One of these things is not like the others.

Last week, Justin Bieber almost ruined the collective festive cheer of the entire world by announcing he was working on a dubstep album, but thankfully it’s still the season for giving, and a handful of awesome classic rock outfits have announced their plans to tour SA in 2012, effectively cancelling out the horror aftershocks of the Lesbieber’s awful, awful news.

First off, The Eagles are landing in South Africa in April 2012, with performances scheduled on Wednesday, April 4 at Cape Town Stadium; Saturday, April 7 at the Superbowl in Sun City; and on Sunday, April 8 at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.

This will be the first time the Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame alumni, and six time Grammy winning group will be performing in South Africa, and in terms of classic American rock, you don’t get much better than The Eagles. Tickets go on sale tomorrow via Computicket.

Then, in May/June, classic British outfits, The Moody Blues, Procol Harem and 10cc will be participating in The British Invasion which will be held in Grand Arena, Grand West, Cape Town on May 30 and at Johannesburg’s Coca-Cola Dome on June 1.

If that weren’t enough, there is still Sting, who will be stopping in South Africa as part of his Sting: 25 Years tour, with performances on March 24 and 25 at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg, and March 27 and 28 at the Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape Town.

There’s more than enough classic blues and rock coming our way to offset anything that Canadian pop imp might dubstep at us. Make sure you get your tickets as soon as, because you can be sure seats for these will run out fast.

[Source: TIMES Live]