Tour news: This is Hardcore, beabadoobee, Duff McKagan, Control Top, Together Pangea, Bent Knee, Ed Harcourt, more
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
THIS IS HARDCORE UPDATES
Philly fest This Is Hardcore (August 2-4) have announced running orders for each day, and Frozen Soul were added to Saturday (day two). More info here.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
LCD Soundsystem have announced a new fall Los Angeles residency.
BEEBADOOBEE / HOVVDY
Beabadoobee’s September tour with Hovvdy has added second shows in a couple cities. There are now two NYC shows at SummerStage in Central Park on September 11 & 12 and two Los Angeles show at Greek Theatre on September 28 & 29. All dates are here.
JENNIFER LOPEZ
Jennifer Lopez announced her first tour since 2019, a North American arena run, back in February. It was scheduled to run from late June through August, but she’s now cancelled the shows.
NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS
It’s been over 15 years since we booked Nathaniel Rateliff to play opening sets on BV CMJ and SXSW shows, so it feels special to say that, with his The Night Sweats band, he’s announced his first-ever US arena tour.
DUFF MCKAGAN
Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan has announced a US leg of his Lighthouse Tour ’24. Dates are in November and include Boston, NYC (Le Poisson Rouge on 11/6), Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle.
CONTROL TOP
Control Top are back and have announced a couple Northeast summer shows, playing Philly’s Foto Club on July 26 with CarivorousBells and Eraser, and Brooklyn’s Union Pool on July 27 with Public Circuit and Pop Music Fever Dream.
LADYLAND
NYC Pride Month festival LadyLand returns on June 28 and 29 Under The K Bridge with a newly expanded two-day edition, and they’ve made a few additions to the lineup.
TOGETHER PANGEA
Together Pangea are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Badillac on tour this summer, hitting San Diego, Boston, Philly, NYC (8/9 at TV Eye), DC, Chicago and more.
SHRAPKNEL
ShrapKnel, the duo of NYC rappers Curly Castro and PremRock, have announced a new album and tour.
LITTLE STEVEN’S UNDERGROUND GARAGE CRUISE
E Street Band guitarist Little Steven is taking his Underground Garage SiriusXM station and radio show onto the water for the Underground Garage Cruise, which they describe as a “full-throttle, four-night rock’n’roll adventure.”
FLOGGING MOLLY’S SALTY DOG CRUISE
Flogging Molly have announced the lineup for their 2025 Salty Dog Cruise, which sets sail from Miami and runs from February 17-22.
TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAYMEN
The Trans-Canada Highwaymen, the all-Canadian supergroup of Chris Murphy (Sloan), former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page, Moe Berg (The Pursuit of Happiness), and Craig Northey (Odds), released their debut album last year and will be heading below the US border in June for a short Northeast tour.
STEVE EARLE
Steve Earle has announced a new live album, Alone Again, and he’s on tour all summer.
BENT KNEE (DATES W/ NOVA ONE, MEGAFAUNA)
Boston art rock group Bent Knee will be on the road in late summer and early fall starting in NYC at Brooklyn Made on August 1 with Nova One. They will tour together through August 17 in Cambridge, take a week off, and then pick back up in Austin for dates with Megafauna that wrap up September 15 in Denver.
ED HARCOURT
British singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt just released his 10th album, El Magnifico, and will be heading to North America to tour with The Church and Aftghan Whigs. He’s scheduled a few headline dates while here, including NYC’s Joe’s Pub on June 15.
KOKOROKO
London Afrobeat/jazz-funk collective Kokoroko made their US live debut at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge in March and then played Big Ears, Coachella, and more, and now they’re set to do a longer North American tour this fall.
RAGANA / SUNROT
Olympia/Oakland black metal/slowcore duo Ragana have announced an East Coast/Midwest tour with NJ’s blackened, sludgy, noisy Sunrot for this summer.
TIM KASHER
Tim Kasher of Cursive and The Good Life is supporting Thursday at a couple of shows this summer, and he’s announced a solo tour around them.
E TOWN CONCRETE
NJ rapcore vets E.Town Concrete are playing This Is Hardcore in Philly this August, and they’ve got Long Island and New Jersey shows after that, both of which have pretty stacked bills.
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