Tour news: ScHoolboy Q, Wolf Parade, Slowdive, Cordae, The Pogues, Napalm Death / Melvins, FACS, more
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.
SCHOOLBOY Q
ScHoolboy Q has announced a few West Coast shows for January, hitting Oakland, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Anaheim.
CORDAE
Rapper Cordae will be out on the The Crossroads Tour in 2025 for most of February and half of March. Dates include NYC’s Webster Hall on 3/12.
POST MALONE / JELLY ROLL
Post Malone recently released his country album F-1 Trillion, and now he has announced ‘The BIG ASS Stadium Tour’ with support from two of the album’s guests. Most dates are with fast-rising country/rock/rap star Jelly Roll, and there’s additional support from alt-leaning country singer Sierra Ferrell on several dates.
THE POGUES
The Pogues have regrouped and announced their first tour since the 2023 death of vocalist Shane MacGowan, which will also be their first tour since 2014. The trek will celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Pogues’ 1985 sophomore album Rum Sodomy & the Lash.
SLOWDIVE
Slowdive are currently on tour in the US but will be back for more shows, including a few in Canada, in early 2025.
OSEES
OSEES just wrapped up their fall tour a couple weeks ago, and have now announced another. Yes, they are fall 2025 dates, nearly a year away, but frontman John Dwyer says, “I know, seems early but who knows if we will have the internet by then so get this tattooed on your scalp and start walking across the Midwest with a tank of gas strapped to your back now.”
ELVIS COSTELLO / STEVE NIEVE
Elvis and his Attractions/Imposters bandmate Steve Nieve will be on the road together in February and March.
NAPALM DEATH / MELVINS
Two long-running, legendary punk/metal bands, Napalm Death and the Melvins, teamed up back in 2016 for the “Savage Imperial Death March” tour together, and now they’re bringing it back for a second edition in 2025. This time, support comes from Weedeater, Titan To Tachyons featuring collaborator Mr. Bungle’s Trevor Dunn, The Hard-Ons with Poison Idea’s Jerry A, and all dates have support from Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury’s Dark Sky Burial project.
MANNEQUIN PUSSY / MILITARIE GUNN
Mannequin Pussy have been busy through much of the year touring in support of their fantastic new album I Got Heaven, and they’re keeping it going into 2025. They’ve announced East Coast shows around their set at Boston’s Something in the Way fest which will be with Militarie Gun.
FACS
Chicago trio FACS will support upcoming album Wish Defense on tour in 2025. The NYC show is at TV Eye on April 9.
HORSEGIRL
Horsegirl will support their upcoming Cate Le Bon-produced second album on tour this spring.
WOLF PARADE
Wolf Parade will celebrate next year’s 20th anniversary of Apologies to The Queen Mary with shows in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto in March. Let’s hope they add more.
POPPY
Metal-adjacent alt-pop artist Poppy released her new album Negative Spaces last week via Sumerian Records, and she’s now announced shows supporting it.
MEKONS
Legendary band Mekons will be on tour in 2025, including a US in the summer.
NEKO CASE
Neko Case will embark on her first-ever book tour early in 2025 in support of her new memoir, The Harder I Fight, the More I Love You.
FLO
UK trio FLO released their debut LP Access All Areas last week, and they’ve now announced a North American tour for 2025 supporting it.
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah‘s self-titled debut LP turns 20 this coming June, and to celebrate they’ve announced a big 2025 tour where they’ll perform it in full.
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