32 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week

The tours are really coming now! We've got 32 new rock and metal tours announced over the past week along with a wealth of festival (and cruise) announcements.

For those who ever wanted to see Sepultura, now is the time to get out there. The band announced their final North American tour leg of their farewell tour, so pick up those tickets now.

This week also saw major tours announced featuring Architects, Sevendust and Lorna Shore.

There's also plenty of nostalgia in the tour announcements this week. Sugar have announced their first world tour in over 31 years. Afghan Whigs have booked a 40th anniversary tour. And you'll find '80s hitmakers Men At Work back on the concert trail after many years.

See all of the big tour and festival announcements from the last week below.

Afghan Whigs

Tour Dates: April 25 - May 24
Support Acts: Mercury Rev
Notes: 40th Anniversary Tour
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Alpha Wolf

Tour Dates: May 6 - June 6
Support Acts: Gideon, Mugshot, Resolve
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Tori Amos

Tour Dates: July 7 - Sept. 2
Support Acts: None Listed
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Architects

Tour Dates: April 28 - June 27
Support Acts: Holywatr
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Baroness

Tour Dates: March 6 - 8
Support Acts: Acid Bath
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Blues Traveler/Gin Blossoms

Tour Dates: July 6 - Sept. 19
Support Acts: Spin Doctors
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Chameleons

Tour Dates: April 7 - May 2
Support Acts: The Veldt
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Claypool Gold

Tour Dates: May 20 - July 4
Notes: Primus, Claypool Lennon Delirium, The Frog Brigade will all play the Claypool Gold tour
Support Acts: None Listed
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Corrosion of Conformity

Tour Dates: April 7 - May 16
Support Acts: Whores, Crobot
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Daisy Grenade

Tour Dates: May 19 - June 19
Support Acts: Vienna Vienna
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Dark Tranquility / Soen

Tour Dates: March 27 - April 25
Support Acts: Persefone
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Dogma

Tour Dates: March 15 - April 3
Support Acts: Frayle
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Fit for a King

Tour Dates: May 1 - 31
Support Acts: Invent Animate, Ten.56, Acres
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Fleshwater

Tour Dates: April 2 - May 10
Support Acts: Julie, Midrift
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Fozzy

Tour Dates: May 7 - 16
Support Acts: Flaw, Spineshank, Who on Earth
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In Flames

Tour Dates: May 9 - 16
Support Acts: Thrown, Distant, Upon Stone
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Kaleo

Tour Dates: June 27 - Aug. 8
Support Acts: Dawes, Darren Kiely, Elle King
Notes: 10 Year Anniversary of A/B
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Lord Huron

Tour Dates: June 2 - July 21
Support Acts: None Listed
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Lorna Shore

Tour Dates: April 17 - May 22
Support Acts: Paleface Swiss, Signs of the Swarm
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Men At Work

Tour Dates: July 16 - Aug. 20
Support Acts: Toad the Wet Sprocket, Shonen Knife
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Nailed Shut MA

Tour Dates: March 5 - 15
Support Acts: Godseyes
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Pallbearer

Tour Dates: Feb. 19 - April 23
Support Acts: Knoll
Notes: Performing Foundations of Burden in full.
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Poison the Well

Tour Dates: April 2 - May 17
Support Acts: Balmora, Spy, The Armed, The Barbarians of California
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Radian

Tour Dates: Feb. 28 - March 18
Support Acts: None Listed
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Sepultura

Tour Dates: April 29 - May 29
Support Acts: Exodus, Biohazard, Tribal Glaze
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READ MORE: Sepultura Albums Ranked

Sevendust

Tour Dates: April 16 - May 21
Support Acts: Atreyu, Fire From the Gods, American Adrenaline
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Shallow Side

Tour Dates: Jan. 22 - Feb. 7; March 13-15
Support Acts: None Listed
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Static-X

Tour Dates: May 8 - 15; July 16 - 17; Aug. 4 - 9
Support Acts: Dope
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Steel Panther

Tour Dates: March 18 - April 5
Support Acts: None Listed
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Sugar

Tour Dates: May 2 - 4; Aug. 11 - Oct. 24
Support Acts: None Listed
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Trauma Ray

Tour Dates: April 10 - May 16
Support Acts: Her New Knife, Knifeplay, Keep, Money
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Thursday

Tour Dates: April 1 - 30
Notes: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of A City By the Light Divided and the 25th Anniversary of Full Collapse.
Support Acts: Chris Conley
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Rock + Metal Festival or Special Show News

* Sublime had a busy week of announcements. The band's Sublime Me Gusta Festival is now set for May 9 in Fort Worth, Texas. The band will headline along with Slightly Stoopid, Iration, Long Beach Dub Allstars, The Ataris, HR and more will play at the Panther Island Pavilion In Fort Worth, Texas.
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* Sublime have also announced the Sublime Reef Madness Cruise sailing from Nov. 15-19. The ship will set sail from Miami, FL to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas on the Norwegian Jewel. Other acts on the cruise include Yelawolf, The Elovaters, Common Kings, Amigo The Devil, Long Beach Dub Allstars, DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill and Codefendants.
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* Gojira and Dying Wish lead the recent additions to the 2026 Upheaval Festival. Taking place July 17 and 18 at Belknap Park in Grand Rapids, Mich., the festival will also feature Papa Roach, Poppy, Bilmuri, Story of the Year, Jinjer, Magnolia Park, Set It Off, Landmvrks, Zero 9:36, Bones U.K., Silly Goose, Thousand Below, Kingdom Collapse and Autumn Kings
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* The Offspring, Duran Duran and James Taylor will headline the 2026 edition of the Beach Life Festival taking place May 1-3 in Redondo Beach, Calif. The music weekend also features sets from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Switchfoot, Sugar Ray, My Morning Jacket, Sheryl Crow, The Chainsmokers, Grouplove, Flipturn, Fitz and the Tantrums, Borns, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Slightly Stoopid, Bad Suns, Peach Pit and many more.
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* The 2026 United Blood lineup has been revealed. Speed, Foundation, Agnostic Front, Breakdown, Fiddlehead, Incendiary, Killing Time and plenty more will play the festival April 10 and 11 at Richmond's Canal Club.
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* Wolf Venom, Grundles, Dead Rights, Overditch, Neveranother, Conjure Hands, As Ash Fell and Mutual Trauma are all set to play the Mosh the Rock Island Metal Fest at Fred Milne Park Aug. 9 in Sooke, British Columbia.
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* The Flaming Lips, The Black Angels and Thee Sacred Souls will head up the 2026 Austin Psych Festival taking place May 8-10 at The Far Out Lounge in Austin, Texas. La Lom, Melody's Echo Chamber, DIIV, Ty Segall, Momma, Glare, Night Beats and more will also play throughout the weekend.
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* The 2 Minutes to Tulsa Festival is set for March 27-28 at The Vanguard in downtown Tulsa. This year's lineup features Voivod, Atrophy, Meliah Rage, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, Leatherwolf and more.
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See other rock and metal bands touring in 2026 below.