Deftones Announce 2025 North American Arena Tour Dates

Deftones just announced details of their 2025 North American arena tour. The dates will be the alt-metal legends first headlining tour since 2022. The 24-date run gets started at Portland’s Moda Center on February 25, and will cross the country while hitting up legendary American arenas like the Kia Forum in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York over the month and a half jaunt, before the tour finishes up at Boston’s TD Garden on April 8. Deftones announced their tour with an Instagram video post shared on Tuesday (September 17), where they also disclosed that the opening acts for their tour will be the Mars Volta and Fleshwater. In addition to their upcoming tour, Deftones yearly celebration of music and culture Dia De Los Deftones returns to San Diego on November 2 for its fifth annual gathering, with the hosts being joined by Idles, Sunny Day Real Estate, Health, and more. (Billboard)

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