Pro Football Hall of Fame announces 2025 headliner for Concert for Legends

CANTON − The Concert for Legends will feature a rock music act for the first time in several years when Nickelback headlines the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival event this summer.

Known for the mainstream pop rock songs "How You Remind Me," "Photograph" and "Rockstar," the Canadian band will mark the 10th anniversary of the Concert for Legends on Aug. 3 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced Monday.

"We've announced great acts across the history of the Concert for Legends," Jim Porter, president and CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, said in a prepared statement. "To host a show with the legendary band Nickelback brings an immense amount of joy to the team at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This concert will be a high-energy, powerful way to cap a great weekend."

Accolades for Nickelback include being recognized as Billboard's Top Rock Group of the Decade for the 2000s while receiving multiple Grammy nominations and winning three American Music Awards.

The band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2023 for being "one of the most commercially viable and important acts of the past two decades."

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'How You Remind Me' was named Top Rock Song of the Decade

Prior to the Canton concert, Nickelback will be touring the country, beginning April 4 in Livingston, Louisiana, before making stops in Tennessee, Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania in the spring. Summer tour stops include Alabama, Kentucky, Wisconsin and South Carolina.

Nickelback will be performing as part of the Rock the Country music festival this year in a lineup featuring Kid Rock, Hank Williams Jr. and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Nickelback's most popular song is the 2001 release, "How You Remind Me," which was named Billboard's Top Rock Song of the Decade and has the distinction of being the most-played song on U.S. radio for all formats in the 2000s.

The track also has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify while tallying more than half a billion views on YouTube.

Other popular songs for the band include "Someday," "Savin' Me," "Far Away," "Too Bad," "Animals," "Figured You Out" and "Burn It to the Ground."

Nickelback breaks through in 2001 with 'Silver Side Up'

Nickelback is comprised of Chad Kroeger, guitar and vocals; Mike Kroeger, bassist; Ryan Peake, guitarist; and Daniel Adair, drums.

Although Nickelback released its first album in the mid-'90s, it wasn't until 2001's "Silver Side Up" that the band achieved mass commercial success. More than 10 million copies were sold worldwide and it topped multiple album charts. In 2022, Nickelback released its 10th album, "Get Rollin'." Last year, the band released the album "Live From Nashville."

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Netflix documentary: 'Hate to Love: Nickelback'

Following platinum albums and worldwide touring, Nickelback became a frequent target of music critics and negativity on social media. They were accused of being formulaic and lacking artistic merit.

In 2023, Netflix explored why Nickelback is so polarizing in the documentary, " Hate to Love: Nickelback ."

Nickelback's Canton appearance will cap off the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival , which also includes the Hall of Fame Game, July 31; Enshrinees' Gold Jacket Dinner, Aug. 1; and the Class of 2025 Enshrinement, Aug. 2, which features inductees Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Antonio Gates and Sterling Sharpe.

How to get tickets for Nickelback in Canton

Nickelback tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, starting at $55 (plus taxes and fees), at https://www.profootballhof.com/ .

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Who has played the Concert for Legends?

Here's a rundown of who has performed at the Concert for Legends over the years:

2015− Aerosmith

2016− Tim McGraw

2017− Kid Rock and Toby Keith

2018− Maroon 5

2019− Imagine Dragons

2020− No concert due to the COVID-19 pandemic

2021− Brad Paisley

2022− Journey

2023− Zac Brown Band

2024− Carrie Underwood

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