You’re too late for Diana Ross, but you have plenty of time to prepare for Heart. Red Rocks Amphitheatre , located in Morrison, Colorado, about 400 miles north of Santa Fe, has proven to be one of the busiest concert venues in the U.S.
over the last few decades. Last year, it broke its own record by staging 195 concerts and hosting 1.4 million attendees.
This year, the famous outdoor concert space that sits among two massive hunks of sandstone will share some performers in common with New Mexico, but it will also have a few shows that aren’t making stops here. Ross, the 80-year-old former chief Supreme, played the iconic Red Rocks on June 27 as part of her Beautiful Love Performances 2024 tour. Following are a few other performers who might be worth the six-hour drive.
Ingram, a blues guitarist, played in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque earlier this spring, but here he’ll be the opening act for Vampire Weekend, which is touring behind its own reinvention. The indie rock veterans released their fifth album, Only God Was Above Us , in April, the first since becoming a trio in 2016 following the departure of founding member Rostam Batmanglij. Vampire Weekend’s last album, the 2019 Father of the Bride , was largely a solo effort by lead singer Ezra Koenig and won Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammy Awards in 2020.
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre Vampire Weekend tours through Montana, Missouri, Michigan, and Minnesota over the next few months, but if you live in New M.