WEEZER AND PIXIES ANNOUNCE
SUMMER 2018 CO-HEADLINE TOUR
Trek Will Include a Handful of Pixies Headline Dates
Pixies and Weezer have announced a massive, co-headline seven-week North American tour for summer 2018. Presented by Live Nation, the tour has dates starting June 22 in West Palm Beach, Florida and will wrap in Phoenix, Arizona on August 12. The Wombats will support as first of three from June 22 – July 15, with support for the tour’s second half from Sleighbells. Though Weezer and Pixies have shared stages in the past, this marks their first full tour together.
On these dates, Pixies will also be playing a handful of headline shows. Tickets for those dates, as well as the dates with Weezer are on sale now; head to pixiesmusic.com for all ticket purchasing details.
“We’re all big Weezer fans,” said Pixies’ Black Francis, “so we’re really looking forward to this summer. We have a lot of respect for Weezer, they’re not afraid to take risks with their music.”
The tour comes on the heels of the release of Weezer’s acclaimed eleventh studio album, Pacific Daydream, this past Friday. With love from the likes of the New York Times, NPR Music, Q Magazine, and more, as well as a no. 1 Alternative single in the album’s song “Feels Like Summer,” Pacific Daydream is a brilliant addition to the band’s already much-loved discography. The band celebrated the album’s release with a performance of their new single “Happy Hour” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this week. Their tour with Pixies will see them playing a mix of new songs and classics from their revered 25-career catalogue, featuring countless chart-topping hits that have made them one of the world’s greatest bands.
Pixies’ live shows are unadulterated magic – simultaneously electrifying and lo-fi with focus on the music with almost no between-song banter. On this tour, fans can expect 75-minutes of Pixies playing “anything they want,” one song right after the other, chosen from all points of their career, the classics and the new gems. Artists like Bono, Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and David Bowie knew what they were saying when they heaped praise on Pixies’ immense influence and rich contribution to music. This is a band that gives its concert audiences sweet memories of the past while continuing to evolve with relevancy.
The complete itinerary for Pixies and Weezer Summer Tour dates, along with Pixies’ headline stops, is as follows:
JUNE
22 Coral Sky Amphitheater Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach, FL
23 MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL
24 Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL*
26 Bold Sphere Music at Champions Square, New Orleans, LA
27 Dox Equis Pavilion, Dallas, TX
29 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
30 Austin360 Amphitheater, Austin, TX
JULY
1 Jones Assembly, Oklahoma City, OK*
3 Hoyt Sherman Place, Des Moines, IA*
4 Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI
6 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
7 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL
8 Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center, Noblesville, IN
10 KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown, PA
11 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
13 DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
14 Budweiser Stage, Toronto, ON
15 Lakeview Amphitheatre, Syracuse, NY
17 Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
18 Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
20 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
21 BB&T Pavilion, Camden, NJ
22 Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA
24 Costal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
25 PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC
27 Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
28 Ascend Amphitheater, Nashville, TN
29 Walmart AMP, Rogers, AR
31 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, CO
AUGUST
1 USANA Amphitheatre, West Valley City, UT
3 Kettlehouse Amphitheater, Bonner, MT*
4 White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA
5 Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR*
7 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
8 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA
10 House of Blues, Anaheim, CA*
11 Mattress Firm Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
12 AK-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
* Pixies headline dates
