Big, can’t-miss Montréal concerts in 2024

Fall concerts

The past is blasting 

After an 11-year hiatus, and on the 30^th anniversary of their formation, post-grunge hit-makers Creed have reunited and picked up where they left off with their Are You Ready? Tour. The ninth best-selling musical act of the 2000s, Creed will join fellow rockers Mammoth WVH (fun fact: WVH stands for frontman Wolfgang Van Halen, the son of Eddie Van Halen) and Finger Eleven (fun fact: they were originally known as the Rainbow Butt Monkeys) at the Bell Centre on November 25.

Winter concerts

A (bitter)sweet emotion

The best-selling American rock band of all time is ready to hang up its spurs. Boston phenom Aerosmith — 150 million records sold worldwide, including 25 gold, 18 platinum and 12 multi-platinum albums — have paid their dues and then some, and are calling it a day with their Peace Out tour. The authors of unforgettable anthems like Sweet Emotion, Walk This Way, Dream On, Janie’s Got a Gun — the list goes on and on — will bid thee farewell with special guests The Black Crowes at the Bell Centre, January 10, 2025.

Free your plaid and fun will follow

In case you haven’t noticed, ’90s alt-rock is not only alive and well, it’s thriving for quite a few of the stalwarts of the genre, in this case the Toronto-formed Our Lady Peace (fronted by the inimitable Raine Maida) and Georgia hitmakers Collective Soul. Catch both bands on the Our Lady Peace 30^th anniversary Tour when they rock out at Place Bell on March 10, 2025.

Monsters of prog

Montrealers loooove their progressive rock, and prog-metal pioneers Dream Theater have, for the better part of the last four decades, enjoyed enormous support here. It’s only fitting then that the band — featuring the iconic lineup of James LaBrie, John Myung, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy
and Jordan Rudess — should bring their 40^th anniversary tour, An Evening with Dream Theater, to la belle ville. The Boston rockers promise a full night of fan favourites at the Bell Centre on March 12, 2025.

The return of Aussie pop royalty 

It will have been nearly 14 years (April 29, 2011, to be exact) since dance-pop phenomenon Kylie Minogue graced the Bell Centre stage in Montréal. At over 80 million records sold worldwide, the so-called “Princess of Pop” is the highest-selling female artist from Australia ever. Long-awaiting fans will have to wait just a wee bit longer to see her again when she brings her Tension Tour 2025, with an as yet unnamed special guest, back to the Bell Centre on March 30, 2025.

Raging arena rock redux 

Rock’n’roll in the ’70s never felt so good as when the giants of riffing and harmony — like, say, Heart — were doing it. Well, lo and behold, what once was old is brand spankin’ new again as Canadian/American rockers Heart, still led by the Wilson sisters, come out of a five-year hiatus for their rescheduled (due to health reasons) Royal Flush Tour. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will fill the Bell Centre with memories and legendary tunes on April 2, 2025.

Sink or Swims

If you haven’t already heard of him, meet rapidly ascendant, multi-genre singer, songwriter and musician Teddy Swims. With a musical palette that spans R&B, pop, soul, country and more, Swims (an acronym for Someone Who Isn’t Me Sometimes) has been steadily marching up international charts for the last two years. Don’t get that sinking “I’ve missed out” feeling: catch him when he brings his I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy tour to Place Bell on May 24, 2025.

Original article in English by Jamie O'Meara, adapted into French by Francis Rose.