Get ready to break your budget! As summer approaches, many music lovers are excited about the return of live concerts after the long hiatus brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic — and they are in full swinging effect for 2023! So many popular acts are hitting the stage this summer, including Backstreet Boys, Ed Sheeran, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Shania Twain, Paramore, Sam Smith, Eagles, Janet Jackson, Lil Nas X, and Harry Styles. Like, it’s literally everyone and their mother went on tour. In the language of a Swiftie, are you ready for it?

Here’s a working list of all artists and bands on tour this year:

• Alicia Keys: Alicia + Keys World Tour
• Artic Monkeys: The Car Tour
• Backstreet Boys: DNA World Tour
• Beyoncé: Renaissance World Tour
• Billie Eilish: Happier Than Ever, The World Tour
• Billy Idol
• Billy Joel: Billy Joel in Concert Tour
• Björk: Björk Orkestral Tour
• Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour
• Brooks & Dunn: Reboot Tour
• Bush
• Carly Rae Jepsen: So Nice Tour
• Carrie Underwood: Denim & Rhinestones Tour
• Celine Dion: Courage World Tour
• The Chicks: 2023 World Tour
• Clay Aiken with Ruben Studdard: Twenty Years, One Night Tour
• Clint Black
• Coldplay: Music of the Spheres World Tour
• Depeche Mode: Momento Mori World Tour
• Eagles: Hotel California 2020 Tour
• Ed Sheeran: +-=÷× Tour
• Elton John: Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour
• Florence and the Machine: Dance Fever Tour
• Foo Fighters: But Here We Are Tour
• Janet Jackson: Together Again Tour
• Jannabi: Fantastic Old-Fashioned End of the Year Party! Tour
• Kendrick Lamar: The Big Steppers Tour
• Kenny Loggins: This is It Tour
• The Killers: Imploding the Mirage Tour
• KISS: End of the Road World Tour
• Kristen Chenoweth
• Harry Styles: Love On Tour
• Imagine Dragons: Mercury World Tour
• Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero Tour
• Little River Band
• Madonna: The Celebration Tour
• Metallica: M72 World Tour
• Michael Bublé: Higher Tour
• NCT Dream: The Dream Show 2: In A Dream Tour
• Paramore: This Is Why Tour
• Pentatonix: The World Tour
• Queen + Adam Lambert: The Rhapsody Tour
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: 2022-2023 Global Stadium Tour
• Romeo Santos: Fórmula, Vol. 3: La Gira
• Ruben Studdard with Clay Aiken: Twenty Years, One Night Tour
• Sabrina Carpenter: Emails I Can’t Send Tour
• Saint Asonia: 2023 North American Tour
• Scotty McCreery: Brooks & Dunn Reboot Tour
• Shania Twain: Queen of Me Tour
• Soul II Soul : 2023 World Tour
• Sting: My Songs Tour
• Stray Kids: Maniac World Tour
• Suzanne Vega: 2023 World Tour
• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
• The Weeknd: After Hours til Dawn Tour

The return of summer concerts is an exciting development for music lovers around the world, and there’s sure to be a concert or festival for you this summer.

Some concerts and venues may require proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 tests for entry. It’s important to check with individual venues and artists to understand their specific safety protocols and requirements.

So grab your friends, put on your dancing shoes, and get ready to experience the joy of live music once again!

Who do you want to see this summer?