Squid announce 2025 North American tour

UK art rock band Squid are fresh off releasing their third album Cowards, and now they’ve announced a North American tour in support of it. It follows a previously-announced UK/Europe tour, kicks off on April 30 in Portland, and wraps up in Brooklyn on May 23 at Warsaw. Tickets go on sale Friday (2/14) at 10 AM local time. All dates are listed below.

In our review of Cowards, we said: Right from the kaleidoscopic harpsichords that open the album, you can hear the difference. In trademark Squid fashion, Cowards still often sounds like a jam session between the Talking Heads, Slint, and King Crimson, but with a sweeter, lusher baroque pop side that suggests maybe some Zombies records were on their mood board this time too. It’s more accessible but still a twisty-turny journey, and it’s best moment is its eight-minute closing track, which builds and builds to the album’s most towering climax and then fades away.

Squid — 2025 Tour Dates
Mon. Feb. 17 – Liverpool, UK @ Invisible Wind Factory
Tue. Feb. 18 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz Manchester
Wed. Feb. 19 – Glasgow, UK @ Old Fruitmarket
Fri. Feb. 21 – Newcastle, UK @ NSU Domain
Sat. Feb. 22 – Sheffield, UK @ Leadmill
Mon. Feb 24 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction 1
Tue. Feb 25 – Norwich, UK @ The Adrian Flux Waterfront
Thu. Feb. 27 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy Oxford
Fri. Feb. 28 – Southampton, UK @ Engine Rooms
Sat. March 1 – Margate, UK @ Lido
Sun. March 2 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
Tue. March 4 – Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
Wed. March 5 – Bristol, UK @ Bristol Beacon
Wed. April 9 – Paris, FR @ Cabaret Sauvage
Thu. April 10 – Cologne, DE @ Club Volta
Fri. April 11 – Dresden, DE @ Polimagie Festival
Sat. April 12 – Berlin, DE @ Lido
Mon. April 14 – Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
Tue. April 15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
Wed. April 16 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
Fri. April 18 – Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique Festival
Sat. April 19 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
Sat. April 26 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
Wed. April 30 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall
Thu. May 1 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
Sat. May 3 – San Jose, CA @ The Ritz
Sun. May 4 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Tue. May 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Wed. May 7 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s
Fri. May 9 – Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Sat. May 10 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
Sun. May 11 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Tue. May 13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Spirit Hall
Wed. May 14 – Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar
Fri. May 16 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
Sat. May 17 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Mon. May 19 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Tue. May 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Wed. May 21 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Fri. May 23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw