There’s nothing quite like the exhilarating rush of seeing live music. Whether spending hours in the queue, impulsively splurging on tickets, or discovering a new favorite at a festival, shows, and the ritual of preparing for them, are the lifeblood that keeps us going. Given that it’s the beginning of the year, we asked our readers to tell us their most anticipated tours of 2025. Their answers reminded us of everything we’re looking forward to, from My Chemical Romance revisiting The Black Parade to Pierce the Veil’s era-spanning stadium expedition later this year. Find the top fan picks ranked below.
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5. Sleeping With Sirens
Sleeping With Sirens completed a Let’s Cheers to This anniversary tour last year, and now the post-hardcore veterans will join Pierce the Veil on a giant run that celebrates their entire discography. PTV promised that it’ll be their “largest, loudest, and most unforgettable tour yet,” and given the star power, it’s bound to be exactly that. There’s also the fact that the two groups are longtime friends, and you can definitely expect Kellin Quinn to join PTV onstage for their twice-platinum hit “King for a Day.” Maybe they’ll even don the sleek suits from the music video.
4. Linkin Park
Linkin Park played a handful of reunion shows last year, but it turned out that those were only the beginning of something bigger and better. Following the release of their comeback album, FROM ZERO, the nü-metal legends will kick off the monumental tour at the end of the month, playing more than 50 shows across the globe. Joined by AFI, Spiritbox, and Architects on various dates, it’s no wonder that our readers cannot wait to see the newly reconfigured band hit the stage.
3. The Used
The Used are celebrating a major milestone this year — 25 years as a band, to be exact. To ring in the occasion, the band will play their first three albums — 2002’s self-titled, 2004’s In Love and Death, and 2007’s Lies For the Liars — in their entirety over three nights in each city they stop in, performing one LP per night. Given that these were the records that “put the Used on the map,” in the words of vocalist Bert McCracken, it’ll certainly be a hugely special evening for our readers.
2. Pierce the Veil
Pierce the Veil played their beloved 2012 LP, Collide With The Sky, in full for the first time ever at When We Were Young Festival last year, and they’re getting ready to revisit those songs once again. Taking cues from Taylor Swift’s massively successful Eras tour, the band will embark on their own emo version of that, incorporating songs from all of their studio albums on tour later this year. It’ll definitely be a hard-hitting highlight reel of their greatest moments, and maybe a surprise or two, and our readers couldn’t be more stoked.
1. My Chemical Romance
You can’t be surprised at this result, right? My Chemical Romance played back-to-back nights at 2024’s WWWYF, where they reconnected with their 2006 rock opera, The Black Parade, in full, so it’s only fitting that the emo legends are carrying on with a 2025 stadium tour celebrating that very LP. Going down later this summer, MCR will perform sold-out shows in just a handful of cities, making the events all the more special. Tapping different guests for each show, from groups they came up alongside (Thursday) to new-gen heroes (100 gecs), our readers are predicting an emo-as-hell good time.