Dinosaur Jr. Unveil 2021/2022 Tour Dates
Dinosaur Jr. have announced an extensive, late 2021/early 2022 tour through North America.
The tour announcement serves as a sign of hope that concerts may be able to resume in a somewhat normal capacity later this year.
The first of the two-leg trek kicks off September 7th at the Corona Theatre in Montreal and wraps November 27th at the House of Blues in Boston. A West Coast leg is scheduled to launch February 3rd, 2022 at Pappy’s and Harriets in Pioneertown, California, and wrap February 26th at the Ogden Theatre in Denver. Dinosaur Jr. also plans to host their annual Camp Fuzz retreat with fans July 27th through 30th in Big Indian, New York.
The indie rockers are performing coast-to-coast in support of their forthcoming album “Sweep It Into Space”, which will be released April 23.
According to frontman J Mascis, the album – which is the band’s first since 2016’s “Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not.” – was almost done before the lockdown happened.
It was recorded at Amherst’s Biquiteen in late autumn of 2019 following a U.S. tour. Kurt Vile co-produced the album, and performs the lead 12-string guitar on “I Ran Away.”
When recording with Vile was disrupted by the pandemic, lead singer J. Mascis states he “ended up just mimicking a few things [Vile had] done. I was listening to a lot of Thin Lizzy, so I was trying to get some of that dueling twin lead sound. But the recording session was pretty well finished by the time things really hit the fan. When the lockdown happened in March, that meant I was on my own. But it was cool.”
Check out the full list of tour dates here.
Dinosaur Jr. Tour
Show Date and Time: September 07, 2021 – February 26, 2022
Show Location: Corona Theatre, Montreal, QC – Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
