<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T19:43:06+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 3:43pm ET Bikini Kill will return to the road in 2022 to resume their reunion tour. Kathleen Hanna (vocals), Kathi Wilcox (bass guitar), and Tobi Vail (drums), along with guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle, first reunited in 2019 for a series of concerts in the US and UK. They had planned to embark on a more extensive outing in 2020, but those dates were ultimately postponed due to the pandemic. The rescheduled tour spans 45 dates in total, including 13 newly announced shows. The band’s North American run is divided up into three separate legs, the first of which launches April 29th at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Following a run of shows in E...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-27T17:12:17+00:00“>April 27, 2021 | 1:12pm ET Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) is finally going on tour behind her excellent 2020 album, color theory. Today, the Nashville native announced a 2021 headlining fall tour with Squirrel Flower and Emily Reo in support. The North American trek kicks off on September 15th at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse and will continue with dates in cities like Brooklyn, Toronto, Nashville, Austin, and Los Angeles. It will conclude on November 9th at Delmar Hall in St. Louis. Squirrel Flower will open during the first half of the tour, through the October 1st show at Nashville’s Cannery Ballroom. Reo will take over beginning October 21st at White ...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-27T18:30:51+00:00“>April 27, 2021 | 2:30pm ET IDLES are returning to the US for the first time in two years with the newly announced “Beauty from Ashes” 2021 tour. This is the post-punk outfit’s first opportunity to tour in support of last year’s Ultra Mono, a good album with the bad fortune to drop during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bristol five-piece will alight in Saint Paul, Minnesota on October 7th before speeding through a 21-date trek with support from New York rockers Gustaf and Portland punks Lithics. The tour wraps in Seattle on November 9th, and you can get tickets here. Since sharing Ultra Mono last year, IDLES have been busily supporting projects from o...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-26T16:40:19+00:00“>April 26, 2021 | 12:40pm ET Less than two weeks after announcing a 2021 North American tour, alt-pop songwriter Rina Sawayama has pushed back that slate of dates to spring of 2022. Those who have already bought tickets will see them honored, and everyone else has a fresh opportunity to catch our former Artist of the Month in action. She’ll start off the trek on April 11th and 12th with a two-night stand in San Francisco, making stops in Seattle and Portland before cutting across the heartland to Denver, Minneapolis, and Chicago. From there it’s north to Toronto and Montreal, then back across the border to Boston, Washington DC, and Philadelphia. Saway...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-22T22:02:58+00:00“>April 22, 2021 | 6:02pm ET Dave Matthews Band is returning to the road this summer. Today, they announced a slew of rescheduled North American summer tour dates. The 40-date trek kicks off on July 23rd in Raleigh, North Carolina. DMB will continue with multiple dates in cities like Chicago, Illinois; Noblesville, Indiana; Gilford, New Hampshire; and Irvine, California. They will also play one-off shows in Tampa, Florida; Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The latter date is a headlining spot at Summerfest. Additionally, DMB will play their traditional three-night Labor Day run at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. The band will ...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-22T17:57:12+00:00“>April 22, 2021 | 1:57pm ET Prolific songwriter and founding Big Thief member Adrianne Lenker has announced a new 11-date, 12-show tour that takes place in the fall of 2021. The November trek will be her first since the release of her 2020 solo albums songs and instrumentals. As befits an artist born in Indiana, she’s skipping the megalopolises on the east and west coast, choosing instead to journey to some of the cool smaller towns in-between: Burlington, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Madison, two shows in Minneapolis, and more. Check out the full itinerary below. Tickets go on sale Friday at 12pm EST through her website, and afterwards you can chec...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-21T15:52:27+00:00“>April 21, 2021 | 11:52am ET Canadian duo cleopatrick have announced their debut album, BUMMER, out June 4th via Nowhere Special Recordings/Thirty Tigers. They also shared a new song, “FAMILY VAN”, and 2021 tour dates. Guitarist/vocalist Luke Gruntz and drummer Ian Fraser formed their band while growing up as childhood friends in Cobourg, Ontario. They wrote, recorded, and produced BUMMER with their close friend Jig Dubé. In a statement, Gruntz described the process as “just three kids with some fuzz pedals and a point to prove.” “FAMILY VAN” features a grooving bassline and thrashing guitars, with vocals that vacillate between a rapped delivery and a frenzied y...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-19T20:48:14+00:00“>April 19, 2021 | 4:48pm ET Third time’s the charm? Two-tone royalty Madness have once again announced their first US tour in many years, and to give COVID-19 plenty of time to see itself out, this iteration is scheduled for 2022. Madness first intended to cross the Atlantic in 2020, when they unveiled dates in support of the 40th anniversary of One Step Beyond… The pandemic scuttled those plans, and the tour was optimistically rescheduled for 2021. Unfortunately, the novel coronavirus continues to outstay its welcome. With the worldwide vaccine rollout finally hitting its stride, these purveyors of pop-ska will hit the States starting in spring o...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-16T19:40:07+00:00“>April 16, 2021 | 3:40pm ET My Chemical Romance are once again postponing their reunion tour, which has now been rescheduled to fall 2022. All tickets purchased for the previously scheduled dates will be honored. The band released the following statement: “We are deeply sad, but those emotions are only a fraction of the depth of feeling we have all experienced watching the suffering and loss of the past year. We just want to be as sure as we can be that everyone is safe. Refunds will be offered to anyone who wants them. We are sorry if this is disappointing, and we REALLY can’t wait to see you in 2022.” Refunds are available at the point of purchase, with some l...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-14T02:13:23+00:00“>April 13, 2021 | 10:13pm ET Livestreaming has been embraced out of necessity over the last year, but even when things return to “normal,” it doesn’t look like the format is going anywhere. In fact, it’s only going to become more advanced. Live Nation and the Veeps platform have announced a partnership that will equip over 60 US venues with turnkey livestreaming capabilities. Launching the new joint effort will be a series of livestream concerts broadcast from Los Angeles’ The Wiltern. The innovative deal finds Veeps, co-founded by Good Charlotte’s Joel and Benji Madden, installing their livestreaming setups across a number of venues at which bands frequently st...