14 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week

We’ve got a big week of new rock and metal tour and festival announcements! There were 14 new tours announced this week, plus some pretty major movement in the 2025 festival season, so let’s take a look.

In one of our biggest “tour” weeks in quite some time, both Ghost and Killswitch Engage announced highly anticipated treks that should be in big demand for 2025. Plus, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame icon Alice Cooper is getting his feet wet with his first dates of 2025 as well. There’s also new tours from Pixies, Unto Others, The Plot in You and more on the horizon.

On the festival front, the When We Were Young Festival revealed its 2025 lineup. You’ve also got the bill for the annual Decibel Metal and Beer Festival, the Innings and Extra Innings Festivals and plenty more.

So head below and see all of the new tickets you’re going to have to get for the coming months.

Amyl and the Sniffers

Tour Dates: March 25 – May 23
Support Acts: None Listed
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Brass Against

Tour Dates: Dec. 5-7; March 5 – 16
Support Acts: None Listed
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Alice Cooper

Tour Dates: Jan. 31 – Feb. 11
Support Acts: None Listed
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Fontaines D.C.

Tour Dates: April 17 – May 16
Support Acts: None Listed
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Franky and the All Nighters

Tour Dates: Nov. 9 – Dec. 28
Support Acts: None Listed
Note: Newly announced dates are part of the band’s Las Vegas residency at the Red Rock Casino Resort.
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Ghost

Tour Dates: July 9 – Aug. 16
Support Acts: None Listed
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READ MORE: What You May Not Have Noticed About Ghost’s 2025 Tour

Gouge Away

Tour Dates: Nov. 2 – 11; Dec. 4-8; Feb. 1 – March 6
Support Acts: Initiate, Cold Dog, Better Lovers, Spy, Cloakroom, Chat Pile
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Killswitch Engage

Tour Dates: March 5 – April 12
Support Acts: Kublai Khan TX, Fit for a King, Frozen Soul
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Tour Dates: July 28 – Aug. 15
Support Acts: None Listed
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Pixies

Tour Dates: June 13 – Aug. 1
Support Acts: Kurt Vile and the Vibrators
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The Plot in You

Tour Dates: Feb. 14 – March 16
Support Acts: Holding Absence, Boundaries, Acres
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Trentemoller

Tour Dates: Feb. 5 – 14
Support Acts: None Listed
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Unto Others

Tour Dates: Nov. 10 – Dec. 13
Support Acts: None Listed
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ZZ Top

Tour Dates: March 5 – April 12
Support Acts: None Listed
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Also of Note:

* The return of Panic! at the Disco and Blink-182 will headline the 2025 edition of the When We Were Young Festival. Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, The Used, All Time Low, Knocked Loose and many more are also set to perform on Oct. 18 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
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* Decibel Metal and Beer Fest has rolled out its 2025 lineup, with Exodus, Dismember, Pig Destroyer, Darkest Hour and more to to perform April 4-5 at Philadelphia’s Fillmore.
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* Fall Out Boy and The Killers will headline the annual Innings Festival taking place at Arizona’s Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park on Feb. 21-22. Incubus, Beck, The Black Keys, Slightly Stoopid, The All-American Rejects, Gary Clark Jr., Boyz II Men, Neon Trees, Jack’s Mannequin, Winona Fighter, The Kills and more will also play.
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* The Lumineers and Kacey Musgraves will headline the 2025 Extra Innings Festival Feb. 28 – March 1 at Arizona’s Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park. Kings of Leon, Megan Moroney, The Red Clay Strays, Maren Morris, Grace Potter, O.A.R., Wyatt Flores and more.
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*Clutch, Crowbar, DevilDriver, Eighteen Visions, Fear Factory, Kublai Khan TX, Obituary and The Black Dahila Murder will be part of Lamb of God’s Headbangers Boat in 2025. The cruise sets sail on Oct. 30 from Miami to Cozumel before returning on Nov. 4.
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*Louder Than Life Festival have revealed that Slayer will return as one of the headliners in 2025 after weather canceled their 2024 appearance. The 2025 edition will take place Sept. 18-21 at Louisville’s Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center
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* The 2024 South Bay Music Awards are set to take place Dec. 1 at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. Bruce Kulick, Sean McNabb, Robert Sarzo, Pamela Des Barres, Steve Unger, Stet Howland, Roni Lee, DJ Marci Wiser and more are set to be honored.
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