02 November 2021
Newsdesk
Earlier this autumn, Pavement announced a run of UK and European reunion shows for the autumn of 2022 following a 10+ year hiatus. Today, the band confirm that next year’s live return will touch down in the US and Canada, including multi-night runs in Atlanta, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. A list of dates can be found below.
Pavement are Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West. Among the most beloved acts to come out of the American underground in the 1990’s, the band released five era-defining albums – Slanted And Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and Terror Twilight (1999) – before disbanding in 1999. Pavement’s 2010 reunion saw them play four sold out shows in Central Park and top the bills of festivals worldwide including Coachella, Primavera Sound, and Pitchfork.
What went down during that intervening decade? A fair amount of fantasy sports, probably. Pavement also saw a b-side, ‘Harness Your Hopes’, turn into an improbable algorithmic “hit” on digital platforms. The band’s catalog – previously split between Matador, Domino, Drag City, and Treble Kicker and now represented worldwide by Matador – has seen a myriad of incarnations and bonus material unearthed, including career-spanning 2010 compilation Quarantine The Past, 2015 rarities collection A Secret History, Vol 1, deluxe editions of the band’s first four studio albums, and a 2019 picture disc commemorating the 25 anniversary of Wowee Zowee.
That music remains untouchable. And eventually, we’ll surely celebrate it with an extravagant package of some sort or another – perhaps one of the band’s canonical and not-yet-reissued LPs.
Pavement Tour Dates:
Thu 2/6 2022 – Barcelona, ES Primavera Sound
Fri 10/6 2022 – Porto, Portugal NOS Primavera Sound
7/9/2022 – San Diego, CA, US @ Balboa Theatre
9/9/2022 – Los Angeles, CA, US @ Orpheum Theatre
10/9/2022 – Los Angeles, CA, US @ Orpheum Theatre
12/9/2022 – San Francisco, CA, US @ The Masonic
13/9/2022 – San Francisco, CA, US @ The Masonic
14/9/2022 – San Francisco, CA, US @ The Masonic
16/9/2022 – Troutdale, OR, US @ Edgefield Amphitheatre
17/9/2022 – Seattle, WA, US @ The Paramount Theatre
19/9/2022 – Denver, CO, US @ Paramount Theatre
20/9/2022 – Kansas City, MO, US @ Uptown Theater
21/9/2022 – St. Paul, MN, US @ The Palace Theatre
22/9/2022 – Chicago, IL, US @ Chicago Theatre
24/9/2022 – Detroit, MI, US @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre
26/9/2022 – Toronto, ON, CA @ Massey Hall
28/9/2022 – Boston, MA, US @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
30/9/2022 – Brooklyn, NY, US @ Kings Theatre
1/10/2022 – Brooklyn, NY, US @ Kings Theatre
2/10/2022 – Brooklyn, NY, US @ Kings Theatre
5/10/2022 – Philadelphia, PA, US @ The Met
6/10/2022 – Washington, DC, US @ Warner Theatre
8/10/2022 – Atlanta, GA, US @ The Eastern
9/10/2022 – Atlanta, GA, US @ The Eastern
11/10/2022 – Austin, TX, US @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater
17/10/2022 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Leeds
18/10/2022 – Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
19/10/2022 – Edinburgh, UK @ Usher Hall
20/10/2022 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
22/10/2022 – London, UK @ Roundhouse (SOLD OUT)
23/10/2022 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
24/10/2022 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
25/10/2022 – London, UK @ Roundhouse
27/10/2022 – Paris, FR @ Le Grand Rex
29/10/2022 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
30/10/2022 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
31/10/2022 – Stockholm, SE @ Cirkus
2/11/2022 – Aarhus, DK @ VoxHall
4/11/2022 – Bremen, DE @ Pier 2
5/11/2022 – Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom
7/11/2022 – Brussels, BE @ Cirque Royal
8/11/2022 – Amsterdam, NL @ Royal Carré Theater
10/11/2022 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street (SOLD OUT)
11/11/2022 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street (SOLD OUT)
