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Simple Minds Unveil Epic North American Headline Tour

Simple Minds has announced plans for a major North American headline tour – the legendary UK band’s biggest live run across the US and Canada in four decades. They are excited to share that the bands opening in support for the entire tour will be Soft Cell and Modern English.
Dates get underway May 16 at Ridgefield, WA’s Cascades Amphitheater and then continue through June 22 finale at Noblesville, IN’s Ruoff Music Center. Highlights from the Live Nation produced run include shows at such famed arenas and amphitheaters as Seattle, WA’s Climate Pledge Arena (May 17), Inglewood, CA’s Kia Forum (May 22), Denver, CO’s Ball Arena (May 27), Woodlands, TX’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (May 31), Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion (June 10), Wantagh, NY’s Northwell at Jones Beach Theater (June 13), Mansfield, MA’s Xfinity Center (June 15), and Toronto, ON’s Budweiser Stage (June 18). Artist presales begin Wednesday, January 29 at 10:00 am (local). Local presales begin Thursday, January 30 at 10:00 am (local). All presales end Thursday, January 30 at 10:00 pm (local). General on-sales start Friday, January 31 at 10:00 am (local). For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.simpleminds.com/tour.
“Been a while but absence makes the heart grow fonder,” says Jim Kerr. “Simple Minds are ecstatic at the prospect of touring so extensively in the US and Canada this coming Spring.”
The eagerly awaited tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ momentous 1985, a milestone year in their legendary career which saw them topping the world’s charts with their Billboard “Hot 100” #1 smash, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” and RIAA Gold-certified seventh studio album Once Upon A Time, not to mention their unforgettable set in front of 135,000 fans – and a TV audience of millions – on the American leg of 1985’s Live Aid. Today sees the digital premiere of a special new 9-track edition of Once Upon A Time featuring the addition of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and updated Ruby Anniversary artwork. Physical versions and other anniversary reissues will follow later in the year. Simple Minds will be performing “Don’t You (Forget About Me) on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Wednesday, January 29.

SIMPLE MINDS – NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2025
MAY
16 – Ridgefield, WA – Cascades Amphitheater
17 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
20 – Concord, CA – Toyota Pavilion at Concord
22 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum
23 – Greater Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena
24 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
25 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
27 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
30 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
31 – Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
JUNE
1 – Irving, TX – The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory
4 – Rogers, AR – The Walmart AMP
5 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
7 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
10 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
11 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
13 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center
15 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
17 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
18 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
20 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
21 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
22 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.simpleminds.com/tour. The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, behind the scenes tour, group photo in front of the stage, exclusive VIP merch item & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com
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Suki Waterhouse Maps Out Headlining Loveland Tour Across North America
Today, indie pop songstress Suki Waterhouse announces her headlining Loveland Tour across North America kicking off July 22nd in Phoenix, AZ. TheLoveland Tour will include stops at some of North America’s most iconic venues including stops at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery on July 23rd and New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on September 24th, and will feature support from Charlotte Lawrence, Rochelle Jordan, and Love Spells. Tickets go on sale starting with an artist presale on Wednesday, April 29 at 10am local, sign up HERE. Additional presales will run ahead of the general onsale which begins on Friday, May 1st at 10am local HERE.
The Loveland Tour is in support of Suki’s forthcoming album, which she recently announced will be out July 10th via Island Records. Following the album announcement, Suki dropped her new single “Tiny Raisin,” which Billboard included in their best new music of the week list praising, “True to form, Suki Waterhouse takes listeners on a ride,” and Wonderland who commented, “She wails, she vocally sashays, and she sings her heart out on this fuck you, love you anthem.”
Loveland follows Suki’s sophomore album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin – an album that established her as an evocative storyteller, consummate creative, and a powerhouse live performer. The album was released to critical acclaim with Interview Magazine calling it “her most vulnerable body of work yet” to the Los Angeles Times praising how she “sparkles and shines” on the album, and SPIN hailing that it “marks an important milestone, solidifying her as an artist with a presence as enigmatic as it is captivating.”
On stage, Suki is, as NYLON declares, “one of music’s greatest showmen.” She has sold out her own headlining tours, opened for artists like Taylor Swift and Laufey, and graced many festival stages including Coachella and Lollapalooza, the latter of which she will return to this summer.
See below for a full list of Suki’s tour dates.
Suki Waterhouse – The Loveland Tour:
July 22, 2026 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre ^
July 23, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery ^
July 26, 2026 – San Francisco, CA – Stern Grove Festival *^
July 27, 2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Twilight Concert Series ^
July 28, 2026 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium ^
July 31, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza *
August 2, 2026 – St. Charles, IA – Hinterland Music Festival*
August 3, 2026 – St. Paul, MN – Palace Theatre ^
August 6, 2026 – Seattle, WA – Woodland Park Zoo ^
August 7, 2026 – Portland, OR – The Square ^
August 8, 2026 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum ^
September 18, 2026 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre ^
September 19, 2026 – Toronto, ON – Coca-Cola Coliseum ^
September 21, 2026 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia ^
September 22, 2026 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^
September 24, 2026 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall ^
September 27, 2026 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz +
September 29, 2026 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy #
September 30, 2026 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues #
October 1, 2026 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live #
October 6, 2026 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion #
October 12, 2026 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant #
October 13, 2026 – Milwaukee, WI – Landmark Credit Union Live #
October 14, 2026 – Nashville, TN – The Truth #
October 16, 2026 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit #
October 17, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom #
*Indicates Festival Performance
^With Special Guest Charlotte Lawrence
#With Special Guest Rochelle Jordan
+With Special Guest Love Spells
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Shaboozey Announces Sprawling Outlaws Never Die Tour
Today, the GRAMMY®-winning, record-breaking singer-songwriter Shaboozey has announced the Outlaws Never Die Tour. Following its July 31st release, his new concept album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales will come to life onstage alongside beloved hits as Shaboozey brings his lauded, high-energy show to theaters and arenas throughout America and Canada.
Presales are live on Wednesday, April 29 at 10AM local time, with general onsale launching on Friday, May 1st at 10AM local time. Buy tickets HERE.
After previously announced festival dates throughout the summer, Shaboozey will kick off the Outlaws Never Die Tour with a show in Phoenix in early September. Across the run, Shaboozey will invite an array of special guests and past collaborators echoing the genre-blurring adventurousness and crossover appeal of his music, including Brittney Spencer, Noeline Hofmann, Kashus Culpepper, Carter Faith, and Angel White. BigXThaPlug will also join for two special shows in Canada, while Noah Cyrus will open at Colorado’s hallowed Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The tour concludes with a blowout finale at Los Angeles’ famed Greek Theatre.
Shaboozey has partnered with PLUS1 for the Outlaws Never Die Tour, with $1 from each ticket supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
“Music has an extraordinary power to bring people together and inspire change, and we’re incredibly grateful to Shaboozey for using his voice and his tour to support St. Jude through this PLUS1 campaign,” said Lyles Eddins, Senior Vice President of Development for ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Generosity like this helps ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live.”
The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales is a cinematic outlaw revenge story with a tragic love at its center. After watching her sheriff father murdered by the Bootcut Boys, Cherie Lee abandons the badge and hunts the gang down one by one. In the middle of her vengeance, she unexpectedly falls for one of the outlaws. He believes loving her can redeem him; she hopes loving him can quiet her darkness. They’re both wrong. In the final act, Cherie chooses blood over love, killing the man who loves her most and fully becoming what she set out to destroy.
The news of Shaboozey’s latest album arrives to more anticipation than ever, following a whirlwind two years kicked off by 2024’s breakthrough record Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going and a slew of smash hits including the GRAMMY®-nominated “Good News” and the history-making, Diamond-certified “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Last year, Shaboozey released the expanded edition of Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, featuring “Amen” with Jelly Roll, which won the GRAMMY® for Best Country Duo/Group Performance. Earlier this month, he received two Academy Of Country Music Award nominations, including New Male Artist Of The Year and Music Event Of The Year for “Amen.” The Outlaws Never Die Tour marks Shaboozey’s return to solo dates after joining Jelly Roll as a special guest in Australia on the Down Under 2025 Tour, as well as criss-crossing America with a string of sold-out shows on his own Great American Roadshow tour last fall.
Stay tuned for more news about The Outlaw Cherie Lee, including tracklist and album features!
OUTLAWS NEVER DIE TOUR ROUTING
9/8/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre !
9/11/26 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater !
9/12/26 – Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom !
9/15/26 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion !
9/16/26 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory !
9/18/26 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater *
9/19/26 – Atlanta, GA @ Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park *
9/20/26 – Charlotte, NC @ Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre *
9/22/26 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater *
9/24/26 – Laval, QC @ Place Bell #*
9/25/26 – Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre #*
9/28/26 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *
9/30/26 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem *
10/3/26 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall $
10/6/26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Skyline Stage at Highmark Mann $
10/7/26 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoor Amphitheater $
10/9/26 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom $
10/10/26 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory $
10/13/26 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre %$
10/17/26 – Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre ^
10/18/26 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre ^
10/20/26 – Portland, OR @ Theatre Of The Clouds ^
10/23/26 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic &
10/24/26 – Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24 &
10/27/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre ^
Brittney Spencer = ! Noeline Hofmann = * BigXThaPlug = #
Kashus Culpepper = $ Noah Cyrus = % Carter Faith = ^ Angel White = &
