Journey And Pretenders Plot 60-Date 2020 Tour

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Courtesy of Live Nation – Rock Hallers Hit The Road
Journey and Pretenders will embark on an extensive tour from May to September 2020.

Two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acts will hit the road together next summer. Journey and Pretenders announced a 60-date tour Thursday that will take the bands to arenas and sheds across the continent from May to September.

The trek begins May 15 at Sunlight Supply Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Wash., and concludes nearly four months later on Sept. 12 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y. Along the way, Journey and Pretends will hit major arenas, like Los Angeles-area The Forum (May 23) and Denver’s Pepsi Center (June 4), as well as prominent amphitheaters, including Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisc. (June 6), and Atlanta’s Cellaris Amphitheatre at Lakewood (Aug. 13).

Of the ’80s arena rock legends still active, Journey remains one of the most bankable on the road, securing spots on Pollstar‘s Year End Top 100 Worldwide Tours chart each of the last three years. Last year, Journey’s co-headlining tour with Def Leppard – for which Pretenders opened several dates – ranked No. 12 on the chart with $97.8 million grossed worldwide.

The tour stopped at several of the venues Journey will play in 2020, including Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Penn., where Journey and Def Leppard sold 26,753 tickets and grossed $1.89 million, and Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, where the two bands sold 14,395 tickets and grossed $1.83 million, according to Pollstar Boxoffice reports.

In 2016, another co-headlining tour, with Doobie Brothers, ranked No. 44 with $35.1 million grossed. The following year, Journey appeared on the chart at No. 64 with $32.8 million grossed.

While Pretenders have opened for artists including Journey, Phil Collins and Stevie Nicks in recent years, the band is also a consistent draw on the theater circuit. Recent box office highlights for the band include an April 2018 gig at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre that sold 2,645 tickets and grossed $138,946, and a July 2018 show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium that sold 1,870 tickets and grossed $130,453.

Tickets for the Live Nation-promoted tour go on sale on Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. local time. Find the complete list of dates below.

May 15 – Ridgefield, WA – Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
May 16 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre
May 18 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
May 20 – Boise, ID – ExtraMile Arena
May 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
May 23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
May 24 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 26 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
May 27 – Concord, CA – Concord Pavilion
May 29 – Wheatland, CA – Toyota Amphitheatre
May 30 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 1 – Phoenix, AZ – Ak-Chin Pavilion
June 2 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
June 4 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
June 6 – East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 7 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
June 9 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Sanford PREMIER Center
June 10 – Des Moines, IA – Wells Fargo Arena
June 19 – Oklahoma City, OK – Chesapeake Energy Arena
June 20 – Durant, OK – Choctaw Grand Theater
June 22 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
June 24 – Memphis, TN – FedExForum
June 26 – St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – St. Louis, MO
June 27 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
June 29 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
June 30 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 2 – Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center
July 3 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Chicago, IL
July 5 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 8 – Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
July 10 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
July 11 – Burgettstown, PA – KeyBank Pavilion
July 13 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
July 14 – Quebec City, PQ – Videotron Center
July 17 – Hartford, CT – XFINITY Theatre
July 18 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
July 29 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
July 30 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 1 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 2 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
August 4 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
August 5 – Camden, NJ – BB&T Pavilion
August 7 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater at Virginia Beach
August 8 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
August 10 – Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
August 12 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
August 13 – Atlanta, GA – Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
August 21 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds
August 22 – West Palm Beach, FL – Coral Sky Amphitheatre at the S. Florida Fairgrounds
August 24 – Jacksonville, FL – VyStar Veterans Arena
August 26 – Orange Beach, AL – The Wharf
August 27 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
August 29 – Bossier City, LA – CenturyLink Center
August 30 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
September 2 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
September 3 – Corpus Christi, TX – American Bank Center Arena
September 5 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 9 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
September 11 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
September 12 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
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