Tour news: Bonnaroo schedule, Smoking Popes, Tyler Ballgame, Rainer Maria’s Caithlin de Marrais, more

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

SMOKING POPES

Do you need the Smoking Popes around? Lucky for you they’re going to be on their 35th anniversary tour this summer, with two-night stints in cities where they’ll play songs from Get Fired, Destination Failure, Stay Down and Into the Agony on Night 1, and songs from Born to Quit, The Party’s Over, This is Only a Test, and Lovely Stuff on Night 2. The NYC shows happen at TV Eye on July 25 & 26 with Radiator Hospital opening.

COMEDY BANG! BANG!

Scott Aukerman‘s long-running podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! will be hitting the road once again this spring and summer for the “Ground Beefing Tour.” Paul F Tompkins will be joining on every date, and you can look forward to a variety of CBB all-stars to join them, details TBA.

METALLICA

Metallica have their Sphere run beginning in October, but those aren’t the only shows they have coming up.

GANG OF FOUR

Gang of Four are playing a few shows around their appearance at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival.

TYLER BALLGAME

Tyler Ballgame has announced a fall tour in support of new album For the First Time, Again that kicks off in Brooklyn on September 14 at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

BONNAROO SCHEDULE

While we wait for Coachella to announce the schedule for their 2026 edition which starts in three days, Bonnaroo has announced theirs already:

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ROCKETSHIP

Indie/dreampop cult band Rocketship have announced East Coast tour dates including their first NYC show in 12 years.

CAITHLIN DE MARRAIS (RAINER MARIA)

Rainer Maria’s Caithlin de Marrais has announced two shows in May: NYC’s The Windjammer on May 8 and Philly’s Jerry’s On Front on May 9.

FUTURE ROOTS FESTIVAL (ESG, MORE)

Maker Park Radio is presenting the free Future Roots Festival on June 20 at 450 Front St with headliners ESG plus Burnt Sugar Arkestra with Vernon Reid, Sunny war, a DJ set by Nabihah Iqbal.

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