MetalSucks has assembled a list of as many metal and hard rock tours and festivals as we could find that were originally scheduled for 2020, along with each tour’s current status: canceled entirely, postponed indefinitely, or rescheduled. Information about new dates is included where appropriate.

This post will be updated on a continual basis. The time of the most recent update is 9:30am EDT, September 17, 2020. Bookmark this page and check back for frequent updates.

The latest updates in the past few days, many with newly announced rescheduled dates, include:

Monster Magnet

Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, I Prevail, Ice Nine Kills

Poppy (Europe)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Parkway Drive, Hatebreed, Knocked Loose, Fit For a King

Kiss / David Lee Roth

Machine Head

More details on the above tours are available below.

If you’d like to see a tour added, or have an update to provide, please email us at news@metalsucks.net with appropriate info.

North America

Kiss, David Lee Roth

Run dates: February 1 – October 3

Status: Rescheduled to 2021

Bad Omens, Oh, Sleeper, Thousand Below, Bloodline

Run dates: February 13 – March 28

Status: canceled as of March 13

While She Sleeps, He Is Legend, Savage Hands

Run dates: February 13 – March 17

Status: He Is Legend dropped off March 13

Black Label Society, Obituary, Lord Dying

Run dates: February 26 – March 28

Status: postponed, rescheduled to August 2020, then rescheduled again to July/August 2021

Overkill, Exhorder

Run dates: February 26 – March 14

Status: canceled as of March 13

Today is the Day

Run dates: February 26 – April 5

Status: canceled as of March 14

Devin Townsend

Run dates: February 27 – March 25

Status: postponed as of March 12

The Acacia Strain, Rotting Out, Creeping Death, Chamber, Fuming Mouth

Run dates: February 28 – April 5

Status: Remaining dates have been cancelled, save for two shows intended to help the band raise gas money to get home.

Weedeater

Run dates: February 29 – March 21

Status: canceled as of March 16

Pathology, Pyrexia

Run dates: March 4 – March 28

Status: canceled as of March 16

Dragonforce, Unleash the Archers

Run dates: March 5 – March 21

Status: canceled as of March 13, rescheduled to March 2021

We Came as Romans, The Devil Wears Prada, Gideon, Dayseeker

Run dates: March 5 – April 11

Status: originally rescheduled for July 24 – August 23, then rescheduled to winter 2021

Fit for a King, Chelsea Grin, Alpha Wolf

Run dates: March 7 – April 11

Status: initially rescheduled to June/July, then canceled as of May 6

Killswitch Engage, August Burns Red, Light the Torch

Run dates: March 10 – April 12

Status: entirely canceled as of March 13. band issued update on May 15 saying they are eyeing November/December for rescheduled dates with the same lineup but warned that “we want to be clear that nothing is set in stone yet.”

Tool

Run dates: March 11 – March 16, April 16 – June 23

Status: Dates through May 5 were initially postponed, then fully canceled as of June 4

Animals as Leaders, Veil of Maya, Dance Gavin Dance, Issues, Royal Coda

Run dates: March 12 – April 25

Status: canceled as of March 12, rescheduled to August/September, then rescheduled to March/April 2021

Thy Art is Murder, Fit For an Autopsy, Enterprise Earth, Aversions Crown

Run dates: March 12 – April 15

Status: canceled as of March 13

Origin, Beneath the Massacre, Defeated Sanity, Wake

Run dates: March 12 – April 11

Status: Remaining dates postponed

Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Sevenspires

Run dates: March 12 – April 18

Status: canceled as of March 13

Decibel Magazine Tour (Mayhem, Abbath, Gatecreeper, Idle Hands)

Run dates: March 13 – April 10

Status: canceled as of March 12

Carnifex, 3Teeth, The Browning, Skold

Run dates: March 13 – April 18

Status: canceled as of March 13

Life of Agony, Doyle

Run dates: March 13 – April 5

Status: rescheduled to September/October

Fleshgod Apocalypse, The Agonist

Run dates: March 16 – April 6

Status: canceled as of March 11

Cancer Bats

Run dates: March 19 – 26

Status: rescheduled

Possessed

Run dates: March 17 – April 3

Status: canceled as of March 13

Sepultura, Sacred Reich, Crowbar

Run dates: March 18 – April 22

Status: canceled as of March 13, rescheduled to March/April 2021

Windhand

Run dates: March 18 – March 21, May 28 – June 4, August 15/16, September 3 – September 6

Status: East Coast dates canceled as of March 16. May dates and later are still on.

Devastation on the Nation (Rotting Christ, Borknagar, Wolfheart, Abigail Williams, Imperial Triumphant)

Run dates: March 19 – April 19

Status: rescheduled for February and March 2021

Ringworm, All Out War, High Command

Run dates: March 19 – 22

Status: canceled

Yob

Run dates: March 19 – March 28, July 10 – July 12

Status: Rescheduled as of March 16, rescheduled dates canceled as of May 12

Circa Survive

Run dates: March 20 – April 14

Status: canceled as of March 12

Deafheaven, Inter Arma, Greet Death, All Your Sisters

Run dates: March 20 – May 2

Status: canceled as of March 13

Monster Magnet, Nebula, Silvertomb

Run dates: March 20 – April 18

Status: Rescheduled for January 21 – February 19, 2021, canceled entirely as of September 16

In This Moment, Black Veil Brides, Ded, Raven Black

Run dates: March 24 – May 17

Status: postponed

Sebastian Bach

Run dates: March 25 – May 11

Status: rescheduled to October 28 – December 15

The Warning

Run dates: March 25 – April 27

Status: canceled as of March 13

Rage Against the Machine, Run the Jewels

Run dates: March 26 – May 23, June 19, July 10 – August 17

Status: All dates through May 20 were canceled as of March 13. The band announced all 2020 dates have been rescheduled to 2021 as of May 1, with ticket holders eligible for refunds.

Attila, Xavier Wulf, Volumes

Run dates: March 26 – April 25

Status: canceled as of March 13

Code Orange, Jesus Piece, Year of the Knife, Show Me the Body

Run dates: March 30 – April 24, May 2, May 10, May 17

Status: postponed

Alice Cooper, Lita Ford

Run dates: March 31 – April 22, May 30 – June 27

Status: canceled as of March 13

Cold

Run dates: April 2 – May 30

Status: canceled as of March 13

Tyr, Heidevolk, Trollfest, Metsatöll

Run dates: April 3 – April 26

Status: postponed

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest (festival, Philadelphia, PA)

Run dates: April 3 – April 4

Status: canceled as of March 12, rescheduled to April 9-10, 2021 with some of the same bands

Haunt, Satan, Night Demon, Bewitcher

Run dates: April 4 – April 17

Status: canceled as of March 27

Volbeat, Clutch

Run dates: April 4 – May 13

Status: initially postponed, then canceled as of May 18

Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach, I Prevail, Ice Nine Kills

Run dates: April 8 – May 20

Status: postponed until September 28 – November 9; then canceled entirely as of September 3

Allegaeon, Fallujah, Entheos, Etherius

Run dates: April 9 – April 29

Status: postponed

Foo Fighters

Run dates: April 12 – April 20, May 10 – May 20

Status: postponed, rescheduled for December

Liturgy

Run dates: April 15 – April 25

Status: rescheduled to August/September

Doro

Run dates: April 16 – May 7

Status: canceled as of March 28

Darkest Hour, Misery Signals, Sect

Run dates: April 16 – April 26

Status: postponed, rescheduled to December

Napalm Death, Aborted, Tombs, WVRM

Run dates: April 17 – May 16

Status: Aborted dropped off first; Napalm Death stated tour was canceled as of April 16.

Hellyeah, All That Remains, Butcher Babies

Run dates: April 18 – May 23

Status: postponed as of March 24, canceled as of June 9

Testament, The Black Dahlia Murder, Municipal Waste

Run dates: April 20 – May 28

Status: postponed as of April 14, new dates TBA

Swallow the Sun, Infected Rain

Run dates: April 20 – May 24

Status: rescheduled to March/April 2021

Jinjer, Suicide Silence, Toothgrinder

Run dates: April 23 – May 23

Status: postponed as of April 9, new dates TBA

Insane Clown Posse

Run dates: April 23 – June 5

Status: rescheduled to September/October as of March 19

Smashing Pumpkins

Run dates: April 23 – May 8

status: rescheduled to October as of March 30

Fu Manchu

Run dates: April 27 – May 16, August 11 – August 18, November 7 – November 12

Status: spring portion postponed until 2021

Motionless in White, Knocked Loose, Stick to Your Guns, Ovtlier

Run dates: April 28 – May 24

Status: postponed as of March 27, canceled entirely as of April 30

Misery Signals, END, Chamber, Neck of the Woods

Run dates: April 30 – May 9

Status: rescheduled to November

Flotsam and Jetsam

Run dates: May 4 – June 5

Status: rescheduled to to April 30 – June 6, 2021

Airbourne

Run dates: April 30 – May 23

Status: postponed

Asking Alexandria, Falling In Reverse, Wage War, Hyro The Hero

Run dates: April 30 – May 31

Status: canceled as of April 11, to be rescheduled with new dates TBA

Hatebreed, After the Burial, Havok, Creeping Death

Run dates: May 1 – May 15

Status: canceled as of March 23

Stabbing Westward

Run dates: May 1 – June 15

Status: canceled as of April 19

Brutus

Run dates: May 1 – May 22

Status: canceled as of March 27

Baroness, Against Me!

Run dates: May 1 – May 30

Status: canceled as of April 17

Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, Saint Asonia

Run dates: May 1 – May 24

Status: postponed as of April 22

Coheed & Cambria

Run dates: May 1 – May 31, August 30 – October 3, October 26 – October 30 (Neverender cruise)

Status: postponed first leg of the tour (May) as of April 10, then canceled them fully on May 4. Neverender cruise postponed to October 2021, exact dates TBA. Second leg of tour (August through October) unaffected as of now.

Epicenter (festival, Charlotte, NC)

Run dates: May 1 – May 3

Status: canceled as of March 23

Apocalyptica, Lacuna Coil

Run dates: May 3 – May 26

Status: rescheduled to January 21 – February 21, 2021

Pop Evil

Run dates: May 8 – June 27

Status: postponed as of April 3

Welcome to Rockville (festival, Daytona Beach, FL)

Run dates: May 8 – May 10

Status: canceled as of March 23

Between the Buried and Me

Run dates: May 9 – June 19

Status: postponed as of March 27; rescheduled dates TBD.

1349

Run dates: May 13 – 16

Status: canceled

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats

Run dates: May 14 – June 7

Status: postponed as of April 4, canceled as of June 10

Journey

Run dates: May 15 – September 12

Status: canceled as of May 6

Black N’ Blue Bowl

Run dates: May 16 – May 17

Status: postponed until September 5-6

P.O.D.

Run dates: May 18 – 21

Status: postponed

Symphony X, Primal Fear, Firewind

Run dates: May 14 – June 17

Status: postponed until 2021, dates TBA

Sonic Temple (festival, Columbus, OH)

Run dates: May 15 – May 17

Status: canceled as of March 23

Acid Witch, Elder, Primitive Man, Ringworm

Run dates: May 20 – June 7

Status: rescheduled to November/December

Rocklahoma (festival)

Run dates: May 20 – May 24

Status: canceled

Caligula’s Horse, Moon Tooth, Ebonivory

Run dates: May 22 – June 20

Status: Postponed to Jan/Feb 2021 as of March 22

Maryland Deathfest

Run dates: May 22 – 25

Status: canceled as of March 27, 90% of bands rebooked for 2021 festival

System of a Down, Korn, Faith No More

Run dates: May 22 – 23

Status: rescheduled to May 21 and 22, 2021

Primus, Wolfmother, The Sword

Run dates: May 26 – July 3

Status: postponed to 2021 as of May 1, new dates announced

Slipknot, A Day to Remember, Underoath, Code Orange

Run dates: May 30 – June 25

Status: canceled as of May 13

Ratt, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, Skid Row, Slaughter

Run dates: June 3 – June 14, August 25 – September 19

Status: June dates postponed as of April 22, full tour canceled as of June 15

Bonnaroo 2020 Featuring Tool, Primus, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Etc.

Run dates: June 11 – 14

Status: originally postponed until September 24 – 27, then canceled as of June 25

Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium, In Flames

Run dates: June 12 – August 1, October 2 – November 13

Status: rescheduled to summer 2021

Nu-Metal Revival Tour (Saliva, Powerman 5000, Adema, Flaw)

Run dates: June 25 – July 26

Status: still on

Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

Run dates: June 18 – September 5

Status: rescheduled to 2021, dates TBA

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Firefly Festival

Run dates: June 18 – 21

Status: canceled as of March 24

Nickelback, Stone Temple Pilots, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Switchfoot

Run dates: June 19 – October 3

Status: canceled as of May 19

Godsmack, The Pretty Reckless

Run dates: July/August

Status: canceled before it was even announced

Ministry, KMFDM, Front Line Assembly

Run dates: July 1- August 1

Status: still on

Guns N’ Roses

Run dates: July 4 – August 25

Status: postponed until 2021, dates TBA

Sammy Hagar, Whitesnake, Night Ranger

Run dates: July 9 – September 20

Status: still on

Fire in the Mountains (festival)

Run dates: July 10 – July 12

Status: canceled as of May 1, working on re-booking same bands for 2021

Inkcarceration (festival)

Run dates: July 10 – 12

Status: canceled as of May 1

Breaking Benjamin, Bush, Theory of Deadman, Saint Asonia, Cory Marks

Run dates: July 15 – September 8

Status: canceled as of May 19

Incubus, 311, Badflower

Run dates: July 15 – September 5

Status: canceled as of May 19

Disturbed, Staind, Bad Wolves

Run dates: July 15 – September 12

Status: postponed until summer 2021 as of May 20; new dates here

Rock USA (festival)

Run dates: July 16 – July 18

Status: canceled

Deftones, Gojira, Poppy

Run dates: July 27 – September 5

Status: postponed to 2021 as of May 19, new dates for summer 2021 announced

Shinedown

Run dates: July 31 – September 12

Status: rescheduled from spring to summer, then canceled as of May 26

Korn, Faith No More

Run dates: August 7 – September 17

Status: canceled as of May 29

Psycho Las Vegas (festival)

Run dates: August 14 – 16

Status: postponed until 2021 with most bands re-booked

Rammstein

Run dates: August 20 – September 27

Status: postponed until 2021, new dates announced

Amaranthe

Run dates: August 20 – October 2

Status: canceled as of June 9

Parkway Drive, Hatebreed, Knocked Loose, Fit For a King

Run dates: August 21 – September 17

Status: rescheduled to 2021

Nightwish

Run dates: September 8 – September 15

Status: canceled

Judas Priest

Run dates: September 9 – October 17

Status: rescheduled to September/October 2021

My Chemical Romance

Run dates: September 9 – October 14

Status: rescheduled to 2021

Amorphis, Entombed A.D., Nervosa

Run dates: September 11 – October 25

Status: canceled as of May 10

Riot Fest

Run dates: September 11 – 13

Status: canceled as of June 16; 2021 edition to feature many of the same bands

ProgPower USA (festival)

Run dates: September 11 – 13

Status: rescheduled to September 8 – 11, 2021

Louder Than Life (festival)

Run dates: September 18 – 20

Status: canceled as of April 24

Def Leppard, ZZ Top

Run dates: September 21 – October 18

Status: still on

Eluveitie

Run dates: September 21 – October 25

Status: canceled as of May 26

Nile

Run dates: September 26 – November 14

Status: still on

Hammerfall

Run dates: September/October

Status: canceled as of May 6

Aftershock (festival)

Run dates: October 9 – October 11

Status: rescheduled to October 7 – October 10, 2021

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Run dates: November/December 2020

Status: canceled as of August 22

Europe / U.K.

Papa Roach

Run dates: February 16 – March 18

Status: March 13-18 canceled as of March 12

I Prevail

Run dates: February 20 – March 28

Status: canceled as of March 13

Belphegor, Suffocation, Hate

Run dates: February 22 – March 27

Status: canceled

After the Burial, Make Them Suffer, Polar, Spiritbox

Run dates: February 28 – March 21

Status: all dates March 12 and later canceled

Kvelertak

Run dates: Feb 29 – March 22

Status: canceled as of March 12

Poppy

Run dates: March

Status: initially rescheduled to November and December 2020, then canceled entirely as of August 24

Decapitated, Beyond Creation, Ingested, Lorna Shore, Viscera

Run dates: March 2 – March 28

Status: will run through March 15 in Birmingham, then will end

Emperor

March 14, Moscow, RU

Status: Postponed until September 5

Car Bomb

Run dates: March 8 – March 28

Status: canceled as of March 13

Torche

Run dates: March 12 – April 16

Status: canceled as of March 11

Prognosis (festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Run dates: March 20 – 21

Status: canceled as of March 12, rescheduled to September 4 – September 5

William DuVall (Alice in Chains)

Run dates: March 25 – April 30

Status: canceled as of March 13

Cattle Decapitation, Disentomb, Internal Bleeding, Gloom

Run dates: March 27 – April 17

Status: Postponed

Lamb of God, Kreator, Power Trip

Run dates: March 27 – April 25

Status: canceled as of March 13, rescheduled for 2021

Igorrr, Author & Punisher

Run dates: March 27 – April 29

Status: canceled March 16 and rescheduled to January/February 2021

Parkway Drive, Hatebreed, Stick to Your Guns, Venom Prison

Run dates: April 1 – April 18

Status: “several shows affected” as of March 12, postponed as of March 19 to December

Evanescence, Within Temptation

Run dates: April 4 – May 1

Status: postponed as of March 13, rescheduled to September/October, then rescheduled to 2021

Inferno (festival, Oslo, NO)

Run dates: April 9 – April 12

Status: canceled as of March 12

The Acacia Strain, Left Behind, Leeched, Mental Cruelty

Run dates: April 16 – April 26

Status: canceled as of March 13

Machine Head

Run dates: April 19 – June 6

Status: canceled as of March 11, rescheduled to October and November, canceled entirely as of July 31

Khemmis

Run dates: April 23 – May 2

Status: postponed as of March 31

Corrosion of Conformity, Spirit Adrift

Run dates: April 25 – May 16

Status: canceled as of March 27, rescheduled dates TBD spring 2021

Guns N’ Roses

Run dates: May 20 – June 27

Status: canceled as of May 11

Yob

Run dates: May 20 – May 30

Status: postponed as of March 26

Rammstein

Run dates: May 25 – August 4

Status: postponed on May 8, rescheduled to 2021

Judas Priest

Run dates: May 30 – July 28

Status: rescheduled to May through July 2021

Korn

Run dates: May/June

Status: rescheduled to 2021

Periphery

Run dates: June

Status: canceled

Faith No More

Run dates: June/July

Status: rescheduled to 2021

Motionless in White

Run dates: June

Status: canceled

August Burns Red

Run dates: June

Status: canceled as of April 21

Alter Bridge

Run dates: June 12 – July 9

Status: canceled as of June 9

Tuska (festival)

Run dates: June 26 – June 28

Status: canceled

Incubus

Run dates: June

Status: postponed to 2021

Iron Maiden

Run dates: June, July 2020

Status: canceled as of May 6, European tour rescheduled to summer 2021

The Black Dahlia Murder

Run dates: July/August

Status: canceled

Alien Weaponry

Run dates: June

Status: canceled

High on Fire

Run dates: all dates in 2020

Status: canceled as of April 21

Volbeat

Run dates: June 2 – July 7

Status: still on

Rock Am Ring (festival)

Run dates: June 5 – June 7

Status: canceled as of April 14, rescheduled with many of the same bands to 2021 as of June 10

Rock Im Park (festival)

Run dates: June 5 – June 7

Status: canceled as of April 14, rescheduled with many of the same bands to 2021 as of June 10

Hellfest

Run dates: June 19 – June 21

Status: postponed to 2021

Download Festival

Run dates: June 12 – June 14

Status: canceled

Fu Manchu

Run dates: June 13 – 27, September 24 – October 14

Status: still on

Bang Your Head (festival)

Run dates: July 16 – July 18

Status: canceled as of April 14

Bloodstock (festival)

Run dates: August 6 – August 9

Status: more bands added on April 7, festival finally postponed until 2021 on May 4 with an extra day added

Wacken Open Air (festival)

Run dates: July 30 – August 1

Status: canceled as of April 15

Rage Against the Machine

Run dates: August 28 – September 10

Status: still on

Epica, Apocalyptica

Run dates: October 21 – December 17

Status: rescheduled to 2021

Battle Beast

Run dates: November 11 – December 5

Status: canceled

Nightwish, Amorphis

Run dates: November / December

Status: rescheduled to May 2021

Asia / Australia

Lacuna Coil

Run dates: March 13 – 27

Status: canceled as of March 5

Deftones

Run dates: March 15 – 23

Status: canceled as of March 13

Slipknot

Run dates: March 20 – March 29

Status: canceled as of March 5, Knotfest Japan rescheduled to January 10 and 11, 2021, more dates rescheduled for January

Carcass

Run dates: March 20 – March 28

Status: canceled as of March 13

Trivium

Run dates: March 2020

Status: canceled as of March 5

Suicide Silence

Run dates: March 21 – April 5

Status: canceled as of March 7

My Chemical Romance

Run dates: March 20 – March 28

Status: Japan dates canceled as of March 12

Live, Bush, Stone Temple Pilots

Run dates: April 2020

Status: rescheduled to February and March 2021

Iron Maiden

Run dates: May 2020

Status: postponed

Life of Agony, Doyle

Run dates: May 20 – May 23

Status: postponed, rescheduled to fall, dates TBA

Steel Panther, Sevendust

Run dates: May 20 – May 26

Status: rescheduled to February 2021

Chelsea Wolfe

Run dates: June

Status: rescheduled to June 2021

Central and South America

Guns N’ Roses

Run dates: March 14 – April 11

Status: Rescheduled for November 8 – December 6

Heaven & Hell (festival, Mexico City, MX)

Run dates: March 14 – March 15

Status: still on

Metallica, Greta Van Fleet

Run dates: April 2020

Status: rescheduled to December 2020

Domination (festival, Mexico City, MX)

Run dates: May 1 – May 2

Status: canceled as of March 24

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