Warped Tour

This year’s Warped Tour will feature The Offspring, which is making its first Warped appearance in the band’s 19-year history, as well as aging uber-punk Billy Idol. Fall Out Boy, Dropkick Murphys, MxPx, Mest and Senses Fail will also be among the 87 bands playing on the 11th annual tour. With the absence of punk notables Bad Religion and NOFX and the addition of bands like the All-American Rejects and Simple Plan to this year’s tour, Warped is becoming less punk and more pop.

— Compiled from warpedtour.com and offspring.com

Anger Management Tour

Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz, G-Unit, D12, Obie Trice and newcomer Stat Quo round out the bill at the Anger Management Tour this year, with Ludacris reportedly standing in for 50 Cent for the Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, shows while 50 shoots his film debut. Lloyd Banks will be joining the rap superstars on the tour, but an appearance by fellow G-Unit member The Game is in question after his on-again, off-again dispute with 50 Cent turned violent outside of a New York radio station Feb. 28. The two have reportedly made up, but an Anger Management appearance by The Game is yet to be announced.

— Compiled from about.com, liljononline.com and eminem.com

Ozzfest

Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden head the 10th annual Ozzfest, which will also feature Rob Zombie, Killswitch Engage and Mudvayne. A March 24 Rolling Stone article reported that this may be Ozzy’s last performance at Ozzfest. “It all depends on how I fare this year,” he told the magazine. “Since my [ATV] accident, I have to put in twice as much effort for the same payback.”

— Compiled from ozzfest.com and Rolling Stone

Nine Inch Nails

Trent Reznor and his bandmates kick off their first tour in five years April 27 in San Francisco, and really get things into high gear at the Coachella Valley Music Festival on May 1 in Indio, Calif. The closest NIN gets to Ames this summer is Chicago, and the closest show to Ames that isn’t already sold out is the aforementioned Coachella festival. If an NIN concert is the only thing that will make your summer bearable, there are plenty of concerts in Europe and Japan that have yet to sell out. Or you could scalp tickets, but you didn’t hear that here — the Daily doesn’t condone lawbreaking.

— Compiled from nin.com

Weezer

Weezer is packing its sweater vests, horn-rimmed glasses and electric guitars for its first tour in three years, backing the band’s new album “Make Believe,” due out May 10. The band is only playing 11 dates in the United States before heading off to Europe, but don’t worry — Rivers and the gang will be back to play Lollapalooza on July 23 and 24 at Chicago’s Grant Park.

— Compiled from weezer.com

Dave Matthews Band

The gods of the jam-band scene will be blazing a trail — though a trail most likely won’t be the only thing blazed on this road trip — across the United States starting June 1 and will be playing 48 dates through the first week of September. This tour, which is DMB’s 14th-consecutive summer road trip, begins shortly after the release of the band’s new album “Stand Up,” which hits shelves May 10. Jurassic 5 and the Black Eyed Peas reportedly will be jumping on board for a few dates along the way.

— Compiled from davematthewsband.com

Bob Dylan

Willie Nelson joins folk-legend Dylan and his band on this nationwide tour of minor league baseball stadiums. The pair will be playing 28 shows in 49 days, from May 25 through July 12 — quite a feat for Dylan, who turns 65 the day before the tour begins, and Nelson, who turns 72 on April 30. One stop on the tour is Nelson’s 32nd-annual Fourth of July picnic in Fort Worth, Texas.

— Compiled from bobdylan.com and rollingstone.com

Toby Keith

Keith’s Big Throwdown II tour kicks off in June behind the May 17 release of his new album “Honkytonk University,” the follow-up to last year’s quadruple-platinum “Shock’n Y’all.” Opening for Keith is five-time Academy of Country Music award-winner Lee Ann Womak and Shooter Jennings, son of the late Waylon Jennings. Keith is up for four ACM awards; the show will be aired the same night his new album hits the shelves.

— Compiled from tobykeith.musiccitynetworks.com

The Black Crowes and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

It is ambiguous who is the headliner of this tour, but whoever it is, it is a reunion of sorts. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers haven’t toured nationally in three years, and the Black Crowes recently reunited after a four-year hiatus. The Crowes is doing its own tour throughout April and May before joining forces with Petty on June 7 in Estero, Fla.

— Compiled from blackcrowes.com and tompetty.com

The Big Summer Classic

This year’s Big Summer Classic features The String Cheese Incident headlining, with a rotating cast including Keller Williams, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Umphrey’s McGee and New Monsoon. The tour will hit 14 stops nationwide.

— Compiled from bigsummerclassic.com

Green Day

The punks continue their “American Idiot” success, launching a five-month world tour after winning the Best Rock Album Grammy in February. Billie Joe and Co. bid good riddance to their homes in Berkeley, Calif., hitchin’ a ride across the United States and Europe for a tour that may be redundant, but will be anything but dookie. Let’s just hope it doesn’t turn the band into basket cases.

— Compiled from greenday.com

Other tours this summer:

The Rolling Stones

Paul McCartney

The Hives

Alicia Keys

U2

The Killers

Sarah McLachlan

Elton John

Maroon 5

Def Leppard with Bryan Adams

James Taylor

Nelly

Tim McGraw

Wyclef Jean