Tour news: Magdalena Bay, Bevis Frond, The Kooks, Horsegirl, SUUNS, Pat Benatar, Tennis, more

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

MAGDALENA BAY

Magdalena Bay will be on the Imaginal Mystery Tour starting in April (with two NYC shows at Terminal 5 on 4/23 and 2/25) and have now added fall dates, including LA, Nashville, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Boston, Philly and more.

MEN I TRUST

With two new albums on the way, Men I Trust will be busy for much of 2025 on tour.

SNAIL MAIL / DINOSAUR JR

Snail Mail and Dinosaur Jr. are teaming up for a summer tour. The shows, which are with Negative Approach offshoot Easy Action, begin on July 15 in South Deerfield, MA and wrap up on August 8 in Woodinville, WA,

PAUL MCCARTNEY

Paul McCartney is in NYC this week for SNL50 and is killing time by playing Bowery Ballroom.

MINISTRY / NITZER EBB / THRILL KILL KULT / DIE KRUPPS

Hell has frozen over: Ministry has reclaimed the songs from their very synthpoppy first two albums (With Sympathy / Twitch) and will be playing them on tour, with an excellent classic industrial/EBM undercard.

PATTI SMITH

Patti Smith‘s iconic, influential, game-changing 1975 debut album Horses turns 50 this year, and she’ll celebrate by performing the album in full on a tour of the US, the UK, and Europe.

HORSEGIRL / GODCASTER

Horsegirl’s new album Phonetics On and On is out Friday and they’ve just announced late summer tour dates with Godcaster that include shows in the Midwest, Southwest and West Coast. They’ll also be on tour in March with a Brooklyn show at >Warsaw on March 29 with Free Range and Answering Machine.

PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO ANNOUNCE

Pat Beatar and Neil Giraldo will be on tour this spring starting April 11 in Palm Springs and finishing June 1 in Selbyville, DE. Opening most shows are The Vindys.

BLANCMANGE / MIDGE URE

UK synthpop vets Blancmange will cross the pond for their first US tour in nearly 30 years, which is with Midge Ure (Ultravox / Visage).

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE

Death Cab for Cutie will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their major label debut, Plans, with shows in Seattle and Chicago with Nation of Language, and Brooklyn with American Analog Set.

BLOC PARTY / METRIC

Holy mid-’00s! Block Party are celebrating the 20th anniversary of Silent Alarm with a tour and Metric are also playing.

THE KOOKS

UK indie vets The Kooks will bring their All Over the World tour to North America in late spring with Lovelytheband opening. The NYC show is at The Rooftop at Pier 17 on June 3.

THE BEVIS FROND

UK indie cult heroes The Bevis Frond will be visiting our shores soon for their first US tour in 25 years, which includes a sold-out show at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right on 3/2. If you missed out, never fear, they’ve added a second NYC show at Night Club 101 on 3/3.

IRON LUNG

Seattle powerviolence vets Iron Lung have announced their first album in 12 years, Adapting // Crawling, due out April 18. They’ve also got a few shows this spring.

TENNIS

Indiepop duo Tennis have announced the Face Down in the Garden tour, which includes dates with Husbands, Billie Marten and Alice Phoebe Lou. The NYC show is at The Rooftop at Pier 17 on June 1 with Billie Marten.

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS / DEER TICK

Old buddies Drive-By Truckers and Deer Tick are teaming up for the “Charm & Decadence” summer tour. Things kick off May 29 in San Antonio and run through August 9 in Indianapolis.

BEN HARPER & THE INNOCENT CRIMINALS

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals have announced a 15-date summer tour which includes stops in Toronto, DC, Boston, NYC (The Rooftop at Pier 17 on May 31) Chicago, Milwaukee, Seattle, Portland, Oakland, LA, and more.

PREOCCUPATIONS

>Canadian group Preoccupations have announced their fifth album and a summer tour.

SUUNS

Montreal band SUUNS have announced a short North American tour that follows their appearance at Austin Psych Fest. They’ll play Brooklyn’s TV Eye on April 26.

PARTY DOZEN

Aussie sax-and-drums duo Party Dozen will be on tour with Lambrini Girls this spring and have just announced LA and NYC headline shows while here.

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