From Mariah Carey’s Caution World Tour to Meek Mill’s
Championships victory lap, here are a dozen acts you should
check out on stage over the next 12 months
1
ARIANA GRANDE
The pop queen will keep the
Sweetener train rolling with a
world tour that hits more than 70
stops across two continents—
including a “special show” in
Manchester, England, the location of a 2017 suicide bombing
that took place after a Grande
performance
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
The country star is boarding her
bus for the Cry Pretty 360 tour,
launching in Greensboro, N.C., in
May. As the title suggests, the
2018 CMA Female Vocalist of the
Year will be playing in the round.
Openers Runaway June and
Maddie & Tae come along for
the ride
CHER
Cher will spend her 2019 the
same way she spent 2018:
knee-deep in Swedish pop. After
kicking things off in New Zealand, the iconic singer will bring
her Here We Go Again tour
and its slate of ABBA covers
Stateside. (Cue fans screaming,
“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”)
The run starts in Estero, Fla.,
later this month.
QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT
After the box office success
of Bohemian Rhapsody,
the rock legends—fronted by
the power-lunged American Idol
alum—return to the road for
the Rhapsody tour in July (Rami
Malek not included)
DEAD AND CO.
It wouldn’t be summer without
the Dead. The sunshine daydream crew of Bob Weir, Mickey
Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and John
Mayer return for a 19-stop stint
across America—their sixth
tour since launching in 2015. It
all kicks off May 31 in Mountain
View, Calif.
JOHN MELLENCAMP
The famous Hoosier gets
things rolling on the John Mellencamp Show in his home
state in February. He’s touring
in support of his 24th release,
a compilation of covers he’s
recorded over the years, aptly
titled Other People’s Stuff.
Expect to hear those songs and
his own stuff, too
MARIAH CAREY
In addition to her continued
Las Vegas residency, the diva
will be giving her sleeper
2018 record Caution the live
treatment with the 22-city
Caution World Tour. No word
yet on whether there will be
milk baths
PAUL MCCARTNEY
The pop icon is ready to Freshen
Up, as he’s dubbed his next
round of tour dates playing
Beatles hits and solo favorites
with his crack band. The trek
begins in Chile in March and
comes Stateside in May with a
July date at Dodger Stadium
MEEK MILL
Meek Mill capped last year with
a No. 1 album (the fittingly titled
Championships, his first fulllength effort since his April 2018
release from prison). Expect the
wins to continue for the Philadelphia rapper as he launches his
anticipated Motivation Tour with
a 16-city trip across America.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Step 1: You will have lots of fun...
reliving the glory days of NKOTB
and era-appropriate openers
like Salt-N-Pepa. Step 2: There’s
so much you can do...to prepare,
like find your acid-washed
jeans. Step 3–5: You know the
drill. The time arrives May 2.
ROLLING STONES
Break out the moves like Jagger
and your best Keith Richards skull
rings. Almost six decades after
their debut, the World’s Greatest
Rock & Roll Band is hitting the
road for the 13-city No Filter tour,
their first U.S. run since 2015
VINCE STAPLES
One of rap’s wittiest artists brings
one of rap’s wittiest albums of
2018 (the terrestrial radio-themed
FM!) to arenas across the States
with his Smile, You’re on Camera
trek. Staples will open things
up in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 1 and
travel to 37 cities
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