Seven Tours Announced This Week to Watch Out For in the New Year (12/12-12/16/2016)

December is prime time for bands to announce their spring tour plans. In the last couple of weeks, a number of top artists have announced their intentions to tour in the New Year, giving music fans a lot to look forward to in the next few months.

Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, loves live music. That’s why we have compiled this list of seven tours announced over the course of this week. Watch out for these artists and get your tickets early. You won’t want to miss these.

1.       Anthrax / Killswitch Engage: Veteran 80s metal band Anthrax announced on Thursday that they will embark on a co-headlining tour with 2000s metal band Killswitch Engage. The “Killtrax” tour will start on March 29 at the Wellmont Theater and will make a stop at Long Island’s Paramount Theater on May 5 before finishing up on May 7 in Boston. Both bands released new music this year; Anthrax released ‘For All Kings’ in February, while Killswitch Engage released ‘Incarnate’ in March.

2.       A Perfect Circle: While they haven’t announced the entire tour yet, A Perfect Circle has officially confirmed four dates, including three festivals and a headlining show at the Hollywood Bowl. These are the band’s first live dates in more than six years. With the news of the tour also comes news that the band is working on new music. If the band releases an album in 2017, it will be their first proper studio album in 13 years.

3.       Animal Collective: Animal Collective will continue touring into the New Year behind their album ‘Painting With,’ released in February. The band will be hitting the road during the latter half of May, stopping at one of the city’s newest venues, Brooklyn Steel, on May 23. If you can’t wait until then and have nothing to do New Year’s Eve, the band will be playing on December 31 at Brooklyn Bowl with Avey Tare and Deakin.

4.       Sigur Rós: Though the band hasn’t released new music since 2013, Sigur Rós continues to find new ways to tour with the material they already have. The band announced a new tour on Monday that will see them perform in an intimate, stripped-down setting. From April 4 through June 16, with the exception of April 13 through 15, the band will ditch the fancy production and tour as a trio playing two career-spanning sets per night with an intermission and custom visual show. New York won’t get to see this until June 16, when the tour makes its grand finale at Forest Hills Stadium.

5.       Live: It has been eight years since Live has toured with their original lead singer, Ed Kowalczyk. But as the fates would have it, the band has decided to reunite for a world tour in 2017. What’s more, the band has been writing new music together and a single and/or EP could be on the horizon within the next year.

6.       Lionel Richie / Mariah Carey:  The 1980s and 1990s will be coming together in the New Year with the announcement that R&B singers Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey will be uniting for a spring U.S. tour. The “All the Hits” tour will run from March 15 through May 27, with stops at Madison Square Garden on April 1 and the Nassau Coliseum on April 8. If you can’t wait until April to see Ms. Carey in the city, she will be playing this Friday and Saturday at the Beacon Theatre on her “All I Want for Christmas Is You” tour.

7.       Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: On Wednesday, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah announced that they will be releasing a new album, ‘The Tourist,’ in February, as well as a spring tour to promote it. The tour hits New York early on with a stop at Le Poisson Rouge March 4, two days after it kicks off in Philadelphia.

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8.       Warped Tour: The pop punk tour that help nurture such talents as Green Day, Eminem, Katy Perry, Paramore, Blink-182, My Chemical Romance and many others is returning for its 23^rd year this summer. Dates for the tour run from June 16 in Seattle until August 6 in Los Angeles, and hits Long Island on July 8 (venue still unknown). Bands and ticket information will be announced in March.

With all the tour announcements made in the last couple of weeks, there is already a lot to get excited about in terms of live music in 2017. From Rock to R&B, there is no excuse not to see a show in the New Year.

Before the show, visit Vinyl Bay 777 and vinylbay777.com to pick up music from all these artists and more. As Long Island’s top new independent record shop, we have thousands of new and used titles to choose from on vinyl, CD, cassette and DVD. Stop buy this holiday season or shop online to purchase the perfect gift for the music lover in your life.