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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One of the more wonderfully confrontational albums of 2022 dropped in September, as Australian pub n’ punk band Amyl and the Sniffers unleashed their sophomore album Comfort To Me via ATO Records/Rough Trade. Now the quartet led by Amy Taylor are taking the LP out across North America this spring for 14 dates in April and May.
“This album is just us — raw self expression, defiant energy, unapologetic vulnerability,” says Taylor. “It was written by four self-taught musicians who are all just trying to get by and have a good time.”
And a good time is what we can expect. After a one-off in December at New York’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, the Sniffers spring tour kicks off April 26 in Austin, and wraps May 22 in Baltimore. There is no Boston date on this run, despite the band playing Montreal, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia, but we will say this: These Amyl & the Sniffers dates wraps just a few short days before Boston Calling Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend, so maybe we have our first hint at the fest’s expanded lineup.
Feels good to be wildly speculating about festival lineups again!
Make your own assumptions as you peep all the dates below, and get ticket and venue info via amylandthesniffers.com/shows.
Amyl and the Sniffers Live Dates
December 6 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 26 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
April 27 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas
May 6 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
May 7 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
May 9 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Ballroom
May 10 – Vancouver BC @ Rickshaw
May 11 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
May 13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
May 14 – Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
May 16 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
May 17 – Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
May 19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
May 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
May 22 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live