Here’s how to get tickets to the 52 biggest classic rock tours in 2024
Half a century removed from its heyday, classic rock still reigns supreme.
Many of the biggest acts who ruled the charts in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s have huge tours scheduled at stadiums, arenas, amphitheaters, arts centers, music festivals, county fairs and rodeos all over North America in 2024.
From household names like the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, The Beach Boys and Billy Joel to tireless road veterans Grand Funk Railroad, Marshall Tucker Band, .38 Special, Southside Johnny and Three Dog Night, it’s likely one of your favorite artists from way back when may be coming to a venue near you soon.
It should also be noted that some of these tours are more urgent than others — a few of these iconic stars from yesteryear are conducting their final run of farewell shows before hanging up their mics and electric guitars for good.
So, to make sure you’re in the loop, our team found the 52 (!) most notable classic rockers on the road in 2024 who’ve been at it from the Watergate era all the way to the days of the World Wide Web.
Alls you have to do to find 2024’s best in live rock and roll is scroll.
Stadium Rockers
Rolling Stones’ ‘The Stones Tour ’24 Hackney Diamonds’
Runs April 28 through July 17.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Runs March 19 through Nov. 22.
Huge Farewell Tours
Billy Joel
Featuring Sting on select dates.
Runs Jan. 11 through Aug. 9.
The Eagles’ ‘The Long Goodbye Tour’
Featuring Steely Dan.
Runs Jan. 5 through March 16.
Aerosmith’s ‘Peace out Tour’
Featuring The Black Crowes
Tour dates are TBD.
Frankie Valli’s ‘The Last Encores Tour’
Runs Jan. 12 through Oct. 26.
Co-Headliners
Chicago with Earth Wind and Fire’s ‘Heart and Soul Tour’
Runs July 10 through Sept. 7.
Journey and Def Leppard’s ‘Summer Stadium Tour’
Featuring Steve Miller Band, Heart and Cheap Trick on select dates.
Runs Feb. 9 through Sept. 8.
Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top’s ‘Sharp Dressed Simple Man Tour’
Featuring Black Stone Cherry and The Outlaws.
Runs March 8 through Sept. 22.
Foreigner and Styx’s ‘Renegades and Juke Box Heroes Tour’
Featuring John Waite.
Runs Jan. 19 through Nov. 9.
Las Vegas residencies
U2’s ‘UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere’
Runs Jan. 26 through March 2.
Phish
Runs April 18-21.
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band
Featuring Men At Work’s Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Toto’s Steve Lukather and more.
Runs May 22 through June 1.
Santana
Runs Jan. 24 through May 23.
’60s Heroes
The Beach Boys
Runs Feb. 21 through March 9.
The Righteous Brothers
Runs Jan. 18 through Aug. 24.
Don McLean
Runs Feb. 10 through July 28.
Tommy James and the Shondells
Runs Jan. 27 through June 14.
Phil Lesh of The Grateful Dead
Jan. 13.
’70s icons
Stevie Nicks
Runs Feb. 10 through March 9.
Rod Stewart
Runs Feb. 8 through Aug. 10.
Peter Frampton’s ‘Never Ever Say Never Tour’
Runs March 3 through April 14.
Elvis Costello’s ‘7-0-7 Tour’
Featuring Charlie Sexton.
Runs Jan. 11 through Sept. 15.
Cheap Trick
Runs Feb. 16 through May 17.
The Guess Who
Runs Jan. 19 through May 31.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Runs Jan. 20 through Sept. 23.
Three Dog Night
Runs Jan. 22 through July 3.
Grand Funk Railroad
Runs Jan. 12 through April 20.
Kansas
Runs Jan. 12 through May 18.
Blue Oyster Cult
Runs Jan. 25 through July 12.
Foghat
Runs Jan. 20 through March 29.
Al Stewart
Runs Jan. 10 through May 8.
Marshall Tucker Band
Featuring Jefferson Starship on select dates.
Runs Jan. 25 through Nov. 9.
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Runs March 1 through June 8.
.38 Special
Runs Jan. 4 through Aug. 9.
Average White Band
Runs April 5-7.
’80s stars
Sting’s ‘My Songs World Tour’
Featuring Billy Joel and The San Francisco Symphony on select dates.
Runs Feb. 14 through June 23.
John Mellencamp’s ‘Live and In Person Tour’
Runs March 8 through April 23.
Billy Idol
Runs Feb. 8 through May 5.
REO Speedwagon
Runs March 20 through Oct. 5.
Rick Springfield
Featuring Richard Marx on select dates.
Runs Jan. 11 through March 13.
John Oates of Hall and Oates
Runs April 4 through May 8.
Toto
Runs Feb. 17 through April 28.
Air Supply
Runs Jan. 19 through Oct 4.
Jefferson Starship
Featuring Marshall Tucker Band on select dates.
Runs Feb. 2 through June 15.
Hard Rockers
Metallica’s ‘M72 Tour’
Featuring Pantera, Mammoth WVH, Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills on select dates.
Runs Aug. 2 through Sept. 22.
Mötley Crüe
Runs May 3 through July 13.
Iron Maiden’s ‘Future Past Tour’
Runs Oct. 4 through Nov. 17.
Judas Priest’s ‘Invincible Shield Tour’
Featuring Sabaton.
Runs April 18 through May 22.
Sammy Hagar’s ‘The Best Of All Worlds Tour’
Featuring Joe Satriani and Loverboy on select dates.
Runs July 13 through Aug. 31.
Ace Frehley
Runs Jan. 26 through June 28.
Bret Michaels
Runs Jan. 26 through Sept. 1.
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