The big concerts and festivals are back in the stadiums and the world arenas after two years without big concerts around the world.
Biggest Tours in 2023
Some of the world's biggest artists will return to world tours in 2022, considering that despite everything that is going on in the pandemic, people need music again.
January 2022
Kacey Musgraves
Tour: Star-Crossed: Unveiled
Dates: January 19 - February 20
Opening acts: King Princess, Muna
The War on Drugs
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: January 19 - July 8
Courtney Barnett
Tour: USA & Canada Tour
Dates: January 20 - August 28
Björk
Tour: Cornucopia
Dates: January 26 - February 8
Big Thief
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: January 31 - June 21
February 2022
Billie Eilish
Tour: Happier Than Ever: The World Tour
Dates: February 3 - September 30
Opening acts: Duckworth, Willow, Jessie Reyez
Waxahatchee
Tour: Saint Cloud Tour 2022
Dates: February 3 - June 21
Spoon
Tour: Lucifer on the Sofa Tour
Dates: February 8 - June 4
Bad Bunny
Tour: El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo
Dates: February 9 - April 3
Dua Lipa
Tour: Future Nostalgia Tour 2022
Dates: February 9 - November 16
Lucy Dacus
Tour: Winter Tour 2022
Dates: February 9 - August 26
Tyler, the Creator
Tour: Call Me If You Get Lost
Dates: February 10 - August 3
Opening acts: Kali Uchis, Vince Staples, Teezo Touchdown
Jazmine Sullivan
Tour: The Heaux Tales Tour
Dates: February 14 - March 30
Clairo
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: February 16 - October 4
Opening acts: Arlo Parks, Widowspeak
Justin Bieber
Tour: Justice World Tour
Dates: February 18 - March 25
Beach House
Tour: Once Twice Melody Tour
Dates: February 18 - August 28
The Flaming Lips
Tour: American Head American Tour 2021-22
Dates: February 19 - November 22
Foo Fighters
Tour: Live in North America 2022
Dates: February 26 - August 20
Opening acts: St. Vincent, Weezer, Liam Gallagher
Tame Impala
Tour: Slow Rush Tour
Dates: February 27 - October 29
March 2022
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Tour: Live 2022
Dates: March 1 - August 28
Fugees
Tour: Reunion Tour
Dates: March 2-March 29
311
Tour: Spring Tour 2022
Dates: March 6 - April 6
Animal Collective
Tour: Spring 2022 U.S. Tour
Dates: March 8 - July 9
Shawn Mendes
Tour: Wonder: The World Tour
Dates: March 14 - October 27
Coldplay
Tour: The Music of the Spheres
Dates: March 18 - October 29
Opening acts: H.E.R., London Grammar
Rina Sawayama
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: March 19 - May 9
Perfume Genius
Tour: Perfume Genius Tour
Dates: March 20 - August 26
Kesha
Tour: Kesha Live
Dates: March 21 - 30
Opening acts: Kesha's Weird + Wonderful Rainbow Cruise, April 1-5
Dawn Richard
Tour: Electro Revival Tour
Dates: March 24 - August 28
Charli XCX
Tour: Crash: The Live Tour
Dates: March 26 - June 9
Bon Iver
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: March 30 - November 11
Rage Against the Machine
Tour: Public Service Announcement Tour
Dates: March 31 - August 14
Opening act: Run the Jewels
April 2022
Bon Jovi
Tour: Bon Jovi 2022 Tour
Dates: April 1 - 30
Olivia Rodrigo
Tour: Sour Tour
Dates: April 2 - July 7
Opening acts: Gracie Abrams, Holly Humberstone, Baby Queen
Lorde
Tour: The Solar Power Tour
Dates: April 3 - March 18, 2023
Opening acts: Remi Wolf, Marlon Williams
Snail Mail
Tour: Valentine Tour
Dates: April 5 - September 9
Lil Durk
Tour: The 7220 Tour
Dates: April 8 - May 2
Jack White
Tour: The Supply Chain Issues Tour
Dates: April 8 - August 29
Mitski
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: April 17 - September 18
J Balvin
Tour: J Balvin Presents Jose Tour 2022
Dates: April 19 - June 4
Destroyer
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: April 22 - October 7
Haim
Tour: The One More Haim Tour
Dates: April 24 - July 27
Opening acts: Waxahatchee, Princess Nokia, Faye Webster, Sasami, Buzzy Lee
Tim McGraw
Tour: McGraw Tour 2022
Dates: April 29 - June 4
Opening acts: Russell Dickerson, Alexandra Kay, Brandon Davis
May 2022
New Kids on the Block
Tour: Mixtape Tour 2022
Dates: May 10 - July 23
My Chemical Romance
Tour: The Reunion Tour
Dates: May 16-March 20, 2023
Tears for Fears with Garbage
Tour: The Tipping Point World Tour
Dates: May 20 - June 26
June 2022
Pavement
Tour: 2022 Tour
Dates: June 2-Nov. 11
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tour: Global Stadium Tour
Dates: June 4- September 22
Opening acts: The Strokes, A$AP Rocky, Haim, Beck, St. Vincent, Anderson .Paak, The Free Nationals
Backstreet Boys
Tour: DNA World Tour
Dates: June 4-March 11, 2023
Alicia Keys
Tour: Alicia: The World Tour
Dates: June 9 - September 24
Tenacious D
Tour: Summer 2022 Tour
Dates: June 16-22
Opening acts: Puddles Pity Party
The Weeknd
Tour: After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour
Dates: Summer 2022
July 2022
Roger Waters
Tour: This Is Not a Drill
Dates: July 6 - October 15
Sharon Van Etten, Julien Baker, and Angel Olsen
Tour: The Wild Hearts Tour
Dates: July 21 - August 21
Opening act: Spencer
Music in 2023... it's almost
While some have booked their first tours for 2022, there are some artists who, predicting that they will not be able to have full stadiums until 2023, are already starting to sell tickets for concerts and festivals for 2023.
With many uncertainties about what will happen in 2022, 2023 could be some certainty of the pandemic, becoming “just” an endemic phase that we will go through, without the risk we have today of going to a concert or festival.
Festivals only in 2023
As much as it is a desire of millions of people to return to normal life, it is quite difficult to predict that there will be festivals in 2022 as there were until 2019. Probably, thousands of people will go to festivals in 2022, but there are still many restrictions on access to the venues.
Many organizers will prefer to wait until 2023, to have the festivals sold out, predicting that only this year will be able to have concerts without vaccination or testing restrictions.
