If you weren’t exactly thrilled with the George Thorogood & The Destroyers (and Foghat!) Summerfest announcement from a few weeks ago, this one might be more up your (millennial) alley. Las Vegas stalwarts The Killers will headline the American Family Insurance Amphitheater during the 2025 Big Gig on Friday, June 27.

Tickets to the show go on sale Friday, January 31 at 10 a.m. at thekillersmusic.com, Summerfest.com, Ticketmaster.com, or in person at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater Box Office. As with all AmFam Amphitheater tickets, they include general day-of admission to Summerfest.

Cue up “Mr. Brightside”!

Previous Summerfest 2025 headliner announcements have included Megan Thee Stallion, Japanese Breakfast, Hozier, Riley Green, James Taylor, Cake, Chicago, The Avett Brothers, Def Leppard, and Lainey Wilson. And yeah, George Thorogood & The Destroyers and Foghat. Summerfest!

Summerfest 2025 will take place June 19-21, June 26-28, and July 3-5. The festival drew 555,925 attendees in 2024, down from 624,407 in 2023. In 2022, Summerfest drew 445,611 fans. In 2021—a late-summer installment and the first year of the nine-day, three-weekend format—409,386 folks showed up. Summerfest 2020 was canceled due to COVID. Summerfest 2019 drew 718,144 attendees. At the time, the 2019 attendance was Summerfest’s lowest in more than 30 years.

Cue up that “All These Things That I’ve Done” scene from Southland Tales!

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