10 Must-See Shows This Summer

Dope tours and festivals are heating up stages nationwide.

Rick Ross and The Dream

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The Lights Out Tour - A week after unveiling their collaborative chemistry on her new song "Dirty Laundry," Kelly Rowland and The-Dream will embark on a North American tour, starting May 23 in Minneapolis. The trek wraps up on June 28 in San Francisco. (Photos from left: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images, PictureGroup)

"Never" feat. Patty Crash - With a Portishead-like feel, "Never" reels you in with its ghostly intro, a mix of ethereal echoes and sleepy snare. Patty Crash takes the already melancholy track to a deeper state of euphoric depression with her soothing whines and "tear drops" for her fallen street dreams. And Black Thought capsulizes the despair of urban realities, "I was born faceless in the oasis/Folks disappear here and leave no traces/No family ties, n---a no laces/ Less than a full deck, n---a no aces/Waiting on Superman, losing all patience."(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Rolling Stone)

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The Roots Picnic - The Roots will headline their annual festival in Philly on June 1, with Solange, Trinidad James and many others set to perform as well. (Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Rolling Stone)

OVO Festival - Drake will spread love the Canadian way when he hosts the 4th annual October's Very Own music festival on August 4 in Toronto. The two-day event will feature guests that include Frank Ocean, James Blake and of course Drizzy's Young Money family. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for ESPN)

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OVO Festival - Drake will spread love the Canadian way when he hosts the 4th annual October's Very Own music festival on August 4 in Toronto. The two-day event will feature guests that include Frank Ocean, James Blake and of course Drizzy's Young Money family. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for ESPN)

The America's Most Wanted Tour - Lil Wayne, T.I. and 2 Chainz will unite for this all-star arena tour that will trek across the States in July and August. (Photos from left: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images, Rick Diamond/Getty Images, Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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The America's Most Wanted Tour - Lil Wayne, T.I. and 2 Chainz will unite for this all-star arena tour that will trek across the States in July and August. (Photos from left: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images, Rick Diamond/Getty Images, Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

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The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour - Beyoncé will continue her global takeover tour, which launched last month and will continue across the continents until September 15 in Rio De Janeiro. The North American leg kicks off on June 28 at the BET Experience at L.A.'s Staples Center. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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The Under the Influence of Music Tour - Wiz Khalifa is bringing along A$AP Rocky, B.o.B., Joey Bada$ and others for a 20-date North American trek that sets off on July 17 in San Francisco.   (photos from Left: John Ricard / BET, Dominic Chan/WENN.com)

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The Under the Influence of Music Tour - Wiz Khalifa is bringing along A$AP Rocky, B.o.B., Joey Bada$ and others for a 20-date North American trek that sets off on July 17 in San Francisco. (photos from Left: John Ricard / BET, Dominic Chan/WENN.com)

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Rock the Bells - Inspired by "Holo-Pac" appearing at Coachella, this annual traveling festival will be headlined by holograms of two late legends: the Ol' Dirty Bastard, who will appear with his old Wu-Tang crew, and Eazy-E, who will join his former protégés Bone Thugs N Harmony.(Photos from Left: Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage, BK/MMR Photographer / Reuters)

Bonnaroo - R. Kelly, Nas, Kendrick Lamar and dozens of other acts will grace the multiple stages at Bonnaroo, the yearly mega-festival in rural Tennesseee in mid-June.  (Photos from Left: Scott Gries/Getty Images, Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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Bonnaroo - R. Kelly, Nas, Kendrick Lamar and dozens of other acts will grace the multiple stages at Bonnaroo, the yearly mega-festival in rural Tennesseee in mid-June. (Photos from Left: Scott Gries/Getty Images, Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

Azealia Banks Sends for Compton's Most Wanted   - Azealia Banks kicked off a Twitter war when she went at Kendrick Lamar's neck over his Billboard cover story interview. Banks responded to some of his responses about police brutality, calling it the “the dumbest s**t [she's] ever heard a Black man say.” From there she fired on Lupe Fiasco who came to Kendrick's defense while Kid Cudi threw darts at Lupe. Only Banks could MC a Twitter battle royale like this.  (Photos from Left: Chris McKay/WireImage, Andrew Benge/Redferns via Getty Images)

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Lollapalooza - Kendrick Lamar—who's hitting the festival circuit hard this summer—will be joined by Azealia Banks, 2 Chainz and a long list of acts big and small in Chicago in August for this long-running festival. (Photos from Left: Chris McKay/WireImage, Andrew Benge/Redferns via Getty Images)

Reasonable Doubt at Radio City - Jay-Z celebrated the 10th anniversary of perhaps his finest musical moment, his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, at one of the world's most prestigious venues, Radio City Music Hall. He performed the entire album — with an orchestra — in reverse, ending the night by inviting his wife, Beyoncé, to sub in for Mary J. Blige on an amazing rendition of "Can't Knock the Hustle," the song that's become the mission statement for his entire career.  (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images For Universal Music)

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Made in America - After bringing tens of thousands of music fans to Philly last year, this Jay-Z-curated festival is keeping it in the family for its second run on August 31 and September 1: Mrs. Carter herserlf, Beyoncé, will headline, and little-sis Solange, Macklemore and others will perform as well.  (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images For Universal Music)