Welp, we must be trippin’ balls, because we totally botched that headline. There are no bands called Psychedelic Jesus or Mary Fur Chain, regardless if there should be; what we should have posted is that The Jesus and Mary Chain and Psychedelic Furs — two icons of the classic alternative era — have announced a co-headlining tour for the fall.
The 27-date kicks off September 29 in Philly and wraps November 9 in Inglewood, and just three stops into the itinerary, Boston gets its show at an ideal venue: An October 2 twirl at The Orpheum. All shows will feature Frankie Rose as support.
Whenever we get one of these package tours, we always marvel at the amount of hits we’re likely to hear over the course of the evening, and this one delivers mightily. But it’s not entirely a nostalgia act, as Jesus and Mary Chain’s March album Glasgow Eyes found the band sounding as fresh as ever, even reaching their highest chart point since 1987’s Darklands. We hyped the record’s lead single “jamcod” when it first hit.
For the Furs, they released Made of Rain in 2020, and it holds up nicely alongside Richard Butler and crew’s forever underrated arsenal of era-defining standards. Classics like “Dumb Waiters,” “The Ghost In You,” “Pretty In Pink,” “Love My Way,” “Heaven,” “Heartbreak Beat” have all lined recent stateside setlists.
Check all the dates below.
The Jesus and Mary Chain + Psychedelic Furs 2024 Tour
September 29: Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
October 01: New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
October 02: Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater
October 04: New York, NY @ The Beacon Theatre
October 05: Brooklyn, NY @ The Brooklyn Paramount
October 06: Washington, DC @ The Anthem
October 08: Rochester, NY @ Kodak Center Music Hall
October 09: Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theater
October 11: Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theater
October 12: Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Theatre
October 13: Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
October 16: Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
October 17: St. Paul, MN @ The Palace
October 19: Des Moines, IA @ Val-Air Ballroom
October 20: St. Louis, MO @ Stifel Theatre
October 22: La Vista (Omaha), NE @ The Astro
October 23: Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
October 24: Salina, KS @ Stiefel Theatre
October 26: Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
October 29: Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
October 30: Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
November 01: Redding, CA @ Redding Civic Auditorium
November 02: San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
November 03: Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort – Grand Theatre
November 06: Riverside, CA @ Fox Performing Arts Center
November 08: San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
November 09: Inglewood, CA @ YouTube Theater
