Summer music heats up 2025

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Summer is the clip to footwear backmost astatine concerts. Scroll done our assemblage of immoderate of 2025's starring unrecorded acts, featuring images by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.

Pictured: The Louisville stone set My Morning Jacket played astatine the Riverside Theater successful Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 2025.

Chris Stapleton

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Chris Stapleton played the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre successful Tinley Park, Ill., connected Saturday, June 28, 2025, portion of his "All-American Road Show."

Queens of the Stone Age

Josh Homme, a founding subordinate of the set Queens of the Stone Age, performs with the radical astatine Huntington Bank Pavilion astatine Northerly Island successful Chicago, June 21, 2025.

QOTSA's acceptable database included "I Sat By the Ocean," "My God Is the Sun," "Make It With Chu," "No One Knows," and "Little Sister."

The Kills

The stone duo The Kills (singer Alison Mosshart and guitarist Jamie Hince) were the opening enactment for Queens of the Stone Age astatine Huntington Bank Pavilion astatine Northerly Island successful Chicago, June 21, 2025. Their setlist included "Future Starts Slow," "U.R.A. Fever," "Black Balloon," and "Kissy Kissy."

Pierce the Veil

The San Diego stone set Pierce the Veil brought their "I Can't Hear You" satellite circuit to the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre successful Tinley Park, Ill, connected June 7, 2025. Pictured: Bassist Jaime Preciado.

Pierce the Veil

Lead guitarist Tony Perry of Pierce the Veil.

Among the songs they performed: "Pass the Nirvana," "Emergency Contact," "Death of an Executioner," and "Bulls successful the Bronx."

Pierce the Veil

Pierce the Veil said the 26,000 radical who showed up for the sold-out amusement successful Tinley Park, Ill., connected June 7, was the band's biggest amusement turnout ever.

The Weeknd

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (a.k.a. The Weeknd) brought his "After Hours til Dawn" circuit (which began 3 years ago) to Chicago's Soldier Field connected Saturday, May 31, 2025. The singer, wearing a disguise with glowing eyes, opened with "The Abyss," from his caller movie "Hurry Up Tomorrow," astir a vocalist having a intelligence breakdown. It was the archetypal of astir 40 songs performed.

The Weeknd

Dancers connected signifier with The Weeknd astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, May 31, 2025.

Sessanta

The touring dense metallic performance "Sessanta" is simply a collaboration of the bands Puscifer, Primus, and A Perfect Circle. They performed astatine the American Family Insurance Amphitheatre successful Milwaukee connected May 31, 2025, earlier heading to St. Paul, Minn., Omaha, Neb., and Washington State.

Pictured, clockwise from apical left: Vocalist Maynard James Keenan, of A Perfect Circle and Puscifer; A Perfect Circle pb guitarist Billy Howerdel; Primus' Les Claypool (lead vocals and bass); beneath the poodle disguise is Josh Freese, a caller alumni of Foo Fighters who has rejoined A Perfect Circle; Puscifer vocalist Carina Round; and drummer John Hoffman of Primus, successful a Batman mask.

AC/DC

The Australian stone set AC/DC performed astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Saturday, May 24, 2025. Their acceptable database included immoderate of their astir celebrated songs, including "Highway to Hell," "You Shook Me All Night Long," "Back successful Black," "Thunderstruck," and "Let There Be Rock," arsenic good arsenic "Demon Fire," from "Power Up," their 17th workplace album, which went to #1 astir the satellite upon its merchandise successful November 2020.

Pictured: Lead vocalist Brian Johnson, and co-founder Angus Young.

Paul Simon

Paul Simon played the archetypal of 3 shows astatine Chicago's Symphony Center connected May 23, 2025. Opening with songs from his astir caller album, "Seven Psalms," helium performed selections with his wife, Edie Brickell. He besides played songs from the Simon backmost catalog, from "Graceland" and "Homeward Bound," to "Slip Slidin' Away" and "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard."

Rival Sons

The stone set Rival Sons (featuring pb vocalist Jay Buchanan and guitarist Scott Holiday) played astatine the Rialto Square Theatre successful Joliet, Ill., connected May 1, 2025, earlier heading disconnected to Canada, and a European tour.

Their acceptable database included "Nobody Wants to Die," "Too Bad," "Do Your Worst," and "Shooting Stars."

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds performed the archetypal of 2 shows astatine the Salt Shed successful Chicago connected April 28, 2025 – stops connected the group's "The Wild God Tour."

An histrion and writer arsenic good arsenic a musician, Cave has recorded 18 workplace albums with The Bad Seeds; their latest is "Wild God," whose tracks see "Frogs," "Joy," "Song of the Lake" and "Long Dark Night."

Trivium

The dense metallic set Trivium performed astatine the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom successful Chicago connected April 26, 2025. It was 1 halt connected their "Poisoned Ascendancy Tour," which they are co-headlining with Bullet For My Valentine.

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Matt Heafy of Trivium. The dense metallic set is marking the 20th day of their medium "Ascendancy" by performing its songs unrecorded – for the past time. Their acceptable database included "The End of Everything," "Pull Harder connected the Strings of Your Martyr," "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation," and "Like Light to the Flies."

OK Go

Originally formed successful Chicago, the stone set OK Go returned to the Windy City for a show astatine the Riviera Theater connected April 25, 2025. Their latest medium is "And the Adjacent Possible."

My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket played astatine the Riverside Theater successful Milwaukee, Wis., April 18, 2025. Pictured (clockwise from apical left): Vocalist Jim James, bassist Tom Blankenship, drummer Patrick Hallahan, guitarist Carl Broemel, and keyboardist Bo Koster.

After launching their 2025 circuit connected April 1 successful Chattanooga, the radical added summertime and autumn dates crossed the U.S. done November 1.

Geoff Tate

Geoff Tate, a founding vocalist from Seattle's dense metallic set Queensrÿche, performed astatine the Arcada Theatre successful St. Charles, Ill., April 11, 2025.

Michael Monroe

Finnish vocalist Michael Monroe, who was a founding subordinate of the '80s stone set Hanoi Rocks, performed astatine the Arcada Theatre successful St. Charles, Ill., connected April 6, 2025. The leadoff opus of his acceptable database was "Dead, Jail oregon Rock 'n' Roll."

He besides sang respective Hanoi Rocks songs, including "Motorvatin'," "Up Around the Bend," "Malibu Beach Nightmare," and "Don't You Ever Leave Me."

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue arrived astatine Allstate Arena successful Rosemont, Ill, connected April 2, 2025.

Kylie Minogue

Minogue's set, stretched crossed 5 acts, included "last nighttime I dreamt I fell successful love," "Lights, Camera, Action," "Edge of Saturday Night," "Tension," "Padam Padam," "Timebomb" and "Get Outta My Way." She besides sang covers of euphony by Carole King, Pandora, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.

Deftones

Chino Moreno, the pb vocalist of Deftones, an alternate metallic set hailing from Sacramento, Calif., performed astatine the United Center successful Chicago, March 31, 2025. Their acceptable database included "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)," "Diamond Eyes," "Hole successful the Earth," and "Swerve City."

Bishop Briggs

The English singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs (touring for her caller album, "Tell My Therapist I'm Fine") stopped by Metro successful Chicago connected March 22, 2025. She performed "River," "Wild Horses," "Champion," "White Flag," and "My Seratonin."

Deftones

A scintillating Deftones performance successful Chicago.

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David Morgan

David Morgan is elder shaper for CBSNews.com and the Emmy Award-winning "CBS News Sunday Morning." He writes astir film, euphony and the arts. He is writer of the books "Monty Python Speaks" and "Knowing the Score," and exertion of "Sundancing," astir the Sundance Film Festival.

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