<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T19:11:32+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 3:11pm ET Glass Animals have announced the massive “Dreamland Tour” in support of their 2020 album Dreamland. The British outfit will be make 41 stops on this North American odyssey. Like most of the tour announcements we’ve seen this year, “Dreamland” begins at the tail end of August, to better give vaccines time to do their work. The dates include previously-announced stops at Red Rocks, as well as the festivals Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, and Life Is Beautiful. The group has shows through October of this year, before pausing and picking back up again in March of 2022. Tickets go on sale Thursday, May 6th, at 10 am local time through...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T15:56:48+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 11:56am ET The Flaming Lips have announced dates for a massive world tour that spans 2021 and 2022, and unlike their last couple of shows, the band will be the only ones in personal bubbles. As pioneers in human hamster ball technology, the Lips were better positioned than most rockers to weather the pandemic. The group’s recent bubble concert series created a novel live experience while prioritizing audience safety, but now that COVID-19 vaccines are widely available — at least in North America and Europe — normal touring is set to return. The Flaming Lips already had a pair of August 2021 dates on the calendar. Now, they’ve added a hefty sl...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T16:07:21+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 12:07pm ET Italian opera tenor Andrea Bocelli has announced his 2021 North American tour will feature performances alongside some of the top orchestras in the US. The 21-date trek in support of his late 2020 album, Believe, will find Bocelli teaming with orchestras like the St. Louis Symphony, Houston Symphony, and The Philly Pops. Other ensembles include the Kansas City Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and Colorado Symphony. The trek kicks off on October 13th at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and will include the 62-year-old singer’s first-ever performances in Kansas City and St. Louis. Other stops include Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colora...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T19:59:15+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 3:59pm ET Hey, hey, The Monkees are coming to the US — but this time it’s for the final time. After being forced to cancel their spring tour last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, surviving members Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz have announced new 2021 tour dates. They’re calling their trek “The Monkees Farewell Tour” and it’s scheduled to kick off later this fall. “The Monkees Farewell Tour” will consist of 20 dates in the US. They will begin their overseas adventures in Seattle, Washington on September 11th and will then perform in various cities across California, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Mi...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T17:24:37+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 1:24pm ET Everclear are bringing back their nostalgia rock tour, Summerland, for 2021. This time around, they have recruited fellow alternative rock veterans Hoobastank and Wheatus. Funk metal pioneers Living Colour will be joining them as well. The trek kicks off July 2nd at Orange County Speedway in Middletown, New York, and will hit cities like Atlantic City, NJ; Houston, Texas; and Cincinnati, Ohio throughout the rest of the month. It will eventually extend through September and early October as COVID-19 mandates are lifted. In a statement, Everclear frontman and Summerland Tour founder Art Alexakis said, “After personally fighting C...
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T17:16:54+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 1:16pm ET Experimental rock outfit black midi have announced dates for a 2021 North American tour. It kicks off this fall, and to herald the trek the band has shared the new song “Slow” off their upcoming album Cavalcade. The London rockers will land in San Francisco on October 4th as the first of 16 stops. The tour neatly divides into four groups of four shows; after performing a California quartet, black midi will make a four-date jaunt through the midwest, followed by an east coast four-night stand, before ending the month by heading south through North Carolina and Louisiana into Texas. The tour is in support of Cavalcad...
<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="2021-04-22T22:02:58+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="2021-04-13T18:56:38+00:00“>April 13, 2021 | 2:56pm ET Dawes have announced an expansive fall tour in support of their latest album Good Luck with Whatever, which came out last October during the coronavirus pandemic doldrums. The band’s seventh studio album was previewed with singles like “Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?” and “Didn’t Fix Me”, the latter of which was one of our favorite songs of 2020. While the band was able to promote Good Luck with Whatever with performances on Kimmel and Colbert, this 32-date trek is their first opportunity to capitalize on the album’s success. The tour is broadly divided into two legs. The first part kicks o...