6 New Rock + Metal Tours Announced This Past Week

Despite the shortened holiday week, notable announcements emerged from the rock and metal music scene regarding upcoming tours. Guns N’ Roses has disclosed their plans for a 2026 tour, featuring numerous dates across the United States. In addition, Megadeth has expanded their farewell tour with a newly confirmed series of performances in Canada for the following year.

This week also marked the launch of Sublime’s inaugural Sublime Me Gusta festival and the addition of two new locations for the Vans Warped Tour in 2026.

Below are the significant touring and festival announcements from the past week.

A Killer’s Confession

Tour Dates: February 20 – March 10
Support Acts: None Listed
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Eyehategod / D. Sablu

Tour Dates: December 12 – 21
Support Acts: None Listed
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Guns N’ Roses

Tour Dates: May 5 – 7; July 23 – September 19
Support Acts: None Listed
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Leftover Crack

Tour Dates: November 29 – December 13; January 5 – 17
Support Acts: World’s Scariest Police Chases, Pobreska
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Megadeth

Tour Dates: February 15 – March 6
Support Acts: Exodus
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Powerman 5000

Tour Dates: April 23 – May 30
Support Acts: 12 Stones, Adema, Make My Blood Dance
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Rock + Metal Festival or Special Show News

* Sublime has announced the first Sublime Me Gusta Festival, scheduled for May 9 at Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth, Texas, with an additional Oregon location to be confirmed for June 27. Slightly Stoopid will support, with more lineup details forthcoming.
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* The Vans Warped Tour has introduced two new international locations for 2026, adding Montreal (August 21-22) and Mexico City (September 12-13) to its previously announced stops in Washington, D.C., Long Beach, and Orlando.
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* Hellfest West has confirmed its lineup, featuring Kickback, Arkangel, Downpresser, The Beautiful Mistake, Invocation Of Nehek, Load Tha Nine, Negative Force, Guilt, Four Winds Away, and Staple. The festival will occur on February 20-21 at The Observatory in Orange County, California.
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* Converge has unveiled the lineup for the 2025 Saddest Day Festival, taking place on December 13 at Boston’s Roadrunner. The lineup includes Touche Amore, Coalesce, The Hope Conspiracy, Full of Hell, Soul Glo, Year of the Knife, Stress Positions, and Wormwood.
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* The Metal Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 induction class and the venue for the ceremony. Honorees include Warren DeMartini, Chris Holmes, Rikki Rockett, Tracii Guns, and Riki Rachtman. The event will feature an all-star jam on January 21 at the Rainbow Bar and Grill and the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles.
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* Butch Vig of Garbage and members of Goo Goo Dolls, The Bangles, The Go-Go’s, and Portugal. The Man will perform at the Freezing Man benefit concert, scheduled for January 9-10 in Madison, Wisconsin.
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* The 2nd Annual Charity Show and 3rd Annual Ornament Auction for Punk Rock Gives Back will feature Empired, The Jack Knives, Spark of Life, Rudy Nuno, Unsound Sunday, and a special DJ set by Danny Thompson of Face to Face. This event is set for December 13 at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, California.
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* For those planning New Year’s Eve celebrations, Dying Fetus, Pig Destroyer, and Visceral Disgorge will perform a special show at Baltimore’s Soundstage to ring in the new year.
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* The Evolution Festival will not take place in St. Louis in 2026. Organizers announced that due to a busy schedule of events, they have decided to pause the festival for the year.