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Journey to celebrate 50th anniversary with 30 shows in 2024: See where they're headed

Journey is continuing the celebration of its five-decade career with a run of 2024 shows.

The 50 th Anniversary Freedom Tour kicks off Feb. 9 in Biloxi, Mississippi and will play 30 dates in North America through April 29 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time on Sept. 29 via ticketmaster.com.

Toto, which supported Journey on their tour earlier this year to celebrate their "Freedom" album, will again join Journey founder, guitarist Neal Scho n, keyboardist Jonathan Cain, lead singer Arnel Pineda, keyboardist Jason Derlatka, drummer Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen as show openers.

Journey's tour finds the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers tearing through a set list of anthems including "Any Way You Want It," "Faithfully," "Be Good to Yourself" and, of course, "Don't Stop Believin'."

When "Freedom" arrived in July 2022, Schon told USA Today that the album title was originally tapped for the band's 1986 release, "Raised on Radio," but then-singer Steve Perry didn't like it, "so we sat on it for many years … when we were tossing around album titles said, why not just call the whole thing 'Freedom?' It's for the times right now."

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Schon was also sanguine when reflecting on the band’s legacy.

"It’s quite an accomplishment and I’m very proud of what we’ve done and how we’ve gotten through emotional and personnel changes and survived," he said. "It’s pretty mind-boggling but also a lot of hard work."

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Hugely successful stadium rock outfit, Journey have sold millions of records, after rising to prominence in the 70s and 80s, perhaps best known for their hit single, "Don't Stop Believing."

Journey began life in San Francisco, US, having formed in 1973, spending several years developing their sound and lineup over their early albums. Their initial offerings were moderately successful jazz-rock records, that frequently broke out into instrumental experimentations. The influence of musical prodigy and former Santana guitarist, Neal Schon, was certainly on display, backed by Ross Valory (bass), Aynsley Dunbar (drums) and George Tickner (guitar), although George left after one album. Former Santana member, Gregg Rolie (keyboards, vocals) joined shortly after.

Not finding mainstream success, Journey decided they needed to find a strong vocalist, employing Steve Perry for the role. His presence immediately had an effect, with 1978's "Infinity" selling a million records in just one year. "Evolution" and "Departure" continued this success yet it was with "Escape" that they had created a real hit, featuring three Top Ten singles, "Who's Crying Now," "Don't Stop Believing" and "Open Arms." Journey sold millions of copies of "Escape," topping the charts internationally. 1983's "Frontiers" also spawned a number of hits, with Perry then embarked upon a solo venture, achieving double-platinum sales with 1984's "Street Talk."

Perry returned to Journey for 1986's "Raised on Radio," however the band disbanded shortly after. Perry continued his solo recordings whilst Schon and Cain formed Bad English and created the hit single, "When I See You Smile." In 1996, the band reunited, releasing the widely successful "Trial By Fire," bolstered by the success of the single, "When You Love a Woman." Tours followed, although minus Perry, maintaining the band's popularity.

In 2005, Journey's success was recognized, after receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which was followed by the band embarking on a celebratory 30th anniversary tour. Struggling to find a vocalist who could front Journey, they trialled Jeff Scott Soto before finding Arnel Pineda, a Filipino vocalist who they had discovered on Youtube. He made his debut with the band on 2008's "Revelation," which proved Journey still had songwriting abilities, with the album going Platinum. In 2011, they celebrated their prog-rock roots, blending their early sounds with the arena rock style they had developed into at their peak for the album, "Eclipse" in 2011.

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I attended the Journey concert at the Minnesota State Fair on Labor Day 2014. It was supposed to rain that night, but the weather gods must also be Journey fans as it was a perfect evening for a concert. It is funny that a group with members in their 60s and the youngest member being Arnel Pineda at 46 had far more energy than the warm-up band with most members being in their 20s or 30s. I have been a Journey fan for a good 7 years now, and I discovered them by accident while browsing through records at a bookstore. As such, Journey to me means Steve Perry and the first time I saw them in concert last year was with Arnel Pineda and hearing him sing the songs that Perry largely wrote and performed was disorienting. I really enjoy the new album Eclipse, and it wasn’t hard for me to enjoy Pineda as these are his songs to sing and his voice is incredible. This year, I was more accustomed to Pineda and was determined to enjoy myself, and did I ever! The band has a great amount of energy and the crowd responded in kind, singing along to the songs and cheering like crazy. You’ll hear the classics for sure (Don’t Stop Believin’ was really special as the crowd really got loud when singing along to that) and that was really fun to hear, but there were some unexpected surprises as well. Firstly, it was nice to hear some of their new songs like "Ritual" from Eclipse and "Faith in the Heartland" from Generations, all the more so as the economy is not very good and many times the Midwest is considered flyover country by the coastal states. As good as Journey's classics are, I appreciated that they played their new songs too. Let's pray that "City of Hope" and "Tantra" will get stage time next year.

In an age where most “artists” can’t sing a lick without the aid of Autotune, every one of the band members can sing in addition to playing instruments. The drummer, Dean Castronovo (a newcomer to the band in 2001) sang the lead vocals for “Mother, Father” while playing drums at the same time. This song is very difficult as the key is very high and requires a great amount of power and range to express the powerful lyrics. He nailed it! I was not expecting the drummer to sing, but it was an unexpected surprise. Jonathan Cain is a very talented man, as he is not only a great piano player, but can play the guitar and provide vocals as well. He was very impressive singing “Anytime” and his piano portions in “Faithfully” were stunning as always. Ross Valory is the bass man, but can sing backing vocals as well.

Neil Schon is also amazing as his guitar work is legendary. From his “here comes the train” sequence in “Don’t Stop Belevin’” to his more intimate moments in “Who’s Crying Now” or “Open Arms”, he can also sing quite well and you are also treated to his rendition of the national anthem as well as a psychedelic guitar piece that has a bit of Indian sitar mixed in. It was really a trip, and shame on the people who were talking during these moments as they were great to listen to. Arnel Pineda is made for Journey. I must admit that I would love to hear Perry sing these songs, but that’s not going to happen and Pineda is the only other person I can think of that can fill Perry’s shoes. He has a tremendous amount of energy, range, and is very kind and humble and still looks amazed that he is leading a band like Journey. He was homeless for many years in his youth and spent a lifetime covering Journey songs and is now leading them. He appreciated how much the crowd got into the songs and promised to return to the Twin Cities. I’ll be there!

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The Journey show is Syracuse NY on August 28 was absolutely fantastic. I had seen them earlier this year and there was some minor sound issues. Not this time. The band hit the stage and rocked the house for about 90 minutes. Their sound was as crisp as their recordings. Neil was incredible as any fan would expect. Dean is a monster on the drums, Jonathan is just so smooth, Ross was as his usual entertaining the crowd with his facial Expressions and Arnel has certainly found a comfort zone and without question is a focal point of the band. When anyone goes to a Journey concert there are high expectations and this concert started fast paced and continued through the night. The band truly rocked the house. They went as far back playing anytime and La Do Da to current release Ritual. The stadium was close to sold out. When 'Don't Stop Believing' started you could hardly hear the back due to the crowd signing along. That's what should happen at one of their shows. The band also expressed their appreciation of the fans. They did not take the crowd for granted. All of the bands members thanked the fans for coming out and Arnel specifically thanked the fans numerous times. The band is not only rocking today like they did 35 years ago, they truly show that they still enjoy it. If you don't have tickets to an up coming show or if you have already seen one of their shows, you should get tickets NOW. This was my second show this year and I would travel again to see them. There was nothing to criticize the band for. They just Came out and nailed it. Great job. Now quit reading reviews and go find where you can enjoy the experience

Not going to lie, I went to a Journey, Steve Miller Band, Tower of Power concert somewhat dreading to see Journey. Like the rest of this world and probably a few more, I have that love hate relationship with Journey's mega hit, sing alongs, and was not too excited to be going to see them. But, a couple of my friends were going and concerts at Shoreline tend to be a good time, so I went along with it. Needless to say, how pleaseanty surprised I was to find myself up dancing and belting the lyrics to songs I had never heard before (you can be sure that when Don't Stop and Anyway You Want It came on I was the loudest one there).

All this coming from the kid who thought it was going to be a real snoozefest. I would categorize this concert as a show to see for the fun and the experience over the music itself. Unless, in some bizarre turn of events, you are in fact a Journey fan, in which case buy your tickets now and throw on that tour t-shirt from the last time they came to town. The lead singer, a short Filipino fellow who apparently they found on tour in South East Asia, will have you wondering if he has been in the band all along with his streaming energy and spot on voice. All in all, a good show to go see with friends. Make sure to get there early and get a good spot to set up shop!

I can't think of anyone who won't have heard the classic hit 'Don't Stop Believin'', and I must say, this was the only track that I was familiar with before seeing Journey live. It wasn't a gig that I had planned on going to, but the experience was just phenomenal. The energy of their performance was just out of this world, especially considering they've been performing for the last 40 years! Each member of the band took a solo which was a really cool moment to give everyone the credit that they deserved, and it was great to be able to applaud each member individually. Even if you don't know the back catalogue of their music, the great 80s vibe is perfect for dancing alone, and the catchy hooks have you singing along before too long, which is what I found myself doing! The balance of the band and vocals complimented eachother well, with neither overpowering the other, making for a great sound in the massive venue, which had great acoustics. Great vocals, band, performance, and tracks. Such a fun night, I would definitely go again, and can say from experience that it really doesn't matter whether you know the music well or not to have a blast!

Arnel Pineda is an amazing addition to Journey. His stage presence is fantastic and he really knows how to interact with the audience. During the first few songs it seemed his voice was drowned out by the music, but the remainder of the concert you could hear him better. The rest of the band is equally talented in each of their respective areas as witnessed by their solo performances. The entire show was fantastic. The only draw back was drunk people in the audience. There was a handicapped women sitting next to us who was unable to stand and the people in front of us refused to sit after multiple times of asking them. A fight started between another audience member due to their lack of consideration. The staff quickly interceded, but didn't have the couple sit down. I think the show should be enjoyed by everyone who purchases a ticket and not by the few who think they are having a private concert just for them. After all, the ticket you purchase is for the seat. You should sit in it, especially if it is interfering with other people's view. Unfortunately this experience overshadowed the otherwise fantastic concert.

I thought nothing could be more exciting than sneaking through a basement window of a university auditorium to see one of the premiere classic rock bands of all-time. It hadn't been 30 seconds after we figured out where there were two open seats when Journey opened their set with "Anyway You Want It" to the roar of the 3,000+ fans in attendance. Guitarist Neal Schon sealed the deal for me with his precise, piercing riffs as the band rocked the crowd with intense energy that the crowd responded to all night. The synchronized lighting system that rhythmically danced with the music for almost every beat contributed to those on the main floor dancing, singing and waving their arms for the entire show while even spectators like us on the risers couldn't help but be out of our seats grooving all night long. Journey is one of those bands that has such polished musically talent that they make the experience of attending a live concert unforgettable. Taking into account the hundreds of concerts I've attended - for pay - this Journey concert will go down in the books as one of the top three...even if it would not have been for free.

Wow, what a tour-de-force of Rock & Roll power...

The Journey, Doobies and Dave Mason show was better than I'd hoped or expected...

I'm a music TV producer and have friends who have played in all of these bands over the years so have seen each group a number of times. I'm loving these super-group mash-ups of recent years and this one did not disappoint me.

I do want to commend the sound crew for the "Journey" set because it was one of the most expert and satisfying live mixes and exhibited real genius in the EQ, and overall artistic treatment.

In recent years I've noticed ( to my disappointment ) more events with inept live sound due to the apparent lack of talent or concern amongst our live-sound mixing communities. Nothing can ruin a great performance easier than a slacker at the board and I'm very happy to report, Journey's sound crew are at the top of their game...

I attended my very first Journey concert last night. Journey with Steve Perry was the very first rock band I truly was enamored with. Sure, the others soon followed, like Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Whitesnake, Guns 'n Roses, Bon Jovi, just to name a few, but none really truly rivaled Journey.

I've always stayed faithful to Journey. The lyrics resonate, the music simply thrills. I'll forever equate "The Voice" with Journey, but I don't mind saying Arnel.... DAMN, you rock! (Neal, glad to see you can still hold your own ;) )

In short, if you are, or have ever been a Journey fan, they will not disappoint.

Saw them in Calgary in 2012 and Arnel had a flu and wasn't even close to top form and the rest of the band had to give him breaks because he was so sick. This time everyone was at their best and it was truly a great show. Very few vocalists sound as good live as they do in a studio, Arnel Pineda is one of them. Neal Schon's solo project wasn't a bad opener, but it didn't exactly get the audience excited either. Overall it was a spectacular show though, I'd see them again without question because of it.

This band just doesn't quit!! Have been going to see them since the70's and they are still o e of the best shows going these days. My daughter is now a big fan. The show last night in Louisville was as good as ever. These guys work hard and it shows in the quality of the show.

Now it's even more fun to watch knowing they are in the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame!!!

If they come anywhere around do not miss the show!! I came to this KY show from FL....

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Following the success of the 2023 Freedom Tour, legendary rock band JOURNEY has announced a new round of shows for their 50 th Anniversary Freedom Tour 2024 featuring very special guest TOTO . JOURNEY – Diamond-selling Rock & Roll Hall of Famers – will take the stage in 30 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including "Don't Stop Believin”, "Any Way You Want It", "Faithfully", "Lights" and more.

Presented by AEG Presents, JOURNEY Freedom Tour 2024 begins Friday, February 9 in Biloxi, MS – making stops Louisville, Omaha, Las Vegas and more. The band will play PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC on Saturday, Feb. 17

JOURNEY features founder Neal Schon (lead guitarist), J onathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals) Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), and Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals) and Todd Jensen (bass). Neal Schon is a 3x Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame.  Jon Cain is a recipient of two BMI songwriter awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey.

Of the tour, Neal Schon says, ““We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends TOTO!  Come join us for a special evening full of fun and rockin’ good memories. See you soon, friends.”

Jonathan Cain adds, “Honored to take our timeless songs on the road with another band whose songs are also timeless, Steve Lukather and TOTO. It will truly be a musical evening to be remembered.”

Special guest TOTO, who have collectively streamed more than 3.3 billion plays on Spotify alone based on hits including “Rosanna”, “Africa” and “Hold the Line”, will join JOURNEY on all dates.

TOTO’s Steve Lukather shares, “"We are thrilled to have been asked to join our dear friends Journey on the road again. We had such a blast the last couple of tours across North America together. Great success and so much fun.  It is truly one big happy family, and it is a great night of music. Can't wait to see you all out there soon in 2024!”

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Journey and Toto had such a great time touring together in 2022, they're going to do it together again in 2023. The two legendary rock bands will share the stage on the continuation of Journey's 50th anniversary "Freedom Tour."

The new batch of dates start Feb. 4 in Allentown, Pa., keeping the bands on the road through the April 25 finale in Palm Springs, Calif. You can see all of the dates, cities and venues listed below. It should also be noted that a handful of shows are ones that have been rescheduled from earlier this year when the band had to postpone dates due to COVID-19.

Journey guitarist Neal Schon says, "We are all thankful and overwhelmed by the success of our Journey 'Freedom Tour 2022' this year and have added a new run of dates for 2023. We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends Toto! Come join us for a special evening full of fun and rockin' good memories. See you soon, friends."

Keyboardist Jonathan Cain adds, "Excited to perform for our fans as we tour next year with Toto. The combined hits of both bands represent a couple of decades of excellence that have become a soundtrack for people's lives. The music of Journey along with the music of Toto is an example of 'certain music' during 'uncertain times.'"

Meanwhile, Toto guitarist Steve Lukather chips in, "'On behalf of myself and the band, we are very honored and excited to do this tour with our old and dear friends Journey. Gonna be a great night of music, and as all the guys are lifelong friends... a blast off stage as well."

Tickets are expected to go on sale this Friday (Oct. 21) at 10AM local time. Stay tuned to each band's websites for additional ticketing info.

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Since the group's formation in 1973, JOURNEY has earned 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and platinum albums, and has sold over100 million albums globally. Their "Greatest Hits" album is certified 15 times platinum, making JOURNEY one of the few bands to ever have been diamond-certified, and their song "Don't Stop Believin'" has been streamed over one billion times alone.JOURNEY was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017, and 2018's co-headlining tour with DEF LEPPARD was the band's most successful tour to date, landing them in the Top 10 year-end touring chart with more than 1 million tickets sold, and earning them the prestigious Billboard "Legends Of Live" touring award. March 2019 saw the release of "Escape & Frontiers Live In Japan", a live DVD/CD set from their concert at the Budokan in Tokyo featuring the band's first-ever performances of the albums "Escape" and"Frontiers" in their entirety. JOURNEY has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and were inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame. Additionally, the band is the subject of the award-winning documentary "Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey" about the band's resurgence upon adding Arnel Pineda as lead singer after JOURNEY Founder, Neal Schon discovered the Philippines native on YouTube.

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The members of TOTO are celebrating an accomplishment few bands have achieved in the modern era. Cumulative streams of the ensemble’s repertoire now exceed 3 billion plays. Amongst the most listened-to recordings, “Africa” accounts for over one billion streams at Spotify alone. This year the song was recertified by the RIAA 8X Platinum. Over the past decade, the band has had a major renaissance in popularity like few bands at this point in their career. The audience is truly multi-generational, becoming younger with each passing year. Joining Steve Lukather and Joseph Williams are band members bassist John Pierce (Huey Lewis and The News), drummer Robert “Sput” Searight (Ghost-Note, Founding member Snarky Puppy, Snoop Dogg), keyboardist Dominique “Xavier” Taplin (Prince, Ghost-Note), multi-instrumentalist / vocalist Warren Ham (Ringo Starr) and keyboardist / background vocalist Steve Maggiora, This line-up marks the fifteenth incarnation of Toto in consideration of band members or side men who joined or exited. Individually and collectively, few have had a larger imprint on pop culture than the members of TOTO. The family tree can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums that together amass a sales history of a half a billion albums. Amongst these recordings, NARAS applauded the performances with hundreds of Grammy nominations. With now 45+ years together and literally thousands of credits, including the biggest-selling album of all time: Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and accolades to their names, TOTO remains one of the top-selling touring and recording acts in the world. They are the benchmark by which many artists base their sound and production, and they continue to transcend the standards set by the entire music community, being simply synonymous with musical credibility. They are pop culture and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the changing trends and styles continuing to remain relevant.

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Def Leppard/Journey and Steve Miller Band

The summer stadium tour.

• Date Aug. 25 , 2024
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ABOUT JOURNEY  

Since the group’s formation in 1973,  JOURNEY  has earned 19 top 40 singles, 25 gold and platinum albums, and has sold over 100 million albums globally. Their  “Greatest Hits”  album is certified 15 times-platinum, making  JOURNEY  one of the few bands to ever have been diamond-certified, and their song  “Don’t Stop Believin'”  has been streamed over one billion times alone. 

JOURNEY  was inducted into the  Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame  in 2017, and 2018’s co-headlining tour with  DEF LEPPARD  was the band’s most successful tour to date, landing them in the Top 10 year-end touring chart with more than 1 million tickets sold, and earning them the prestigious  Billboard “Legends Of Live”  touring award. March 2019 saw the release of  “Escape & Frontiers Live In Japan” , a live DVD/CD set from their concert at the Budokan in Tokyo featuring the band’s first-ever performances of the albums  “Escape”  and  “Frontiers”  in their entirety.  JOURNEY  has also received a star on the  Hollywood Walk Of Fame  and were inducted into the  Hollywood Bowl Hall Of Fame . Additionally, the band is the subject of the award-winning documentary  “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey”  about the band’s resurgence upon adding  Arnel Pineda  as lead singer after  JOURNEY  Founder,  Neal Schon  discovered the Philippines native on  YouTube . 

ABOUT DEF LEPPARD  

With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard – Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Rick Allen (drums) — continue to be 

one of the most important forces in rock music. Over the course of their career the band has produced a series of classic ground-breaking albums that set the bar for generations of music fans and artists alike. The group’s spectacular live shows and arsenal of hits have become synonymous with their name, leading Def Leppard to be heralded as the world’s greatest live rock band. Def Leppard’s influential career includes numerous hit singles and ground-breaking multi-platinum albums—including two of the best-selling albums of all time, Pyromania and Hysteria, capturing the group’s legendary tracks, bringing together classic Leppard hits such as “Rock of Ages”, Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Foolin.” For the first time, in January 2018 Def Leppard debuted their full recording catalog worldwide via streaming and download platforms.

As they did with the original release of their records, Def Leppard dominated the worldwide charts again, which found their albums charting in the iTunes Top 10 in more than 30 countries, including Hysteria at #3 in the US, and #5 in the UK (36 years after the album had charted at No 1 in the Billboard charts). Def Leppard also had the #1, #2 and #3 records on the US catalog albums chart. The band have gone on to amass a staggering 5.5 billion streams since 2018, reaching a younger 18-44 demographic that now represents 58% of their fanbase. Additionally, the band have garnered an impressive 15 million followers across their social media platforms. In May 2022, Def Leppard released their twelfth studio album Diamond Star Halos. The album debuted at #1 on the Apple and Amazon Music charts. The album also scored a Top 10 debut on Billboard’s  Top 200 Albums  chart, marking the band’s eighth Top 10 album of their career, and garnered a #1 debut on Billboard’s  Hard Rock  chart. Diamond Star Halos had numerous Top 10 chart entries globally including a Top 5 debut in the UK. This has been followed by their 13 th  studio album “Drastic Symphonies” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023. The album charted at no 4 in the UK album charts – their highest UK chart entry in over 32 years. Following the close of their historic 2018 co-headline stadium and arena run in North America, Def Leppard sold more than 1,000,000 tickets, a massive feat in today’s touring world. Def Leppard & Mötley Crüe topped that number yet again with another sold out North American stadium run in 2022 selling over 1.3 million tickets. As always, the group continues pushing the boundaries with their electrifying live shows. 

ABOUT STEVE MILLER  

Steve Miller (Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals) has been a monumental presence on the American music scene for more than half a century. At the start of his career, Miller became a mainstay of the San Francisco music scene that upended American culture in the late 1960s. Beginning in the 1970s, Miller crafted a brand of pure pop that was polished, exciting, and irresistible that dominated radio in a way few artists have ever managed. Miller’s Greatest Hits 1974-78 is among the 25 best-selling albums of all time. He was inducted into the Rock In Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and in 2022 was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Whether he and his band, are riding the top of the charts or traveling the endless blue highways of American music, one can hear them playing and singing with conviction and precision, passion, and eloquence, and making music that looks to the future, respects the past and is thrillingly alive in the present, and more than able to stand the test of time. 

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JOURNEY Announces 'Freedom Tour 2023' With Very Special Guest TOTO

One of the most legendary rock bands of all time, JOURNEY has announced the continuation of their highly successful tour with the 50th-anniversary celebration "Freedom Tour 2023" featuring very special guest TOTO . JOURNEY , diamond-selling Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers, will take the stage in 38 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including "Don't Stop Believin'" , "Any Way You Want It" , "Faithfully" and "Lights" .

Presented by AEG Presents , JOURNEY "Freedom Tour 2023" begins February 4 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, making stops in Austin, Montreal, Memphis and more before wrapping April 25 at the brand new Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, California. The 2023 run includes rescheduled dates in Washington D.C., Hartford, Toronto and Quebec that were postponed earlier this year due to COVID-19.

JOURNEY features founder Neal Schon (lead guitarist), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals), Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals) and Todd Jensen (bass).

Says Schon : "We are all thankful and overwhelmed by the success of our JOURNEY 'Freedom Tour 2022' this year and have added a new run of dates for 2023. We are looking forward to hitting the road again with our very good friends TOTO ! Come join us for a special evening full of fun and rockin' good memories. See you soon, friends."

Cain adds: "Excited to perform for our fans as we tour next year with TOTO . The combined hits of both bands represent a couple of decades of excellence that have become a soundtrack for people's lives. The music of JOURNEY along with the music of TOTO is an example of 'certain music' during 'uncertain times'."

Very special guest TOTO , who have collectively streamed more than 3.3 billion plays on Spotify alone based on hits including "Rosanna" , "Africa" and "Hold The Line" , will join JOURNEY on all dates.

TOTO 's Steve Lukather shares: "'On behalf of myself and the band, we are very honored and excited to do this tour with our old and dear friends JOURNEY . Gonna be a great night of music, and as all the guys are lifelong friends... a blast off stage as well."

"Freedom Tour 2023" dates:

February 04 - Allentown, PA - PPL Center February 05 - Charlottesville, VA - John Paul Jones Arena February 08 - Savannah, GA - Enmarket Arena February 10 - Columbia, SC - Colonial Life Arena February 11 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum February 14 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena February 17 - Knoxville, TN - Thompson-Boling Arena February 19 - Bossier City, LA - Brookshire Grocery Arena February 22 - Austin, TX - Moody Center February 23 - Lafayette, LA - Cajundome February 26 - Jacksonville, FL - Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena March 01 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena * March 03 - State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center March 04 - Hartford, CT - XL Center * March 08 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre March 09 - Quebec, QC - Videotron Centre * March 12 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena * March 13 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre March 16 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center March 17 - Atlantic City, NJ - Boardwalk Hall March 20 - Champaign, IL - State Farm Center March 21 - Moline, IL - Vibrant Arena at The MARK March 24 - Sioux Falls, SD - Denny Sanford PREMIER Center March 25 - Lincoln, NE - Pinnacle Bank Arena March 28 - Des Moines, IA - Wells Fargo Arena March 31 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center April 01 - Memphis, TN - FedExForum April 04 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center April 07 - Springfield, MO - Great Southern Bank Arena April 08 - Wichita, KS - INTRUST Bank Arena April 11 - Casper, WY - Ford Wyoming Center April 13 - Boise, ID - ExtraMile Arena April 14 - Spokane, WA - Spokane Arena April 17 - Eugene, OR - Matthew Knight Arena April 19 - Stockton, CA - Stockton Arena April 22 - Bakersfield, CA - Mechanics Bank Arena April 23 - Fresno, CA - SaveMart Center April 25 - Palm Springs, CA - Acrisure Arena

* Rescheduled date

JOURNEY and TOTO previously joined forces for an early 2022 U.S. arena tour.

JOURNEY is continuing to promote its latest album, "Freedom" , which was released in July via BMG . The LP debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Current Rock chart.

The members of JOURNEY celebrated the album's release by kicking off a residency featuring special symphony orchestra performances at the new, state-of-the-art Resorts World Casino in Las Vegas.

As JOURNEY 's legend continues to grow larger and their touring gets bigger, "Freedom" is the band’s first album of new material to be released in eleven years, since 2011's "Eclipse" , and in addition to Schon , along with longtime keyboard player and primary lyricist Cain and Pineda , one more member was recruited for the LP — bassist extraordinaire Randy Jackson , who had played on JOURNEY 's 1986 album "Raised On Radio" .

Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2017, JOURNEY has 25 gold and platinum albums, with total sales adding up to over 100 million albums worldwide, earning the band two Diamond Awards with a third on the way for the "Frontiers" album. JOURNEY has also surpassed one billion streams on Spotify .

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Def Leppard & Journey Set To Launch Massive 2024 Co-Headlining Stadium Tour For – Setlist & Ticket Info

I n December 2023, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Def Leppard and Journey announced they would be joining forces for a colossal co-headlining stadium tour in the summer of 2024. The 23-city “Journey x Def Leppard Tour” kicks off on July 6, 2024, in St. Louis, Missouri and wraps up on September 8 in Denver, Colorado.

Along the way, the superstar lineup will perform at major stadiums in cities like Chicago, Nashville, Boston, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, among others.

The two iconic 80s bands, who previously toured together in 2018, bring along fellow classic rock legends Cheap Trick, Heart and the Steve Miller Band for select dates.

Def Leppard, known for hits like “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and “Love Bites,” are fresh off a successful 2023 tour with fellow heavy metal icons Mötley Crüe. This time, they’ll take the stage alongside Journey, the powerhouse band behind the classic anthems “Don’t Stop Believin'” and “Faithfully.”

The Def Leppard tour announcement comes after the band’s 2022 album release, Diamond Star Halos , while Journey will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of their 2022 album Freedom and their 50th anniversary as a group.

In a press statement, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott expressed his excitement for the upcoming stadium tour, and said, “DEF LEPPARD and JOURNEY will be reuniting and hitting the road together for the Summer Stadium Tour with Steve Miller, Cheap Trick & Heart on select shows, which makes for an amazing night of music!”

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See below the full list of tour dates:

July 6, 2024, St Louis, MO Busch Stadium with Cheap Trick

July 10, 2024, Orlando, FL Camping World Stadium with Cheap Trick

July 13, 2024, Atlanta, GA Truist Park with Steve Miller Band

July 15, 2024, Chicago, IL Wrigley Field with Steve Miller Band

July 18, 2024, Detroit, MI Comerica Park with Steve Miller Band

July 20, 2024, Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium with Steve Miller Band

July 23, 2024, Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park with Steve Miller Band

July 25, 2024, Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium with Steve Miller Band

July 27, 2024, Pittsburgh, PA PNC Park with Steve Miller Band

July 30, 2024, Cleveland, OH Progressive Field with Heart

Aug. 2, 2024, Toronto, ON Rogers Centre with Heart

Aug. 5, 2024, Boston, MA Fenway Park with Heart

Aug. 7, 2024, Flushing, NY Citi Field with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 12, 2024, Arlington, TX Globe Life Field with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 14, 2024, Houston, TX Minute Maid Park with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 16, 2024, San Antonio, TX Alamodome with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 19, 2024, Minneapolis, MN Target Field with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 23, 2024, Phoenix, AZ Chase Field with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 25, 2024, Los Angeles, CA SoFi Stadium with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 28, 2024, San Francisco, CAOracle Park with Steve Miller Band

Aug. 30, 2024, San Diego, CA Petco Park with Steve Miller Band

Sept. 4, 2024, Seattle, WA T-Mobile Park with Cheap Trick

Sept. 8, 2024, Denver, CO Coors Field with Cheap Trick

DEF LEPPARD CONCERT SETLIST

• Take What You Want
• Let’s Get Rocked
• Armageddon It
• This Guitar
• When Love and Hate Collide
• Bringin’ On the Heartbreak
• Pour Some Sugar on Me
• Rock of Ages

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Journey Takes a Break From Feuding, Returns for Harmonious Concert at Oklahoma Casino

"It's good to be back. All together again," the classic rock band's Jonathan Cain told the crowd.

By Steve Knopper

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Before playing his piano ballad “Faithfully” on Journey ‘s opening 2023 date at an Oklahoma casino theatre on Friday (Jan. 27), Jonathan Cain told about 3,000 fans: “It’s good to be back. All together again.”

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The sextet’s three focal points — frontman Arnel Pineda , Schon and Cain — dominated the spotlight. Pineda, who replaced long-departed frontman Steve Perry in 2008 and sounds exactly like him, was in constant motion, running, jumping, waving, pointing and leading singalongs. Schon soloed constantly, opening the first song “Only the Young” with a burst of noise on his PRS NS-15 guitar and improvising with hard rock power chords in unexpected ways at the ends of rock radio fixtures “Wheel In the Sky” and “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’,” and Cain anchored “Feeling That Way” and “Who’s Crying Now” on his red piano.

Journey’s live formula is simple: play the beloved hits from the ’70s and ’80s, even if Schon and Cain are the only remaining band members from that era. They dispatched with their signature “Don’t Stop Believin’,” which has nearly 1.5 billion plays on Spotify alone, as the third song, then closed with na-na-na-ing, whoa-oh-whoaing and general earworm-rocking with “Wheel In the Sky,” “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” and the finale “Any Way You Want It.”

Schon and Cain consistently kept roughly 20 yards of distance between them, as Cain, mostly stationary in a dark suit coat, held down stage right with four different keyboards. Schon spoke sparingly, but Cain told the story of writing “Faithfully” on a lonely 1981 bus ride, concluding, “We pay a price for a life like this,” then encouraging the crowd to support the U.S. armed forces. The two cooperated musically, especially on “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’,” when Cain played boogie-woogie runs and Schon dropped in sympathetic guitar riffs to augment the piano. With the exception of Schon, who sang minimally, all six band members harmonized on vocals, nicely backing Pineda’s impossibly high range on “Anytime.”

With Schon and Cain in separate corners, and drummer Deen Castronovo, bassist Todd Jensen and second keyboardist Jason Derlatka holding down the middle, it was Pineda’s job to enliven the crowd, which he did, energetically and enthusiastically. He was the one member of Journey who seemed happy to be there, jumping on a pedestal and throwing his head back to hit those high notes, patting Schon on the back, fist-bumping Cain, signing autographs as songs were going on and, long after the others had walked off stage, sticking around for crowd selfies. Rock stars may “pay a price” for the rock-star life, but, Pineda suggested, it’s fun, too.

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Journey to other planets, stay in Denver

Meow wolf’s convergence station invites visitors to interact with 80 installations of cosmic art..

For those of us who’ve dreamed of visiting trippy planets out of a sci-fi movie, or stepping inside a crazily colorful video-game world, Meow Wolf Denver may be the closest we’re going to get.

The idea there is that we’re all interdimensional travelers to “Convergence Station,” where a rare cosmic event has melded four alien worlds into one city. What we’re actually visiting in a Denver neighborhood close to Empower Field at Mile High stadium is a four-floor indoor immersive art installation where hundreds of imaginations have run wild.

Giant plants and creatures, long-tendrilled jellyfish, a castle of colored glass, animated pizza slices, spinning clown heads, a massive sculpture of street signs and cast-off items — you’re never sure what’s around the next corner at Meow Wolf.

It’s an unconventional way for adventure-seekers to interact with and appreciate art, with thousands of details that all ages can explore in room after room of Instagrammable multimedia backgrounds.

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The entrance area is like a train hub, with multiple ways to access what’s behind the walls of what Meow Wolf calls a “multiverse transit station.” Our first stop was a dim room with a fluorescent “forest” scene and cathedral-style “windows.” Colors changed in concert with ethereal music, while arcs of light danced along the floor in time with our footsteps.

This was the Perplexiplex, which plays a loop of surreal, interactive nature-inspired scenes and soundtrack for everyday visitors. For special events, this becomes a concert space, with lights and imagery timed to a band’s music.

The calm of the Perplexiplex on our visit contrasted with the buzzy energy once our elevator opened onto bustling, neon-filled “C Street,” an otherworldly downtown that manages to look futuristic and somewhat apocalyptic at the same time. There are brightly lit shops and cafes, graffitied alleys, even a throwback movie theater, with a few abandoned rocket-powered vehicles littering the streets. So many ideas competing for our attention.

We soon learned that if you see a door, open it. If you discover a tunnel, crawl through it. Yes, push that button or pick up the receiver of that pay phone. On C Street and beyond, there are dozens of unexpected staircases, secret rooms, and hidden nooks where you can linger for an hour or just walk through.

My millennial daughter and her partner, who live in Denver, have each visited “Convergence Station” four times with adults of various ages, plus teens and younger children. All have been mesmerized and fascinated for hours. Meow Wolf is a true choose-your-own-adventure that can be a different visit for each member of your party — and even every time you go.

Or every time you see a Meow Wolf. What in 2008 began as a small artists’ collective in Santa Fe now has four unique, massive locations — in Santa Fe, Denver, Las Vegas, and Grapevine, Texas. (See accompanying story.) A new Meow Wolf is scheduled to open later this year in Houston.

The idea for Meow Wolf grew out of young, unorthodox artists feeling disenfranchised by the typical art market and gallery/museum world, so they came together to find a voice. The Meow Wolf name was chosen by combining two words picked out of hats.

When the group decided to push beyond traveling performance art and temporary installations, they found a shut-down Santa Fe bowling alley. That building’s nearly $3 million purchase and transformation in 2016 into “House of Eternal Return” became possible thanks to a pie-in-the-sky financing plea answered by George R.R. Martin, “Game of Thrones” author and Santa Fe resident. Meow Wolf’s imaginative experience quickly became a hit.

In Denver — which opened in 2021 at 90,000 square feet, triple the size of the Santa Fe location — the work of more than 300 artists (about half local) on nearly 80 separate art installations combined to create the converged alien worlds. Besides C Street, a labyrinthine area is the subterranean world of Ossuary. A frozen-looking civilization with a lot of glass, mirrors, towers and a playable organ is the Ice Cities of Eemia, with its Kaleidogothic Cathedral. Dr. Seuss-like landscapes, unusual creatures, and machines of giant proportions fill what Meow Wolf describes as the multidimensional, swampy Numina.

The artists worked in many media: painting, architecture, sculpture, collage, digital art, storytelling, music, film, and more. Enormously creative use of materials is everywhere, from fur or rubber on otherworldly animals, to vintage radio parts used to make miniature worlds, to the hundreds of books formed into towers and an archway in what’s supposed to be an ancient subterranean library.

Light and sound are integral parts of what’s happening, and you can often be a part of it. Pull the levers to play the cathedral’s organ. Spin the orb at the center of one nook to make the flowered glass walls change colors. Wave your arms to change the pulsing black-and-white shapes that fill the walls in one dark room. Use your fingers to paint visual and musical art on black screens in another.

For those inclined to dig deeper, there is an overarching story line about an otherworldly civilization that uses memories as currency. You can unlock information on that and get more experiences by buying a separate QPass to swipe on machines throughout the installation. On our first trip, we decided the existing visuals and experiences were enough, but that game could be an entertaining add-on for all ages and repeat visitors.

Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station hosts special events and concerts, and has a sensory guide as part of its autism certification. The Denver location includes a gift shop; a weekend cocktail bar; and HelloFood Cafe, with a menu of hot items, grab-and-go sandwiches, coffee, beer, and wine.

Denver visitors can extend the Meow Wolf experience by heading to nearby Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park. The Kaleidoscape dark ride was designed in 2019 by seven area artists. It’s described by Meow Wolf as “a thrill ride for the mind” that is “a voyage from minimal to maximal and back again,” offering riders “semi-quantum technology” to “help a tiny point of light in its journey to become a planet-sized hyper being.”

Okaaaaaay. We didn’t get to Kaleidoscape on our recent trip, so that description doesn’t provide much of a sense of what to expect. A social-media tagline for Omega Mart in Las Vegas said that it was better to experience Meow Wolf than try to explain it. Agreed.

Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll can be reached at [email protected] .

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Don’t Text, Mommy’s at the Rolling Stones

It’s summer — do you know where your children are? For once, avoiding that ghastly Ticketmaster queue. While Taylor is off on her Tortured Poets Department semester abroad and Ariana Grande is in the Galinda bubble , there’s an uncommon dearth of young stars on the American circuit through August. Left to fill the gap? Older artists, who are hitting the road to tour new albums, celebrate anniversaries, or just line their pockets (and sometimes all three). Yes, it’s a season of looking back, whether that means to the Summer of Love or to those years when you couldn’t leave the house without hearing an Usher hit. So which Gen-X, elder-millenial, or boomer-friendly summer tour is right for you?

The Golden Oldies

These old-timers still got the goods! Frozen-in-amber acts the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are playing marathon sets with a verve that’ll have you thinking they’re doping with Cialis, while Bob Dylan continues his never-ending tour, this time with Willie Nelson. Also, icons of the ’80s — whether that’s Janet Jackson’s dance pop or Metallica ’s thrash metal — firmly count as classic now. Dust off that leather jacket and embrace it.

Luis Miguel Through June 14

The Rolling Stones Through July 21

Janet Jackson Through July 30

Styx & Foreigner June 11–August 28

Willie Nelson & Family and Bob Dylan June 21–September 20

Doobie Brothers June 23–September 28

Def Leppard & Journey July 6–September 8

Sammy Hagar July 13–August 31

Metallica August 2–September 1

Deep Purple August 14–September 8

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band August 15–September 15

The OG Lollapaloozers

Gen-Xers can have a grunge-girl summer with Pearl Jam, finally see Missy Elliott headline a tour, or lean into dadhood and catch Wilco for the 27th time. You even have two chances to see Sublime, depending on whether you want the real guys , who are playing with Bradley Nowell’s son, or you’re a big Rome fan for some reason.

Sublime June 8–September 29

Sublime With Rome Through Oct 4

Hootie & the Blowfish Through October 12

Pearl Jam August 12–September 29

Wilco June 12–July 5

New Kids on the Block June 14–August 25

SWV & Xscape June 27–August 18

Missy Elliott July 4–August 23

Limp Bizkit July 16–August 24

Creed July 17–December 5

Green Day July 29–September 28

Bikini Kill August 15–September 12

Incubus August 23–September 12

The ’90s Wannabes

Vampire Weekend doesn’t technically belong with the Gen-Xers. But they did leave the neo–dad rock of 2019’s Father of the Bride for ’90s New York City nostalgia on this year’s Only God Was Above Us, so consider them ’90s in spirit. Death comes for us all.

Vampire Weekend June 6–October 17

The Stars of TRL

From two-fifths of *NSYNC to five-fifths of P!nk (a.k.a. just P!nk), this season’s highest-profile pop shows are for the Y2k MTV-nostalgia crowd (c ondolences to the J.Lo fans ). Of the paltry few things millennial culture can take pride in, these performers’ live acts are among them — just ask anyone who saw Usher in Vegas.

Justin Timberlake Through December 20

Joey Fatone & AJ McLean Through August 30

Blink-182 June 20–October 11

Usher August 14–November 30

P!nk August 10–November 23

The Country Elders

Old country fans who love complaining about how the genre isn’t as good as it was back in their day will have ample opportunity to relive it. Alabama and George Strait are repping the best of the ’80s (alongside old soul Chris Stapleton), Tim McGraw and Clint Black are resurrecting their classic ’90s sound , and Kenny Chesney is delivering all those laid-back, turn-of-the-century hits. Even if, for some reason, you’re longing for 2010s bro-country, well, Luke Bryan’s on tour too.

Tim McGraw Through September 1

George Strait & Chris Stapleton Through July 20

Kenny Chesney Through August 25

Luke Bryan June 13–September 14

Alabama June 13–November 9

Clint Black June 13–November 9

The Cross-Generational Diplomats

What’s a band to do when they’re not a big enough draw to play amphitheaters on their own? Team up with another band that’s about 20 years older (or younger!). These acts are ambassadors, bringing together generations of indie-music nerds (Modest Mouse & Pixies), karaoke balladeers (Train & REO Speedwagon), or fans of groovy Bay Area rockers (Santana & Counting Crows).

Modest Mouse & Pixies Through June 30

Santana & Counting Crows June 14–September 2

Train & REO Speedwagon July 8–September 11

Young Music That Feels Old

Okay, here’s where we can build some bridges. This is the ‘take your tween daughter or younger cousin to one of these and earn Mom Cred, Dad Cred, or the much less vaunted Cousin Cred(?)’ material. Proving to older generations that what’s popular today isn’t that bad is a fool’s errand. Well, except for right now, while old-fashioned rootsy folk and country music is topping the charts. Parents will probably like the heart-baring Noah Kahan and the country rogue Zach Bryan as much as their zillennial kids .

Niall Horan Through August 3

Noah Kahan Through August 4

Tyler Childers Through August 24

Zach Bryan Through December 19

Hozier Through September 29

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Your Nashville Summer Music Review: 30 must-see concerts coming to Music City this summer

Stars to hit the stage include james taylor, alanis morissette, zach bryan, ben platt, def leppard, vince gill, tate mcrae, green day and more....

Another sun-drenched summer of music and entertainment is upon us in Nashville, and there are big plans for the city's many stages as concert tours schedule Music City stops.

Country fans can see performances from Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson and Zach Bryan. R&B listeners can grab tickets for Bryson Tiller or Boyz II Men. Into rock 'n' roll? Journey, Def Leppard, Styx, Foreigner and Chicago have dates in Nashville.

With hundreds of shows coming through Nashville this summer, it's easy to get overwhelmed.

We've got your back — here's our breakdown of the top 30 shows coming to Music City this summer.

June Concerts:

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1. June 5: Randy Travis, his original band and James Dupré

"The Randy Travis: More Life Tour" is headed to Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on June 5.

The show features Travis' original band alongside vocalist James Dupré , who will sing the country singer's hits; Travis has been largely unable to sing or speak since suffering from a stroke in 2013 .

Alongside Dupré's rendition of his hits, Travis will also make a special appearance at the show.

Travis recently released his first song in over a decade with the help of artificial intelligence to recreate his voice, a single called "Where That Came From."

For more information on the upcoming show, head to randytravis.com .

2. June 6-9: CMA Fest

CMA Fest is back in downtown Nashville from June 6 to 9.

The four-day-long concert series will feature hundreds of artists on multiple stages downtown , including Nissan Stadium and Ascend Amphitheater.

It includes Luke Bryan, HARDY, Jordan Davis, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Keith Urban, among many others.

Last year, nearly 100,000 country music fans flooded the streets of downtown Nashville.

More: CMA Fest announces initial 2024 lineup, ticket info

For more information, head to cmafest.com .

3. June 12: James Taylor

James Taylor and his band are headed to Bridgestone Arena on June 12.

The singer-songwriter and guitarist known for songs "Fire and Rain," "You've Got a Friend" and "Carolina in My Mind" is stopping in Nashville on his 2024 summer tour.

Taylor kicked off the tour on May 29 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and will travel around the U.S., performing everywhere from Maine to Colorado.

For more information, head to jamestaylor.com .

4. June 13-16: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2024

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is back from June 13-16 in Manchester, TN.

This year's headliners include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fred Again, Post Malone and Pretty Lights. Other stars to hit the stage include Megan Thee Stallion, Cage the Elephant and Maggie Rogers.

To learn more about this year's festival, head to bonnaroo.com .

5. June 21-22: Blackberry Smoke

Country rock band Blackberry Smoke will perform at the Ryman Auditorium from June 21-22.

The Georgia band, known for songs "One Horse Town," "Waiting for the Thunder" and "Good One Comin' On," will be playing two shows in Nashville with special guests Elvie Shane and John R. Miller.

In 2024, they released "Be Right Here," a 10-song record with lead track "Dig A Hole."

For more information on their upcoming show, head to blackberrysmoke.com .

6. June 23: Alanis Morissette

The "Ironic" singer is headed to Bridgestone Arena on her "Triple Moon Tour" on June 23.

The Canadian-American singer-songwriter, known for hits "You Oughta Know," "Hand in My Pocket" and "Thank U," will bring a night of her distinctive alternative rock to Nashville.

Her tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Morgan Wade follows Morissette's 2022 album "The Storm Before The Calm."

To learn more, visit alanis.com .

7. June 23: Bryson Tiller

R&B and hip-hop singer Bryson Tiller will hit the stage at Ascend Amphitheater on June 23.

The Kentucky-bred singer-songwriter, known for songs "Whatever She Wants," "Don't," "Exchange" and "Right My Wrongs" is stopping in Music City on his "The Bryson Tiller Tour."

In April, Tiller released a self-titled album with 19 tracks.

For more information, head to livenation.com .

8. June 28: Jamey Johnson

Country music singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson will perform at Franklin's FirstBank Amphitheater on June 28.

Johnson, with hits "In Color" and "High Cost Of Living," will be joined by special guest Drake White on his "What A View Tour." The tour kicks off on June 20 and will feature loved songs from hit catalogue and anticipated new music.

To learn more, visit jameyjohnson.com .

9. June 29: Sarah McLachlan

Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan is headed to Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater on June 29 on her "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" 30th anniversary tour.

McLachlan, known for songs "Angel" and "When She Loved Me," will bring special guest Feist with her on tour in celebration of her 1993 album.

For more information, head to sarahmclachlan.com .

10. June 29: Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan will bring his "The Quittin Time Tour" to Nissan Stadium on June 29.

The show follows Bryan's 2023 self-titled album and his 2024 single "Pink Skies." Alongside the "I Remember Everything" singer will be guests Turnpike Troubadours and Levi Turner.

To learn more, head to zachbryan.com .

July Concerts:

11. july 6-7: ben platt.

Ben Platt will be performing at the Ryman Auditorium for two nights on July 6 and 7.

The actor and singer-songwriter, best known for his Broadway role in "Dear Evan Hansen," released album "Honeymind" on May 31.

Now, he's out on the "Honeymind" tour, performing all across North America.

For more information, head to benplattmusic.com .

12. July 10: Dave Barnes

Nashville singer-songwriter Dave Barnes will be performing at the Ryman Auditorium on July 10.

Barnes, with songs "Good Day for Marrying You" and "Nothing Like You," is known for his sweet lyrics and easygoing style.

His 2024 tour kicks off in Nashville before making its way around North America for 14 dates.

To learn more, visit davebarnes.com .

13. July 12: Styx and Foreigner with John Waite 

On July 12, Styx and Foreigner will perform with John Waite at Ascend Amphitheater.

The acts are headed to Nashville on their "Renegades and Juke Box Heroes Tour," where the two rock bands and the British rock singer will perform their hits.

For more information about the upcoming show, head to concerts.livenation.com .

14. July 13: Lake Street Dive

Lake Street Dive will hit the stage at Ascend Amphitheater on July 13.

The "free country band" and multi-genre group, known for songs "Better Than," "Good Kisser" and "Hypotheticals," released album "Obviously" in 2021 and some singles in 2024.

Their new album, "Good Together," is slated to release on June 21.

For more information, head to lakestreetdive.com .

15. July 16-17: New Kids on the Block

Boyband New Kids on the Block will perform at FirstBank Amphitheater on July 16 and 17 as part of their "Magic Summer Tour 2024."

The band, consisting of Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood, released their latest album "Still Kids" on May 17.

To learn more, visit nkotb.com .

16. July 19: Alabama

Country band Alabama will be hitting the stage at Bridgestone Arena on July 19.

The band, now consisting of Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, are best known for tunes "Song of the South" and "Dixieland Delight." Previous band member Jeff Cook died in 2022 due to Parkinson's Disease.

The band is now headed out on the road for their 2024 summer tour around America.

For more information, head to thealabamaband.com .

17. July 20: Def Leppard and Journey

Rock bands Def Leppard and Journey will hit the stage for a co-headlining show at Nissan Stadium on July 20.

The two bands, accompanied by Steve Miller Band, will perform in Nashville as part of their summer stadium tour.

Def Leppard released album "Drastic Symphonies" with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2023; Journey released album "Freedom" in 2022.

For more information, head to nissanstadium.com .

18. July 27: Hootie & the Blowfish

Rock band Hootie & the Blowfish is headed to Bridgestone Arena on July 27.

Fronted by Darius Rucker, the band, known for songs "Only Wanna Be With You," "Let Her Cry" and "Hold My Hand," is headed out on their "Summer Camp With Trucks Tour."

To learn more, head to hootie.com .

August Concerts:

19. august 1-4: vince gill.

Vince Gill will be performing at the Ryman Auditorium for his residency from August 1-4.

The country singer-songwriter, known for songs "Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away" and "Go Rest High on That Mountain," released album "Sweet Memories: The Music of Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys" with Paul Franklin in August.

For more information, head to vincegill.com .

20. August 2: Boyz II Men

Vocal Harmony Group Boyz II Men will perform at Ascend Amphitheater on August 2.

The group, now comprised of baritone Nathan Morris and tenors Wanyá Morris and Shawn Stockman, released their most recent album "Under the Streetlight" in 2017.

To learn more about their tour, head to boyziimen.com .

21. August 6: Tate McRae

Popstar Tate McRae will perform at Ascend Amphitheater on August 6.

Best known for her songs "greedy," "exes" and "you broke me first," the singer and dancer will stop in Nashville on her "Think Later World Tour." The viral pop singer released album "THINK LATER" last December.

To learn more, head to tatemcrae.com .

22. August 6: Future and Metro Boomin

Rapper Future and producer Metro Boomin are headed to Bridgestone Arena on August 6.

The two are embarking on their "We Trust You Tour," touring all across North America.

Known for their collaborative songs "Red Leather," "We Don't Trust You" and "Show of Hands," the two will hit the stage in Nashville together after releasing a 25-song album in April, "We Still Don't Trust You."

For more information, visit bridgestonearena.com .

23. August 7, $uicideboy$

$uicideboy$ will be performing at Bridgestone Arena on August 7 as part of their "Grey Day 2024 Tour."

The hip-hop duo, which was formed in 2014 by cousins Scrim and Ruby da Cherry, are known for songs "...And to Those I Love, Thanks for Sticking Around" and "Antarctica." They released three singles in 2024, including "Us vs. Them."

To learn more, visit bridgestonearena.com .

24. August 9-10: Chris Stapleton

Country singer Chris Stapleton will perform for two nights at Bridgestone Arena on August 9 and 10.

Stapleton will hit the stage as part of his "All American Roadshow Tour" with Marty Stuart and Nikki Lane. The "Tennessee Whiskey" singer released album "Higher" in 2023 and a song with Dua Lipa in May.

For more information, head to chrisstapleton.com .

25. August 14: Slash with Larkin Poe, ZZ Ward and Robert Randolph  

Guitarist Slash will hit the stage with duo Larkin Poe, ZZ Ward and Robert Randolph at FirstBank Amphitheater on August 14.

Slash's "S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival," a celebration of blues music, is headed to cities across the U.S. The acronym stands for "Solidarity, Engagement, Restore, Peace, Equality N’ Tolerance."

Slash released album "Orgy of the Damned" on May 17 with an impressive list of star-studded features on his tracks, including Demi Lovato, Chris Robinson and Iggy Pop.

For more information on the upcoming show, head to firstbankamphitheater.com .

26. August 20: Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago

Bands Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago are headed to Bridgestone Arena on August 20.

The genre-bending band Earth, Wind & Fire, best known for song "September," will be co-headlining with "Chicago," the "25 or 6 to 4" jazzy rock band.

To learn more about their "Heart & Soul Tour," visit chicagotheband.com .

27. August 27: Glass Animals

Alternative rock band Glass Animals will hit the stage at Bridgestone Arena on August 27 as part of their "Tour of Earth."

Known for songs "Heat Waves,""Gooey" and "Pork Soda," the psychedelic pop band's new album will be out on July 19, "I Love You So F***ing Much."

Read more at glassanimals.com .

28. August 28: Sammy Hagar

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Sammy Hagar is headed to Bridgestone Arena on August 28.

The former Van Halen band member will be stopping in Nashville on his "The Best of All Worlds Tour," hitting the stage with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Jason Bonham.

To learn more, head to redrocker.com .

29. August 30: Green Day

Rock band Green Day will be hitting the stage at Geodis Park on August 30.

The alternative rock band will perform alongside The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas on their "The Saviors Tour."

The band, best known for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," released their fourteenth album "Saviors" in January.

To learn more, head to greenday.com .

30. August 31: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Australian rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is headed to Ascend Amphitheater on August 31.

Known for songs "Work This Time," "Sense" and "Kepler-22b," the band released album "The Silver Cord" in 2023. They will be accompanied by Geese at their Nashville show.

For more information, head to kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com .

Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter at The Tennessean. You can reach her at [email protected].

This summer is jam-packed with outdoor concert series. Don't miss a beat with our 2024 Green Bay-area guide to who's playing where

Pro tip for the summer of 2024: Just keep that folding outdoor chair in the car.

If you’re a music lover, you’re going to need it.

The Green Bay-area calendar for the next three months is so packed with outdoor concert series you’ll be hard-pressed to find a day or night of the week when there isn’t a reason to grab your shades, the family or a couple of friends and soak up all that a whirlwind summer has to offer. 

If a cold beverage just seems to taste better outside in the summer, something about music played outside sounds all the sweeter, too.

Here’s our annual guide to where to find this season’s musical opportunities to kick back or get up and move. The majority of them are free, but some require tickets, as noted. Remember that carry-in policies vary from event to event and weather can change things up last minute. While the focus here is primarily community music series, many bars and restaurants also offer patio performances throughout the season.

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SEE YOU AT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK

Rockin' in josten.

When/where:  6-8:30 p.m. Mondays at Josten Park, 2280 Town Hall Road, Bellevue. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. No smoking or vaping. Concessions on site.  Cost:  Free.

• June 17:  Kickback
• July 8:  Bent Grass
• July 22:  Rocker
• Aug. 12:  The Jackie Treehorn Experience

Tunes on Tuesdays

When/where:  6-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Vickery Village Pavilion, Suamico. Rain or shine. No carry-ins; food, wine, beer, mixed drinks sold by Chives Restaurant. Parking behind Four Way and Spork.  Cost:  Free.

• June 11:  The Presidents
• June 18:  Conscious Pilot
• June 25:  The Cougars
• July 2:  The Third Wheels
• July 9:  The Modern Day Drifters
• July 16:  Sonic Circus
• July 23:  Carbon Road
• July 30:  Model Citizens
• Aug. 6:  Eight Second Ride
• Aug. 13:  Whiskey Ditch
• Aug. 20:  Fire on High
• Aug. 27:  Bazooka Joe

Ashwaubenon Concerts in the Park

When/where:  11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesdays at Klipstine Park, 900 Anderson Drive, Ashwaubenon. Concessions sold on site by community groups. Food drive for St. John Lutheran Church food pantry on June 26; $1 ice cream sundaes on July 1. Picnic tables available or bring a chair or blanket. Rain site: Ashwaubenon Community Center.  Cost:  Free.

• June 12:  The Del Rays
• June 19:  Music Jar Band
• June 26:  Paul Evansen (Neil Diamond tribute)
• July 10:  Talk of the Town
• July 17:  Let Me Be Frank Productions
• July 24:  Daddy D Productions
• July 31:  Rocker!

Ashwaubenon Food Truck Rally Concerts

When/where:  5-8 p.m. select Thursdays at Ashwaubomay Park, 2881 S. Broadway.  Cost:  Free.

• June 20:  Grupo KN ZAVOR
• July 18:  Nashville Pipeline
• Sept. 12:  That ’90s Band

Howard Commons Activity Complex Concerts

When/where:  Howard Commons Activity Complex amphitheater, 550 Commons Place, Howard. There’s also live music in the biergarten 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (except July 4) through Sept. 26. Full schedule at  discoverthecommons.com .  Cost:  Free.

• 5:30-9 p.m. June 7:  The Cougars
• 1-5 p.m. June 22:  The Del Rays
• 1-5 p.m. July 20:  The Sapphires
• 3-5 p.m. Aug. 4:  Bay Area Big Band
• 5-9 p.m. Aug. 10:  The Third Wheels
• 1-4 p.m. Aug. 18:  Full Circle Band
• 5-9 p.m. Aug. 30:  The Glam Band
• 5-9 p.m. Sept. 28:  Big Mouth & The Power Tool Horns

Music on the Green Summer Solstice

When/where:  5-8:30 p.m. June 20 at Heritage Hill State Historical Park, Allouez. Limited seating; bring a lawn chair or blanket. Two food trucks and bar on site.

Cost:  $8 adults, $2 children, free Heritage Hill members. Tented picnic tables for up to six people available for $55 in advance at  heritagehillgb.org .

• June 20:  Frogwater, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Kate Voss & The Hot Sauce, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN GREEN BAY

In the yard.

When/where: This new series happens at 6 p.m. Thursdays in the grassy area next to The Tarlton Theatre. No carry-ins; food and drink sold on site. Rain location is the theater. Cost: Free.

• June 20: Joseph Huber
• June 27: Supersuckers, with The Rumours
• July 11: Dig Deep, with Phyl Wickham
• July 18: Flatfoot 56, with Decent Criminal
• July 25: Aage Birch
• Aug. 1: 20 Watt Tombstone, with Sweetalk
• Aug. 8: Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy, with Hemlock Chaser
• Aug. 15: Low Water Bridge Band
• Aug. 22: 4onthefloor
• Aug. 29: IV & The Strange Band, with Mikey Classic & His Lonesome Spur
• Sept. 5: Green Bay Jazz Orchestra
• Sept. 12: Los Shadows

Levitt AMP Green Bay Music Series

When/where:  4-6:30 p.m. Sundays at Leicht Memorial Park, downtown Green Bay. It’s the second of what will be three years of the series to promote equity and inclusivity through music in an underused public space, thanks to a $90,000 Levitt AMP Grant Award secured by On Broadway Inc.  Cost:  Free.

• June 9:  Kings & Associates, with Amelia Ford
• June 16:  Big Richard, with Lena Marie Schiffer + Ani Casabonne
• June 23:  Kelly Jackson, with Shylah Ray Sunshine
• June 30:  Kat and the Hurricane, with Allison Mahal
• July 7:  Esso!, with Grupo KN ZAVOR
• July 14:  Nikki Hill, with Pegasis
• July 21:  Kommuna Lux, with Alley Cat and the Purrfection
• July 28:  Dolly Ave, with leedong
• Aug. 4:  Sones De Mexico, with Banda Los Locales

Fridays on the Fox

When/where:  6-9 p.m. Fridays (ends 30 minutes earlier than previous years) on CityDeck, downtown Green Bay. Some seating available but good idea to bring a lawn chair. Food and drink for sale from  Hagemeister Park beginning at 5 p.m.   Cost:  Free.

• June 14:  NEW Dueling Pianos
• June 21:  Copper Box
• June 28:  Brass Differential and Cover Fire Army Band
• July 5:  Fire on High
• July 12:  The Cougars
• July 19:  Big Mouth & The Power Tool Horns
• July 26:  Pat McCurdy
• Aug. 2:  Star Six Nine

Green Bay City Band

When/where:  7 p.m. Wednesdays June 19 through Aug. 21 at St. James Park on Monroe Avenue in downtown Green Bay. It’s the 121st season for the 40-member band. Greg Sauve directs. Some seating available or bring your own. Rain date is Thursdays. Cost:  Free.

• June 19: "Summer Sampler." Steve Wilda sings; trumpets are featured.
• June 26: "An Evening with Woody Mankowski." The former Green Bay musician now living in Los Angeles will be featured on vocals and saxophone, with music arranged and conducted by Shawn Postell.
• July 3: "Salute to America." Joint concert with the 132nd National Guard Band. Bands will perform separately and together.
• July 10: "Summer Fun." Trombonist Andy Bader solos; Steve Bader directs.
• July 17: "Great American Songbook." Vocalists Kent and Emily Paulson are featured.
• July 24: "On Broadway." Arranger Shawn Postell plays showtune favorites.  Center Stage soloists are featured.
• July 31: "Big Band Night." Kevin Van Ess of Talk of the Town is special guest.
• Aug. 7: "An Olympic Salute." Music from the Olympics directed by Steve Bader.
• Aug. 14: "Western Favorites." Selections from Johnny Cash, "Shenandoah" and "How the West Was Won."
• Aug. 21: "Rock Around the Clock." Rock music spanning The Association to Santana. Steve Wilda sings.

MUSIC SERVED UP AT BREWERIES AND WINERIES

Wine down summer concert series.

When/where:  6-9 p.m. Thursdays (and 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10) at  LedgeStone Vineyards & Gnarly Cedar Brewing,  Greenleaf. No alcoholic carry-ins; water carry-ins allowed. Beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and food sold on site. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket for lawn seating. Friendly, leashed dogs welcome.

Cost:  $15-$85, depending on the act and whether your choose lawn seating or reserved table patio seating. Order tickets in advance at  ledgestonevineyards.xyz/thursday-night-wine-down-series .

• June 6:  Them Coulee Boys, with Big Buddha & The Bellies (sold out)
• June 13:  Armchair Boogie
• June 20:  Charlie Parr, with Billy Bronsted & Friends
• June 27:  Yonder Mountain String Band
• July 4:  Feed the Dog, Dig Deep and Pickin’ Buds
• July 11:  Adam Greuel & The Space Burritos
• July 18:  Mountain Grass Unit
• July 25:  Chicken Wire Empire, with Buffalo Galaxy
• Aug. 1:  Wire & Nail
• Aug. 8:  Listening Party
• Aug. 10:  Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, with Miles Over Mountains
• Aug. 15:  Dead Horses, with Bomber & Red
• Aug. 22:  Joseph Huber, with Colby T. Helms
• Aug. 29:  The Astronomers, with Horace Greene
• Sept. 5: Tophouse, with The Wildwoods

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Live in the Garden Summer Concert Series

When/where:  7 p.m. Fridays (with a couple of other bonus days) out in the beer garden at Badger State Brewing Co. , Green Bay. Food trucks on site.  Cost:  Free.

• June 7:  Allison Mahal Band, with The Stray Bales
• June 14:  Rat Bath
• June 15:  Arkansauce
• June 20:  Zach Pietrini
• June 21:  Genevieve Hayward & The Cancellations
• June 28:  Nick Gonnering
• July 12:  Moon Driver
• July 19:  Diet Lite
• July 26:  Micah Emrich
• Aug. 2:  The Pinkerton Raid
• Aug. 9:  The Talismen
• Aug. 16:  Sneezy
• Aug. 23:  Cold Soda Club
• Aug. 30:  The Kind Thieves
• Sept. 6:  NEWSKI
• Sept. 13:  Tail Light Rebellion
• Sept. 14:  Moon Driver
• Sept. 20:  Marina City
• Sept. 27:  Listening Party
• Oct. 4:  Chris Haise Band
• Oct. 11:  Kick

Live Music in the Vineyard

When/where: 2-5 p.m. Saturdays (except noon-4 p.m. June 8) at Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery , Stangelville. Wine, by the bottle or glass, and artisan snacks available for purchase. Cost: Free.

• June 8: 10 Strings Acoustic
• June 15: The Charms
• June 22: Avian Aura
• June 29: Paul Bronson
• July 6: Bruce Humphries
• July 13: Good for the Soul
• July 20: Eugene Gruber
• July 27: The Charms
• Aug. 3: Gerry Sloan
• Aug. 10: Eugene Gruber
• Aug. 17: Jamus Unplugged
• Aug. 24: Philip Nelson & The Distilled Spirits
• Aug. 31: Bruce Humphries

MEANWHILE, OVER IN DE PERE ...

Knights on the fox.

When/where:  6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays along the Fox River at St. Norbert College, De Pere. Named one of the  10 best outdoor concert series  in the country in 2023, the picturesque series returns for its 21st season. Bring a chair or blanket. Picnicking begins at 5 p.m. Carry in your own picnic or purchase sandwiches, snacks and drinks from Phil’s inside Campus Center. Thompson Marina docks open; De Pere locks close at 8:30 p.m. Parking in the lots off Third Street; accessible parking near Old St. Joseph Church. Weather cancellations at  snc.edu/go/kotf  by 3 p.m. day of show.  Cost:  Free.

• July 9:  The Cougars
• July 16:  Smoke Road
• July 23:  Copper Box
• July 30:  Brass Differential
• Aug. 6:  Panchromatic Steel (Alumni Night)

De Pere Beer Gardens

When/where:  4:30-8:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Voyageur Park, De Pere. Food trucks, craft beer, hard seltzer and family games and entertainment. Proceeds benefit De Pere parks.  Cost:  Free.

• June 25:  Courtney Paulson and Ben Boncher
• July 23:  Brent Bel and Danni Maus
• Aug. 27:  The Cheese Doodles

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De Pere City Band

When/where:  7-8 p.m. Thursdays at Voyageur Park, De Pere. Gary Wieseckel directs themed concerts. Event canceled if it’s raining at 6 p.m.; updates at  De Pere Parks, Recreation & Forestry Facebook page . Bring a lawn chair or blanket.  Cost:  Free.

• June 13: "American Journey"
• June 27:  “Show Tunes”
• July 11:  “A Night of Swing”
• July 25:  “World of Adventure”
• Aug. 8:  “Around the World”

Art & Music Night

When/where:  4-8 p.m. Fridays in downtown De Pere. Regional acts perform on Michael J. Walsh Plaza. Event also includes murals and other public art, street performers and art demonstrations at various downtown venues. Cost: Free.

• June 7:  Sly Joe & The Smooth Operators
• July 19:  Listening Party
• August 16:  TBA

GRAB LUNCH AND TUNES IN THE TITLETOWN DISTRICT

Acoustic lunch.

When/where:  11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fridays on the outdoor patio at 46 Below in the  Titletown District, Ashwaubenon. No carry-ins allowed; food and drink sold at 46 Below.  Cost:  Free.

• June 7:  Mike Maher
• June 14:  Andy Braun
• June 21:  Jacob Fannin
• June 28:  Acoustic Endorphins
• July 5:  Pure Country
• July 12:  Olivia Maro
• July 19:  7000apart
• July 26:  Scotty Meyer
• Aug. 2:  Frank Childress
• Aug. 9:  Hildur Hoglind
• Aug. 16:  ’90s Jake
• Aug. 23:  Andy Braun
• Aug. 30:  Mike Maher
• Sept. 6:  Backstage Pass
• Sept. 13:  Olivia Maro
• Sept. 20:  Nicki Sims
• Sept. 27:  ’90s Jake

Music + Munchies

When/where:  11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Mondays at Terrapin Beer Garden in the Titletown District, Ashwaubenon. Food available from Hinterland pizza truck or Titletown restaurants. No carry-ins allowed.  Cost:  Free.

• June 3:  Jacob Fannin
• June 10:  7000apart
• June 17:  Justin Levanetz
• June 24:  Chris Okkerse
• July 1:  Scotty Meyer
• July 8:  Frank Childress
• July 15:  ’90s Jake
• July 22:  Nicki Sims
• July 29:  Backstage Pass
• Aug. 5:  Doug Sheen
• Aug. 12:  Seth James
• Aug. 19:  Scotty Steel
• Aug. 26:  Pure Country
• Sept. 9:  Justin Levanetz
• Sept. 16:  Chris Okkerse
• Sept. 23:  Scotty Meyer
• Sept. 30:  The Finest Faux

CONCERTS WITH A STUNNING GARDEN VIEW

Dar stumpf & clyde reed grand concert series.

When/where:  7-9 p.m. Fridays at Billie Kress Amphitheater in Schneider Family Grand Garden at Green Bay Botanical Garden . Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Bring your own lawn chair, blanket or picnic basket. No beverage carry-ins. Beverages sold on site, along with light concessions.

Cost:  $35-$60, with discounted tickets for GBBG members, at  gbbg.org . Tickets are $10 more at the door.

• June 7:  The Highwaymen Live (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson tribute)
• July 12:  Divas of Soul (Whitney Houston and Tina Turner tribute)
• Aug. 9:  Simply Elton (Elton John tribute)
• Sept. 6:  Heartbreak Tonight (Eagles tribute for the annual 21-and-older Brews, Bistros & Bonfires event)

Sanimax Concert Series

When/where:  6-8 p.m. Thursdays at Billie Kress Amphitheater in Schneider Family Grand Garden at Green Bay Botanical Garden. Bring your own picnic, lawn chair or blanket. Chairs can be set up beginning at 4:30 p.m. No beverage carry-ins. Beverages sold on site, along with light concessions.

Cost:  $30 family (two adults and children 17 and younger in the household or grandchildren), $15 adults, $13 ages 62 and older, military and students with school ID, $5 ages 3-17, free GBBG members and ages 2 and younger. Tickets sold in advance at gbbg.org or at the door, if still available.

• June 13: 7000apart (This is a switch from the originally announced John Kelley & Fusion Xpress Orchestra.)
• June 20:  Banda Los Locales
• June 27:  Whiskey Belles
• July 18:  Ants Marching (Dave Matthews Band tribute)
• July 25:  Model Citizens
• Aug. 1:  Erin Krebs
• Aug. 15:  Chicago Mule
• Aug. 22:  Big Mouth & The Power Tool Horns

Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or [email protected] . Follow her on X @KendraMeinert . 

San Diego County Fair 2024 Grandstand Stage concert picks cover an array of styles

Choices range from Smokey Robinson and Whiskey Myers to TLC and Ludacris. San Diego’s Euphoria Brass Band will perform at least 11 times.

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The Euphoria Brass Band may not be the hardest-working band in show business, at least not yet. But this rollicking group’s 11 performances between Wednesday and July 5 at the San Diego County Fair’s Chevrolet Paddock Stage certainly qualify as a testament to the tenacity and talent of these hometown favorites.

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Euphoria, formed in 2011, salutes the propulsive, dance-happy traditions of New Orleans street marching bands. Salutes of another type dominate this year’s musical fare at the fair, where no fewer than 16 tribute acts are booked. They will play the music of everyone from Tina Turner, Elton John, Gloria Estefan and the Spice Girls to Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, The Police and Guns N’ Roses.

But the biggest guns — star-wise — will be appearing as part of the fair’s Toyota Summer Concert Series on the Corona Grandstand Stage.

Here, in chronological order, is a look at four upcoming grandstand artists. Performances are at 7:30 p.m.

Speaking of tributes, expect some of the biggest applause of the night to come when TLC’s Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas pay homage to the late TLC rapper and co-founder Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. With four Grammy wins and four chart-topping hits to its credit — including 1999’s “No Scrubs” and 1994’s “Waterfalls” and “Creep” — this veteran Atlanta R&B group has some crowd-pleasing favorites ready to throw down. June 14.

Whiskey Myers

Depending on the song at hand, this 18-year-old Texas band can evoke the music of everyone from Lynyrd Skynrd and Led Zeppelin to Neil Young and the Rolling Stones, by way of Waylon Jennings and ZZ Top. The six-man group’s forte is Southern-rock. Its music — while not as distinctive as that of the artists who inspired it — is well-crafted and performed with a winning combination of fire and polish. June 19.

Smokey Robinson

This Motown music legend has been touring steadily since bouncing back from a 2021 bout with COVID that saw him hospitalized for nearly two weeks. Robinson spent more than a month regaining his singing voice before returning to the stage. Now, at 84, one of the greatest singer-songwriters of his generation is armed with a new album, last year’s “Gasms,” and has a Spanish-language in the works. But no matter how sound his latest material may be, Robinson knows his audiences want to hear his improbably rich catalog of songs. He is savvy enough to include nearly a dozen of them — among them “I Second That Emotion,” “Tracks of My Tears” and “Get Ready” — at each of his concerts. June 26.

Usher, Missy Elliott, Justin Bieber and Black Eyed Peas’ alum Fergie won’t be performing with “The Fast and the Furious” film star and three-time Grammy Award-winner Christopher “Ludacris” Evans. But you can count on this veteran Dirty South rapper to drops verses from their hit songs on which he guested, including Elliott’s “One Minute Man,” Bieber’s “Baby” and Usher’s “Yeah!” Where his early releases were misogynistic enough to earn condemnation from President Obama and Oprah Winfrey, Luda — as many fans call him — is now a 46-year-old father of four. His recent credits include a Disney+ holiday comedy, “Dashing Through the Snow,” and an animated Netflix coming-of age musical comedy series, “Karma’s World.” And his rapid-fire raps can still excite his concert audiences. June 28.

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Where: Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar

Tickets: Prices vary per show.

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Online: sdfair.com

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The Great Concert Ticket Bust

Big musical acts are canceling tours. Are Taylor Swift and Beyoncé the only artists who can sell out shows?

It's probably really great to be Jennifer Lopez . Of my running mental list of people whose lives seem absolutely awesome, she easily falls within the top 10. But just because she lives a charmed life doesn't mean things go great all of the time, and, lately, things have been a little less than ideal for the actor/singer/dancer from the Bronx. Her relationship with Ben Affleck is said to be on the rocks, and beyond any personal woes, she's got professional pains, too. Namely, JLo is apparently having a hard time selling tickets.

Lopez announced a tour to support her new album ( and truly wild accompanying movie ), "This Is Me … Now," earlier this year, but she wound up canceling a bunch of dates amid weak sales. She then rebranded the tour as a greatest-hits show, but fans still weren't tripping over themselves to see her. At the end of May, JLo decided to cancel her tour , saying she was "heartsick" but needed to spend time with her family and friends.

In JLo's defense, she's not the only one having trouble packing venues. The rock duo The Black Keys scrapped a planned arena tour and are expected to announce a "revised" set of dates at smaller venues. On social media, fans have noted that some shows from the pop artists Troye Sivan and Charli XCX as well as the band Wallows appear to be undersold. The Latin trap artist Bad Bunny recently pulled out of a show in Minneapolis, reportedly amid weak sales. Coachella lagged this year, and there's been chatter about a variety of acts not hitting home runs sales-wise in some instances and locations, including Cardi B, Justin Timberlake, and Pink.

This doesn't mean the entire concert industry is in disarray. Taylor Swift is unstoppable . As is Beyoncé whenever she is on the road. Acts such as Luke Combs, Zach Bryan, and Olivia Rodrigo are selling a ton. Dead & Company, the successor band to the Grateful Dead, is adding dates at the Las Vegas Sphere. Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster and rules the roost in the live-events space, had a huge 2023, estimating that 145 million fans attended more than 50,000 events, a 20% increase in fans over the year before. However, not everything is going smoothly for everyone. For some artists, conditions aren't so favorable, and they're struggling to pull in the crowds they anticipated, at least right out of the gate.

"Concert promotion is a betting business. You don't always win. And sometimes, you can be humbled," said Jarred Arfa, the head of global music at Independent Artist Group, whose client roster includes Billy Joel, 50 Cent, and Metallica.

Ticket prices are just astronomical right now.

There are a combination of factors that are dragging down some artists' ticket sales. For one thing, a lot of acts are on tour at the moment. In the wake of the pandemic, artists have been eager to get back out there and recoup lost time and money. Even if the return hasn't been smooth , basically anyone who can be touring is, meaning the space is crowded and oversaturated.

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"You'd never before had a moment in time where all the horses lined up at the starting gate and they all went out on the road at the same time," said Gary Witt, the CEO and co-owner of The Pabst Theater Group in Milwaukee.

The world really is your oyster right now when it comes to catching a show. But it also means that people have a ton of options, and there is only so much time to go around. Maybe you already saw your favorite artist when they first went on the road after the worst of COVID passed, and you don't feel especially inspired to go see them again. Or you like the band or singer in question plenty, but not enough to go through all the rigamarole of seeing them live. Either way, the once feverish demand for that ticket has probably cooled.

Pricing is also a factor. Anyone who's looked for concert tickets recently has probably been gobsmacked at the cost. Many consumers have been spending through inflation , even if begrudgingly so, but no one's budget is limitless, especially as prices for basically everything — including tickets to live events — remain elevated. Pollstar calculated that the average ticket price for the top 100 tours in the first quarter of this year was $123.25, an all-time. Its data indicates that the average ticket price for a Bad Bunny ticket is $290, for Justin Timberlake $216, and for Nicki Minaj $149.

"Ticket prices are just astronomical right now," said David "5-1" Norman, an industry veteran who has toured with Prince, Green Day, and Alicia Keys. "And if you're bringing a child with you, and then you have to stay overnight and gas and hotel and then food, that stuff adds up."

Just having the big song doesn't necessarily always translate into ticket sales.

Going on tour is always a gamble based on numerous factors including ticket history, streaming performance, email list sizes, and online attention. But there are no guarantees that any of that will translate to hard ticket sales . There are artists who might have massive numbers online but whose fans are only surface-level and don't really care enough to appear at a show. The way artists break out on social media nowadays makes it even harder to figure out whether that might be the case. Having a couple of hits on Spotify or TikTok doesn't mean someone can sell out a stadium.

That's why, in some cases, there seems to be a degree of overshooting. Artists (and their agents and managers and promoters) are trying to sell out bigger venues than they can. A more conservative approach would be to book a handful of big venues and see how it goes before committing to more, but that's not the approach everyone is taking.

"We have some hard-rock artists who you've never even heard of and they sell out everywhere, but they have that loyal fan base," Arfa said. "Just having the big song doesn't necessarily always translate into ticket sales." For every five or six acts that are doing great touring, one is a little clunky, he added. "We're having a couple conversations where we're thinking it may be best to push into Q1 of next year because of a high level of traffic on the road right now."

A spokesperson for Live Nation said in a statement that over 100 million tickets have been sold this year, even with fewer stadium shows touring, and that sales for shows in arenas, amphitheaters, theaters, and clubs are up "double digits" from last year. "Every year some events naturally fall off for various reasons, and in 2024 across all venue types we've seen a 4% cancellation rate – which is flat to last year," the spokesperson said.

Every artist and situation is unique. Bad Bunny may not have been able to sell such high-priced tickets in Minneapolis, but he's sold a ton of other places. JLo seems to have a lot more on her plate than trying to tour right now, and the Black Keys will probably do fine in smaller venues. A representative for Live Nation, which is producing the Troye Sivan/Charli XCX show, said the tour had sold out some dates and was 70% sold across the board, implying there had been misconceptions about sales online. (They said Wallows is selling "well" without providing on-the-record specifics and pointed to public statements from the Black Keys and Lopez, the tours of which Live Nation all produced.) Hiccups are not all about ticket sales, either. Kid Cudi canceled his tour this year because he broke his foot jumping off the stage during Coachella, and many acts aren't specifically saying the problem is sales when they do cancel.

There are strategies acts undertake to try to freshen things up for fans and boost sales, such as combining forces or bringing in special guests. Def Leppard is touring with Journey this year, and last year it toured with Mötley Crüe. There's always good old marketing. Live Nation recently wrapped its "concert week," which offers a variety of tickets at $25 — a good way to push tickets that aren't moving.

There is, of course, a huge issue that undergirds the entire conversation: Buying tickets is supremely annoying. You have to really want to see a show to try to navigate the labyrinthine purchase process. Live Nation-Ticketmaster dominates the market, which critics — including the Department of Justice, which is suing the company over claims of anti-competitive practices — say stifles innovation, allows for unfair markups, and contributes to an overall negative experience for fans . Fees on tickets are confoundingly high and seemingly endless . Bot armies snatch up tickets when they go on sale and flip them on the secondary markets for exorbitantly high prices. (One piece of silver lining here is that this year's lowered demand has resulted in lower resale ticket prices. SeatGeek says the average resale ticket price to attend a summer concert this year is $214; last year, it was $257, though a lot of that was due to Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.)

"The time when customer experiences aren't good is usually when there's a monopoly involved," Witt, from The Pabst Theater Group, said.

JLo, of course, will be fine — she is very rich, famous, and beautiful after all. Her fans will survive and will probably have a chance to see her perform again. But next time she hits the road, they'd be wise to scoop up her tickets fast so "This Is Me … Whenever In the Future" doesn't get axed, too.

Emily Stewart is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy.

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