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Which new tours, festivals and benefits will you be checking out? The latest announcements from the past week have been compiled.

See who's playing where, when and how you can get tickets.

From metalhead drivers to fans who shred for a living.

Vroom!

While New York City's Central Park has played host to the likes of Simon and Garfunkel, the Dave Matthews Band and Bon Jovi, it recently played host to one of the heavier shows to ever play there, as the Coheed and Cambria, Circa Survive and Torche tour stopped there to kick off the unofficial start of the summer concert season...

The interplanetary warriors of Gwar just can't get enough destruction, mutilation and semen-spilling. On June 1 they'll launch the newest leg of their 'Lust in Space' tour in Toledo, Ohio. They'll continue carving a trail of mayhem and bloodshed through North America until June 6 in Rutland, Ohio...

Despite coming smack dab in the middle of one of the worst recessions in history, 2009 was still a solid year for touring artists like Metallica, who spent the better part of the year on the road with the likes of the Sword, Lamb of God and others...