Tour news: Foo Fighters, Violent Femmes, Eyedress, Nascar Aloe, Jana Horn / Allegra Krieger, more
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
VIOLENT FEMMES
Violent Femmes will be on tour this spring and summer celebrating the 40th anniversary of their second album, Hallowed Ground, and the 41st anniversary of their iconic self-titled debut. They’ll play both in full on all headline dates which kick off May 1 in San Francisco. Their tour also includes an appearance at Portland’s Project Pabst fest and lots more.
FOO FIGHTERS
Foo Fighters will be on their Everything or Nothing At All tour starting May 1 in Dallas and they’ve just announced one more date, happening at Concord, CA’s Toyota Pavillion on August 13. The band have two huge NYC shows happening at Citi Field on July 17 with Pretenders and Mammoth WVH and July 19 with The Hives and Amyl & The Sniffers.
PULP
Britpop greats Pulp have announced North American dates for their reunion tour.
JEFF LYNNE’S ELO
Jeff Lynne’s ELO have announced “The Over and Out Tour,” which they’re calling their final tour. The 27-date run kicks off at Palm Desert, CA’s Acrisure Arena on August 24, wraps up at LA’s Kia Forum on October 25, and hits arenas in Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto, NYC, Philly, Boston, DC, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Atlanta, Austin, and more.
EYEDRESS (HEADLINE DATES & OPENING FOR FREDDIE GIBBS / MADLIB)
Eyedress will be on tour this spring, including dates with Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and El Michels Affair in Boston and Chicago, a few headline shows, and an appearance at 88rising’s Head in the Clouds Festival in NYC.
ROGER DALTREY
Roger Daltrey has cast doubt that there will be new music from The Who in interviews, saying earlier this year “that part of my life is over,” but he’s not done performing live. He’s announced a new run of US solo shows this June, beginning in Vienna, VA and wrapping up in Highland Park, IL.
GLEN HANSARD
Glen Hansard will support Pearl Jam on tour starting in August, and around that run he’s announced some headlining dates, including shows in Chicago, Cleveland, NYC, Washington DC, Austin, Los Angeles, and more.
LIVE / STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
Can you feel it coming back again? The “it” in question being ’90s alt rock nostalgia? If so, the Jubilee Tour may be for you. Stone Temple Pilots (with Jeff Gutt singing in place of the late Scott Weiland) and Live will be joining up this summer to celebrate the 30th anniversaries of their albums Purple and Throwing Copper on a co-headlining tour. Soul Asylum are along for the ride on most of the dates, with Our Lady Peace opening the first two dates in California.
THE SADDEST LANDSCAPE ADDED TO ON THE MIGHT OF PRINCES SHOWS
Screamo veterans The Saddest Landscape have been added to the On the Might of Princes’ shows at Lake Como, NJ’s Salty’s Beach Bar on April 20 and a NYC boat show on April 21.
NASCAR ALOE
LA punk-rapper Nascar Aloe will be on tour for his new EP, SPEED, starting on March 26 in Atanta and including stops in Nashville, Richmond, Brooklyn (April 5 at Market Hotel), Hartford, DC, Toronto, and more. Dates are with Oddlyshrugs, Dirtybutt, and Emotional Xan.
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
The Gaslight Anthem have announced a big North American summer tour in support of their 2023 comeback album History Books, and they’re bringing along some great bands with them. Joyce Manor provide direct support on all dates, plus The Dirty Nil on the first leg and Pinkshift on the second.
TOKYO POLICE CLUB
Long-running Toronto band Tokyo Police Club announced their farewell tour last week, and have now added a second NYC show.
MIKE BIRBIGLIA
Comedian Mike Birbiglia has added a NYC show to his Please Stop the Ride standup tour.
TRAUMA RAY
Fort Worth, TX heavy shoegazers Trauma Ray are hitting the road this spring, including shows with a bunch of other cool, mostly shoegaze or shoegaze-adjacent bands, Prize Horse, Downward, Kraus, Mx Lonely, Worlds Worst, Palefade, and Lesser Care, varying by date.
JANA HORN / ALLEGRA KRIEGER
Allegra Krieger has a few April dates lined up, including a run with Michael Nau (Columbus, Chicago, Ferndale and Newport, KY) and before that will play at Brooklyn show with Jana Horn at Public Records on March 31.
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