Editor’s Note: With society’s gradual re-opening and our overall return to normalcy, there has been a deluge of tour announcements. Band in the USA keeps you updated on the shows you need to know about, and just who might be soon coming to town.
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IDLES are coming back to town, and that’s no small story: Last time the British punk band rolled through Boston, they invited a 12-year-old kid from the South Shore up on stage at The House of Blues to belt out “Danny Nedelko.” It ruled.
Now Joe Talbot and the lads are headed back our way for a September 17 gig at Roadrunner in Brighton, the Bowery Boston’s newest venue. That’s the closing date on a run that begins with a late-August appearance at Pasadena’s This Ain’t No Picnic before racing across the country for a dozen club dates. They’re also playing Coachella.
The IDLES tour news today comes with a new music video for “Crawl!”, the latest from last fall’s ace LP CRAWLER. The clip was directed by LOOSE; watch it below.
“This is the turning point, after you’ve crashed,” says Talbot of the new single. “It’s a good anthem for me to discuss with people who aren’t on the other side or who aren’t sober. You’re not the best version of you and you need to hold yourself accountable for your addictions and who you’re letting down. But it doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. ‘Crawl’ the title is like, keep going. You’ll get there. ‘Crawler’ is like the character of me in the dark warmth of my addiction — a crawler, a night crawler, someone on their knees, someone praying, someone surviving. The grit of it. The weight of the world on you. All of those things is a ‘crawler.'”
IDLES: New 2022 Tour Dates
March 23: Mexico City, MX, Pabellón Oeste
April 15: Indio, CA, Coachella Valley Music & Arts
April 19: Denver, CO, The Mission Ballroom
April 20: Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex
April 22: Indio, CA, Coachella Valley Music & Arts
August 27 to 28: Pasadena, CA, This Ain’t No Picnic
August 30: Phoenix, AZ, The Van Buren
September 1: Dallas, TX, The Factory in Deep Ellum
September 2: Kansas City, MO, The Truman
September 3: Milwaukee, WI, Riverside Theater
September 4: Detroit, MI, The Fillmore Detroit
September 7: Toronto, ON, History
September 9: Cleveland, OH, Agora Theatre
September 12: Newport, KY, PromoWest Pavilion at OVATION
September 13: Pittsburgh, PA, Stage AE
September 14: Washington, DC, The Anthem
September 15: Brooklyn, NY, Kings Theatre
September 17: Boston, MA, Roadrunner