on tour
idiom
: giving a series of related performances, appearances, competitions, etc., at different places over a period of time
The band will be on tour for the next month.
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To support the release, Williams and Niño will embark on tour together this fall.
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
Dan is literally the tour’s Sandman, maybe the most important guy on tour week in and week out.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
Beck with the Westville Philharmonic Westville Music Bowl, 45 Yale Ave., New Haven
The ever-changing pop chameleon Beck is on tour, and Westville Music Bowl is one of the stops where he will be backed by an orchestra.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
What started as a childhood obsession – tinkering with and playing bass guitars – led to a career as a guitar tech on tour with bands such as Cincinnati's own Walk the Moon, whom Kennedy traveled the world with before leaving eight years ago to start his own repair company.
—Otto Rabe, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
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Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
Dan is literally the tour’s Sandman, maybe the most important guy on tour week in and week out.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
Beck with the Westville Philharmonic Westville Music Bowl, 45 Yale Ave., New Haven
The ever-changing pop chameleon Beck is on tour, and Westville Music Bowl is one of the stops where he will be backed by an orchestra.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
What started as a childhood obsession – tinkering with and playing bass guitars – led to a career as a guitar tech on tour with bands such as Cincinnati's own Walk the Moon, whom Kennedy traveled the world with before leaving eight years ago to start his own repair company.
—Otto Rabe, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
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“On tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20tour. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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