ROAD WARRIORS: HOZIER, HEART, ODESZA & MORE

The 2024 touring landscape continues to take shape with a host of new announcements today, led by Hozier's adding 14 dates to his previously announced Live Nation-promoted North American outing in support of last year's Columbia album Unreal Unearth.

The Irish singer-songwriter has tacked on a fourth show 6/8 at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium just outside Manhattan and a third 9/20 at Los Angeles' Kia Forum, with additional dates sprinkled between May and September (click here for tickets). Hozier can currently be heard on the new Noah Kahan song "Northern Attitude," which has accumulated nearly 50m streams at Spotify.

Other tours announced today include Heart's first dates since 2019, which will feature support from Cheap Trick in North America and Squeeze in Europe. The AEG-promoted Royal Flush Tour begins 4/20 in Greenville, South Carolina, and could get a boost from the classic Heart track "Barracuda," which can be seen in new TV commercials for the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe.

Meanwhile, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Ministry and Filter will resume their Freaks on Parade Tour with 21 Live Nation-promoted dates, starting 8/20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Live Nation is also behind Train and REO Speedwagon's Summer Road Trip, opening 7/8 in Somerset, Wisconsin. The groups will perform together for the first time 1/31 on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! and the following night at L.A.'s famed Whiskey a Go Go.

Last but certainly not least, ODESZA will team with Live Nation for a victory lap on its extensive Last Goodbye run, dubbed The Last Goodbye Finale. The electronic duo will play doubles at Madison Square Garden and L.A.'s BMO Stadium, plus three shows at The Gorge outside Seattle. A film chronicling the first portion of the trek, The Last Goodbye Cinematic Experience, screened in U.S. theaters for one night only last July.

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