Concert News: Journey, Def Leppard, Fallout Boy, Jason Aldean

DES MOINES, IA — The concert announcements are heating up in Des Moines this winter with news this week of three more big shows coming to Wells Fargo Arena this spring, summer and fall.

Country superstar Jason Aldean announced on his website that his 34-city “High Noon Neon” tour will make a stop in Des Moines May 12, according to his website. Des Moines is the third stop on the tour for the Academy of Country Music’s reigning Entertainer of the Year, who will be joined by Luke Combs and Lauren Alaina. Show and ticket information is not yet available on the arena website.

Journey and Def Leppard will co-headline for a concert July 23 and their tour brings the bands equal billing, with them alternating which group opens and closes. Tickets go on sale in February. The '80s bands have not toured here together previously, but both are Iowa regulars, having headlined separately and as part of joint tours with other bands. Journey was last in Des Moines in 2016 and Def Leppard in 2017, both co-headlining with other groups, according to the Des Moines Register. Their 2018 tour will include 58 cities.

Finally, Fall Out Boy, the Chicago band and Grammy nominees, have announced a tour of two dozen cities for their new release MANIA and will be in Des Moines Oct. 6 with special guest Machine Gun Kelly. Tickets go on sale to the public Jan. 26, with a presale offer Jan. 22-25 for American Express cardholders.

In addition to the newly announced shows, Wells Fargo Arena also will host a number of other large tours previously announced and for which tickets already are on sale:

• Country superstar Miranda Lambert's "Livin' Like Hippies" tour with Jon Pardi and Ashley McBryde will be March 15.
• Lorde's "Melodrama" world tour, promoting her sophomore album, will be March 25 and also features Run the Jewels and Mitski.
• "An Evening with the Eagles," rescheduled to March 26, will feature Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit with newer Eagles recruits Vince Gill and Deacon Frey.
• MercyMe and Tenth Avenue North, contemporary Christian chart-toppers, come to Des Moines April 12.
• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill return June 30 for a second round of their "Soul2Soul" tour, which played Des Moines in 2017 as part of an 80-city run. Tickets this time around also come with a copy of their first-ever joint album, "The Rest of Our Life."
• Shania Twain brings her "Shania Now" tour to Des Moines on July 25. No opening act information has been announced yet.

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