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The PNC Bank Arts Center, once the Garden State Arts Center, has been around for well over 50 years. Lying right in the center in New Jersey, the venue is a premiere location for national touring acts to stop in the summer.
Here are the performers stopping by PNC this year:
May 17: Sessanta V2.0 featuring Primus, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer
May 30: Country Song Came On Tour featuring Luke Bryan with guests George Birge, Avery Anna, and Drake Milligan
June 3: Dave Matthews Band
June 6: For My Last Trick Tour featuring Halsey with guests Alvvays and Sir Chloe
June 11: Alive & Kicking Tour featuring Simple Minds with guests Modern English and Soft Cell
June 13: High and Alive World Tour featuring Keith Urban with guests Chase Matthew, Alana Springstein, and Karley Scott Collins
June 14: The Sounds of Summer Tour featuring The Beach Boys
June 20: Island Holiday Summer Tour featuring Stick Figure with guests Stephen Marley and The Hip Abduction
June 21: Juneteenth NJ Festival headlined by Larry June
June 28: The Complete Sweets! Tour featuring Counting Crows with special guest The Gaslight Anthem
July 10: Better in Boots Tour featuring Thomas Rhett and special guests Tucker Wetmore and Dasha
July 12: Certified Bop Tour featuring Kidz Bop Live
July 20: The Brotherhood of Rock Tour featuring Styx and Kevin Bronin Band with special guest Don Felder.
July 22: In Real Life Worldwide Tour featuring Big Time Rush
July 24: Summer of Loud Festival Tour headlined by Beartooth and I Prevail
July 25: Toto with special guests Men at Work and Christopher Cross
July 26: Where the Party At Tour featuring Nelly with special guests Ja Rule, Eve, and Chingy
July 31: Pantera featuring special guests Amon Amarth and King Parrot
August 1: Summer Anthem Tour featuring Goo Goo Dolls with special guest Dashboard Confessional
August 2: SUPERCHARGED Worldwide in ’25 Tour featuring The Offspring with special guests Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory.
August 7: The Doobie Brothers with special guest The Coral Reefer Band
August 8: Summer Tour 2025 featuring Little Big Town with special guests Carly Pearce and Carter Faith
August 10: Greatest of All Tours Worldwide featuring Volbeat with special guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside
August 15: Broken Branches Tour featuring Dierks Bentley with special guest Zach Top
August 26: Steve Miller Band with The Rascals
August 29: Summer Tour featuring Coheed and Camrbia and Taking Back Sunday with special guest Foxing
August 30: James Taylor with special guest Tiny Habits
September 13: Outlaw Country Music Festival Tour featuring Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan with special guests Sheryl Crow and Waxahatchee
September 26: Alice Cooper and Judas Priest with special guest Corrosion of Conformity
September 30: Grey Day Tour featuring $uicideboy$ with special guests Bones, Night Lovell, Germ, and Chetta
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