Tour news: Ceremony openers, Kim Deal, Respire, How Did This Get Made?, Franz Ferdinand, Black Grape, more

Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more.

HOW DID THIS GET MADE?

Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphel will be taking their bad movie podcast “How Did This Get Made?” on the road this spring, with dates in Austin, Denver, Boise, Seattle, San Francisco and Portland. All dates here.

CEREMONY OPENERS

Ceremony have announced openers for their upcoming 20th anniversary shows. In San Francisco, the first show at Great American Music Hall on March 7 features Nuovo Testamento and Iron Lung, and the March 8 show is with Mary Lattimore and J.R.C.G.; in New York City, the first show at Bowery Ballroom on March 21 features Glitterer and Mary Jane Dunphe, while the March 22 show is with Krimewatch and Ed Schrader’s Music Beat.

KIM DEAL OPENERS (BNNY, RATBOYS, MORE)

Kim Deal will be on tour in March supporting her solo debut Nobody Loves You More, and she’s announced openers, with Ratboys, bnny, Hello Mary and Morgan Nagler playing depending on the date. the NYC show at Brooklyn Paramount on March 13 is with Ratboys, and Kim has also added a Philly show since we last posted about her.

BOB DYLAN

Bob Dylan just announced a short tour that will find him playing some smaller venues in some smaller cities than you might expect an artist of his stature to stop at.

MODEST MOUSE

Modest Mouse will hit the road before and after their set at Bonnaroo in June.

SWERVEDRIVER

OG shoegazers Swervedriver will release their first record in five years in March, and they have East Coast dates ahead of Nothing’s Slide Away festivals in NYC and LA.

JEROMES DREAM / PSYCHIC GRAVEYARD

Influential screamo vets Jeromes Dream released their great second reunion album in 2023, The Gray In Between, and they’re continuing to tour as well. They’ve announced a new run of East Coast dates in April with Psychic Graveyard.

RESPIRE

After releasing last year’s great Hiraeth, Toronto screamo/post-rock collective Respire will hit the road this year, including their first-ever NYC show on March 13 at Gold Sounds (rescheduled from September) with the killer local lineup of So Hideous, Stay Inside, Strega Nona, and Our Wits That Make Us Men. They also have West Coast dates, an appearance at Zegema Beach Records’ Chicago fest, and Indianapolis’ Post Fest. All dates and tickets here.

THE BOUNCING SOULS / H2O

NJ punk vets The Bouncing Souls are teaming up with NYC melodic hardcore vets H2O for a spring tour. “The first rendition of the East Coast Fuck You Tour with H2O was in the late ’90s and it was really one for the books,” Souls vocalist Greg Attonito says. “We’re going for the repeat here!”

JOHN CARPENTER

John Carpenter has announced his first concerts in eight years, a Halloween residency at LA’s The Wiltern. “I’ve been setting my nightmares, dreams and visions to music for a very long time, and there’s a lot to choose from,” Carpenter says of the shows. “That means every night of this event will offer something different and unexpected.”

THE FAINT

Dance-punk vets The Faint will celebrate new reissues of Wet From Birth and Blank-Wave Arcade with a spring tour.

FRANZ FERDINAND

Franz Ferdinand will be on tour this spring in support of their new album The Human Fear, and they’ve just added an LA show at The Wiltern on March 29. All dates are with Telescreens and the NYC stop is at Brooklyn Paramount on April 10. Get a taste of what to expect with this live version of their recent single “Hooked,” filmed in Mexico.

PETER BJORN AND JOHN

Swedish indiepop vets Peter Bjorn and John will play their 2006 breakthrough album Writers Block on tour this spring.

SLEIGH BELLS

Sleigh Bells just released their first song in three years and announced a 2025 tour.

THE MARY WALLOPERS

Ireland’s The Mary Wallopers will be back in North America this April for a short spring tour with Jamie Webster joining in Brooklyn, DC and Vancouver.

KNEECAP

Irish rap group Kneecap just announced a big fall North American tour, but they’ll be here before that for a few West Coast shows around Coachella.

CENTRAL CEE

UK rapper Central Cee will be on the road from April through July supporting his new album Can’t Rush Greatness.

SILENT PLANET / INVENT ANIMATE / 156/SILENCE / ALLT

It’s a quadruple dose of metalcore with co-headliners Silent Planet (performing 2023’s Superbloom in full) and Invent Animate (performing 2023’s Heavener in full), plus support from 156/Silence and Allt.

BLACK GRAPE / DODGY

Black Grape, the Britpop era band that included form Happy Mondays members Shaun Ryder and Bez (also rapper Kermit), will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their classic debut It’s Great When You’re Straight… Yeah, on a UK tour this fall. Fellow ’90s band Dodgy will open all dates.

ONEIDA / KINSKI

Brooklyn experimental indie rock vets Oneida will be touring the West Coast this spring and joining them will be Seattle indie rock vets Kinski (who just announced a new album).

LA LUZ

La Luz will be on tour this spring and summer, including appearances at Austin Psych Fest and Oakland’s Mosswood Meltdown.

LA SÉCURITÉ

Montreal band La Sécurité will be below the Canadian border starting this weeeknd for their Snowbird tour, hitting Palm Beach, Jacksonville (w/ Omni), Orlando, and then Georgia for shows in Athens and Atlanta with CDSM. They’ll also be in Austin in March for SXSW. Check out their brand-new single “Ketchup”:

ORVILLE PECK AND TUNE YARDS ADDED TO TIBET HOUSE BENEFIT

The 2025 Tibet House Benefit happens March 3 at Carnegie Hall and they’re still adding performers, today announcing Orville Peck and Tune-Yards. They join Arooj Aftab, Angélique Kidjo, Patti Smith, Gogol Bordello, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Tenzin Choegyal, The Scorchio Quartet, and more.

DEATH GRIP’S ANDY MORIN, BILLY WOODS, ELUCID, MORE

Death Grips Andy Morin headlines a show at NYC”s Nighclub 101 on February 18, which is a benefit for Win NYC. Also performing: Armand Hammer’s billy woods & ELUCID, swan meat and Lillith (DJ set).

KUMAIL NANJIANI

Comedian, actor, filmmaker and Eternal Kumail Nanjiani is currently on his “Doing This Again” tour, and has added even more shows.

TINA FEY & AMY POEHLER

Best friends Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been on their Restless Leg Tour, which they do between other gigs, for two years now and they show no signs of stopping. (The tour has the duo celebrating “their thirty years of friendship with an evening of jokes, iconic stories and conversational entertainment.”) They’ve just announced spring dates.

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

Dave Matthews Band have announced 2025 tour dates that will have them on the road from April through the end of August.

SASAMI

SASAMI will support her upcoming album Blood on The Silver Screen with a spring tour.

SUNFLOWER BEAN

NYC trio Sunflower Bean, who just announced their fourth album, will be on tour with their neighbors GIFT this spring.

HANNAH COHEN

Hannah Cohen is celebrating the release of her upcoming, guest-filled album Earthstar Mountain with a show at Union Pool on April 16. That has sold out and she’s added a second Union Pool show on 4/15.

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