Pixies (Left) Photo by Tom Oxley; Modest Mouse (Right) Photo by Henry Cromett
If you missed The Pixies and Modest Mouse in your town last year, you’re in luck–the two alternative acts are touring together again this summer.
The next leg of the tour began in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 31st and will finish up in Denver, Colorado, on June 30th.
In case you needed a refresher, The Pixies have been riding high with back-to-back tours since March 2022–apparently making up for lost time as many bands have been doing. With very few breaks in between, the band kicked off a world tour in support of their eighth studio album, Doggerel, released on September 30th, 2022. In May 2023, they began the first of what is now four legs of a North American tour, with Franz Ferdinand opening up the second. They would bring Modest Mouse in as co-headliner and Cat Power as an opener on the third leg that commenced in August 2023, and fans will get to see the same lineup this month.
Modest Mouse is in the process of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their monumental, Grammy Award-nominated record, Good News for People Who Love Bad News. Following the death of founding member and drummer Jeremiah Green in 2022, the band is keen on celebrating both their legacy and his. On May 17th, they released a 20th-anniversary deluxe edition of the album. Additionally, frontman Isaac Brock recently performed with another iconic ‘90s alternative band, Dinosaur Jr., in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their record Where You Been. Modest Mouse is also apparently gearing up to release new music in the next year, with Brock stating in an interview on the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast this past April that he’s “pretty fucking happy with” the band’s followup to their 2021 EP The Golden Casket.
Both indie legends have been quite busy in the last few years, and last year’s tour was certainly a success. Round two of their run may be your final chance to see them together. Tickets are on sale now, and the remaining tour dates can be found below:
Wed Jun 05 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
Fri Jun 07 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE *
Sat Jun 08 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Sun Jun 09 – Laval, QC – Place Bell
Tue Jun 11 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
Wed Jun 12 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann
Fri Jun 14 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Sat Jun 15 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
Sun Jun 16 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
Tue Jun 18 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
Wed Jun 19 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
Thu Jun 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Surly Brewing Company
Sat Jun 22 – Madison, WI – Breese Stevens Field
Sun Jun 23 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
Mon Jun 24 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
Wed Jun 26 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Thu Jun 27 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Fri Jun 28 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Sun Jun 30 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green
*Modest Mouse and Cat Power only
