To kick off another summer of live music, Live Nation will mount its 2nd annual National Concert Day today May 3rd. The event will take place at NYC’s Irving Plaza and feature performances by Dierks Bentley, Wiz Khalifa, Joan Jett and Cheap Trick.
There will also be special appearances by some of this summer’s touring artists including Nick Jonas, AWOLNATION, Goo Goo Dolls, Corey Taylor & Shawn “Clown” Crahan of Slipknot, Simon Kirke of Bad Company, Rome from Sublime with Rome, Jared Watson & Dustin Bushnell of Dirty Heads, Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness and Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional. Hoda Kotb of The Today Show will also return as host of this year’s event.
Following the event, AWOLNATION will perform live at Irving Plaza for an exclusive after show presented by Citi. Fans can also catch the full concert when it is streamed live on Yahoo. – via Celebrity Access
To mark the beginning of the summer concert season, Live Nation also announced a special $20 summer concert ticket offer. Details here.
LIVE NATION 2016 SUMMER TOURING ARTISTS
5 Seconds Of Summer
Adam Sandler
Amy Schumer
AWOLNATION
Bad Company & Joe Walsh
Bill Burr
Black Sabbath
Blake Shelton
Blink-182
Brad Paisley
Brantley Gilbert
Brian Regan
Bryan Adams
Coldplay
Counting Crows & Rob Thomas
Darius Rucker
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Dave Matthews Band
Dead & Company
Def Leppard
Demi Lovato & Nick Jonas
Dierks Bentley
Disturbed & Breaking Benjamin
Dixie Chicks
Drake & Future with Special Guests
Duran Duran
Flight of the Conchords
Florence + The Machine
Florida Georgia Line
G-Eazy & Logic
Goo Goo Dolls with Special Guests Collective Soul
Gwen Stefani with Special Guest EVE
Guns N’ Roses
Halsey
Hank Williams Jr & Chris Stapleton
Heart, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick
Il Divo
Jason Aldean
Jim Gaffigan
Josh Groban
Journey and The Doobie Brothers
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
Kevin James
Korn & Rob Zombie
Lewis Black
Luke Bryan
Maná
Meghan Trainor
Miranda Lambert
Rascal Flatts
Ray LaMontagne
Rihanna
Shinedown
Slipknot with Marilyn Manson
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
Sublime with Rome
Taste Of Chaos with Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday & More
The 1975
Toby Keith
Vans Warped Tour
Wanda Sykes
Weezer & Panic! At The Disco
Zac Brown Band
LIVE NATION 2016 SUMMER FESTIVALS
Austin City Limits
Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival
Bonnaroo
Camp Bisco
EDC Las Vegas
EDC New York
Electric Forest
Faster Horses
Free Press Summer Festival
Governors Ball
HARD Red Rock
HARD Summer
Jamboree in the Hills
Lollapolooza
Budweiser Made in America Festival
MixTape
Music Midtown
Nocturnal Wonderland
Paradiso
Peach Music Festival
Roots Picnic
Route 91 Harvest
Sasquatch!
Shaky Beats
Shaky Knees
Watershed
Windy City Lake Shake
Voodoo Music + Arts Festival