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Rolling Stone just rolled out 20 of the year's biggest tours for a summer tour preview. Everyone from Green Day, Blink 182, U2, and Metallica will be hitting the road this year!

These and several other artists are stepping it up to bring fans top notch shows, all proving that a little recession isn't going to stop anyone from rocking out this year!

You'll find out what VIP packages are worth your hard earned cash, which opening acts you shouldn't miss, and how to get the most bang for your buck!

We'll start out with AC/DC and their Black Ice Tour, tickets are between $65 and $93.50! After the classic rockers hit Europe, they'll come back to the states for a slew of July gigs, which include five stadium shows. Singer, Brian Johnson compares guitarist, Angus Young to superman, "he's like Clark fucking Kent! He goes into a phone booth and comes out as the 14-year-old imp, ready to rock!"

Up next, Aerosmith with openers ZZ Top, tickets are $24-$198. After dealing with pneumonia, Steven Tyler is ready to get back out on the road. Because of his illness, the band weren't able to make a new record in time for the tour. Don't worry, because long time Aerosmith fans will be able to enjoy their favorite hits that much more, including rarities.

Guitarist Joe Perry speaks on this matter, "the set lists have been getting stale, we've talked about doing an album front-to-back - probably one of the first three records. That's my next battle, to see if we can pull it off."

Also, he talks about ZZ Top being their supporting act, "that's just amazing to be able to play with them because it's going to be a kickass show."

Blink 182, as said by Mark Hoppus, "being as ambitious as possible" for their upcoming tour. Tickets will range from as low as $20 for lawn seats, all the way to $60. Openers on select dates will be: Weezer, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth and Chester French.

Fans are in for a real treat this time around, they've hooked up with a set designer for Kanye West, Daft Punk and Nine Inch Nails to give fans a laser light spectacular. Hoppus goes into more details about this, "this time we want to be more artistic. We want to use the entire arena as a lighting rig and a stage."

Next up, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood heading out on a North American 14-date arena tour. These two have been cooking up some new material as well, "I'd like to try my song 'Help Me Angel.' And last year, I was having trouble singing harmony while playing guitar on Eric's 'Pretending.' I'd like to have another go at that," Winwood says. Passes for this show will be $45-$175!

Raising the tour bar with dazzling spectacle, new songs and even a free album are British band, Coldplay. Supporting acts on certain dates are: Snow Patrol, Elbow, Amadou and Mariam, and Pete Yorn, and tickets will be $35-$110.

Guy Berryman, the band's bass player, wants to make everyone at the gig feel welcomed no matter where they sit, "we're going to make the set a little longer, throw in extra songs and figure out ways to reach the last row."

The tour will be three months long and will consist of mostly outdoor venues. Those free albums we mentioned before? It's a new live album called, "LeftRightLeftRIghtLeft", and Coldplay will be giving them away at every show.

Dave Matthews Band will go on their first excursion since the death of their saxophonist, LeRoi Moore. On select dates openers for the band will be: Jazon Mraz, the Hold Steady, Old Crow, Medicine Show, Willie Nelson & Family, Emi Kuti & the Positive Force, and the Avett Brothers.

The band will debut new songs from their new record, "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" out on June 2nd, 2009. DMB will endure a six-month tour that also includes two shows at Boston's Fenway Park. You can expect to pay $32-$75 for your tickets!

Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick promise a bigger and better summer tour, "we sing better, we sound better, we look and feel better, our progression is perfect," says Phil Collen from Def Leppard. That's not all these rockers are promising, they swear it's all about the big guitar riffs, "it was sorely lacking in the '90s, no pyro, we've done that before, but a big lighting rig, and the ego ramp to go down there and shake your stuff," Collen also adds.

Def Leppard will head out with two other '80's bands for what according to Collen will be, "three to four hours of hits and great music." Tickets are $20-$130 for this 80's spectacle!

Are you ready to have a "21st Century Breakdown"? The Green Day trio are back on the stage for an ambitious tour this summer. Openers on certain dates will be the Bravery, Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand. Tickets for this event will range from $29.50 to $149.50! You can expect to get the entire "Breakdown" record on some dates, and "maybe 'Kerplunk' as an encore," jokes Billie Joe.

You can also expect quite lengthy shows as well, "we want to get Springsteen a run for his money. I think his longest show is maybe five hours. Green Day's got six," says Armstrong.

Metallica spice up their "World Metallic Tour" with rarities, covers and lots of fan love! The recently inducted hall of famers will charge $50-$76, and according to drummer Lars Ulrich, "on this tour, for some reason, we've got this wild hair up our ass."

These guys return in September and are enjoying the positivity in the air, "there's just this giant circle of love, as we call it. Energy into the fans and energy back form the fans, and it just keeps going."

Big stage, big engery for U2's 360 tour! Openers include: Snow Patrol, Muse and Black Eyed Peas. Tickets will be $30-$253! 

The Irish rockers return for their first tour since 1997's PopMart to take over U.S. stadiums. These guys will rock out on the largest stage set ever built for a rock show, it's even got its own nickname, the Claw. While taking a break from tour planning, the Edge comments, "the crowd will be all around us. That energy will just make the performances fly."

U2 will also be playing older songs they haven't even thought of doing in years, "we're talking about resurrecting songs we haven't played in a long time," says Edge. "I have a list of every U2 song-some I can't even remember anymore-even some of the B sides that we've never played live. We were thinking how much fun it would be to play something like 'Luminous Times.' Certain songs from the last couple of tours, we may not play again. We want to find songs that feel fresh and valid."

There ya have it folks! Awesome summer tours that'll make you want to party like a rockstar!

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Hello, rise and shine everybody! Glad to have you with us.

After months and months of rumors of Weezer touring with Blink 182, it is now official they will indeed be hitting the road with the SoCal trio.

That's not all, Fall Out Boy will also be another supporting act for the trio's upcoming summer tour. The All-American Rejects dropped hints about touring with a recently reunited band, it is still unknown whether or not this is true.

The news was first reported in this month's Rolling Stone, then bassist Mark Hoppus' blog, HiMyNameIsMark.com, and finally set in stone by Blink's label, Interscope.

Yes kids, gear up for this triple threat coming at you sooner than you may expect! This tour begins July 24th and will run until sometime in October. According to Rolling Stone, tickets will run from $20 all the way to $60, not bad right?

Mark discussed with RS they'll be a mix of classic tunes and a few new tracks from the new album coming out this year. Since the guys will tour for the first time in four years, the guys are getting "artistic". They've recruited Kanye West's set designer to really pump up this tour.

Hoppus told the magazine, "we want to use the entire arena as a lighting rig and stage. We're being as ambitious as possible."

Remember how we mentioned that AAR may or may not be on the road? A spokesperson for Interscope says there's an "official announcement about the tour coming next week". Could mean there's more acts or an even better surprise on the way very soon!

You can read all about this on MTV.com!

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Howdy folks, how's everything going? Great we hope!

MTV.com posted an article about All-American Rejects possibly touring with Blink 182. Also, no one is entirely sure if the Blink boys will still be going out on the road with Weezer. Rumors are flying all over Internet, but nothing is really for sure yet. Let's hope it is because that would be one incredibly killer show don't you think?

The guys in AAR were dropping hints when MTV spoke to them at Wango Tango festival in Irvine, California. Singer Tyson Ritter says with a smile, "we will be going out with a nondescript band that is rumored to be reuniting...that's about all we can say about that. But it's going to be a big deal, and everybody's going to be there, so, 'Hey,' in advance."

Writer for the article, James Montgomery, adds that when MTV asked for more details who the band was, Ritter did give a major hint, "there's at least three...I think its' a ska band, so it might be 20. I don't know, it's not Sum-41. They're on hiatus." A spokesperson for Universal Music Group could not be reached at the time, but what's funny is all three of these acts are signed to the same label.

Touring with Blink would fill the slot for the AAR crew, especially since the headlining act for the Honda Civic Tour backed out. Ritter and his gang were overjoyed to fill us in on it, "it was supposed to be the Honda Civic Tour. We were actually supposed to get a Honda Civic car...but Old Man Civic calls me up and goes, 'Hey, I can't foot the bill.' I go, 'Click'-hung up on him. So, whatever, we're not doing that tour anymore. Gimme some Ford. Gimme some Chrysler. Maybe we can do a tour with Coffee-Mate, because everybody uses creamer."

Hmm....the suspense is killing me! Good news is, MTV provided a video along with the article. The All-American Rejects tell it like it is! Enjoy it!