Two of the biggest butt rock purveyors since the late 90s/early 2000s are joining forces and hitting the road, as Godsmack and Staind announced they’ll be go-headlining a North American tour this summer. Spanning 25 cities and kicking off in St. Louis, Missouri on July 18, the tour will likely be the biggest traveling display of tribal tattoos and tramp stamps ever assembled until it comes to an end on August 31 in Austin, Texas.
Staind frontman and walking MAGA sign Aaron Lewis said he and his bandmates were “really looking forward to being out with Sully and the guys this summer.” Guitarist Mike Mushok echoed those sentiments, calling Godsmack a bunch of “old friends.”
“The first time we shared the stage with Godsmack was the 1998 Warped Tour and here we are 25 years later still going strong. We’re stoked to be sharing the stage with our old friends this summer.”
This tour announcement comes after Godsmack’s begun openly saying their latest album released last month Lighting Up The Sky was going to be their last. The band also revealed that they were forced to cancel a Latin American tour because no one was buying tickets. For their sake, I hope people will buy tickets for this tour when they go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time.
The full list of dates are down below.
GODSMACK and STAIND 2023 tour dates:
Jul. 18 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Jul. 20 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
Jul. 21 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
Jul. 22 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Jul. 25 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater
Jul. 26 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Jul. 28 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Jul. 29 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Jul. 30 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
Aug. 02 – Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Aug. 03 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
Aug. 05 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Pavilion at Star Lake
Aug. 06 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
Aug. 08 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Aug. 09 – Detroit, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
Aug. 10 – Chicago, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Aug. 12 – Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Aug. 13 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Aug. 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Aug. 18 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater
Aug. 20 – Ridgefield, WA – RV Inn Style Resorts Amphitheater
Aug. 24 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 – Las Vegas, NV – Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
Aug. 27 – San Diego, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug. 31 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater