SAN DIEGO — After touring extensively last spring and summer, James Taylor is wasting no time getting back on the road this year with his aptly named All-Star Band.

The legendary singer-songwriter and 2000 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee will embark on a 2026 U.S. concert tour that opens with two shows in Southern California. The first is April 26 at the Yaamava’ Theater in Highland. The second is April 28 at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park in San Diego, the same venue where Taylor and his 11-piece band performed two sold-out concerts last May.

Taylor’s 29-date tour includes only one other California stop, a May 6 show at the Santa Barbara Bowl. It concludes with three concerts in Florida between Sept. 22 and Sept. 26. He has seven previously announced concerts scheduled in Europe in July.

The fabled troubadour, who will turn 77 on March 12, is now at work on a new album and Broadway-bound stage musical, “Fire and Rain.” Is is not, as he noted in a San Diego Union-Tribune interview last year, a traditional jukebox musical.

“This particular one we’re working on is not connected to my life at all,” he explained. “I mean, except that, of course, it’s using very autobiographical, personal songs that I’ve written. But there’s a story that the music supports, and is woven into the music and into the story. It’s a fascinating process, but it doesn’t occupy me so constantly that I don’t have time to write new songs. I am due for another album. And I want very much to put together another batch of songs.”

Tickets for all of the U.S. concerts on Taylor’s 2026 tour go on sale to the general public Friday, Jan. 16., at 10 a.m. local time. A presale will begin Thursday at 10 a.m. local time at ticketmaster.com. The password is: GV2026. Tickets for the San Diego concert are priced from $79.50 to $189.50 each.

James Taylor 2026 U.S. tour dates

April 26: Highland, California, Yaamava’ Theater

April 28: San Diego, The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

May 1: Stateline, Nevada, Tahoe Blue Event Center

May 6: Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Bowl

May 9: Las Vegas, The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

May 10: Las Vegas, The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

June 18: Bethel, New York, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

June 20: Gilford, New Hampshire, BankNH Pavilion

June 22: Bridgeport, Connecticut, Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater

June 23: Wantagh, New York, Northwell at Jones Beach Theater

June 25: Hershey, Pennsylvania, Giant Center

June 27: Atlantic City, New Jersey, Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena

June 29: Saratoga Springs, New York, Saratoga Performing Arts Center

July 3: Lenox, Massachusetts, Tanglewood Music Center

July 4: Lenox, Massachusetts, Tanglewood Music Center

Aug. 30: Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap

Sept. 1: Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap

Sept. 2: Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap

Sept. 5: Boston, MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Sept. 6: Boston, MGM Music Hall at Fenway

Sept. 9: Selbyville, Delaware, Freeman Arts Pavilion

Sept. 11: Columbia, South Carolina, Colonial Life Arena

Sept. 13: Charlotte, North Carolina, PNC Music Pavilion

Sept. 15: Wilmington, North Carolina, Live Oak Bank Pavilion

Sept. 17: Atlanta, Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park

Sept. 20: Charleston, South Carolina, Credit One Stadium

Sept. 22: St. Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Sept. 23: St. Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine Amphitheatre

Sept. 26: Hollywood, Florida, Hard Rock Live @ Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

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