Tanglewood Popular Artists

The updated Popular Artist schedule: 

John Fogerty: The Celebration Tour with Special Guests George Thorogood and the Destroyers & Hearty Har (June 20) 

Roger Daltrey with Very Special Guest KT Tunstall (June 22)

Kool & the Gang and En Vogue (June 23) 

New! Boyz II Men (June 27) 

Jon Batiste (June 28) 

New! Trey Anastasio with the Boston Pops (June 29) 

Brandi Carlile (June 30) 

Jason Mraz with the Boston Pops (July 2) 

James Taylor and his All-Star Band (July 3 & 4, both dates sold out) 

An Evening with Pretenders (July 16) 

New! Beck with the Boston Pops (July 23) 

Judy Collins, Rufus Wainwright, and Indigo Girls (August 30) 

DISPATCH with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops (August 31) 

More dates may be announced in the coming weeks. 

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Tickets for previously announced concerts are already on sale at tanglewood.org

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The Tanglewood Popular Artist Series welcomes three exciting new guest artists to the blockbuster lineup in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. New additions to the summer schedule are the legendary trio Boyz II Men, Phish frontman and guitarist Trey Anastasio, and adventurous alt-rock singer-songwriter Beck. Both Anastasio and Beck will perform with the Boston Pops. All three concerts will begin at 7 p.m. 

Boyz II Men has written and performed some of the most celebrated classics of the past three decades, making them the best-selling R&B group of all-time and winning them numerous accolades including four Grammy Awards, nine American Music Awards, nine Soul Train Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Boyz II Men’s past hits include: “End of the Road,” “I’ll Make Love to You,” “One Sweet Day,” “Motownphilly,” and many others. Boyz II Men will make their debut performance at Tanglewood on June 27.

Trey Anastasio began his career as the guitarist and vocalist for the popular improvisational rock band Phish and has won acclaim in the rock, classical, and theater circles. He has received Grammy nominations for his recordings with Phish and for his solo work and was nominated for a Tony Award and two Drama Desk Awards for the original score of the 2013 Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody. Anastasio has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, among others. In his Tanglewood debut on June 29, Anastasio will perform with the Boston Pops conducted by Edwin Outwater, the Music Director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. 

As the title of his most recent album Hyperspace might imply, eight-time Grammy-winner Beck has traveled light years from his emergence as a reluctant generational spokesperson when “Loser” exploded from a rejected 1992 demo into a ubiquitous 1994 smash. In the decades since, Beck's singular career has seen him explore all genres and eras of music, blurring boundaries and blazing a path into the future while foraging through the past. He has released 14 studio albums, two of which (Odelay and Sea Change) are on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all-time. He will make his Tanglewood debut on July 23 performing with the Boston Pops. The concert, to be conducted by Edwin Outwater, will feature unique arrangements of familiar favorites and seldom-heard deep cuts from the master of perpetual reinvention. 

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How to Buy Tickets

The public sale for Boyz II Men, Trey Anastasio, and Beck begins on April 17 at 10 a.m. 

Tickets for all previously announced dates are already on sale.  

Tanglewood.org is the official site for all Tanglewood tickets. 

Tickets also may be purchased by calling 617-266-1200 on Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 12:30–4:30 p.m. 

Tickets for Popular Artist concerts and other Tanglewood concerts and events may be purchased at the Symphony Hall Box Office during regular Box Office hours. The Tanglewood Box Office will be open on April 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for in-person sales and will open for the summer on June 8 at 12 p.m. 

Popular Artist tickets are available for mobile delivery or for box office will call pickup only. Mobile tickets will appear on the purchaser’s device five days prior to the concert. Will call tickets may be picked up at the Tanglewood Box Office starting five days prior to the concert. There is a limit of eight tickets purchased per person (four for Brandi Carlile). 

Sponsorships 

The BSO is proud to welcome back Genesis as the Official Vehicle of Tanglewood and Berkshire Health Systems as the Official Health System of Tanglewood.