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The long awaited Rod Stewart / Cheap Trick tour is finally happening this summer. The trek, which due to the pandemic was postponed in both 2020 and 2021, is finally happening and swill hits the South, the East Coast, and Midwest over 19 dates. The tour launches on July 1st at Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena and wraps on September 3rd at Tampa’s Amalie Arena.

A while back, Rod Stewart explained to us that he’s never once considered giving up what he does: “You never outgrow hits, I mean, it’s always a big thrill to ya. I’m a committed musician. I love it. I love makin’ music, I really love gettin’ up and singin’ for people. I see the smiling faces and you go home and you think you’ve sent them all home happy.”

Rick Nielsen told us that Cheap Trick is just one of those bands that was so unhip, they actually became cool: “What we did was the total antithesis of everything, of what was going on. We didn’t wanna be like anybody else, but we didn’t know what we wanted to be. So, it’s like, I was always kind of a jerk and a class clown — so why change into being some charming person? We were being ourselves. At the time, there were so many bands that they tried to look like their mothers and y’know, get their hair done with the same hairspray as their mother’s had. And everybody wanted to be the lead singer or the guitar player — look at me — I was never gonna be Jimmy Page or, y’know. . . It was all about the music.”

RESCHEDULED: Rod Stewart / Cheap Trick tour dates (subject to change):

July 1 – Fort Worth, TX – Dickies Arena
July 2 – Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 5 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
July 12 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
July 16 – Tinley Park, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 19 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 22 – Saratoga Springs, NY – SPAC
July 26 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
July 27 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
August 12 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
August 13 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
August 16 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
August 19 – Atlantic City, NJ – Mark G Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
August 20 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
August 23 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
August 27 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 31 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
September 2 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place
September 3 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena