The best music festivals and tours of summer 2023
Beyoncé, Madonna, The Cure, Blink-182, boygenius, and Guns N' Roses are just some of the performers going on tour this summer
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Clockwise from top left: Beyoncé (Photo: Parkwood Entertainment); Robert Smith of The Cure (Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images); Smashing Pumpkins (Photo: Paul Elledge); Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 performs during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 14, 2023 (Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Coachella) Graphic: The A.V. Club
Summer is almost upon us, which means a whole new season of exciting music festivals, tours, and concerts is about to kick off. Whether you’re the kind of music fan who’s heading to Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, or the Pitchfork Music Festival, or breaking out your best goth look for The Cure, or dancing your ass off at Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour, this summer is guaranteed to have something for you. So get ready to brave Ticketmaster’s exorbitant fees and have the time of your life at one or more of these shows, listed by start date, in the coming months.
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So obviously not headliner-status…but I’m most excited for the Beths US tour this summer. Going to finally catch them live and I’m pretty stoked!
Protip: If you’re a Greatful Dead fan, do not go see Dead & Co. Saw them at Hershey in 2021 and woof that was a slow, sad show. Go see JRAD instead.
I already saw Quasi, Nick Lustko, and Screaming Females earlier this year and going to see Pool Kids and Tim Heidecker later this year so I’m good on concerts.
Summerfest in Milwaukee.
Catching Yeah Yeah Yeahs tour stop in Chicago in about a month…they put on the best show at RiotFest 2022 hands down.
Boston Calling? Has the most pound-for-pound in any festival this year.
“If you don’t fit in and you’re over forty five, you belong here. It’s about having a shared experience and respecting others who are over forty five, but ultimately having fun. A true alternative festival, where all the self-proclaimed weirdos and outsiders of the world over forty five can get together and have a party.”
No Sick New World? LOL
Smashing Pumpkins have been mixing in pro wrestling at recent shows….