2012 Roger Waters Tour: The Wall Across America

If you saw him in 2010 you already know: Roger Waters playing The Wall live was possibly the best show you've ever seen; and you've been to a lot of concerts. We heard the rave reviews from everyone everywhere, so now that he's coming back to the States starting May 1st for a 36+ show tour, we don't want anyone to miss it!

Venues he's scheduled to play in the U.S. and Canada include  AT&T Park, San Francisco; BC Place, Vancouver; Wrigley Field, Chicago; Rogers Center, Toronto; and Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia. 

Tickets go on sale 11/14, and shows will be played nationwide at large venues like the ones mentioned above. Sign up for Vivid Seats' Newsletter to be alerted when Roger Waters tickets are available in your area. Check out this clip from his 2010 tour in Toronto: 

Internationally notorious for their ambitious concert ventures, the Electro DJ group known as Swedish House Mafia appears to have outdone themselves once again. Fresh off a wildly successful concert in Miami dubbed "The Masquerade Motel," Swedish House Mafia has upped the ante with their next series of shows. TEAM SHM has made it official that they will be playing shows at Madison Square Garden in New Your City and the Milton Keynes Bowl in Northeast England this year. Based on the amount of public interest the concert announcements has received in recent days, Swedish House Mafia tickets are expected to sell out quickly for both soon-to-be legendary concerts.

Founded little over three years ago, the triumvirate of Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello has pushed the genre of dance music into uncharted waters. Booking a venue like Madison Square Garden is a tremendous achievement and a tell-tale sign the group is ready for the mainstream. Swedish House Mafia's rave pop anthem "Save the World" went to #1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart earlier this year and even cracked Billboard's Top 40 Pop Songs chart. While few details have surfaced as of yet pertaining to the group's MSG show, you can count on the Swedes to have a few surprises up their sleeves when they rock the Big Apple on December 16th.

Having once already graced the bright lights of Las Vegas with a hit show, Elton John's knightly name is set to return to the Caesars Palace marquee. The 64-year-old rock and roll legend has gone all-in on a new three-year Las Vegas residency show, entitled The Million Dollar Piano. Debuting on September 28th, The Million Dollar Piano will feature Elton performing his greatest hits within the intimate setting of The Colosseum. The show gets its namesake from the piano Elton will be using to play classics like "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Your Song." Yamaha has been building the piano for four years and will no doubt make some wonderful music with Sir Elton at the keys.

Based on the English songwriter's last Caesars Palace venture, you can count on Elton John Las Vegas tickets being one of the hottest tickets in Sin City this year. Elton's previous Vegas show, The Red Piano, ran from 2004-2009 for 160 shows. Elton and his long-time backing band will be preparing for The Million Dollar Piano's first show with a series of performances in Canada and a "one night only" appearance at the Cidade do Rock in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Elton's initial Las Vegas run will conclude on October 23rd before the "Rocket Man" blasts off on a tour of Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

As "Don't You Want To Stay" ( his powerful duet hit featuring Kelly Clarkson) suggests, Jason Aldean is proving he has some serious staying power in the music industry. After years of playing countless Nashville honky tonks, being dropping from various record companies, and almost giving up on his music dreams, Aldean lit up country radio with his self-titled album six years ago. The incredibly vocally gifted performer from Macon, Georgia has since dispelled any doubts of his one-hit wonder status with a gold sophomore record in Relentless and his highly-successful third studio album, Wide Open. Aldean's latest release, My Kinda Party, has already been certified platinum on the strength of two #1 singles.

Indicative that the 34-year-old has reached a level of popularity previously reserved for the likes of Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley, Aldean headlined the Red Sky Musical Festival in Omaha, Nebraska this past July. The "Dirt Road Anthem" entertainer drew the biggest crowd of the festival, crooning over 20 songs in front of ecstatic crowd of more than 17,000 festival goers. Jason Aldean tickets are on sale for the singer's remaining My Kinda Party Tour dates, but seats are filling up fast. With his singles shooting up the charts and the crowds growing larger at his concerts night after night, it's becoming increasingly clear that Jason Aldean is quickly becoming one of the biggest names in country music.

Since Jay-Z and Kanye West's highly anticipated collaboration album, Watch The Throne, hit stores on August 8th, album reviewers and fellow musicians have been heaping praise on the duo of hip-hop superstars. Watch The Throne has affirmed their place on top of the genre, being called "a paradigm shift for Hip-Hop." The album's lead single, "Otis," (a soulful proclamation of their reign over the rap game) is currently threatening to break into the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Featuring guest appearances by Beyonce, Mr. Hudson, and Frank Ocean, Watch The Throne could be up for a few Grammy`s when all is said and done. However, hip-hop fans will not have to wait until award season to see Jay-Z and Kanye on stage together. The two rap moguls will soon be bringing their collaborative effort to an arena near you, having announced a twenty-four date co-headlining tour that kicks off in October and wraps up in December.

2011 Jay-Z and Kanye West tickets are on sale now with the first show of the touring taking place on October 29th at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, GA. For Kanye West, the Watch The Throne Tour is a return to the origins of his mainstream success. It was Kanye's producer work on a number of Jay-Z hits that enabled him to sign his big record contract with Rock-a-Fella Records. Seven years, million after his first album was released - West will tour the United States as an equal with Jay-Z. Much has been made about the different ideas Kanye and Jay-Z have for the tour, but no official details have been released. Regardless of the theatrics the duo pull out on stage, there will be a new standard set for hip-hop tours when Jay-Z and Kanye ascend The Watch The Throne Tour later this year.

Although Bono's back surgery last summer sent North American concert goers into a frenzy last summer, U2 is staying true to their promise to make-up all of their postponed tour dates. More than two years since the four Dubliners first embarked on their 360° Tour, U2 will finally conclude their global jaunt this July with a concert at the Magnetic Hill Concert Center in Moncton, New Brunswick. Bono is fully healed and is earning praise for his vocal quality and on-stage energy. From breaking into "La Bamba" in Miami to paying homage to the late, great Clarence Clemons at a show in Anaheim, U2's lead man continues to keep audiences guessing night after night.

The band even found time in the middle of their North American tour to jump back across the pond to play headliners at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, serenading a massive crowd with the classic "I Will Follow." While Bono's dramatics and The Edge's soul-bending guitar solos have elevated guests to their feet throughout the world tour, the design of the massive claw stage has earned the prestigious title of being the largest concert stage of all time. The band has said then plan to sell and recycle parts of the enormous structure when the tour closes. Already the biggest concert tour in music history, the 360° Tour is set to sell even more U2 tickets in the next month. You can count on Bono & the boys to have a few more tricks up their sleeves before all is said and done this summer.

Paul McCartney will open his 2011 On the Run Tour in dramatic fashion. The 68-year-old rock hero has officially announced that he will be performing at Yankee Stadium on July 15th. McCartney will return to Gotham more than four decades after Paul and bandmates John, George, and Ringo set Shea Stadium aflame with Beatlemania.

Macca paid tribute to The Beatles' 1965 concert two years ago, performing over the course of three nights at the home of the New York Mets, Citi Field. McCartney is now set to strum his Höfner bass guitar this summer in the Bronx's billion dollar ballpark. The man that gave the world songs like "Blackbird" and "Maybe I'm Amazed" will be performing this weekend in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, but has no other dates scheduled currently outside of the show in the Big Apple. While NYC music lovers are hunting for Paul McCartney Yankee Stadium tickets, fans in Chicago have their fingers crossed Paul will soon be announcing a show at Wrigley Field. Rumors are swirling around the Windy City with news that a Wrigley Field concert of some kind is in the works for July 31st and August 1st. While no reports have yet to surface confirming McCartney's show in Chicago, the famed performer is likely to add more US On the Run Tour dates this year to his schedule.

To the delight of music fans in America, Blink-182 will be headlining the Honda Civic Tour from August through October. The trio of Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, and Tom DeLong will be releasing their first collection of new songs since Blink-182 put out their platinum-selling self-titled 2003 album. Unlike the reunion tour Hoppus, Barker, and DeLong set out on two years ago, Blink-182's nationwide trek will feature some brand new tracks. While fans can expect to hear favorites like "All the Small Things," Blink-182 has promised to give a few of their newest musical creations a try-out on the road.

Joined by fellow punk-pop giants My Chemical Romance, Blink-182 will highlight Honda's annual nationwide tour. The Honda Civic Tour will also feature bands like Matt and Kim, Manchester Orchestra, and Rancid. The exact release date for the band's new album has not been released, but Hoppus recently told the media it should be out by September at the latest. The Blink-182 singer/bassist said the band has up to 16 songs in the works of which they will likely pick ten to put on the record. Considering that the band is one of the most successful punk-pop acts in history, 2011 Blink-182 tickets will likely be some of the most-wanted tickets on the market this year.

The latest English musical invader to catch fire in the United States isn't filling venues with electric guitars, but with banjos, mandolins, acoustic guitars, and a stand-up bass. Mumford & Sons has been waging a head-on assault on indie rock radio since their debut release, Sigh No More, hit stateside. Released two year ago, the West London-based quartet's 12-song album is still picking up steam. Meshing folk and bluegrass with epic song structures, Mumford & Sons has topped the Irish and Australian album charts, as well as, the US Digital Albums chart. The band's fast-paced folk music gets audiences bouncing from the moment they step on stage to their final encore.

Akin to their penchant for old-timey Americana music, Mumford & Sons is utilizing a vintage mode of transportation for their latest US tour. Joined by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show, the UK band embarked on a Railroad Revival Tour of  American cities this spring. Traveling by train for a week, the band rolled from Oakland to New Orleans by train. The Marcus Mumford-led group will also be stopping off at a number of US festivals in the coming months, including Bonnaroo, Wakrusa, and Telluride. American fans can also buy 2011 Mumford & Sons tickets for shows in US cities like St. Louis, Columbia, Atlanta, Asheville, Denver, and Kansas City. With so many US dates already in the books for the band, it's safe to say America will see more than their fair share of the Londoners this summer.

There's no doubting Britney Spears' ability to sell records and fill arenas with adoring fans. Only a month after it's release, Britney's Femme Fatale has officially gone platinum. The million-copy selling album is the entertainer's sixth number one studio release - making her the only female artist in history to do so. Although Enrique Iglesias was initially publicized as Britney's opening act, the Latin pop star quickly pulled out of Britney's impending Femme Fatale Tour. Fans buying Britney Spears tickets will instead have the pleasure of enjoying the hip-hop and R&B stylings of Nicki Minaj.  The New York-based Minaj's studio debut, Pink Friday, has also reached platinum status, flying up the charts on the strength of her singles "Right Thru Me" and "Did it On' em".

Featuring the likes of top music producers Dr. Luke and will.i.am, Femme Fatale has been called by some Britney's best album ever. The 12-track disc is riddled with danceable beats and electro pop melodies that should translate over perfectly to the concert stage. A veteran of multi-million dollar grossing world tours, Britney will likely be one of the biggest concert acts on the road this summer.  The pop icon's North American leg will kick off this June in Sacramento and finish up in August in Montreal. The all-female billing of Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, promising new act Jessie and the Toy Boys, and Aussie twin sensation Nervo will soon be entertaining thousands.  Book your tickets while seats are still available!