Can you feel it? The itch to go outside, hop in your car, roll your windows down and drive … to a monster New Jersey concert, of course.

It’s the first day of Spring 2019 and you know what that means, fellow music-lovers: a list of huge shows are just around the corner and the Garden State’s stadiums, amphitheaters and arenas are ready to host of list of epic talent from all eras and styles of music.

Below is our annual list of the 50 biggest and best concert tours heading for Jersey between now and Labor Day, a list that includes The Rolling Stones, KISS, Aerosmith, Maria Carey and dozens more heavy hitters ready to rock the state deep into the dog days of summer.

Of course, this is not a complete list every spring and summer concert; tell us in the comment section which show’s you’re most looking forward to.

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Lionel Richie

March 22 and 23, Mark G. Etess Arena, Atlantic City

When he's not judging on "American Idol," R&B icon Lionel Richie is still touring up a storm, and will bring his slew of soulful smashes to the new Hard Rock in Atlantic City to kick off Spring 2019.

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Mariah Carey

March 30, Mark G. Etess Arena, Atlantic City

Mariah Carey's 15th studio album, "Caution," was released in late 2018 to a load of critical praise, and now the pop diva is heading back on tour, in support of the new LP. Many of her record-breaking 16 No. 1 singles will surely be worked into the set among the newbies.

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Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes

March 30, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown

Jersey rock stalwart Southside Johnny and his big ol' band will head north from its native shore to Morristown for a huge night of rock, blues and soul.

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B2K

March 31, Prudential Center, Newark

Remember B2K, the R&B boy band that hit it big in the early '00s with hits like "Uh Huh" and "Girlfriend"? Well, Omarion, Lil Fizz, J-Boog and Raz B have reunited for a new tour, which will visit Newark in late March. Come and scream like it's 2002.

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Chicago

April 13, Borgata Event Center, Atlantic City; April 16, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark

Another year, another round of shows from Chicago, the soft-rock institution that now tours with a huge lineup and have steadily released music for the last 50 years. The most recent release was "Chicago XXXVI: Now," released in 2014.

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BLACKPINK

May 1-2, Prudential Center, Newark

In case you haven’t heard, Korean pop is exploding in popularity and Newark has become the East Coast hub for all things K-pop. With that, the girl group BLACKPINK, which in April becomes the first all-female K-pop act to play the Coachella festival, headlines The Rock for two nights in May.

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Cher

May 3, Prudential Center, Newark

More than a decade after her supposed farewell tour, pop legend Cher brings her "Here We Go Again" tour to Newark -- her first non-residency run since said goodbye tour in 2005. Cher released "Dancing Queen" in 2018, an ABBA covers album that coincided with her appearance in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" earlier last year.

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Kenny Chesney

May 11, Mark G. Etess Arena, Atlantic City

Yes, summer country king Kenny Chesney is visiting New Jersey before Memorial Day -- as opposed to his usual August MetLife Stadium bonanzas -- but you better believe No Shoes Nation will still be out and about for this show, in support of Chesney's 2018 LP, "Songs For The Saints."

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BTS

May 18-19, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

This. Will. Be. Nuts. K-pop superstars BTS will make history this spring as the first Korean pop band to ever play a New Jersey stadium. Tickets to these shows are worth more than gold and if you want to see pure mania courtesy of the biggest pop band on Earth, head for the Meadowlands.

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Jason Aldean

May 18, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Country star Jason Aldean will return to New Jersey this spring for his Ride All Night Tour, in support of his latest album, last April’s “Rearview Town.” Kane Brown and Carly Pearce will open.

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Shinedown, Joan Jett, The Struts and more

May 18, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

The Philly rock station WMMR's annual MMRBQ rolls back into the Camden waterfront this spring with another banner crop of hard-rock acts, including Shinedown, The Struts, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Fozzy, The Glorious Sons and more.

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Greta Van Fleet

May 18, The Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park

Despite all the backlash for the young Michigan rockers sounding too much like Led Zeppelin, Greta Van Fleet has built itself a huge following and will play its biggest New Jersey show yet this May at the Jersey Shore.

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Slayer

May 24, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

Thrash metal gods Slayer are set retire sometime in the near future, making this Camden show -- possibly the band's last New Jersey performance -- all the more important for local headbangers to see. Slayer's last album was 2015's "Repentless."

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Luke Bryan

May 31, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

Fresh off his latest appearances as a judge on the new season of “American Idol,” country superstar Luke Bryan will bring his Sunset Repeat Tour to the Camden waterfront. Cole Swindell and Jon Langston will open.

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Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band

June 1, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Seger! Mr. Old Time Rock N’ Roll is taking one more trip around the country — yes, this is Bob Seger’s farewell tour, or so he says. If you need to hear “Night Moves” or “Hollywood Nights” one more time, here’s your chance!

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The Lumineers, Death Cab For Cutie and more

June 2, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

The Philly alternative radio station 104.5 throws a killer birthday bash down in Camden and this year will be no different; the lineup is loaded with rock-ish acts including The Lumineers, Death Cab For Cutie, Grouplove, Phantogram, The Revivalists, The Interrupters and more on multiple stages.

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Twenty One Pilots

June 5, Prudential Center, Newark; June 8, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City

The Ohio rap-rock duo Twenty One Pilots' new Bandito World Tour is a thing to behold; a multi-faceted and deeply satisfying show dedicated to the Grammy-winning group's 2018 LP, "Trench." Thousands of teens and twenty-somethings dressed in yellow (to match the album's theming) will flood the Brick City.

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O.A.R. and American Authors

June 8, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

As the alt-rock stalwart O.A.R. gears up to release its 2019 album, “The Mighty,” it’s also plotting a big summer tour with “Best Day Of My Life” fan favorite American Authors. Lots of feel-good music and a ton of big jams this night.

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Coheed and Cambria and Mastodon

June 4, The Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park; June 8, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

Prog-rock titans Coheed and Cambria returned last year with a sensational new concept record in “The Unheavenly Creatures” and are set to tour on a heap of new epic material. Oh, and Mastodon — one of the best American metal bands of the last decade-plus — will be there, too. No big deal.

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The Rolling Stones

June 13 and 17, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford

Here we have what will likely be the biggest concerts of the New Jersey summer, if not the whole year. The Rolling Stones will rock MetLife twice in June on the tail end of the venerable group's "No Filter" tour, in support of the 2017 album of the same name. Who knows how much long Mick, Keith and the guys can keep playing shows of this size -- you better see 'em before it's too late!

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Dave Matthews Band

June 14-15, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

It isn’t truly summer in New Jersey until Dave Matthews Band hits one of our amphitheaters and jams deep into the night. While it’ll technically still be spring when Dave and crew roll in, this will still feel like a warm-weather rock bonanza. And if you can’t make these shows, don’t worry, the band is headlining the Sea.Hear.Now festival in Asbury Park in late September.

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Live and Bush

June 7, Mark Etess Arena, Atlantic City; June 15, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Nineties alt-rock for the win! Live and Bush — two longtime New Jersey frequenters — are teaming up this June for a pair of New Jersey concerts. Live’s most recent release was 2014’s “The Turn,” while Gavin Rossdale’s guys continue to tour on the 2017 album “Black and White Rainbows.”

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Wu-Tang Clan

June 15, Borgata Event Center, Atlantic City

Concerts rule everything around me and this should be unforgettable: the legendary New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan is heading to Atlantic City for the 25th anniversary of its debut album “Enter The Wu (36 Chambers).”

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Dead and Company

June 20, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

Dead and Company includes three former Grateful Dead members in Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, plus John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti, and Oteil Burbridge, and will again hit the road for another summer tour, playing all the old Dead hits with a shot of new life.

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Zac Brown Band

June 22-23, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel; Sept. 6-7, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

Over the last decade, Zac Brown Band has solidified its place as a Jersey summer concert staple and this year, the sprawling group’s new Owl Tour will perform four shows in the Garden State. That’s a whole lot of “Chicken Fried” and “Colder Weather.”

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Phish

June 28-30, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

One Phish, two Phish … three Phish?! Yes, the venerable jam band led by Jersey native Trey Anastasio will hit New Jersey for three consecutive concerts in Camden. I’m willing to bet the amphitheater lawn will be kept nice and green for these shows.

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Vans Warped Tour

June 29-30, Atlantic City Beach, Atlantic City

One word: mayhem. Vans Warped Tour will celebrate its 25th anniversary as the ultimate punk roadshow with two days and nights on the Atlantic City beach. These are the tour’s ONLY East Coast dates and the lineup is stacked: blink-182, A Day To Remember, 311, Bad Religion, Good Charlotte and dozens more. This will be one of the wilder shows to go down in New Jersey this summer.

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New Kids On The Block

July 2, Prudential Center, Newark; July 5, Borgata Event Center, Atlantic City

More than 30 years after those kids from Boston burst onto the boy band scene, New Kids On The Block is still kicking and touring huge venues; the guys will hit two New Jersey arenas on their new Mixtape tour with Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty by Nature, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson all opening on this massive roadshow.

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Florida Georgia Line

July 11, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel; July 13, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

The superstar country-pop duo Florida Georgia Line is ready to return to the Garden State for two nights on it's Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour, where Dan + Shay, Morgan Wallen and Hardy will open.

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The Bouncing Souls

July 13, The Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park

If you’re familiar with the Asbury Park live music scene, you knew this was coming. New Brunswick-native punk-rockers The Bouncing Souls will bring their annual Stoked For The Summer concert to the Stone Pony as they always do, openers have not yet been announced but stay tuned: this is always a good time.

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Third Eye Blind and Jimmy Eat World

July 13, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel; July 14, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

If you love “Semi-charmed Life” and “Jumper” just as much as you love “The Middle” and “Sweetness,” don’t miss the chance to see two highly respected alt-rock groups in Third Eye Blind and Jimmy Eat World at either of their two New Jersey dates.

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Jeff Lynne's ELO

July 16, Prudential Center, Newark

Another rock legacy act will fill Prudential Center this summer as Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra heads in for a new tour and the same old tunes. ELO's last LP, "Alone In The Universe," was released in 2015.

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311 and Dirty Heads

July 24, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Are you all mixed up and don’t know what to do this summer? How about a day with genre-bending rockers 311 and Dirty Heads at PNC Bank Arts Center? 311’s last album was 2017’s well-regarded thumper “Mosaic,” and Dirty Heads released “Swim Team in 2017.

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JoJo Siwa

July 24, Prudential Center, Newark

The "Dance Moms," Nickelodeon and YouTube star JoJo Siwa has built a mammoth fanbase at just 15 years old and now the Nebraska teen is heading out on her first arena tour, to show off some tunes and bask in the screams of 15,000 tweens.

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Hootie and The Blowfish

July 28, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

It's the reunion every flip-flop-wearin' dude has been waiting for -- the '90s alt-rock sensation that was Hootie and the Blowfish is finally getting back together for a summer tour that will surely feature all the "Cracked Rear View" hits.

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Thomas Rhett

Aug. 1, BB&T Pavilion, Camden; Aug. 3, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

After opening for Kenny Chesney at MetLife Stadium last year, country star Thomas Rhett will take New Jersey’s amphitheater stages this year as the headliner for his Very Hot Summer tour. Dustin Lynch, Russell Dickerson and Rhett Akins will open.

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Heart

Aug. 2, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

After nearly two years of hiatus, Ann and Nancy Wilson have resumed the iconic rock band Heart and will bring all the hits to Camden on the band’s new Love Alive tour this summer. Heart’s last album was 2016’s “Beautiful Broken.”

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Jimmy Buffett

Aug. 6, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Quick, somebody grab the salt! Jimmy Buffett’s millionth warm-weather tour will revisit New Jersey as all the diehards ready their voices to sing “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise” yet another time.

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Korn and Alice In Chains

Aug. 7, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Korn and Alice in Chains are survivors: one band endured the nu-metal craze of the late ‘90s and the other has built a career removed from the early ‘90s grunge movement. The bands are teaming up this summer for a huge head-banger of a tour.

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The Smashing Pumpkins and Noel Gallagher

Aug. 8, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

If you couldn’t catch The Smashing Pumpkins’ 30th anniversary tour last year, here’s your shot not only to hear “Tonight, Tonight” and “1979,” but to also see former Oasis member Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds band on the same bill.

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Chris Stapleton

Aug. 9, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Grammy-winning country star Chris Stapleton will bring that wonderfully serrated voice of his to New Jersey in August on his new All-American Roadshow, in support of his “From A Room” albums released in 2017.

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Papa Roach and Asking Alexandria

Aug. 9, The Stone Pony Summer Stage, Asbury Park

Let's rage! Two long-standing and plenty heavy acts in Papa Roach and Asking Alexandria will fuel the mosh pits in Asbury Park come August for the two bands' "Who Do You Trust?" U.S. tour.

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Shawn Mendes

Aug. 10-11, Prudential Center, Newark

This is a biggie. Canadian pop superstar Shawn Mendes has become even more unspeakably popular since his self-titled and well-reviewed LP was released early last year. The accompanying tour should be a monster hit as well, featuring his latest tunes "In My Blood" and "Lost In Japan."

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Train and Goo Goo Dolls

Aug. 10, BB&T Pavilion, Camden; Aug. 16, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel

Hits, hits and more hits are set to be served up from rock favorites Train and the Goo Goo Dolls this summer in Camden and Holmdel. Train continues to tour on its new album "A Girl, A Bottle, A Boat," while Goo Goo Dolls last released an LP in 2016, called "Boxes."

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KISS

Aug. 14, Prudential Center, Newark

KISS is retiring from the road (or so they say) and will hit New Jersey one last time this summer on the rock legends' "End Of The Road" tour. Paint your face and head for the Brick City to hear "Detroit Rock City" and "Rock And Roll All Night" before the guys go away for good.

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Alice Cooper and Halestorm

Aug. 15, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel; Aug. 16, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

An old hard-rock lion meets a still reasonably new hard-rock lion as Alice Cooper teams up with the searing Pennsylvania group Halestorm this summer for two Jersey shows. Here’s hoping Cooper will bring out the excellent vocalist Lzzy Hale for a monster duet.

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Aerosmith

Aug. 16 and 18, Borgata Event Center, Atlantic City

If you’re willing to pay the exorbitant ticket prices for this intimate show in Atlantic City, this should be a serious treat, seeing the biggest American band in rock history nail all their hits in a 3,000-capacity room. These “Deuces Are Wild” performances are an extension of Aerosmith’s ongoing Las Vegas residency.

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Santana

Aug. 18, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel; Aug. 24, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

Can you believe it’s already been 20 years since Santana’s “Supernatural” set the world on fire and “Smooth” was inescapable on the radio? Well, 71-year-old Carlos Santana will be back on the road celebrating not only that anniversary but the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, which launched Santana’s career.

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Beck and Cage The Elephant

Aug. 20, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel; Aug. 21, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

This is a sleeper pick for best rock tour of the summer, as Beck has always been a strong live performer and now has even more firepower with his latest LP, the acclaimed “Colors” album released in 2017. Cage The Elephant is a booming act, too, and with indie-rock stalwarts Spoon opening, this should be a killer night.

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Slipknot

Aug. 30, PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel; Aug. 31, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

This is probably the strongest metal tour to hit New Jersey this summer: Slipknot, which is gearing up for a 2019 album release, plus Volbeat, Gojira and Behemoth — three plenty heavy European acts that will melt your face.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Aug. 30, BB&T Pavilion, Camden

This very well may be the last Lynyrd Skynyrd New Jersey show ever — if you need to hear “Sweet Home Alabama” or say goodbye to Gary Rossington, this “final tour” will be the time to do it as a southern-rock staple prepares to hang up its guitar straps for good.

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