The Doobie Brothers Setlists: What to Expect From The 2025 Tour

Update (April 3): This article has been updated with The Doobie Brothers’ latest tour information.

The Doobie Brothers are rockin’ down the highway across North America for The 2025 Tour. After reuniting for their massive 50th Anniversary Tour, the classic lineup of Pat Simmons, Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald and John McFee is takin’ it to the streets once again for a coast-to-coast trek that keeps you runnin’ through October.

The 2025 Tour kicks off at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on August 4. The band will use the new circuit to keep on rollin’ to stages such as New York’s Northwell at Jones Beach Theater on August 10, while also visiting to Milwaukee’s American Family Insurance Amphitheatre on September 9, Blossom Music Center in Cleveland on September 17 and more.

Find everything you need to know beyond “Listen to the Music” to get ready for The 2024 Tour, including how to get The Doobie Brothers tickets, below.

Who are The Doobie Brothers?

The Doobie Brothers are a two-time Grammy-winning band that formed in San Jose, California in 1970. Starting as a quartet, the group’s lineup has changed and expanded several times over their more than five-decade career, though they still managed to blend various influences from rock, jazz, R&B, pop, soul and folk harmonies into a distinct, slick sound later dubbed “yacht rock.” Since sharing their self-titled debut album in 1971, the band has released 15 studio albums, six of which have gone platinum, and 16 Top 40 singles, including their two Hot 100 chart-toppers, 1974’s “Black Water” and 1979’s “What a Fool Believes.” More hits like “Listen to the Music” and “Long Train Runnin'” were compiled on 1976’s Best of The Doobies, which became their first diamond record. Overall, The Doobie Brothers have sold more than 40 million records worldwide.

The group disbanded in 1982, but have reunited on multiple occasions. In 2020, nine members of The Doobie Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and recommenced touring together a year later for the 50th Anniversary Tour. The current lineup features founding members Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons as well as keyboardist and vocalist Michael McDonald and guitarist John McFee, who joined the band in 1975 and 1979, respectively.

How to Get Tickets for The Doobie Brothers Concerts

The Doobie Brothers tickets and VIP packages for The 2025 Tour are available via Ticketmaster.

The Doobie Brothers Discography

• The Doobie Brothers (1971)
• Toulouse Street (1972)
• The Captain and Me (1973)
• What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974)
• Stampede (1975)
• Takin’ It to the Streets (1976)
• Livin’ on the Fault Line (1977)
• Minute by Minute (1978)
• One Step Closer (1980)
• Cycles (1989)
• Brotherhood (1991)
• Sibling Rivalry (2000)
• World Gone Crazy (2010)
• Southbound (2014)
• Liberté (2021)

What to Know for The Doobie Brothers’ 2025 Tour

The 2025 Tour continues the celebratory spectacle of the 50th Anniversary Tour, which spanned nearly 150 shows in North America, Asia and Australia between 2021, 2023 and then The 2024 Tour in 2024. The 2025 Tour will find the group building on their freshly road-fueled chemistry.

Along with signature Doobie Brothers songs like “Jesus is Just Alright,” “China Grove” and “Takin’ It to the Streets,” the group have also made a habit of teasing their past Steely Dan ties — via McDonald and former guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter — with a recurring cover of the band’s 1974 single “Pretzel Logic.” While The Doobies take front-and-center vocally, the stage is completed by their longtime touring band led by bassist John Cowan, drummer Ed Toth, percussionist Marc Quiñones and saxophonist Marc Russo.

Is There an Opening Act for The 2024 Tour?

The 2025 Tour will feature The Coral Reefer Band on select dates.

How Long is The Doobie Brothers Concert?

On The 2024 Tour, The Doobie Brothers’ set has lasted about one hour and 40 minutes.

The Doobie Brothers’ 2024 Tour Setlist:

1. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) (Eddie Holland cover)
2. Here to Love You
3. Dependin’ on You
4. Rockin’ Down the Highway
5. You Belong to Me
6. Cannonball
7. It Keeps You Runnin’
8. Eyes of Silver
9. One Step Closer
10. World Gone Crazy
11. Minute by Minute
12. Without You
13. Jesus Is Just Alright (The Art Reynolds Singers cover)
14. What a Fool Believes (Kenny Loggins cover)
15. Long Train Runnin’
16. China Grove

Encore:

• Black Water
• Takin’ It to the Streets
• Listen to the Music

Source: Setlist.fm.

Where Can I See The Doobie Brothers on The 2025 Tour?

The Doobie Brothers’ The 2024 Tour will make stops at the following cities across North America:

• 08/04/25 – Detroit, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
• 08/06/25 – Burgettstown, PA @ The Pavilion at Star Lake
• 08/07/25 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
• 08/09/25 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
• 08/10/25 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach
• 08/12/25 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
• 08/13/25 – Camden, NJ @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
• 08/15/25 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
• 08/17/25 – Gilford, NH @ BankNH Pavilion
• 08/18/25 – Saratoga Springs, NY @ Broadview Stage at SPAC
• 09/04/25 – St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – STL
• 09/05/25 – Ridgedale, MO @ Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
• 09/09/25 – Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Insurance Amphitheatre
• 09/10/25 – Tinley Park, IL @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheater
• 09/12/25 – Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Theatre
• 09/13/25 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
• 09/15/25 – Franklin, TN @ First Bank Amphitheatre
• 09/17/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
• 09/18/25 –Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage