Rod Stewart Returns To Tampa in 2025
Rod Stewart is coming back to Tampa for yet another intimate performance at the Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa on Sunday, February 26 at 8 p.m. Rod has played the venue a few times now. The first time when he walked on stage and saw the size of the crowd, he joked “I’m still getting my same fee aren’t I?” Apparently the Hard Rock ponied up the cash because he’s coming back again in 2025.
Tickets
Tickets are not cheap. You really can’t expect them to be for a venue this small. Amalie Arena can sell thousands of tickets. The Hard Rock Event Center holds about 1500. So tickets for this performance will start at $275. The good news is you really can’t have a bad seat. I went to the first performance and was seated near the top of the risers. You can’t be more than a couple hundred feet from the stage no matter where you sit.
Various presales will begin this Wednesday (November 20) at 10AM. Keep an eye on the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s social media channels. Remaining seats will go on sale to the public Friday (November 22) at 10AM via Ticketmaster and the Seminole Hard Rock’s website.
More concerts coming to Tampa Bay…
December 12: Debbie Gibson
I guess she gave up on that whole “please call me Deborah” thing. Debbie plays the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota. [Tickets]
December 14: Bret Michaels
Catch the Poison lead singer for a performance at The Sound at Coachman Park. It’s Bret’s Parti-Gras 2.0 Tour with Night Ranger and Dee Snider from Twisted Sister. [Tickets]
December 15: Trans Siberian Orchestra
It’s a Q105 holiday tradition! It’ll be one of the most amazing live performances you’ll ever see. The Lost Christmas Eve Tour will stop at Amalie Arena in Tampa. [Tickets]
December 17: Cheap Trick
Don’t be cruel. Just surrender because I Want You To Want Me. See the hometown favorites at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. [Tickets]
January 11: Styx & Loverboy
Lots of big Q105 ’80s hits at this one like Renegade, Lady, and Come Sail Away from Styx and Working For The Weekend and Turn Me Loose from Loverboy. The bands play The Sound at Coachman Park in Clearwater. [Tickets]
February 2: Kansas
Lots of Q105 classics like ‘Carry On Wayward Son’, ‘Dust in the Wind’ and more. See them at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. [Tickets]
February 8: Mary J. Blige
Lots of Q105 Saturday Night Dance Party favorites like Family Affair and Real Love. She plays Amalie Arena in Tampa with Ne-Yo and Mario. [Tickets]
February 12: The Black Crowes
We were hoping to see them with Aerosmith at Amalie Arena on Valentines Day, but we know what happened there. Catch them on the other side of the Bay at The Mahaffey Theater in St. Pete. [Tickets]
February 27: Richard Marx and Rick Springfield
This will be the first time the pair have performed together in Clearwater at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Richard Marx is known for so many Q105 favorites like “Right Hear Waiting,” “Don’t Mean Nothing,” and “Hold On To the Nights.” Rick Springfield will perform acoustic versions of his big Q105 hits like “Jessie’s Girl” and “Affair of the Heart.” [Tickets]
March 12: ZZ Top
“That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” has been at it for well over a half century, delivering rock, blues and boogie on the road and in the studio to millions of devoted fans. With iconography as distinctive as their sound, ZZ TOP is virtually synonymous with beards, hotrod cars, spinning guitars and that magic keychain. See them at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. [Tickets]
March 15: Foreigner
Yeah that farewell tour doesn’t seem to end, but who’s complaining? Joined by 38 Special, Foreigner is back again this time at Coachman Park in Clearwater. [Tickets]
June 6 & 8: Metallica
The 80s and 90s metal gods play Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. [Tickets]
