Gavin Rossdale Encourages Fans to Come ‘See a Bit of Art’ as Bush Hits the Road This Summer (Exclusive)
The band’s Loaded: The Greatest Hits Tour is part of Livenation’s Concert Week this year, where tickets to over 5,000 shows are available for $25
With many top artists hitting the road this summer, now’s your chance to snap up tickets for only $25! Livenation’s annual Concert Week is back again this year, with over 900 artists touring over 5,000 shows that are available at up to 75% off from May 8-14.
The promotion encompasses multiple genres from pop, rock, country, R&B. metal, hip-hop and more, including artists like 21 Savage, Maren Morris, New Kids on the Block, Peso Pluma and Janet Jackson.
Among the participants for 2023 is rock band Bush, whose frontman Gavin Rossdale tells PEOPLE he knows that oftentimes, just getting out to a show can be quite the expense.
“Whenever anyone can just see a bit of culture and a bit of art and it doesn’t have to be so expensive, then that’s great,” the rocker, 58, says.
“I’m so happy to be part of it because I know it often ends up costing a lot of money. People can’t even come to the shows because they can get quite expensive. You’ve got the parking and you want to have a couple of drinks, maybe eat. And if we are lucky, maybe pick up a bit of merch … suddenly it’s crazy! So to give people a break with this lower ticket price is super cool.”
Rossdale, who will celebrate the 30th anniversary of breakthrough Bush album Sixteen Stone later this year, is already on the road this spring, but will turn up the heat as the band heads out on their Loaded: The Greatest Hits Tour starting in July.
“It’s been a brilliant kind of development I hadn’t expected,” he says of the success of last year’s Loaded: The Greatest Hits 1994-2023. Rossdale previously told PEOPLE he’d had to come around to the idea — “taking stock and looking retrospectively at myself is just not something that comes naturally,” he says now — but it’s ultimately been a positive experience for the band.
“The best thing about this job is there are no rules, What it did is it galvanized the connection between a load of people somehow,” explains Rossdale. “It’s taken us a long time to get to this point and that’s just by bringing people with us, you know what I mean? It didn’t just happen.”
He continues, “I’m so flattered by it. I hope it feels like it comes from such a genuine enthusiasm for what I chose to devote my life to.”
Along with the hits, the Bush tour may include some more recently crafted tunes, as Rossdale lets it slip that “there’ll be a new song this summer that I’m really excited about.” Never satisfied to rest on his laurels — “it doesn’t even sound very comfortable, if you think about it,” he jokes — the musician reveals that he has the majority of the band’s next album already in the can.
“Ten songs done, so I’m happy about that,” Rossdale says. “It really invigorates the tour for me to have competed a new record. I like this pace. You want to keep on your toes to keep good!”
For tickets to see Bush on tour this summer for $25, as well as any of the other hundreds of artists participating, visit Livenation’s annual Concert Week website now.
