|  | From Chad Bowar, your About Music Editor It doesn't seem like it in some parts of the country, but spring is just around the corner. As the temperatures heat up, so do concerts and festivals. A ton of great concerts and festivals are coming up in the next few months, and our music experts have a preview. | | 2014 Festival Guide A lot of festivals are on the calendar. Coachella is coming up in April in California, as is Jazz Fest in New Orleans. Check out the guide to numerous festivals across the country this spring and summer. | Backstreet Boys Touring With Avril Lavigne The Backstreet Boys are hitting the road this summer with new concert dates. One of the biggest surprises of the tour is that their opening act is Avril Lavigne. Her commercial fortunes have faded recently. Avril Lavigne's self-titled studio album released last November debuted at #4 on the album chart but has only sold 130,000 copies which is a far cry from the platinum plus sales of her first three studio albums. | 2014 Country Music Festivals Enjoy some country music under the sun with these 2014 country music festivals. From Nashville to California, there's some great country music to be had with lineups that include Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Florida Georgia Line, and Eric Church. Multi-day passes are usually available for those that want the complete course -- as well as single-day tickets. | Black Sabbath Tour Dates After a whirlwind 2013 that saw Black Sabbath release their comeback album 13, the DVD Live...Gathered In Their Masses and tour the world, the band is announcing plans for 2014. Sabbath will embark on a mostly Canadian tour, with the first and last dates in the U.S. It launches March 31 in Brooklyn, winding up in Los Angeles on April 26. | | | | Related Searches | | | | Featured Articles | | | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Music newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com | | | | | Advertisement | |