani DeFranco, Brittany Howard, Celisse, Indigo Girls, Lake Street Drive, Lucius, Sarah McLachlan, and Allison Russell. She’s going to conclude the tour on Oct. 22, 2022, in New York at Madison Square Garden. Get tickets here.
Chris Brown and Lil Baby One of Them Ones Tour
Just announced on April 26, the duo is heading out on their One of Them Ones Tour from July 15, 2022, in Raleigh, North Carolina and playing 27 dates, lasting until Aug. 27, 2022, in Las Vegas. Get tickets here.
Kenny Chesney Here and Now Tour
Kenny Chesney started his long-awaited Here and Now Tour on April 23, 2022, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and will end it at an unknown date at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Get tickets here.
The Chicks
The Chicks will be harmonizing on their Summer 2022 Tour from June 14, 2022, at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Missouri until Aug. 13, 2022, at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Quincy, Washington.Get tickets here.
Eric Church Tour
Eric Church kicked off his 2022 tour back on March 23, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, and he’ll be playing dates throughout the summer until Aug. 28, 2022, when he plays the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s in Stateline, Nevada. Get tickets here.
Coldplay Music of the Spheres Tour
Coldplay will start their tour on May 6 at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Texas and wrap it up on October 29 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Get tickets here, but there are many sold-out shows.
Duran Duran
Their 2022 North American Tour kicks off Aug. 19 in Ibiza, Spain, but they’ll arrive stateside at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The tour will end on Sept. 11, 2022, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Opening acts: Nile Rodgers and Chic are along for the ride. Get tickets here.
Father John Misty
Father John Misty’s Chloë and the Next 20th Century Tour will take him from Greenfield, Massachusetts, on June 26, 2022, to the Durham Performing Arts Center on Oct. 8, 2022, before he heads to Europe. Get tickets here.
Fleet Foxes
The Foxes and their Shore Tour will run across the country from June 27, 2022, in Seattle, Washington, to Forest Hills, New York on August 13, 2022. Then they head to Europe. Get tickets here.
Interpol and Spoon
The two bands are embarking on the Lights, Camera, Factions Tour. The tour will start on Aug. 25, 2022, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, at The Stone Pony Summer Stage and conclude in Pioneer Square in Portland, Oregon on Sept. 18, 2022. Get tickets here.
Jonas Brothers in Las Vegas
The trio is playing five nights at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada this June. Their shows are June 3-4 and June 9-11, 2022. They’ll also hit Mexico for a handful of nights in August And September. Get tickets here.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys’ Alicia: The World Tour will begin June 9, 2022, in the United Kingdom and run in Europe before she arrives at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheater on Aug. 2, 2022. She’ll do US and Canada dates until Sept. 24, 2022, when she closes out the tour at the Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville, Tennessee. Get tickets here.
Lady Gaga The Chromatica Ball Tour
Lady Gaga has been in Las Vegas this month, and will continue to do The Chromatica Ball shows in Europe and the United States until she plays Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 10, 2022. Get tickets here.
Machine Gun Kelly
Megan Fox’s man’s Mainstream Sellout tour will happen from June 8 to Aug. 13, 2022. His special guests will include Avril Lavigne, Blackbear, iann dior, PVRIS, Travis Barker, Trippie Redd, WILLOW and 44phantom. Get tickets here.
Miranda Lambert + Little Big Town The Bandwagon Tour
Lambert is touring with Little Big Town throughout the summer in their The Bandwagon Tour before she takes up her Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas Residency in September. They’ll be playing from May 6, 2022, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion presented by Huntsman in Houston Texas until June 11, 2022, at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey. Get tickets here.
John Legend
John Legend’s Love in Las Vegas residency runs from April 27, 2022, to October 29, 2022, at the Zappo Theater in Planet Hollywood. Get tickets here.
Shawn Mendes
The young heartthrob will start his Wonder World Tour on June 27, 2022, at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. He’ll run through US dates until October 26, 2022, when he’ll play the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Get tickets here.
Alanis Morrissette
Morrissette is Celebrating 25 years of Jagged Little Pill will be in Europe at first, but will get things going in North America on July 10, 2022, in her native Canada at the Ottawa Bluesfest. She’ll make her way through Canada and the United States for the next month, and the tour will end on Aug. 6, 2022, at Bourbon and Beyond in Louisville, Kentucky before she heads overseas again. Her opening act in North America? Garbage. Get tickets here.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raising the Roof Tour
Plant and Krauss will join forces for the Raising the Roof Tour, starting in Canandaigua, New York at CMA on June 1, 2022, and will tour throughout the summer, ending things on Sept. 4, 2022, at the Moody Ampitheater at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas. Get tickets here.
Rage Against the Machine
Their Public Service Announcement Tour, which will include Special Guests Run the Jewels, will run from July 9, 2022, in Wisconsin and end on Aug. 14, 2022, in Michigan. Get tickets here.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Peppers’ Global Stadium Tour will kick off on Sunday, May 1, 2022, at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and reach its end on Sept. 22, 2022, when they play the Louder than Life Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Opening acts will include The Strokes,A$AP Rocky, Haim, Beck, St. Vincent, Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals. Get tickets here.
Chris Stapleton All-American Road Show Tour
Chris Stapleton is starting to tour on April 28 and will wrap things up onOctober 27th in Fort Worth, Texas. Get tickets here.
Rod Stewart
Stewart’s North American Tour will run from June 10 in Vancouver, Canada, but he’ll soon find himself stateside until October 1, when he’ll play The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. Get tickets here.
St. Vincent
Her Daddy’s Home World Tour will start June 22 at the O2 Academy in Oxford, UK, and she’ll play several dates in Europe and the United States,ending the tour at Ohana Fest in Dana Point, California on October 2. Get tickets here.
Tenacious D
Jack Black and Kyle Gass, the duo who make up Tenacious D, will kick off their Summer 2022 Tour at the Telluride Blues Festival on June 16, 2022. They’ll end the tour in Louisville, Kentucky at the Louder than Life Festival on Sept. 22, 2022. Get tickets here.
The Black Keys
Their Dropout Boogie Tour gets going July 9, 2022, at the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will come to a stop on Oct. 18, 2022, at the Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas, Texas. Get tickets here.
Usher
Yeah! Usher’s Vegas Residency (seriously, is everyone playing Vegas this year?) will run from July to October at Park MGM in Las Vegas. Get tickets here.
Sharon Van Etten, Julien Baker, and Angel Olsen
The trio will be traveling with their The Wild Hearts Tour from July 21, 2022, at the Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia, and Aug. 21 at the Summer Stage in Central Park, New York City. Get tickets here.
Morgan Wallen The Dangerous Tour
Morgan Wallen has already kicked off his Dangerous tour and will be playing until Oct. 1, 2022, when he’ll appear at Country Thunder Bristol in Bristol, Tennessee. Get tickets here.
Roger Waters This Is Not a Drill Tour
The founder of Pink Floyd is on his This Is Not a Drill tour from July 6, 2022, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, until he finishes up in Mexico on Oct. 15, 2022, at the Palacio de los Deportes. Get tickets here.
The Weeknd with Doja Cat After Hours Til Dawn Tour
The Weeknd kicks off his After Hours Til Dawn tour, which will feature Doja Cat, on July 8, 2022, at Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tour will conclude Sept. 3, 2022,at So-Fi Stadium in Los Angeles. Get tickets here.
Wu-Tang Clan and Nas N.Y. State of Mind Tour
The hip-hop legends will go on the road with their N.Y. State of Mind Tour late in the summer; the tour won’t start until Aug. 30, 2022, at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri. It will run through Oct. 4, 2022, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Get tickets here.
Festivals:
Bonnaroo
Bonnaroo is back again in Manchester, Tennessee, from June 16 to June 19, 2022. Headliners this year? Stevie Nicks, Machine Gun Kelly, Roddy Ricch and more. Get tickets here.
CMA Music Fest
The 2022 CMA Music Fest will be held at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, from June 9 to June 12, 2022. Headliners include Carrie Underwood and a slew of both new and established country artists. Get tickets here.
Funkfest
Funkfest will happen in Orlando, Florida, at the Central Florida Fairgrounds on June 3 and June 4, 2022. Performers include Mary J. Blige, Master P, Jodeci, Mystikal and others. Get tickets here.
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is bringing together an eclectic group of stars this year. Headliners are Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross and Billie Eilish. Tickets are sold out, but you may be able to score resale tickets.
Governors Ball
The Governors Ball Music Festival, held in Queens, New York, will be held from June 10 to June 12, 2022. Kid Cudi, Halsey and J. Cole will be heading up things this year. Get tickets here.
Lollapalooza
This festival will happen on July 28-31 at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. Headliners include Metallica, Dua Lipa, Doja Cat, Machine Gun Kelly, Lil Baby and Glass Animals. Get tickets here.
The Pitchfork Music Festival
The Pitchfork Music Festival is happening on July 15-17 in Chicago, Illinois. The Roots, The National and Mitski are a few of the bands showing up this summer. Get tickets here.
The Outside Lands Festival
The Outside Lands Festival takes place in San Francisco and this year will happen on Aug. 5 to Aug. 7, 2022. Green Day, Post Malone, SZA, Jack Harlow and Weezer are among those headlining. Get tickets here.
The Roots Picnic
Before The Roots play the Pitchfork Festival, they’re having their own festival from June 4-5, 2022, with headliners Mary J. Blige, Wizkid, Jazmine Sullivan, Summer Walker, SWV, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Rakim and more. The event will happen at The Mann at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Get tickets here. Next, The MTV VMAs are Headed Back to Jersey for 2022! Here’s What We Know About Host, Nominees and How to Watch e
