It’s officially the eight days before Christmas and if you’re done with your holiday gift-shopping, well, lucky you! You survived the hassle of shopping and wrapping presents during the busiest time of the year.
But for those who are still cramming and wondering what to give their loved ones this season, here’s a tip for you: buy them the gift of experience. Skip the boring socks and knitted sweaters, we bet the music lovers of your life will be ecstatic to receive concert tickets to their favorite bands instead. Read ahead for a gift guide on the best tours coming through your city in 2020, one for just about every music fan out there.
Harry Styles – Love on Tour
It was in January 2016 when the boyband behemoth One Direction broke every fans’ hearts with their hiatus announcement. Nearly four years later, each member has made names for themselves and released successful solo singles. And speaking of singles, perhaps the most well-received is Harry Styles’ “Lights Up” and his recently released album “Fine Line”. Much to his fans delight, the 25-year old pop singer will be embarking on a massive world tour in 2020 in support of his album.
The outing is slated to kick off on April 15 in Birmingham, England, and wind its way across Europe through late May before jumping to North America and South America in late June until October.
Get your tickets here.
Billie Eilish – Where Do We Go
From releasing her first-ever album to dominating a night at Coachella with her chart-topping hits, 2019 is undoubtedly Billie Eilish’s best year yet. And by the looks of it, her career has nowhere to go but up. Following her 2019 When We All Fall Asleep Tour, Billie is invading arenas in 2020 with her Where Do We Go? World Tour.
The trek kicks off on March 19th in Miami, Florida and concludes on April 11th in Vancouver, BC. Following the North American leg are South America and Europe in the summer of 2020.
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Maroon 5 – 2020 Tour
Here’s one more reason to look forward to summer 2020 – Maroon 5 is coming to stadiums and amphitheaters near you! The Adam Levine-led band is embarking on a massive North American tour that will find them performing at iconic venues such as Chicago’s Wrigley Field. And as if the band isn’t enough, they will also be joined by American soul singer Leon Bridges and Meghan Trainor.
The 2020 Tour kicks off on May 30 in San Diego, California, and keep the group on the road through a Sept. 17 gig in Tampa, Florida.
Book your tickets here.
Taylor Swift – Lover Fest
Swifties, you are in for a treat! Following her record-breaking “Lover” album, Taylor Swift announced on September that she’s going on an international summer festival tour. Unlike the stadium and arena tour fans saw at Reputation Tour in 2017, Lover Fest is shaping up to be a more intimate concert experience. In an interview with RollingStone, the 29-year old said “My goal for whatever live setting that we decide to do things in, is gonna be to try to make it feel smaller like a living room.”
Lover Fest’s European tour launches on June 20th in Belgium and wraps up on July 9th in Portugal. Taylor will also play a single show in Brazil before heading to the US for a four date tour that will conclude on July 31st in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Book your tickets here.
Celine Dion – Courage World Tour
Over a decade since her last tour, Celine Dion continues to prove to her fans that she’s still the one and only Queen of Pop as she embarks on her Courage World Tour. The concert series, which started in September 2019, is such a hit that Celine announced additional U.S. and international dates for 2020.
The new leg of the tour will kick off on March 5, 2020 at Barclays Center in New York, making stops in Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco and Tacoma before heading to Canada. And unless new stops will be announced in the future, the tour concludes on Sept. 18th in London.
Book your tickets here.
Dan + Shay – The (Arena) Tour
To say that 2019 had been a busy year for Dan + Shay (aka Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney) is an understatement. Earlier this year, the duo nabbed their first ever Grammy Award for best country duo/group for “Tequila”. In October, the duo unveiled their collaboration with Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours,” now a certified platinum, making it the fastest-selling country single to reach sales of one million units this year. On the same month, Dan + Shay also hit the road with Shawn Mendes in Australia.
In 2020, the duo is gifting their fans with a much-awaited 37-date tour from March to Halloween 2020, with a five-month-long break from mid-April to mid-September.
Book your tickets here.