Patterson Hood / John Moreland, Autopsy, Kreator, Baths, Richard Dawson, Steve Earle, Defeated Sanity, Unsane, Sarah Kinsley, more

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

PATTERSON HOOD / JOHN MORELAND

Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood and fellow country artist John Moreland are teaming up for a March tour that includes a stop at Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall on March 17.

STEVE EARLE

Great singer-songwriter Steve Earle has announced two solo acoustic shows at NYC’s Gramercy Theatre on February 27 and March 13. He’s also got upcoming dates in Nashville, Miami, Dublin, Oslo and more.

RICHARD DAWSON

UK singer-songwriter Richard Dawson has announced a few headline shows surrounding his appearance at Big Ears fest in Knoxville, including NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge on March 25 with Wendy Eisenberg.

BATHS

Baths will be celebrating the 15th anniversary of their album Cerulean by playing it in full on short a 2026 tour. Dates include NYC’s Littlefield on April 4.

LILY ALLEN

Lily Allen announced her first North American tour in years last week, where she’ll perform her fantastic new album West End Girl in full, and she’s now added new shows to the run. Chicago, Toronto, Boston, and NYC all have new second nights.

DEFEATED SANITY

German technical death metal band Defeated Sanity will be back in the US this spring for a tour with Vulvodynia and Organectomy. Some dates also have Excrescence, Scasm, and Horrific Visions playing. Dates include Clifton, NJ’s Dingbatz on May 2 with Scasm.

KREATOR

German thrash vets Kreator have announced the Krushers of the USA tour which happens in may with special guests Carcass and Cold Steel. The tour wraps at Long Island’s The Paramount on May 23.

THE VIRGOS (WITH SUPERHEAVEN, WHITE REAPER & PLANNING FOR BURIAL)

Doomy Wilkes-Barre Heavy Metal trio The Virgos (ex-Harm’s Way & Nails) released an under-the-radar album earlier this year, but just this week announced they’ve been signed to big metal label Season of Mist along with a new fantasy-themed video and a reminder that they play a trio of shows this week with Superheaven & White Reaper (in NJ, Baltimore & Long Island), and one show in their home state of PA with Planning for Burial (whose long-awaited, great new album came out earlier this year on the Flenser)

AUTOPSY

After releasing a new album in 2023 and appearing at two Decibel fests, Milwaukee Metal Fest, and Hell’s Heroes fest in 2024 (along with a handful of other dates in the past couple years), legendary death-doom band Autopsy have announced a NYC one-off at Monarch on April 18 with openers Impure, Imprecation, and Morpheus Descends. If our memory is correct, this may be Autopsy’s first NYC show since they played the Bell House in 2012.

IRON & WINE

Iron & Wine has announced a spring US tour that will have him out in April and May with Improvement Movement. Shows begin in St. Louis on April 27 and wrap up in Carrboro, NC on May 17.

BIG SPECIAL

UK duo Big Special are currently on tour with Public Service Broadcasting and just played NYC’s Irving Plaza last night. They’ve now announced that they’ll play a late afternoon set on Friday (12/12) at Bowery Electric at 5:30 PM. Leave work early.

UNSANE

Noise rock kings Unsane have announced the Occupational Hazard Tour of the UK/EU, an extensive trek that kicks off March 13 in Hamburg and runs through April 19 in Prague.

SARAH KINSLEY

NYC-based artist Sarah Kinsley has announced the Fleeting Tour which will have her out in March and April across the US and Canada. The hometown stop is April 28 at Brooklyn Steel.

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