Nickelback Tickets

Who Nickelback is and what a ticket buys

Nickelback is the Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, best known for post-grunge radio hits such as "How You Remind Me." A ticket buys a hit-heavy rock show built around Chad Kroeger's vocals and guitar, played to large North American crowds, so the seats worth paying for are the ones with a clear view of the stage and the screens rather than simply the closest ones.

The lineup has been stable for two decades: Chad Kroeger (lead vocals and guitar), Ryan Peake (guitar, keyboards and backing vocals), Mike Kroeger (bass) and Daniel Adair (drums, since 2005). The band has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. "How You Remind Me," from Silver Side Up (2001), was the Billboard Hot 100's number one single of the year for 2002, and All the Right Reasons (2005) had sold more than 7 million US copies by mid-2010. Billboard named Nickelback the most successful rock group of the 2000s decade, and the band entered the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2023.

The live show: big choruses and a famously divided reputation

A Nickelback set leans on the run of albums from Silver Side Up through Dark Horse (2008), the stretch that produced most of the songs casual fans know, with newer material from Feed the Machine (2017) and Get Rollin' (2022). Get Rollin' reached number one in Switzerland and number four in Canada, a reminder that the band's audience stays large outside the US as well.

Nickelback is also the rare band whose critics are part of its story. In 2013, Rolling Stone named it the second-worst band of the 1990s, and the 2023 documentary Hate to Love: Nickelback examined that backlash. None of it has kept fans away from the shows, and the crowd tends to treat the night as a straightforward sing-along. Expect a loud, polished rock production rather than a stripped-down club gig.

Nickelback tours, dated and sourced

The tours below are documented in the sources for this page. Current dates appear in the live event list on this page.

• Dark Horse Tour (2008 to 2010): 146 shows and more than 1.6 million tickets sold, the band's commercial peak on the road.
• Here and Now Tour (2012): announced January 11, 2012, with Seether, Bush and My Darkest Days in support.
• No Fixed Address Tour (2015 to 2016): the band's fifth headlining tour, supporting the 2014 album of the same name.
• Feed the Machine Tour (from June 23, 2017): a 44-city North American run with Daughtry, Shaman's Harvest and Cheap Trick on the bill.
• Get Rollin' Tour (June to August 2023): 38 dates across Canada and the US, with Brantley Gilbert and Josh Ross opening.

Multi-act bills are a pattern. Nickelback usually tours with two or three supporting bands, so arriving early adds real music to the ticket rather than filler.

Where to sit for a Nickelback concert

A North American tour on Nickelback's scale usually lands in one of two layouts: an indoor arena or an outdoor amphitheater (an open-air venue with a covered reserved pavilion and a general-admission lawn behind it). The layout for each date is on the seating map attached to the event; check it before buying.

Arenas

• Floor: closest to the band. If the floor is standing general admission (GA, first come, first served), arrive early for a spot near the stage; if it is reserved chairs, the floor is flat, so rows past the middle lose sight of the stage to the people in front.
• Lower-bowl sideline sections near the stage: the strongest seats for most buyers. They are raised, close and angled toward the stage.
• Lower bowl facing the stage: farther away but square to the full production and usually near the soundboard, where the mix is balanced.
• Upper level: the value tier. Front rows at the center beat high corner rows.

Amphitheaters

• Pavilion seats: the covered reserved sections give the best view and stay dry if it rains.
• Lawn: the cheapest way in and a relaxed setting for a sing-along band, but the stage is distant, so plan to watch the screens.

Avoid side-view sections right beside the stage unless the listing describes the view, since speaker stacks and lighting rigs can block part of it.

How demand for Nickelback tickets behaves

Nickelback tours on a regular cycle and plays many markets on each run, so demand tends to be steady rather than frantic. A few patterns help with timing:

• Presales come first. Fan-club, venue and card-issuer presales usually open before the general on-sale, and the best floor and pavilion seats go in those windows.
• Canadian dates draw hard. The band's home-country audience is large, as its Juno Awards and Canadian chart history show, so Canadian shows can sell faster than comparable US stops.
• Weekend shows move first. Friday and Saturday dates sell through before midweek shows in the same region.
• Amphitheater lawns stay available longer. Lawn inventory is large, so it is often still on the market close to the show.

Resale prices can sit above or below face value and tend to shift as the date approaches. Every order on GoodSeats is backed by a 100% guarantee. For the band's own announcements, see Nickelback's official site.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Nickelback
• Wikipedia: Get Rollin'
• Nickelback: Official site