If you are wanting to see Bob Dylan at his recently announced show at Embassy Theatre, you are out of luck unless you want to pay the high VIP price or the high secondary market price for tickets since that show is basically sold out. 

However, you can still see the legend when he appears alongside fellow icon Willie Nelson on the 10th Anniversary of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour. 

The tour features a “group of like-minded renegade outliers who defied the rules and influenced genre-blurring music for generations,” according to the press release announcing the tour. 

Those “like-minded renegade outliers” on the tour vary by market with Nelson and Dylan headlining a lineup that also includes Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Trampled by Turtles, and Myron Elkins at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Detroit on June 20 and Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati on June 22. Nelson and Dylan will be with Rateliff, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, and Elkins at Blossom Music Center near Cleveland on June 21. 

“What an amazing lineup to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Outlaw Music Festival Tour,” Nelson said in a release. “I can’t wait to join friends and family in bringing this celebration to the fans we love.”

Doobie Brothers back again

Following five decades, The Doobie Brothers are still “takin’ it to the streets” with the Walk This Road Tour. 

The U.S. leg of the tour kicks off at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Detroit on Aug. 4 and eventually makes its way to Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Chicago on Sept. 10, Riverbend Music Theatre in Cincinnati on Sept. 12, Ruoff Music Center in Noblesville on Sept. 13, and Blossom Music Center outside Cleveland on Sept. 17. 

The reunited Doobie Brothers’ lineup includes Patrick Simmons, Tom Johnston, John McFee, and Michael McDonald. 

The summer tour is in support of their first new album in 40 years, Walk This Road, available June 6. 

Joining the band will be special guests The Coral Reefer Band, the touring and recording band of the late Jimmy Buffett. In various configurations, the band performed with Buffett from 1973 until his passing in 2023 and continues celebrating and performing his music at his request. 

The band are led by 10-time CMA Musician of the Year Mac McAnally who said: “We are blessed with the task of honoring and continuing the musical legacy that Jimmy built over five-plus decades. We are so lucky both to have shared the stage with him and to share his music with all who love it.”

Zach Bryan at Big House

It’s a big show for the Big House. Yes, the stadium in Ann Arbor that houses the Big Ten football team University of Michigan will now host its first concert. 

Zach Bryan will appear at Michigan Stadium on Sept. 27 with John Mayer, Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentleman, and Joshua Stone. 

The news isn’t all great though. Tickets went on sale on Valentine’s Day and immediately sold out, making it the “biggest ticketed show in American history.” 

Michigan Stadium is the largest stadium in the U.S. and officially holds 107,601 people, although it has held crowds of more than 115,000. 

“You guys just sold out the biggest ticketed show in American history,” Bryan said in a statement. “I owe you my life, my humility and every ounce of effort I have. I love y’all more than any song. Thank you so much for having us University of Michigan, we won’t let you down.” 

Of course, if you don’t have tickets and still want to go, there are many available on the over-priced secondary market.

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