The Roundup - 13 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week

In one of the lighter weeks for new tours in some time, we've got 13 new rock and metal tours to share with you this week.

Metalcore giants Killswitch Engage lead the way, embarking on a summer tour in June with Machine Head, Iron Reagan and Havok for what should be a pummeling night.

If you like it heavy, Kittie also have a big June run of headline shows with support from Kingdom of Giants and Gore.

And this week, we also got a pair of rescheduled tours. Sabaton are now ready to rock your world stateside this fall, as our Sex Pistols who will finally get to fulfill their U.S. dates with Frank Carter handling vocals.

This week also saw the announcements of the Aftershock and Outside Lands festivals, while the Vans Warped Tour continues to add their lineup for 2026.

See all the big concert and festival news from the past week below.

Fleshgod Apocalypse

Tour Dates: April 21 - May 18
Support Acts: Frozen Soul
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The Guess Who

Tour Dates: May 26 - Aug. 23
Support Acts: Don Felder
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Killswitch Engage

Tour Dates: June 3 - 27
Support Acts: Machine Head, Iron Reagan, Havok
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Kittie

Tour Dates: June 6 - 27
Support Acts: Kingdom of Giants, Gore
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Red

Tour Dates: May 9 - June 7
Support Acts: Ra, Kingdom Collapse, Twist It
Notes: 20th Anniversary End of Silence Tour
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Sabaton

Tour Dates: Sept. 23 - Dec. 12
Support Acts: Pop Evil, Wings of Steel
Notes: Rescheduled Dates
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Sex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter

Tour Dates: Sept. 11 - Oct. 18
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Rescheduled dates
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Slightly Stoopid

Tour Dates: March 12 - Aug. 23
Support Acts: The Elovaters, DENM, Bumpin Uglies
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Slomosa

Tour Dates: March 26 - May 1
Support Acts: The Mainliners
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Sting

Tour Dates: Oct. 5 - Nov. 24
Support Acts: Fiction Plane
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Terror

Tour Dates: April 22 - June 6
Support Acts: Pain of Truth, End It, Start Today
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Touche Amore

Tour Dates: April 8 - May 16; Sept. 9
Support Acts: None Listed
Notes: Stage Four 10 Year Anniversary Tour
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Wilco

Tour Dates: June 12 - July 18
Support Acts: None Listed
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Rock + Metal Festival or Special Show News

* The 2026 edition of the Aftershock Festival is set for Oct. 1-4 at Sacramento's Discovery Park with headliners My Chemical Romance, Limp Bizkit, Pierce the Veil and Tool. Other bands on the bill include The Offspring, Sublime, $uicideboy$, Wu-Tang Clan, A Day to Remember, Babymetal, Queens of the Stone Age and Danny Elfman.
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* The Outside Lands festival is on track for Aug. 7-9 at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The Strokes and Turnstile lead an eclectic bill that includes Charli XCX, Empire of the Sun, Rufus Du Sol, The XX, Baby Keem, Labrinth, Dijon, Griztronics and more.
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* The rollout continues for the 2026 Vans Warped Tour's five date run this year. This week saw Rise Against, Black Veil Brides, Sleeping With Sirens, We Came as Romans, Pennywise, Thursday, Gym Class Heroes, The Ataris, Attila, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Waterparks, Amigo The Devil, Goldfinger, Bowling for Soup, Drain, From First to Last, Set Your Goals, Citizen, Varials, The Casualties, Drug Church, Doobie, Mad Caddies, The Aggrolites, Comeback Kid, John Harvie, Caskets, Spanish Love Songs, Destroy Boys, Silly Goose, Mariana's Trench, Gideon, Arms Length, Angel Dust, Who Cares, Villanelle, Good Sleepy, Beton Arme, Big Wig, Scorching Tomb, Everchanger, Trxvis, Lower Definition, Slay Squad, Rosecoloredworld, Makari Los Blenders, Division Miniscula, Basteros and Segundos Auxilios added to the bill.
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* The Dave Matthews Band, Twenty One Pilots and Mumford & Sons will headline the 2026 edition of Oceans Calling. Set for Sept. 25-27 in Ocean City, Maryland, other acts on the bill include Hootie and the Blowfish, Gwen Stefani, Matchbox Twenty, Goo Goo Dolls, Ludacris, Caamp, My Morning Jacket and more.
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* The 2026 High Water Fest is set for April 18 and 19 with Alabama Shakes and Caamp set to headline. My Morning Jacket, Sheryl Crow, Jesse Welles, Peach Pit, Lake Street Drive, Maren Morris, Watchhouse and more will play at North Charleston's Riverfront Park.
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* First Blood, Elysia, Vision of Disorder and more will play Hellfest NJ, June 3-5 at The Dome at Adventure Crossing in Jackson, N.J.
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READ MORE: The 2026 Rock + Metal Festival + Cruise Guide

* The Mountain Music Festival is set for Aug.21-23 in Gatlinburg, Tenn. This year's festival features Rick Springfield, Bret Michaels, Pearcy and DeMartini, .38 Special, Night Ranger, Sebastian Bach, Warrant, Jackyl, Lita Ford, Lynch Mob, John Waite, Vixen and more.
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* Incantation and Sanguisugabogg will head up the 2026 edition of Shamrock Slaughter taking place March 13 and 14 at Piere's and Stan's Room in Fort Worth, Ind.
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* Decrepit Birth, The Convalescence, Casket Robbery, Pessimist and Claustrofobia have been announced for the 2026 Vegas Unalive Festival at the Divebar in Las Vegas on March 20 and 21.
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* Frank Turner's Lost Evenings IX is set for Sept. 24-27 in Dallas, Texas and now we know some of the support acts playing. ..And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Ben Kweller, Hot Water Music, The Menzingers, The Get Up Kids, Beans on Toast, Vandoliers, Laura Stevenson and more will join Turner for the four-night stand at the South Side Ballroom.
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* Slaughter to Prevail's Alex Terrible will pull double duty at the inaugural Blood4Blood event taking place May 6 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. The event, taking place over Welcome to Rockville week, will see the singer participate in a bare knuckle fighting match against PBR star Cameron "The Bull" Delano as well as performing a music set with his band.
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