Last spring, after 11 years of performing and recording under his own name, Dave Bazan’s growing fatigue with working alone hit a tipping point. “I missed the energy of making music with other people on stage and constantly traveling alone was starting to really sting”, Bazan recalls. “I needed to be in a band again”.
At that point, assuming this new band would be billed as “David Bazan Band” or similar, he began to set the wheels in motion to make it happen. He rented a rehearsal space again, hired a couple buddies for upcoming tours, and started fleshing out demos for the band to cue off of.
He didn’t realize it at first, but by mid-summer something big started to dawn on him: he had stumbled back into the very same process that yielded the first three Pedro the Lion records. “To my surprise, it felt a bit like coming home.”
Bazan is very excited to be back playing rock & roll as Pedro the Lion again. The set list for the 6 previously-announced sold-out shows in the Pacific Northwest later this month and the full US tour in 2018 will span every Pedro the Lion record and then some.
FEBRUARY 2018
with special guest Marie/Lepanto
Feb 8 : St Louis MO – Old Rock House – TICKETS
Feb 9 : Kansas City MO – Record Bar – TICKETS
Feb 10 : Tulsa OK – The Vanguard – TICKETS
Feb 12 : Dallas TX – Trees – TICKETS
Feb 13 : Austin TX – Mohawk – TICKETS
Feb 14 : Houston TX – Rockefeller’s – TICKETS
Feb 16 : New Orleans LA – One Eyed Jacks – TICKETS
Feb 17 : Birmingham AL – Saturn – TICKETS
Feb 18 : Gainesville FL – High Dive – TICKETS
Feb 19 : Orlando FL – The Social – TICKETS
Feb 21 : Carrboro NC – Cat’s Cradle – TICKETS
Feb 22 : Atlanta GA – Terminal West – TICKETS
Feb 23 : Nashville TN – Exit/In – TICKETS
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MAY 2018
with special guest David Dondero
May 8 : Vancouver BC – Biltmore Cabaret – TICKETS
May 9 : Portland OR – Revolution Hall – TICKETS
May 12 : San Francisco CA – The Independent – TICKETS
May 13 : Oakland CA – Starline – TICKETS
May 14 : Los Angeles CA – Teragram – TICKETS
May 17 : Solana Beach CA – Belly Up Tavern – TICKETS
May 18 : Phoenix AZ – The Crescent Ballroom – TICKETS
May 20 : Denver CO – Bluebird Theatre – TICKETS
May 21 : Fort Collins CO – Washington’s – TICKETS
May 22 : Salt Lake City UT – Urban Lounge – TICKETS
May 23 : Boise ID – Neurolux – TICKETS
May 24 : Missoula MT – Top Hat – TICKETS
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AUGUST 2018
with special guest to be announced
Aug 6 : Indianapolis IN – The HI-FI – TICKETS
Aug 7 : Ferndale MI – Loving Touch – TICKETS
Aug 8 : Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace – TICKETS
Aug 10 : Allston MA – Brighton Music Hall – TICKETS
Aug 11 : Philadelphia PA – Union Transfer – TICKETS
Aug 12 : Washington DC – Black Cat – TICKETS
Aug 14 : New York NY – Bowery Ballroom – TICKETS
Aug 15 : Brooklyn NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – TICKETS
Aug 16 : Pittsburgh PA Mr. Small’s – TICKETS
Aug 17 : Cleveland OH – Grog Shop – TICKETS
Aug 18 : Newport KY – Southgate House – TICKETS
Aug 20 : Davenport IA – Raccoon Motel – TICKETS
Aug 21 : Omaha NE – The Waiting Room – TICKETS
Aug 22 : Minneapolis MN – Fine Line – TICKETS
Aug 23 : Milwaukee WI – Turner Hall – TICKETS
Aug 24 : Chicago IL – Thalia Hall – TICKETS
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