The upcoming summer of 2016 promises to be a great one for almost all concert goers. It does not matter what kind of music you are into, whether it be rock, classic rock, pop, rap, hip-hop or country, there’s plenty of live summer concerts to see. We’ve compiled our own list of the top concerts to see, no matter what the music type. Obviously, if you’re into hip-hop, you’re not going to want to know about any heavy metal shows, but we still break them all down anyway.
This 2016 year so far has been very big in the live music and concert area. Some very big names in music have been on tour this year, and seem to continue on throughout the year. Here you will find listed most of the music events we can think of that are taking place over the summer of the year 2016. It doesn’t really matter what type of music you are into, there is most definitely a handful of performers that you would not mind seeing live in concert. For me, I guess that would have to be the ‘partially’ reunited Guns N’ Roses, but at the same time, I wouldn’t mind seeing KISS or even Drake!
Check out the list below of performers, bands and acts that are putting on concert tours for this summer. You can click on each name or title, and you will be taken to their Tour Page which will break down all the latest tour and concert information. The list below is in no particular order, other than alphabetically. If you notice a band or name than needs to be added (or removed or updated), then please ‘Comment’ below.

There are so many 2016 Summer Concert Tours taking place that we had a hard time listing them all! Check out our Summer Concert list below.
2016 Top Summer Concert Tours
- AC/DC
- Adele
- Bad Company (‘One Hell of a Night Tour’ with Joe Walsh)
- Beyonce
- Billy Idol
- Billy Joel
- Bob Dylan
- Bonnie Raitt
- Blink-182 (Bored To Death Tour)
- Bruce Springsteen
- Carrie Underwood
- Chris Cornell
- Coldplay
- Darius Rucker
- Dave Matthews Band
- Dead & Company
- Def Leppard
- Desert Trip 2016 Music Festival
- Disturbed
- Don Henley
- DRAKE
- Elton John
- Eric Church
- Fall Out Boy
- Fifth Harmony (7/27 Tour)
- Flight of the Conchords
- Flume
- Garth Brooks
- Gov’t Mule
- Guns N’ Roses
- Gwen Stefani
- Harry Connick Jr
- Iron Maiden
- Jackson Browne
- James Taylor
- Jeff Dunham (Comedian)
- Jerry Seinfeld (Comedian)
- Jimmy Buffett
- Joe Walsh
- John Mellencamp
- Justin Bieber
- Keith Urban
- Kid Rock
- Korn (with Rob Zombie)
- Luke Bryan
- Marilyn Manson (with Slipknot)
- Maroon 5
- Martin Lawrence (Comedian)
- Miranda Lambert
- Modest Mouse
- Paul McCartney
- Pearl Jam
- Peter Gabriel (with Sting)
- Phish
- Prophets of Rage
- Radiohead
- Randy Houser (with Dierks Bentley and others)
- REO Speedwagon (with Def Leppard)
- Rihanna
- Rob Zombie (with Korn and others)
- Robert Plant (with The Sensational Space Shifters)
- Selena Gomez
- Slipknot (with Marilyn Manson and of Mice & Men)
- Steve Miller Band
- Steven Tyler (Out On A Limb Tour)
- Sting (with Peter Gabriel)
- Tesla (with Def Leppard)
- The Cure
- The Lumineers
- The Who
- Theresa Caputo (Psychic Medium)
- Twenty One Pilots
- Warped Tour
- Whitesnake
- Widespread Panic
- Zac Brown Band
- ZZ Top
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Written by Craig Scott