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100 Most Popular Musicians on Tour in 2019

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Live music used to be the only kind there was. The earliest recorded example is thought to be a rendering of the French folk song “Au Clair de la Lune,” captured by a Parisian printer and bookseller around 1860 on a device he called the phonautograph. The first 78 record appeared in the late 19th century, and then came 45s, LPs, eight-track tapes, cassettes, CDs, and so on — and the next thing you knew, all those tunes were floating around somewhere in cyberspace just waiting for us to stream them.

The convenience and virtually endless variety of recorded music, no matter how we may access it, is something nobody is likely to want to give up — but there’s something about seeing your favorite performer in person that transcends mere audio: the sense of community at a concert, the chance to watch musicians actually making their magic in real time, the unexpected new material or surprise guests, even the mistakes (which can make the music seem all the more genuine).

There are very few genres that anyone living in or near a major American city can’t enjoy today, including classical (including opera), jazz, folk, world music, and more. But the events that draw the really big crowds are mostly performances by rock or pop artists, and virtually all the acts on our list of the most popular musicians touring this year fall into one of those two categories.

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Concert ticket sales in North America have soared over the past decade or so. In 2007, Americans and Canadians spent a combined $3.9 billion to hear live music. By 2017, the amount had more than doubled to $8 billion. (The most successful tour of 2017 was U2’s, which sold more than 1.5 million tickets and grossed over $176 million.)

Clearly, we sometimes prefer our music in the flesh instead of in the cloud.

To identify the 100 most popular musicians on tour in 2019, 24/7 Wall St. created an index based on the weighted average of the number of fans tracking an artist’s tour dates on live music-tracking site Songkick as well as the average daily number of visits to the artist’s Wikipedia page over the past 24 months (as of Jan. 3, 2019). To be considered for the ranking, an artist or band needed to currently have scheduled tour dates in the United States and have at least 200,000 fans tracking them on Songkick.

Songkick is a concert listings aggregator that collects listings from sources including all major ticket vendors, smaller vendors, local listings, and more. Artists and their managers can also manage their own listings on the site. The “total number of shows” for each artist comes from Songkick and contains both international and domestic events. Some artists may add to or remove events from their schedule that are not reported by Songkick. However, the number of shows listed is the best approximation at the time the data was collected (Jan. 8, 2019). Each artist’s most recent album refers to their most recent full-length studio album.

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100. Incubus
> Total number of shows: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 675,465
> Most recent album: 8 (2017)

Incubus have a number of shows lined up in support of their most recent studio album “8.” The album was partially produced and mixed by dubstep giant Skrillex.

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99. Kodak Black
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 369,978
> Most recent album: Dying to Live (2018)

Following his release from prison in August 2018, 21-year-old rapper Kodak Black released his No. 1 album — “Dying to Live” — in December. Black currently only has one concert scheduled for 2019, and it will take place at Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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98. Diplo
> Total number of shows: 19
> Followers on Songkick: 605,749
> Most recent album: Florida (2004)

American DJ Diplo has a string of tour dates across the U.S. scheduled for 2019. He hasn’t released a solo full-length album in years, yet he has no shortage of new material considering his extensive work collaborating with other artists.

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97. Tyler, The Creator
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 647,691
> Most recent album: Flower Boy (2017)

The all-around productive Tyler, The Creator has two major concerts lined up for 2019. The rapper will be co-headlining the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York and is also playing the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware.

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96. Wu-Tang Clan
> Total number of shows: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 449,643
> Most recent album: Once Upon a Time in Shaolin (2015)

Wu-Tang Clan, the legendary hip hop group from Staten Island, has four shows scheduled near the end of January 2019: two nights in Philadelphia and two in New York.

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95. Tim McGraw
> Total number of shows: 17
> Followers on Songkick: 614,150
> Most recent album: The Rest of Our Life (2017)

Country music singer Tim McGraw will be playing a number of shows in the U.S. and Canada before shipping off to Australia later this year. McGraw is highly active on the road, wrapping his “Soul2Soul” world tour with wife Faith Hill just this past summer.

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94. Mary J. Blige
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 635,430
> Most recent album: Strength of a Woman (2017)

Singer Mary J. Blige has only two shows scheduled, starting this summer. The first is a part of the Cincinnati Music Festival, and the second will take place in Southaven, Mississippi.

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93. Iron Maiden
> Total number of shows: 40
> Followers on Songkick: 531,694
> Most recent album: The Book of Souls (2015)

English heavy metal rockers Iron Maiden continue to live the life of road dogs over 40 years after forming. This July, the band will continue its “Legacy of the Beast” tour, with metal band The Raven Age scheduled to open each show.

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92. Norah Jones
> Total number of shows: 11
> Followers on Songkick: 641,327
> Most recent album: Day Breaks (2016)

Norah Jones has 11 concerts currently scheduled, including a Willie Nelson concert celebration in Nashville, Tennessee. While Jones hasn’t released a full length album since 2016’s “Day Breaks,” she did release a new song, “Wintertime,” this past year.

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91. Lupe Fiasco
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 796,792
> Most recent album: Drogas Wave (2018)

Lupe Fiasco fans living near Los Angeles have reason to rejoice — the rapper’s one concert scheduled for 2019 is taking place in the California city. Fiasco will almost certainly perform songs from his recent album “Drogas Wave.”

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90. The Offspring
> Total number of shows: 13
> Followers on Songkick: 744,467
> Most recent album: Days Go By (2012)

Despite Offspring guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman recently reporting that the band was currently working on two new records, the rockers have 13 concerts lined up. While the majority of shows will take place overseas, the band will be playing at Camp Anarchy in Thornville, Ohio this May.

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89. Robbie Williams
> Total number of shows: 16
> Followers on Songkick: 477,157
> Most recent album: The Heavy Entertainment Show (2016)

English singer Robbie Williams will be kicking off his first ever Las Vegas residency this March. The concerts will take place into July 2019.

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88. Evanescence
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 675,124
> Most recent album: Synthesis (2017)

American rock band Evanescence has a mere three tour dates currently scheduled in 2019, with shows in Jacksonville, Florida; Rockingham, North Carolina; and Camden, New Jersey. Vocalist Amy Lee reported this past summer that the band was also planning to work on a new album.

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87. Marshmello
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 348,373
> Most recent album: Joytime II (2018)

Marshmello, aka Christopher Comstock, is an electronic music producer, DJ, and masked performer whose tour destinations include Australia in February, Sweden in May and June, and Germany in June.

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86. Tame Impala
> Total number of shows: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 789,520
> Most recent album: Currents (2015)

This Australian-born psychedelic/dance band has seven concerts scheduled for spring and summer of this year, including appearances in Paris, Barcelona, and Helsinki as well as Atlanta and (for Coachella 2019) Indio, California. Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has announced that the group hopes to release a new album this summer.

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85. Diana Ross
> Total number of shows: 13
> Followers on Songkick: 236,895
> Most recent album: I Love You (2006)

The 74-year-old diva shows no signs of slowing down. After kicking off 2019 with an appearance on Jan. 9 at the Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, Florida, she is scheduled for a dozen other concert dates just in the first two months of the year, all but one at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.

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84. T-Pain
> Total number of shows: 19
> Followers on Songkick: 797,067
> Most recent album: Oblivion (2017)

The Tallahassee, Florida, native, born Faheem Najm, who broke through with the R&B single “I’m Sprung” in 2005, will tour the Northeast, Georgia, and Texas in the first three months of the year, then tour California for four concerts in April.

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83. Chicago
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 301,350
> Most recent album: Chicago XXXVI: Now (2014)

This rock-and-roll horn band, formed way back in 1967, is scheduled to play the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ this February. So far, no plans to perform in its eponymous home city.

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82. The Kooks
> Total number of shows: 30
> Followers on Songkick: 908,219
> Most recent album: Let’s Go Sunshine (2018)

An English indie-rock band that debuted in 2006, the Kooks will tour this year from the second week in February (Oakland, California) through the second week in August (Piestany, Slovakia).

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81. Willie Nelson
> Total number of shows: 24
> Followers on Songkick: 339,217
> Most recent album: My Way (2018)

The legendary 85-year-old singer and songwriter, who has transcended the country genre to become one of the nation’s best-known popular vocalists of any kind, hit the road on Jan. 7 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, starting a 15-city tour that ends in New Braunfels, Texas, on April 13.

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80. Snow Patrol
> Total number of shows: 58
> Followers on Songkick: 857,093
> Most recent album: Wildness (2018)

Last year’s “Wildness” was this Northern Irish/Scottish alt-rock band’s first album in seven years, but there’s no lag in their touring schedule. They have 58 shows on the books between now and mid-July, according to Songkick, only 19 of them in the U.S. and the rest throughout Europe and in Mexico, South America, Canada, and the Middle East.

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79. Lady Antebellum
> Total number of shows: 19
> Followers on Songkick: 826,536
> Most recent album: Heart Break (2017)

The Grammy Award winning trio, which formed in 2006, combines country with 1960s R&B. The group has four concerts scheduled in Las Vegas in February before they head to the U.K. for concerts in Glasgow, Scotland, and London.

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78. Young Thug
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 660,576
> Most recent album: Slime Language (2018)

Atlanta rapper Jeffery Lamar Williams, who performs as Young Thug, has only one U.S. appearance currently scheduled — at the Pot of Gold Music Festival in Phoenix in mid-March.

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77. Miguel
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 800,355
> Most recent album: War & Leisure (2017)

Miguel, whose full name is Miguel Jontel Pimentel, is a singer, songwriter, and producer who’s worked with such artists as Mariah Carey and Mac Miller. He’ll be performing at House of Blues in Dallas in April.

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76. Hozier
> Total number of shows: 32
> Followers on Songkick: 862,508
> Most recent album: Hozier (2014)

This popular Irish singer-songwriter, whose most recent release was a four-song EP that came out in September, has announced that he has a new album underway, due later this year. His extensive 2019 touring schedule includes two April performances at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, a famous celebrity graveyard (its inhabitants range from Rudolph Valentino to Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone) that also regularly hosts concerts.

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75. Vampire Weekend
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 922,131
> Most recent album: Modern Vampires of the City (2013)

The indie band from New York City that won a 2013 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, will play concerts in Alabama in May and Delaware in June before flying to Madrid, Spain, for a concert there in July.

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74. Death Cab for Cutie
> Total number of shows: 38
> Followers on Songkick: 930,742
> Most recent album: Thank You for Today (2018)

The Bellingham, Washington, indie band will appear in North Carolina later this month, then tour Europe, Australia, and New Zealand before returning to the United States for more shows in late March.

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73. Ty Dolla $ign
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 810,020
> Most recent album: MihTy (2018)

Thirty-three-year-old Ty Dolla $ign, born Tyrone Griffith, is a well-known collaborator in R&B. He is scheduled to appear in concert at the Governors Ball Music Festival in late May/early June on Randalls Island in New York City.

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72. Keith Urban
> Total number of shows: 19
> Followers on Songkick: 589,689
> Most recent album: Graffiti U (2018)

The Country Music Association’s 2018 Entertainer of the Year, Keith Urban rang in the new year as part of Nashville’s annual Music City Midnight celebrations. His 2019 tour includes nine performances in Australia, homeland of his wife, actress Nicole Kidman, as well as dates in Europe and six U.S. states.

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71. Backstreet Boys
> Total number of shows: 93
> Followers on Songkick: 489,381
> Most recent album: In a World Like This (2013)

The boy band that became a teen sensation in the 1990s launches its 93-show tour with an appearance at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas in early February. The Florida-based group takes its act to Europe in the spring and returns to North America in July for the final portion of the tour that concludes at Newark’s Prudential Center in September.

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70. Slipknot
> Total number of shows: 20
> Followers on Songkick: 691,259
> Most recent album: .5: The Gray Chapter (2014)

A busy year for the metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, starts in June. The group known for wearing masks and jumpsuits opens its 20-show tour in Europe and wraps up with a hometown appearance at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in August. The band is scheduled to release an album in 2019.

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69. Neil Young
> Total number of shows: 6
> Followers on Songkick: 631,383
> Most recent album: The Visitor (2017)

The two-time Grammy Award winning rocker will play three separate venues in Minnesota beginning Jan. 26 before heading to his native Canada for two shows, and then he will perform at Hyde Park in London in July following a brief stint in California.

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68. Khalid
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 605,494
> Most recent album: American Teen (2017)

Singer-songwriter Khalid has booked dates so far this year at Coachella in Indio, California, and Hangout Fest in Gulf Shores Beach, Alabama.

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67. Luke Bryan
> Total number of shows: 11
> Followers on Songkick: 719,337
> Most recent album: What Makes You Country (2017)

Country music star Luke Bryan, with a trove of platinum albums and singles, starts his 2019 tour in Nashville, Tennessee. He will then take his show to California, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Mexico.

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66. Nelly
> Total number of shows: 10
> Followers on Songkick: 873,757
> Most recent album: M.O. (2013)

The two-time Grammy Award-winner, rapper, singer, and sometime actor Cornell Haynes, Jr., — otherwise known as Nelly — will perform this year in both the U.S. and Australia.

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65. Zedd
> Total number of shows: 10
> Followers on Songkick: 887,638
> Most recent album: True Colors (2015)

Zedd, the stage name of Anton Zaslavski, is one of the most sought-after electronic dance music producers and remixers in music. He was scheduled to start his 2019 tour in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 8, and has tour dates in the Cayman Islands in February and the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida in March.

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64. Rick Ross
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 791,803
> Most recent album: Rather You Than Me (2017)

Rapper Rick Ross, whose job resume includes a stint as a prison guard in the mid-1990s, begins his 2019 tour in Las Vegas on Jan. 9. He will later appear in Lexington, Kentucky, and Reading, Pennsylvania. The Mississippi native is due to release an album, “Port of Miami 2: Born to Kill,” later this year.

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63. Meek Mill
> Total number of shows: 18
> Followers on Songkick: 635,432
> Most recent album: Championships (2018)

Philly rapper Meek Mill brings his Motivation tour to Miami Beach, Florida, in February and then goes to Texas, Arizona, California, and Colorado in February and March, before he plays Chicago and the Northeast later in March.

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62. Carrie Underwood
> Total number of shows: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 669,745
> Most recent album: Cry Pretty (2018)

Most of country singer Carrie Underwood’s 2019 tour is in America’s heartland. The seven-time Grammy Award winner opens her tour at Tacoma, Washington, in May and Hershey, Pennsylvania, in June, then heads to Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Nebraska.

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61. The Lumineers
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,031,520
> Most recent album: Cleopatra (2016)

This folky Colorado rock band last toured in 2017 in support of their album “Cleopatra.” This year, fans will get the chance to see them live at Hangout Fest in Gulf Shores Beach, Alabama, in May.

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60. Celine Dion
> Total number of shows: 34
> Followers on Songkick: 447,837
> Most recent album: Encore un soir (2016)

The Canadian performer, who has won five Grammy Awards, is a Las Vegas mainstay. She is scheduled to perform the first of her 34-show schedule on Jan. 8 at Caesars Palace.

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59. System of a Down
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 835,264
> Most recent album: Hypnotize (2005)

The alt-metal band formed in 1994 in Glendale, California, is set to perform at the Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio and Chicago Open Air, both in May.

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58. Bebe Rexha
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 414,348
> Most recent album: Expectations (2018)

The Brooklyn, New York-based pop/rock and dance singer, songwriter is scheduled to perform at Hangout Fest in Alabama in May.

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57. Ozzy Osbourne
> Total number of shows: 50
> Followers on Songkick: 516,713
> Most recent album: Scream (2010)

The heavy metal pioneer’s “No More Tours 2” farewell tour takes him to Europe, Australia, and New Zealand before he lands in the United States in Atlanta, Georgia, in late May and ends his U.S. tour in Los Angeles on July 29.

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56. Blake Shelton
> Total number of shows: 19
> Followers on Songkick: 558,460
> Most recent album: Texoma Shore (2017)

Country star Blake Shelton, who is also a coach on the television show “The Voice,” starts his “Friends & Heroes” tour at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville on Jan. 9. The Grammy Award-nominated performer will visit 15 states during his tour that ends in June.

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55. The Beach Boys
> Total number of shows: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 726,061
> Most recent album: The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)

The quintessential American group, whose most recent album is “The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,” opens its 2019 tour in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in late March. Then the band will tour the United Kingdom, beginning in June.

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54. Gucci Mane
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 706,715
> Most recent album: Evil Genius (2018)

The rapper who eschews bling is scheduled to perform in New Orleans in February; Louisville, Kentucky in May; and Dover, Delaware, in June.

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53. Beck
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 906,430
> Most recent album: Colors (2017)

The Los Angeles, California-based singer-songwriter, known for his genre-blurring, experimental style, starts his 2019 concert tour in at the Hollywood Palladium on Jan. 13, then goes east for dates in Miami and Atlanta in May.

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52. Jack Johnson
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,063,305
> Most recent album: All the Light Above It Too (2017)

Hawaiian-born acoustic rocker Jack Johnson will appear at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, on Jan. 12 with a lineup that includes such performers as George Strait, Willie Nelson, and Sheryl Crow. Then Johnson goes to Australia to perform at the Byron Bay Bluesfest in April.

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51. Ludacris
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 887,790
> Most recent album: Ludaversal (2015)

Rapper, producer, actor, and three-time Grammy Award winner Ludacris will perform at the State Farm Arena in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia on Jan. 31.

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50. 2 Chainz
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 934,482
> Most recent album: Pretty Girls Like Trap Music (2017)

2 Chainz, the stage name of hip-hop artist Tauheed Epps, is scheduled to perform in Las Vegas on Jan. 26.

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49. Lynyrd Skynyrd
> Total number of shows: 21
> Followers on Songkick: 660,218
> Most recent album: Last of a Dyin’ Breed (2012)

The durable and enduring southern rockers start their 21-show tour with Randy Bachman on March 2 in Ottawa, Canada, following a set of shows on the Southern Rock Cruise in early January.

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48. Trey Songz
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,084,599
> Most recent album: Tremaine the Album (2017)

Actor, singer-songwriter Trey Songz has released seven studio albums. The artist from Petersburg, Virginia, is scheduled to perform at Kent, Washington, on Feb. 14.

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47. Train
> Total number of shows: 45
> Followers on Songkick: 1,097,569
> Most recent album: A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat (2017)

These San Francisco-based rockers will tour this summer with the Goo Goo Dolls and “blue-eyed soul singer” Allen Stone. Performances crisscross the U.S.

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46. Michael Bublé
> Total number of shows: 85
> Followers on Songkick: 906,670
> Most recent album: Love (2018)

Bublé, a prolific Grammy Award-winning singer from Canada, has sold about 30 million records worldwide. He is set to launch his 85-show tour on Feb. 13 in Tampa, Florida, and will conclude his 2019 tour in Munich, Germany on Nov. 10.

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45. Weezer
> Total number of shows: 32
> Followers on Songkick: 1,017,698
> Most recent album: Pacific Daydream (2017)

This L.A. band, which had a Hot 100 hit last year with their cover of Toto’s “Africa,” has announced the March 1 release of “The Black Album.” Post-release, they embark on an extensive U.S. and European tour with the Pixies.

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44. Bon Iver
> Total number of shows: 13
> Followers on Songkick: 1,137,546
> Most recent album: 22, A Million (2016)

Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon’s group Bon Iver includes an appearance at Milwaukee’s Summerfest as part of their late spring and summer tour this year, but most of the concerts are in Western Europe.

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43. Aerosmith
> Total number of shows: 18
> Followers on Songkick: 1,005,722
> Most recent album: Music from Another Dimension! (2012)

The ageless, or aging, rockers are playing all 18 of their shows in 2019 at the Park MGM in Las Vegas, starting April 6.

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42. Major Lazer
> Total number of shows: 6
> Followers on Songkick: 1,120,198
> Most recent album: Peace Is the Mission (2015)

Dance music group Major Lazer has a number of sure-to-be-raucous shows lined up for 2019. Major Lazer member Diplo also revealed in a September interview with Complex magazine that 2019 would see the release of the group’s long-awaited final release.

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41. G-Eazy
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 765,101
> Most recent album: The Beautiful & Damned (2017)

Rapper G-Eazy has only one scheduled show in 2019. He’ll be performing in his hometown of Oakland, California, on Jan. 26.

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40. Ice Cube
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 499,175
> Most recent album: Everythang’s Corrupt (2018)

Despite finding a successful career in movies, Ice Cube still makes time for his rap fans. The legendary rapper will be performing in Salt Lake City with Too $hort, Ying Yang Twins, and more this February.

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39. Billy Joel
> Total number of shows: 10
> Followers on Songkick: 800,370
> Most recent album: Fantasies & Delusions (2001)

The Piano Man will appear at his home away from home, Madison Square Garden, seven times this year. The July show would mark the 112th time Joel has performed at “the world’s most famous arena.”

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38. Tyga
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 985,112
> Most recent album: Kyoto (2017)

Rapper Tyga, an acronym for Thank You God Always, is due to perform in Los Angeles on Jan. 12, and in two shows in Australia later in January.

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37. Pink
> Total number of shows: 64
> Followers on Songkick: 602,351
> Most recent album: Beautiful Trauma (2017)

Edgy pop singer and animal rights activist Pink has an ambitious concert schedule on the books for this year, with dates across America and all over Europe, plus an October stop in Rio de Janeiro. Though her most recent album, “Beautiful Trama,” was released in the fall of 2017, she toured in support of it last year and considers this year’s circuit a continuation of that tour.

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36. Panic! At the Disco
> Total number of shows: 41
> Followers on Songkick: 1,032,255
> Most recent album: Pray for the Wicked (2018)

Panic! At the Disco’s Pray for the Wicked tour begins in Buffalo, New York, on Jan. 10, and the band plans to tour the United States until early March. Then the rockers go to Europe later in March and end their tour in Dover, Delaware, at the Firefly Music Festival in June.

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35. The Chainsmokers
> Total number of shows: 7
> Followers on Songkick: 943,802
> Most recent album: Sick Boy (2018)

American DJ duo The Chainsmokers have just seven shows scheduled, following the release of their second album “Sick Boy” in December 2018. Included in the dates is a performance at the Winter X Games in Aspen.

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34. Cher
> Total number of shows: 60
> Followers on Songkick: 266,277
> Most recent album: Dancing Queen (2018)

The 72-year-old Cher is still going strong, heading out on the road this January to continue her “Here We Go Again” tour. This past September, Cher released her 26th studio album “Dancing Queen” as a solo artist.

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33. Kelly Clarkson
> Total number of shows: 28
> Followers on Songkick: 986,610
> Most recent album: Meaning of Life (2017)

Although Kelly Clarkson’s most recent album, “Meaning of Life,” was released in October 2017, she is just this year beginning her tour in support of it. Each of Clarkson’s 28 scheduled concerts will take place in the U.S.

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32. Gwen Stefani
> Total number of shows: 30
> Followers on Songkick: 646,374
> Most recent album: You Make It Feel Like Christmas (2017)

The former No Doubt frontwoman has 30 concerts scheduled for 2019 — all of which will be taking place at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. The dates are part of Stefani’s “Just a Girl: Las Vegas” residency.

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31. Twenty One Pilots
> Total number of shows: 74
> Followers on Songkick: 1,054,832
> Most recent album: Trench (2018)

Billboard called this Ohio duo’s most recent recording, “Trench,” released last fall, “arguably 2018’s most anticipated rock album.” This year, the group undertakes a major international tour, including 22 U.S. dates as well as concerts around Europe, from Ukraine to Ireland, and in South America, Mexico, and Canada.

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30. Paul McCartney
> Total number of shows: 13
> Followers on Songkick: 570,458
> Most recent album: Egypt Station (2018)

This genial elder statesman of rock (he turned 76 last June) shows no signs of stopping. His 2019 tour schedule, running from March through July, takes him from Buenos Aires to San Diego to Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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29. Enrique Iglesias
> Total number of shows: 5
> Followers on Songkick: 1,074,649
> Most recent album: Sex and Love (2014)

While Enrique Iglesias has five concerts scheduled for 2019, only one will take place in the U.S. The singer will be performing as a part of Calibash Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena on January 26.

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28. Flo Rida
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,499,252
> Most recent album: Wild Ones (2012)

Party rapper Flo Rida — a native, appropriately enough, of Florida — was one of the most successful artists of the 2000s but hasn’t been much heard from lately. This year, so far, he plans to perform at Kaaboo Cayman in the Cayman Islands in February and the Tortuga Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April.

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27. A$AP Rocky
> Total number of shows: 28
> Followers on Songkick: 1,244,728
> Most recent album: Testing (2018)

Rapper A$AP Rocky will be performing across the U.S. and Canada as a part of his “Injured Generation Tour” this winter. He’ll also take part in a number of music festivals following the tour.

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26. John Mayer
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,265,335
> Most recent album: The Search for Everything (2017)

In addition to joining Grateful Dead alumni and other musicians on a 19-concert Dead & Company summer tour this year, singer and guitarist John Mayer will also be playing in New Zealand in March and in Snowmass Village, Colorado, this coming August.

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25. Shawn Mendes
> Total number of shows: 86
> Followers on Songkick: 766,193
> Most recent album: Shawn Mendes (2018)

Canadian singer Shawn Mendes will be playing a series of European tour dates before making his way to the U.S. in early summer. His most recent album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last June.

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24. Fleetwood Mac
> Total number of shows: 33
> Followers on Songkick: 1,201,160
> Most recent album: Say You Will (2003)

With longtime lead guitarist (and former Stevie Nicks boyfriend) Lindsey Buckingham recently kicked out of this ‘60s-era rock band, Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House will replace him. Fleetwood Mac embarks on a five-month tour of the U.S., Canada, and Europe on Jan. 31.

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23. Migos
> Total number of shows: 4
> Followers on Songkick: 737,273
> Most recent album: Culture II (2018)

Migos are currently slated to play four shows just over one year after the release of their chart-topping album “Culture II.” Unfortunately for fans outside of the Southeast, three of the four shows are located in Atlanta. The fourth will take place in Las Vegas.

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22. Mumford & Sons
> Total number of shows: 59
> Followers on Songkick: 1,700,014
> Most recent album: Delta (2018)

Fresh off the release of their recent album “Delta,” British folk rockers Mumford & Sons are in the middle of a world tour. Their first U.S. concert on the tour will take place in Providence, Rhode Island, on Feb. 27.

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21. Muse
> Total number of shows: 44
> Followers on Songkick: 1,683,492
> Most recent album: Simulation Theory (2018)

English rockers Muse have plans to play across the U.S. and Canada this year before heading back overseas. The trio released their eighth studio album, “Simulation Theory,” this past November.

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20. John Legend
> Total number of shows: 2
> Followers on Songkick: 1,309,961
> Most recent album: A Legendary Christmas (2018)

Grammy-winning R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist John Legend released his first Christmas album in October. In support of the release, he toured briefly, wrapping up the tour on Dec. 30 last year. He is scheduled to appear at “Aretha! A Grammy Celebration,” with Kelly Clarkson, Common, Celine Dion, and others on Jan. 13.

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19. Foo Fighters
> Total number of shows: 15
> Followers on Songkick: 1,525,459
> Most recent album: Concrete and Gold (2017)

The first 2019 tour stop for Dave Grohl’s prolific post-Nirvana rock band is Atlanta in early February, followed by two dates in New Orleans and one each in Rockingham, North Carolina, and Columbus, Ohio, before the group takes off for a 10-city European jaunt.

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18. Mariah Carey
> Total number of shows: 27
> Followers on Songkick: 983,745
> Most recent album: Caution (2018)

Mariah Carey is currently slated to play a string of dates at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The singer will continue to play live through 2019 in support of her recent “Caution” album, which peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart this past November.

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17. Travis Scott
> Total number of shows: 30
> Followers on Songkick: 766,831
> Most recent album: Astroworld (2018)

Rapper Travis Scott will be playing shows throughout the country on his 2019 “Astroworld: Wish You Were Here” tour. The tour is in support of his recently released third album, “Astroworld.”

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16. Kings of Leon
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 1,876,081
> Most recent album: WALLS (2016)

These Tennessee-born purveyors of Dixie-flavored rock — three brothers and a cousin — will headline this year’s SandJam music festival in April in Panama City Beach, Florida, along with Third Eye Blind, Cold War Kids, The Revivalists, and other rockers.

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15. Elton John
> Total number of shows: 120
> Followers on Songkick: 1,153,454
> Most recent album: Wonderful Crazy Night (2016)

Sir Elton John is not letting his 71 years stop him from pursuing his scheduled 120 upcoming concerts. The shows are a part of John’s three-year farewell tour.

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14. Metallica
> Total number of shows: 40
> Followers on Songkick: 1,404,553
> Most recent album: Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (2016)

Heavy metal legends Metallica will be causing extensive headbanging as they tour throughout the U.S. this year. Although it’s been over two years since the release of their last album, “Hardwired… to Self-Destruct,” the band has plenty of back catalog to keep fans happy.

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13. The Rolling Stones
> Total number of shows: 15
> Followers on Songkick: 1,491,685
> Most recent album: Blue & Lonesome (2016)

This celebrated 56-year-old rock band just keeps on going. Guitarist Keith Richards (himself 75 years old, as is Mick Jagger) has hinted that a new Stones album might be forthcoming this year. In the meantime, the band embarks on its 15-date “No Filter” tour of the U.S. in April — their first full schedule of performances since 2015’s “Zip Code” tour.

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12. The Killers
> Total number of shows: 1
> Followers on Songkick: 1,915,980
> Most recent album: Wonderful Wonderful (2017)

This 18-year-old rock band out of Las Vegas has only one performance on the books for 2019, at the iHeartRadio ALTer EGO show in Southern California on Jan. 19. In contrast, they played 37 dates in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and the U.K. in 2017-18 in support of their last album, “Wonderful Wonderful.”

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11. Snoop Dogg
> Total number of shows: 11
> Followers on Songkick: 1,264,793
> Most recent album: Bible of Love (2018)

Martha Stewart collaborator Snoop Dogg has announced that he hopes to become a Canadian citizen, which may be why four of his 11 announced concert dates for this year are north of the border.

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10. Lana Del Rey
> Total number of shows: 6
> Followers on Songkick: 1,672,791
> Most recent album: Lust for Life (2017)

Singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey (born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant) launches a short tour with two dates in New Orleans in March before moving on to perform in Ireland, Sweden, and Spain. Del Rey has announced the impending release of her sixth album later this year, titled “Norman F—–g Rockwell.”

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9. Imagine Dragons
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 1,933,268
> Most recent album: Origins (2018)

Their halftime performance at the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. 7 bombed, so it might be just as well that this popular alt-rock band thus far has a limited live concerts on schedule for this year, including a date in Florence, Italy, in June and one in Rio de Janeiro in October.

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8. Post Malone
> Total number of shows: 29
> Followers on Songkick: 803,006
> Most recent album: Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018)

Despite having released only two studio albums in his short career, Post Malone is one of the most popular rappers working today. Malone will play two sets at the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest before heading off to perform a number of international concerts.

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7. Queen
> Total number of shows: 24
> Followers on Songkick: 1,414,637
> Most recent album: Made in Heaven (1995)

The success of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the recent biopic of late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury — which just won Golden Globe Awards for Best Drama Motion Picture and Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture (Rami Malek) — will no doubt help sell even more tickets than usual for this band’s summertime tour of the U.S. and Canada. Onetime “American Idol” winner Adam Lambert is now Queen’s lead singer.

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6. Lil Wayne
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 2,087,774
> Most recent album: Tha Carter V (2018)

The chart-topping rapper also known as Weezy starts off a thus-far abbreviated 2019 touring schedule with an appearance at ESPN’s X-Games in Aspen late this month.

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5. Justin Timberlake
> Total number of shows: 37
> Followers on Songkick: 1,895,204
> Most recent album: Man of the Woods (2018)

Justin Timberlake will continue to promote his 2018 release “Man of the Woods” this year. The album, which combines R&B and Americana influences, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last February.

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4. Cardi B
> Total number of shows: 8
> Followers on Songkick: 405,615
> Most recent album: Invasion of Privacy (2018)

Multiple 2019 Grammy Award nominee Cardi B, who promises a new album this year, launches a tour in Atlanta in early February, appearing with sometime collaborator Bruno Mars (No. 2).

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3. Lady Gaga
> Total number of shows: 29
> Followers on Songkick: 1,931,350
> Most recent album: A Star Is Born (soundtrack) (2018)

After spending some time in Hollywood making and promoting her recent film “A Star is Born,” Lady Gaga is returning to playing live music. The 29 shows she currently has scheduled are apart of “Enigma,” the singer’s new Las Vegas concert residency.

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2. Bruno Mars
> Total number of shows: 3
> Followers on Songkick: 2,398,515
> Most recent album: 24K Magic (2016)

The eclectic singer behind the singles “24K Magic” and “That’s What I Like” will be playing three shows this year as of now. Fans will have to travel to Atlanta, Georgia, to the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest 2019 to see him.

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1. Ariana Grande
> Total number of shows: 72
> Followers on Songkick: 1,293,586
> Most recent album: Sweetener (2018)

Pop sensation Ariana Grande will be putting in time on road with 72 scheduled tour dates. The singer plans to release a new album, “Thank U, Next,” this year, which will include her recent No. 1 single of the same name.

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