Brad Paisley returns, Stevie B. brings spring tour to Tucson summer

Country singer Brad Paisley is heading to the AVA at Casino del Sol in August, one of several shows the casino has added to its 2025 concert series in recent weeks.

Ironically, Paisley’s Aug. 23 Tucson stop of his “Truck Still Works Tour” comes 10 days shy of being nearly three years to the day that he last played the AVA, 5655 W. Valencia Road.

Paisley is not an every-other-year regular to Tucson stages; this show will be only his fourth here since breaking out on the national stage with his 1999 platinum-selling debut “Who Needs Pictures” (“He Didn’t Have to Be,” “We Danced,” “Me Neither”).

We had to wait 16 years for his 2022 AVA show, a do-over from the 2006 Tucson Arena show with Sara Evans and Josh Turner that he canceled over a scheduling conflict.

He’s here this go-around with neo-trad Texas country singer Jake Worthington. Tickets (from $51.40-$257.40) are on sale now through casinodelsol.com.

Also coming to the AVA:

• The Grammy-nominated psychedelic-soul ensemble The Marias bring their “Submarine Tour” to Tucson July 17.

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The Marías is the brainchild of Puerto Rican-bred, Atlanta-raised María Zardoya and Los Angeles native Josh Conway, with Jesse Perlman on guitar and Edward James on keys performing a “dreamlike” fusion of jazz, psychedelia, funk and lounge.

The band has collaborated with some of the biggest names in Latin music, including Bad Bunny and Selena Gomez.

Tucson is the third date on the extended leg of its “Submarine” tour, celebrating their 2023 album of the same name. The show is sold out.

• Stevie B brings his “Spring Love Music Festival” to the AVA in the tail end of summer. The Aug. 30 lineup includes 1980s-’90s hip-hop/pop-dance performers Lisa Lisa, Shannon and Jaya.Tickets are $31.40-$201.90 through casinodelsol.com.