Tour news: Parcels, Willie Nelson, The Mars Volta, Billy Idol, The Format / The Get Up Kids, more

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.

PARCELS

Parcels have announced new U.S. and Mexico tour dates in support of their most recent album Loved.

BOB DYLAN

Bob Dylan has been on the road since March, and he keeps quietly adding to the run. His newest additions today include shows in Austin, Chicago, Kansas City, Rogers, New Braunfels, and Shakopee. Lucinda Williams and John Doe of X (as The John Doe Folk Trio) open the shows.

KIM GORDON

Kim Gordon announced a spring and summer tour supporting her new solo album PLAY ME last month, and now she’s added some new shows to the run. The new additions include Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, and Washington DC, and SASAMI, Sarah Register, Voyeur, and Kim’s Body/Head bandmate Bill Nace open, varying by show.

COACHELLA

Hooray, Coachella schedules are finally out.

THE MARS VOLTA

The Mars Volta have announced new dates for September, hitting Tucson, San Antonio, Charlotte, Jacksonville, and more.

JON BATISTE

Jon Batiste is going on A Fantastical Musical Journey (aka a tour) and he’s inviting us along. Stops include NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium on August 15.

THE FORMAT / THE GET UP KIDS

The reunited Format have announced fall dates with The Get Up Kids. Things start in Minneapolis on 9/19 and wrap in Pittsburgh on 10/7.

WILLIE NELSON

Music legend Willie Nelson has added a few shows to the spring leg of his 2026 tour, including three Florida shows, Charlotte, Charleston, SC and more.

HEAD AUTOMATICA

Head Automatica will be back on the road in June for shows in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Santa Ana, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Denver.

BILLY IDOL

Billy Idol has added lots of new dates to his It’s A Nice Day To…Tour Again! tour, including Scranton, Bangor, Syracuse, Virginia Beach, Grand Rapids, Albuquerque, and more.

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER TOUR

’80s new wave stars Howard Jones, Wang Chung, The English Beat and Modern English are teaming up for the Things Can Only Get Better Tour which hits amphitheaters across the US and Canada this summer. All acts are doing full sets, KROQ/Sirius XM DJ Richard Blade will be the MC for the shows.

FORCE FIELD 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW

Long-running indie music PR company Force Field is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a special LA show at Scribble on May 16. Julianna Barwick and Papercuts headline with sets from A Beacon School, Yacht (DJ), and “other surprise guests.” Tickets are on sale and proceeds benefit NDLON.

HULAWEEN 2026

The String Cheese Incident‘s Halloween-weekend Florida festival, Hulaween, has never really stuck to a single genre, but the past few years have seemed to hone in on the jam scene, with a side helping of dance music. This year is headlined by Geese with sets from My Morning Jacket, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, founders The String Cheese Incident, and more.

MELTDOWN FESTIVAL 2026

London’s Meltdown Festival is always curated by an artists — past years included David Bowie, The Cure, and Little Simz — and this year it’s Harry Styles. The 2026 festival, which happens June 11-21 at the Southbank Centre, just announced its lineup, which as usual is a diverse group of artists across many genres. This year includes the Devonté Hynes Ensemble, LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy, Shabaka & Friends, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Warpaint, Ninajirachi, Nilüfer Yanya, Jon Hopkins, Erika de Casier, Mulatu Astatke, Fousheé, bar italia, Getdown Services, and more.

NO FUN NEW PERSPECTIVES

The No Fun Fest returns to NYC for the first time since 2009 as No Fun New Perspectives, a three-day event featuring avant-garde and improvisational music, not to mention first-time collaborations.

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